Variant 3. 1.Complete the sentence: When I was of age, a curious incident occurred in the house in which our family lived.

1. Complete the sentence: When I was …of age, a curious incident occurred in the house in which our family lived. … …

a) a student of 17 years

b) a gentleman of 18 years

c) a baby of 8 years

d) a boy of seven years

e) a child of eight years

2. Complete the sentence: ”Young Jerry “ was …boy with red hair, blue eyes and freckled skin “ … …

a)twenty –five years old boy

b) sixteen –year-old school

c) twelve-year old boy

d) fourteen –year- old boy

e) sixteen-year –old

3. Complete the sentence: …you remember that scenario that you wrote and …me about six weeks ago?

a) have/given

b) does/gave

c) haven’t/ given

d)will/give

e) do/gave

4. Complete the sentence: The action of the story takes place in … in the USA.

a)1932 b) 1933 c) 1935 d) 1930 e) 1931

5. One day, very soon, we’re going to have an outbreak of an epidemic. It’s the main sewer that’s to blame. This sentence is from the text …

a)”The Banks of Sacramento” b)”Surprise”

c)”The Happiest man of Earth” d)”Home”

e)”The Explosion”

6. Complete the sentence: It was… with… … as yesterday.

a) the same ship, the same people b) as the ship, the same people

c)the large ship, the same men d) the same boat, the same men

e) that boat, the same men

7. A sea –bread boy wouldn’t have stayed a day on the isle which is only a tidal isle, and can be entered and left twice in every twenty- four hours. This sentence is from the text …

a) ”Surprise”

b) “The Reading Public”

c) “Return”

d)”The Explosion”

e)”The Shipwreck”

8. Complete the sentence(Mind the text “Jimmy Valentine’s Reformation” by O’Henry)

That began to interest…

a) the officers

b)the lieutenants

c) the doctors

d) the lawyers

e)the detectives

9. Complete the sentence: Grace Brooks worked….

a) as an office operator b) as a company operator c) as a telephone operator

d) as a night telephone operator e) as an operator

10. Complete the sentence: He smiled kindly “My dear man, if you want them that hardly,

you can certainly have them …

a)for six dollars b) for five dollars c) for eight dollars

d) for seven dollars e) for four dollars

11. Complete the sentence: Something’s happened to the top of the …

a) firm b)building c)company d)Pope Manufacturing Company

e)Empire State Building

12. Complete the sentence: “Mrs.Cartwright was a woman somewhere in the.”

a)twenties b) sixties c) forties d) fifties e) seventies

13. Complete the sentence: He ran in the direction of the sound The main character of the text is … …”

a)Henry

b)Mr. Purcell

c) Jack

d) Bill

e)Clifford

14. Complete the sentence: Rudolf looked toward the nearer door and saw that … …

a) It was white b) It was red c) It was black d) It was yellow e) It was green

15. Complete the sentence: Mr. Larrabee and Mrs. Larrabee began their married life … a) in a large room

b) in a little room c) in a room d)in a large building e) in a house

16. Complete the sentence.: “I’d love a game –but I’ll have to go home and change …”

a) my raincoat b)my clothes c) my hat d) my shoes e)my coat

17. Complete the sentence: He remembered the streets of Paris and Berlin. He remembered a) Vienna

b)Sydney c) Hopkinsville d)Rome e) Harlem

18. Jesse felt ready to weep.He was waiting me for Tom. Tom was his brother –in-law. Jesse knew he looked terrible. These sentences are from the text: … …

a)” The Happiest man of Earth” b)”The Green Door”

c)”The Dog and Three Dollars” d)”A Service of Love”

e)”The Invisible Man”

19. Complete the sentence: Ray opened the box, took out the blue envelope and went to the corner of the room …

a)to through it to the fire b) to through away c)to put it d)to write it e)to read it

20. Complete the sentence: If anybody was drunk and in trouble ashore…

a) It was Zabinski

b) It was Mike

c) It was Frank

d) It was Alexander Barr

e) It was my friend

21. Many years later, fifteenat least, I happened to be in Seville and having some trifling indisposition asked the hotel porter whether there was an English doctor in the town.These sentences are from the text …

a)”Letter from the Mail” by E. Caldwell

b)”Hunting for a Job” by S.S. Melcure

c)”A Foul Play” by K. Kuark

d)”The Happy Man” by W.S. Maugham

e)”Mr..Know-All “ by W.S. Maugham

22. Complete the sentence: The main hero in the text “Wager with Destiny” is

a) Mrs. Kelada

b)John Franklin c) Mr. Kelada

d) Mrs. Victoria

e) Anderson

23. “From her nest in the oak tree the nightingale heard him, and she looked out through the leaves and wondered “This sentence is from the text: … …

a) “The Dog and Three Dollars”

b)”Seven Weeks in the Sahara “

c)”Martin Eden”

d)”Among the Cannibals of Corfu”

e)”The Nightingale and the Rose”

24. Complete the sentence: Then he had a job with a night-club jazz-band in … …

a) Chicago b) Paris c) Missouri d) Berlin e)Scottish

25. Complete the sentence: Several months had passed. One afternoon when Ainsley came home … …

a) he saw his dog b) he saw the familiar face of his brother c) he saw his wife

d) he saw the familiar face of Dickey Soames. e) he saw his uncle Tom.

26. Complete the sentence: The boy looked for a place to hide … …

a) and rushed into the cabin b) and rushed into the house c) and rushed into the lavatory

d) and rushed into the room e) and rushed into the living -room

27. Complete the sentence: “He was lucky “, the planter was saying to this strange … …

a) girl b) boy c) child d) woman e) man

28. Joe and Delia got acquainted at a friend ‘s house where some art and music students had gathered to discuss art, music and the newest play. This sentence is from the text: … …

a) “ The Snake and the Bell”

b) “As you Like It”

c) “A Service of Love”

d)”The Explosion”

e) “The Boy Next Door”

29. Complete the sentence: Most of his … … there, musicians and actors…hungry and out of work: … …

a) school friends /be b) old classmates / have been c) old friends/ were

d) young friends/ was

e) young schoolmates/ be

30. Complete the sentence: He had never married and lived … …

a) with his father

b)quite alone

c) with his sister

d) with his brother

e) with his uncle

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