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II. Заполните пробелы предлогами, если необходимо.
IV. Прочитайте текст и выполните задания.
1. Выберите правильный вариант
2. Расположите предложения по порядку в соответствии с текстом.
V. Восстановите предложения, поделенные на две части. Объедините цифры и буквы, соответствующие двум частям одной фразы.
VI. Подберите в правой колонке верные значения для словосочетаний из левой колонки.
1. What type of firm was Ralph offered a job in?
3. Ralph and Laura looked forward to the new position
5. According to the author
7 The new owner’s attitude to Ralph

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A. The London Aquarium

B. The British Museum
С. St. Paul's Cathedral

D. The Museum of Natural History

E. The British Airways' London Eye

F. The Tower of London

G. Westminster Abbey
H. The Science Museum
I. Cabinet War Rooms

Essential Sightseeing

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Home to a vast collection of classical antiquities, artwork and archaeological finds, from all corners of the British Empire. The collection ranges from Egyptian mummies to the Elgin Marbles.

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You are starring in the movie "Sharks". You are nose to nose with various sea monsters. You can feed the piranhas and visit the imaginative coral reef and rainforest zones.

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A very interesting and clever museum for those who are fond of natural science. There are moving dinosaurs, and dodo birds.

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World-class museum of scientific discoveries, from penicillin to space travel via time, medicine and everything in between.

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This massive observation wheel is an immensely popular and curiously graceful addition to London's skyline. Offers panoramic views over the city during the slow, 30-minute ride, rising to 450 feet above the River Thames and towering over Westminster opposite.

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First consecrated in 1065, with additions by Henry III in the 13th Century, Henry VII in 1503 and Hawksmoor in 1745, it has hosted coronations, weddings and burials of Royalty since 1066. The interior of the church is filled with monuments to poets, statesmen and other worthies.

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Christopher Wren's masterpiece completed in 1770 and the fifth cathedral to be built on this site (the last one was destroyed during the Great Fire.) The cathedral somehow survived the Blitz and is a towering symbol for Londoners. Try out the Whispering Gallery or climb the 627 steps to the Dome for unparalleled views.

(the Blitz - бомбежка Лондона в 1940-41)

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The underground headquarters used by Winston Churchill and the British Government during World War II. A labyrinth of spartan rooms, which have been kept virtually untouched since their glory days in the 1940s.

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1. She wasn't short, she wasn't tall; she was ….. average height.

2. The police are looking …. a tall, black man who was seen standing outside the bank just before the robbery took place.

3. The teacher asked the class to do the exercise …. the bottom of page 12.

4. As a child I was always ashamed …. my parents because they were uneducated.

5. I was always very good …. Geography when I was at school.

6. He saw her as the most attractive woman …. the world.

7. Simon is completely useless … sports.

8. She came … home … early.

9. They visited … England … last summer.

10. We get up early … the morning.

III. Восстановите английские пословицы, исключив лишние слова.

1. in, cats, grey, the, are, dark, all.

2. that, well, is, well, all, ends.

3. beginning, bad, a, bad, ending, makes.

4. than, better, untaught, unborn.

5. sea, the, between, and, deep, the, devil.

6. hares, after, none, if, catch, you, neither, will, run, two, you.

7. trouble, until, trouble, troubles, don't, trouble.

8. good, Jack, makes, good, a, Jill.

9. do, when, the, Rome, as, Romans, at, do.

10. above, good, is, health, wealth.

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Edison's First Invention

When Edison was a boy of fifteen, he worked as a telegraph operator. He had to be on duty at night, from seven o'clock in the evening till seven o'clock in the morning. But at night there was never much work & the telegraph operators usually slept. So the boss ordered each operator to give a signal every hour to show that he was awake. Edison's signal always came at the same time, at the beginning of each new hour. That surprised the boss. So one night he sent an inspector to see how well the boy was working. When the inspector opened the door, he saw Edison sleeping in his chair. The inspector was going to shake the boy when he saw a clock with a mechanism on the table near the telegraph apparatus. He waited to see what would happen. When the hand of the clock pointed to the hour, the mechanism began to work & sent a signal.

The inspector went up to the boy & shook him. Edison awoke. He was told that he had lost his job.

^ 1. Выберите правильный вариант:

1. Edison was a boy of..........., when he worked as a telegraph operator.

a) 13; b) 15; c) 18.

2. The boss ordered each operator to..............

a) give a signal every hour;

b) to ring him up;

c) to send letters.

3. One night the boss sent........to see how well the boy was working.

a) a worker; b) an actor; c) an inspector.

4. When the inspector opened the door he saw Edison

a) writing; b) jumping; c) sleeping. 5. Edison was told that.....................

a) he had lost his job;

b) he had won the prize;

c) he had been promoted.

^ 2. Расположите предложения по порядку в соответствии с текстом.

1. Edison was told that he had lost his job. ________

2. When Edison was a boy of 15, he worked as a telegraph operator. _______

3. Edison's signal always came at the same time. ______

4. He had to be on duty at night. _______

5. The boss ordered each operator to give a signal every hour to show that he was awake. _______

6. When a hand of the clock pointed to the Hour, the mechanism began to work & sent a signal. _______

7. The boss sent an inspector to see how well the boy was working. _______

^ V. Восстановите предложения, поделенные на две части. Объедините цифры и буквы, соответствующие двум частям одной фразы.

1. If I had gone to university…

2. If I had time…

3. If I have time tonight…

4. If he had arrived…

5. If I finished the work this week…

6. If you work on Sunday…

7. If it rained next week…

8. If it had been fine yesterday…

9. If I see her…

10. If you came earlier…

…I will pay you well.
…I will finish reading a novel.
…I would have studied medicine.
…you should speak to him.
…he would have heard the news.
…we would have been gone for a picnic.
…I would go on vacation.
…I should buy a ticket for this film.
…I'll tell her this story.
…I would plant the vegetables.

^ VI. Подберите в правой колонке верные значения для словосочетаний из левой колонки.

1. to put money into	a. money that is paid to someone not to tell other people about something embarrassing
2. funny money	b. money paid for murdering someone
3. pocket money	c. to marry someone whose family is rich
4. to roll in money	d. to make much money
5. for my money	e. to be very rich
6. hush money	f. money that you earn very easily
7. to coin the money	g. in my opinion
8. money for jam	h. to use your money in order to make a profit
9. to marry into money	i. a small amount of money you can use to buy small things
10. blood money	j. money that has been printed illegally, counterfeit

The pot of gold

Ralph worked nights on a plan that promised him a well-paying job in Texas, but through no fault of his own this promise was never realized. In the third year of his marriage with Laura, a firm that was almost identical in size and character with the firm Ralph worked for underwent a change of ownership, and Ralph was approached and asked if he would be interested in joining the overhauled firm. His own job promised only meager security after a series of slow promotions and he was glad of the chance to escape. He met the new owners, and their enthusiasm for him seemed intense. They were prepared to put him in charge of a department and pay him twice what he was getting then. The arrangement was to remain tacit for a month or two, until the new owners had secured their position, but they shook hands warmly and had a drink on the deal, and that night Ralph took Laura out to dinner at an expensive restaurant.

They decided to look for a larger apartment, to have a child, and to buy a secondhand car. They faced their good fortune with perfect calm, for it was what they had expected all along. The city seemed to them a generous place, where people were rewarded either by a sudden and deserved development like this or by the capricious bounty of lawsuits, eccentric and peripheral business, unexpected legacies and other windfalls.

He was 28 years old; poverty and youth were inseparable in his experience, and one was ending with the other. The life they were about to leave had not been hard, and he thought with sentiment of the soiled tablecloth in the Italian restaurant where they usually went for their celebrations, and the high spirits with which Laura on a wet night ran from a subway to the bus stop. But they were drawing away from all this. Shirt sales in department-store basements, lines at meat counters, weak drinks, the roses he brought her up from the subway in the spring, when roses were cheap – these were all unmistakably the souvenirs of the poor, and while they seemed to him good and gentle, he was glad that they would soon be memories.

The reorganization and Ralph’s new position hung fire, but they talked about it freely with friends. “All we need is patience”, Laura would say. There were many delays and postponements, and they waited with the patience of people expecting justice. He decided to telephone his potential employers. Their secretary told him they were both out. This made him apprehensive. He called several times from the telephone booth in the lobby of the building he worked in and was told that they were busy, they were out, they were in conference with lawyers, or they were talking long-distance. This variety of excuses frightened him. He said nothing to Laura that evening and tried to call them the next day. Late in the afternoon, after many tries, one of them came to telephone. “We gave the job to somebody else, sonny”, he said. Like a saddened father, he spoke to Ralph in a hoarse and gentle voice. ‘Don’t try and get us on the telephone any more. We’ve got other things to do besides answer the telephone. This other fellow seemed better suited, sonny. That’s all I can tell you, and don’t try and get us on the telephone any more”.

Choose the correct sentence containing the main idea for each paragraph. Write the chosen letter into the table of answers.

^ 1. What type of firm was Ralph offered a job in?

a) Same type as the previous job

b) Overhauled firm

c) Identical in size

d) Security firm

2. Ralph decided to accept the job offer because:

a) he would have been given a pay rise

b) he would have been given a promotion

c) he wanted to escape poverty

d) the owners were very enthusiastic

^ 3. Ralph and Laura looked forward to the new position:

a) with excitement

b) with dreams about the future

c) with indifference

d) with the feeling that they deserved it

4. Ralph bought Laura roses because:

a) they were her favourite flowers

b) they were cheap

c) they were sold nearby

d) he liked them

^ 5. According to the author:

a) Ralph didn’t want to leave the life he led

b) Ralph regretted his departure

c) Their life was full of pleasant things

d) Ralph was eager to escape but was sentimental

6. What was Laura reaction at delays of the new position

a) She was telephoned the employers

b) She was patient

c) She was worried

d) She kept silent about it

^ 7 The new owner’s attitude to Ralph:

a) he was remained as enthusiastic as before

b) was sympathetic

c) has changed with time

d) was rude

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Match the parts of the sentences

If I had gone to university…
If I had time…
If I have time tonight…
If he had arrived…
If I finished the work this month…
If you work on weekend…
If it rained next week…
If it had been fine yesterday…
If I see him…
If you came earlier…

…I will pay you well.
…I will finish writing a letter.
…I would have studied foreign languages.
…you should speak to them.
…he would have heard the news.
…we would have been gone to the seaside.
…I would go on vacation.
…I should go to the theatre.
…I'll tell him this story.
…I would plant the flowers.

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