Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания. I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. As he grew older Johny began

a) to feel unhappy at home

b) to travel further

c) to hide from his parents

2. Johny went to Cairo because

a) he liked geography

b) he liked flying

c) a plane was going there

3. Johny wanted to become an explorer, but his teachers said,

a) «You are too young»

b) «Go into space instead»

c) «It isn't easy these days»

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What did Johny answer when the police asked him why he ran awa> from home?

2. What was Johny's favourite trick as he grew older?

3. What subject was Johny especially good at?

4. Where did Johny see a notice about an expedition to Brazil?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. Johny was able to run away from home for the first time at the age of three because________________________________________

2. Johny got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone

3. They wanted three young people _________________________

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. Aunt Jane prefers to watch films at the cinema because

a) she thinks the television screen is too small

b) she likes to travel to other towns

c) most of the films are not shown on television

2. Aunt Jane's relatives have always been puzzled by the fact that she

a) likes going to the cinema so often

b) seldom watches films on television

c) goes to the cinema alone

3. To appear in a film Aunt Jane used to

a) spend hours outside film studios

b) work at one of the film studios

с) rehearse for days

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. Why does Aunt Jane have to travel a long distance to see a good film?

2. Why couldn't Jane sometimes go to see herself at the cinema?

3. How did Jane get to know the director of a film?

4. What turned out to be a big blow to Jane's hopes?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. Jane has appeared in dozens of films as______________________

2. Jane's big chance came when______________________________

3. When the director congratulated Jane she thought that this was

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. A customer rang up

a) at six o'clock

b) at the time of Andy's favourite TV programme

c) a little before six

2. Andy was annoyed with the customer because

a) his complaints were groundless

b) he called at the wrong time

c) it was the customer's fifteenth complaint

3 Andy finally picked up the phone because

a) it was ringing continuously

b) the TV programme didn't need concentrating

c) he recollected that he had left something behind

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What was the name of Andy's favourite programme?

2. Why did Andy dislike Fenton's Garage?

3. Why did it take longer for Andy to get petrol?

4. Why did the man from Fenton's Garage recognize Andy?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. When at last Andy sat up in front of the television it was -------

2. When someone doesn't pay for the petrol the people at Fenton's

3. The Fenton's closed at_______________________

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. Patrick used to meet his scientists regularly because

a) he was interested in what they were doing

b) he wanted to advise them on what they were doing

c) he enjoyed talking about the future of the company with them

2. Sir James White was a professor at the university where a) Patric Reilly studied

b) one of the company's scientists studied c) Patrick's son studied

3. The scientist learned about Professor White's latest research from

a) one of the scientific journals

b) one of the monthly papers

c) one of the professors at the university

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What did Patrick's company produce among other things?

2. Why did Patrick's company employ scientists?

3. Why did the scientist tell Patrick about Sir James White?

4. How was Patrick Reilly planning to meet Professor White?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. Sir James White was one of the world's______________________

2. Patrick proposed to invite to dinner two of his scientists with

3. Patrick's son finished studying biology_______________

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