Little cat, little cat, where have you been

When Bo the cat decided to explore a furniture van, she had a bigger adventure than she expected. She was discovered (67)..….the driver, after he had completed a (68) …….of over 500 kilometers. It was (69) ……end of a long day. The driver and the cat were both hungry! He gave her some milk and started making enquiries. He telephoned his last (70) ……., but they had not lost a cat. It was getting late, so he took Bo home for the night and (71) …….morning brought her to an animal hospital.

The cat’s owner (72) ……done some detective work too. After searching everywhere for the cat, he suddenly remembered the furniture van (73) ……had made a delivery to a neighbor. Fortunately he (74) …….the name of the company. He called their office and in a short time Bo was (75) …….safely.

67. A) of       B) from              C) by
68. A) trip       B) travel C) tour
69. A) an        B) some C) the
70. A) shoppers B) buyers C) customers
71. A) next      B) following C) other
72. A) has       B) was               C) had
73. A) what      B) this       C) which
74. A) called              B) remembered C) saw
75. A) returned B) taken    C) given

Номер задания	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
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Task 8

Read this piece and fill in the blanks with the best items chosen from the list below.

MARK TWAIN

Mark Twain, 76 ____________ lived from 1835 to 1910, is one of America’s most famous authors. He wrote many books, 77 ____________ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain’s own life was 78 ____________ enough to be a book.

Twain was born in the state of Missouri, near the Mississippi River. He 79 _______ from a poor family. His father died when he was twelve, 80 ____________ he had to leave school. While he was still a boy, he worked as a riverboat pilot. He steered boats up and down the long Mississippi River.

The Civil War, which started in 1861, made traveling on the Mississippi impossible. Twain then went west to Nevada. There he worked with a newspaper. In 1864 he went to California to find gold. Twain did not have much 81 ____________ as a gold miner. He left California to travel in Europe. Twain wrote a book about his trips around Europe.

But the most important influence on Twain and his books was the Mississippi River. When Twain finally settled down, he lived in a house with a porch that 82 ____________ like the deck of a riverboat. Huckleberry Finn, Twain’s greatest book, is about the adventures of a boy on the Mississippi River. 83 ____________ of Twain’s books is called Life on the Mississippi.

In fact, even the name of Mark Twain comes from the Mississippi. Mark Twain’s 84 ____________ name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. On the river Samuel Clemens often heard the boatmen shout “Mark Twain”. This 85 ____________ the water was twelve feet deep. When Samuel Clemens began to write he chose for himself the name Mark Twain.

76	A. who	B. what	C. which	D. whom
77	A. comprising	B. as	C. with	D. including
78	A. very interesting	B. interested	C. interesting	D. interest
79	A. went	B. came	C. was born	D. as
80	A. but	B. so	C. because	D. as
81	A. successful	B. luck	C. happiness	D. chances
82	A. looked	B. saw	C. watched	D. showed
83	A. other	B. the other	C. another	D. some
84	A. real	B. honest	C. truthful	D. first
85	A. told	B. meant	C. understood	D. explained