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. Miss Manning was puzzled because

a) she had never seen any diaries

b) she hadn't seen the diaries since her father's death

с) she had never thought that the diaries would be of any interest to anybody

2. Weston wanted to find Colonel Manning's diaries because

a) he was interested in the colonel's private life

b) they were mentioned in one of the Colonel's letters

c) he wanted to write a complete story of the Colonel's life

3. Miss Manning said that the diaries

a) may have been destroyed by her father before his last illness

b) may be in possession of Colonel Manning's friend

c) may have been thrown away after her father's death

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What happened to Colonel Manning's library after his death?

2 Why was it dark in the attic room?

3. How did Weston learn that Colonel Manning kept a diary?

4. How did Weston understand that the exercise books he found in one of the boxes were Colonel Manning's diaries?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. The attic room hasn't been opened for______________________

2. Miss Manning was happy because Weston_________________

3. There were about_________________________boxes in the attic

room.

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. Helen felt nervous because

a) there were only twenty minutes left before the departure of the train

b) there was only half an hour left before the departure of the train

c) she didn't have enough money to hire a taxi

2. When the accident took place Helen

a) was still far from the station

b) wasn't very far from the station

c) was at a walking distance from the station

3. When the bus conductor saw Helen running he

a) didn't ring the bell for the bus to start

b) rang the bell for the bus to start

c) rang the bell before she had got on

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. How did Helen know that she had missed her bus?

2. How much was the taxi fare to the station?

3. What happened to Helen when the taxi ran into a car?

4. What did both the drivers do after the accident?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. The taxi driver said he would take a shortcut to get Helen to the station__________________

2. The taxi ran into a car when it was coming out of a side-street into the main road that______________________

3. If Helen had waited for the taxi driver to stop arguing, she would

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