Задание 1. Прочитайте текст и выберите правильный вариант ответа.
Lisa Tyler was weary after a long, hard day at the pottery factory where she works. But as she approached her home in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, her heart lightened; soon she would be having a nice cup of tea, putting her feet up and watching Friends, her favourite TV series. But first, she needed to change out of her work clothes and pick up her three-year-old son from his grandmother's house nearby.
As Lisa walked up her garden path, she noticed a light flashing on and off in an upstairs bedroom. A shiver went down her back. What if it was a burglar? Quietly, she crept round to the back of the house to see if there was any sign of a break-in. Sure enough, a window was open and someone’s coat was hanging on the gatepost!
Well, 26-year-old Lisa didn't fancy coming face to face with a burglar, so she ran to a neighbour’s house and rang the police. But as she sat waiting for the police to arrive, Lisa’s curiosity got the better of her and she decided to go back and see what was going on. That's when she saw a leg coming out of the downstairs front window. It was a man climbing out. Lisa gasped in shock. The burglar was carrying her portable television!
At this point, Lisa saw red. She didn't have many possessions and she'd saved long and hard to buy that set. Besides, nobody was going to stop her watching Friends.
‘Oh no you don't,’ she muttered under her breath, as the fury swelled inside her. Without even stopping to think, she tore across the garden and started shouting at the burglar. ‘Give me my TV - drop it now!’ she screamed.
Ignoring her, the man fled across the garden. So Lisa threw herself at him and successfully rugby-tackled him to the ground. The burglar struggled to escape, but Lisa hung on like the best kind of guard dog despite being punched and kicked. As she looked up, she realised that she recognised the burglar's face. She was so surprised that she lost her grip and the burglar got away, leaving the TV behind in the garden.
By the time the police and her father arrived, Lisa was in tears. ‘I can't believe you were so foolish, Lisa, ’scolded her father. ‘You could have been killed.’
‘I know, but at least he didn't get my TV,’ she replied.
Lisa later remembered the name of the burglar, who had been in the same year as her at school. He was later caught and jailed for 15 months after admitting burglary and assault. In May last year, Lisa was given a Certificate of Appreciation by Staffordshire Police, for her ‘outstanding courage and public action’. But in the future she intends to leave household security to a new member of her family, Chan, who is a real guard dog.
1. How was Lisa feeling as she walked home from work?
A tired
B anxious
C depressed
D relieved
2. What does 'pick up' mean in line 5?
A contact
B visit
C collect
D check
3. What first led Lisa to think there was a burglar in her house?
A Something had been broken.
B Something had been left outside.
C Something was in the wrong place.
D Something was moving inside.
4. Why didn't Lisa wait in her neighbour's house until the police arrived?
A She was worried about losing her television.
B She wanted to know what was happening.
C She noticed something from her neighbour’s window.
D She realised that the burglar was leaving.
5. What does ‘Lisa saw red’ (line 18) mean?
A She got impatient.
B She felt frightened.
C She got angry.
D She felt brave.
6. What happened when Lisa shouted at the burglar?
A He tried to explain why he was there.
B He fell over as he ran towards her.
C He pretended not to have heard her.
D He dropped the TV and attacked her.
7. What did Lisa’s father do when he arrived?
A He told her off.
B He comforted her.
C He praised her.
D He argued with her.
8. How was the burglar caught?
A Lisa was able to describe him.
B He was found at another burglary.
C Lisa realised she could identify him.
D He was already known to the police.
Задание 2.Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста.
LAUGH TRADITION
TREAT
In a London children’s hospital, for example, two clowns are provided for the5) ____________ of patients. Doctors say that these clowns are 6)__________in making the children feel better.
ENTERTAIN
SUCCESS
It seems that when we laugh, there can be a7) ________in both blood pressure and the amount of 8) ____________ in our muscles.
REDUCE
TENSE
Although it is9) ________ to prove it at the moment, this may also mean that people who feel unhappy and who are, therefore, 10)________________
so laugh so much ,suffer more often from physical11)______________.
POSSIBLE
LIKELY
ILL
Задание 3. Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста.
One day a young man was writing a letter to his girlfriend who 1)________ just a few miles away in a nearby town.
LIVE
Among other things, he2) ______ how much he loved her and how wonderful she was.
TELL
The more he wrote, the more poetic he3)_______.
BECOME
Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the 4)_______
difficulties, he would face dangers anyone could imagine.
GREAT
In fact, to spend one minute with 5) _______ , he would climb the highest mountain in the world, he would swim cross the widest river , he would enter the6) ___________ forest and with his bare hands fight against the wildest animals.
SHE
DEEP
He would never love any other 7) ___________.
WOMAN
He finished the letter, signed it and then suddenly remembered that he8) ________ to mention something important.
FORGET
So, in a postscript below his name, he added: “By the way, I will come to see you on Wednesday-if it 9)____________ “
NOT RAIN
Happy Is Healthy
16 laughter 17 traditional 18 treatment 19 entertainment 20 successful
21 reduction 22 tension 23 impossible 24 unlikely 25 illness
