Asking Amelia questions about her brother Miss Sharp was interested in his ... first of all.
(*ответ*) income and marital status
age and health
appearance and manner of dressing
character and habits
At first, according to Cecily, Jack was going to send his (imaginary) brother to ...
(*ответ*) Australia
Paris
Ireland
America
At nineteen Samuel had quit the country and come to town and spent a year in and out the city jail for … .
(*ответ*) gambling and fighting
manslaughter
robbery
storing drugs
At the cashier’s desk sits …, cold sordid, slow smouldering and takes your money.
(*ответ*) Bogle
Aileen
cashier
a Voice
Captain Dobbin easily conveyed Mr. Jos Sedley into a hackney-coach which deposited him safely at ...
(*ответ*) his lodgings
his club
the pub
the church
Cecily keeps diary to enter ...
(*ответ*) the wonderful secrets of her life
the names and addresses of her admirers
her appointments to make within the next few days
new German words and expressions
Cecily: Miss Prism has just been complaining of ...
(*ответ*) slight headache
toothache
backache
stomachache
Cecily: The next day I bought this little ring in your name and this is the little.... I promised you always to wear.
(*ответ*) bangle with the true lover's knot
necklace
silver chain
scarf
Cecily: You must not laugh at me, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to ...
(*ответ*) love someone whose name was Ernest
to marry a well-known artist
live in Paris
to buy a small bookshop
Choose the article for each sentence
W S Maugham was … orphan < an
It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris, in ... Latin Quarter < the
I was in Thursday Island and I wanted very much to go to ... New Guinea < zero
Maugham's reputation as ... novelist rests primarily on four books: Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor's Edge (1944) < a
Choose the article for each sentence
Не seemed to be occupied ... nothing but his dogs, his chickens and his food < with
Не ran ... matches and was afraid that his fire would go out < out of
The vicar had been but recently appointed, a red-faced energetic man ... the early forties < in
I answered that I would meet my friend - ... correspondence - at Foyofs on Thursday at half-past twelve < by
Choose the article for each situation
The church clock strikes … first quarter. < the
The sarcastic bystander could easily tell … person where he or she came from < a
The shallow depression in the west of these islands is likely to move slowly in … easterly direction. < an
Henry Higgins wanted to teach Liza to speak standard English. < -
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Alison and Nicholas decided to play … a trick.
(*ответ*) the carpenter
Absolon
the miller
the shipman
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Alison, the young carpenter’s wife …. .
(*ответ*) fell in love with hende Nicholas
was always faithful to her husband
loved Absolon, a parish clerk
was going to take the veil
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Curl was … hair, and as the gold it shone, and spread out as a fan large and broad.
(*ответ*) Absolon’s
Alison’s
Nicholas’s
John’s
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Daun John had permission to travel outside the boundaries of his abbey because … .
(*ответ*) he was a man of high prudence
he had a bad health
he was very respectable
he was the abbot’s cousin
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Daun John … .
(*ответ*) liked the merchant’s wife
hated the merchant’s wife
respected the merchant’s wife
despised the merchant’s wife
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Once upon a time a merchant lived … .
(*ответ*) at Saint Denis
in Paris
in Italy
in Bruges
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Once upon a time there lived a rich lout that …
(*ответ*) took in boarders
never invited anyone to his house
preferred to live alone in his house
had a large family
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. One day this hende Nicholas decided to … .
(*ответ*) seduce the carpenter’s wife
kill the carpenter and marry his wife
to give a good lesson to a carpenter’s wife
move away from the carpenter’a house
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Sir Thopas fell in love with … .
(*ответ*) an elf-queen, that he saw in his dream
a young peasant girl
a beautiful girl who was his cousin
a young princess from the neighbour kingdom