Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Sir Thopas was born … .
(*ответ*) in Flandres
in the country of Fairye
at Saint Denis
in Bruges
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Sir Thopas was … .
(*ответ*) a brave young fellow with white face, red lips, and saffron hair
a sickly and plain young fellow
a skinny and feeble man
a swarthy young man with brown hair
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The carpenter … .
(*ответ*) had a young wife which he loved more than his life
was not married
was going to divorce his wife and get married again to a young girl
lost his wife three years ago and had two children to take care of
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The clerk who lived in the carpenter’s house was called … .
(*ответ*) hende Nicholas
Absolon
John
Robin
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant had a wife … .
(*ответ*) of excellent beauty
of terrible character
of rare ugliness
of excellent character
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant went to Bruges … .
(*ответ*) to buy there a portion of ware
to visit his parents
to have a rest there
to avoid debts
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant … .
(*ответ*) held a worthy house
was quite poor
lived in a small flat
could no afford a worthy house
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant’s wife asked Daun John _
(*ответ*) to lend her one hundred franks
not to come to their house again
to visit them oftener
to move to their house
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant’s wife …. .
(*ответ*) was unfaithful to her husband
has always been faithful to her husband
loved her husband very much
wanted to divorce her husband because she loved Daun John
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The Miller’s Tale is … .
(*ответ*) a comic tale reflecting the life of common people
an adaptation of Boccaccio’s Teseida
a burlesque of the metrical romances
a beast fable, embodying a literary device of which Donald Duck or Snoppy are modern examples
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The monk was …
(*ответ*) twenty years old
forty years old
thirty years old
fifty years old
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The young knight’s father was … .
(*ответ*) a lord in the country they lived in
a monk
a miller
a shipman
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The young monk was … .
(*ответ*) the merchant’s best friend
the merchant’s only enemy
one of the merchant’s debtors
the merchant’s relative
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. This rich lout was … .
(*ответ*) a carpenter
a scholar
a merchant
a miller
Choose the preposition for each sentence if necessary
It is a room ... the first floor, looking on the street, it was meant for the drawing room < on
The shallow depression in the west of these islands is likely to move slowly ... an easterly direction < in
You infamous creature, how dare you accuse me ... such a thing? < of
Не said that he could pass the flower girl off as a duchess … an ambassador's garden party in three months < at
Choose the preposition for each sentence
The flat of Hercule Poirot was furnished … modern style < in
You mean to say that in physical appearance I do not resemble … a Hercules? < no preposition
The hermit seemed to be occupied ... nothing but his dogs, his chickens and his food < with
Salvatore acted as nursemaid ... his two younger brothers < to
Choose the preposition for each sentence
Не was not interested ... the news we had to give him < in
I've come to you because the man I've been engaged to for over a year has broken our engagement … < off
Someone was fumbling the lock of the door < with
According … the legend, Mr. Poirot, Pekinese were lions once < to
Choose the preposition for each sentence
I suppose every family has a black sheep Tom had been a sore trial... his for twenty years < to
I could not help thinking of this fable when the other day I saw George Ramsay lunching ... himself in a restaurant < by
Her eyes rested ... an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter and I knew that she thought me mean < for
Не asked me whether ... my way I would stop at the island of Trebuchet and leave a sack of flour, another of rice, and some magazines for the hermit who lived there < on
Choose the right synonym. in good earnest
seriously
modestly
triumphantly
having good manners
Colonel Pickering came back to England
to meet Henry Higgins.
to teach at Harrow
because he couldn’t stand the Indian climate
to study Sanscrit