Some people know 1)_____but they are too shy to speak foreign languages. Some people know little but they overcome this problem 2)______.
Once a famous European writer3)____to an American girl. The American, speaking in the writer's native language, asked him why he had never visited 4) United States. "I know only a few sentences 5)__________________________________ English," answered the writer. "What are 6) sentences?» asked the girl. «How do you do? I love you. Forgive me. Forget me. Ham and eggs, please," answered the writer. "But," said the girl, "with that vocabulary you 7)_____
travel all over my country.'
| 1. a) much | b) little | c) many | d) a little | |
| 2. a) easy | b) easiest | c) easily | d) easier | |
| 3. a) talked | b) was talking | c) talks | d) is talking | |
| 4. a) a | b)the | c) an | d)- | |
| 5. a) by | b)at | c) on | d)in | |
| 6. a) the | b)a | c)- | d) an | |
| 7. a) have to | b) mustn't | c) can | d) had to |
3.3. What's his life worth?
(Сколько стоит его жизнь?)
Robert Burns loved people and wrote about 1) ____ . One day when he 2)_____near the sea, he heard a cry for help. He ran 3)______ that place. At that time a sailor jumped off a boat and began to swim towards the man 4)_____was calling for help and saved him. The man who 5)_____was a rich merchant (купец). When he came to himself he thanked the brave sailor and gave him a shilling (англ. серебряная монета). By this time 6)______ people were standing round them. They called the sailor a hero and protested 7)______when the rich man gave him only a shilling. But Burns stopped them and said, "Don't cry! The gentleman knows better of course what his life is worth."
| c) their c) walked c) at c) what c) saves c) little c) loudly |
| b)they b) is walking b)to b) which b) was saved b)few b) louder |
| a) them a) walks a) on a) who 5. a) saved 6. a) much 7. a) loudest |
| 1 2 344 4. |
d) theirs
d) was walking
d)in
d) whom
d) is saved
d) many
d) loud