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1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
1. You look tired. – Yes, I (work) non-stop all day.
2. The police (investigate) the break-in at the college since last September.
3. My mother-in-law always (grumble)!
4. Older people (become) more isolated now.
5. How long you (be) in business?
6. Carol already (make) ten phone calls and it’s only nine o’clock.
7. I can smell something nice. What you (cook)?
8. I (not/see) you for ages. What you (do)?
9. I’m fed up. I (wait) for the bus for forty minutes.
10. Where you (come) from? – I (come) from Minsk.
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the text carefully.
CLINTON’S TRAIN
Clinton’s hands rested on the power-handle of the electric train, pressing it down. If he lifted them the ‘Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly. Clinton had never yet heard of a driver who had died at his post, but the handle would save the train if such a thing ever happened.
Through the window in front his cool eyes watched the lines racing towards him; green signals rushed nearer and passed. He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
Clinton usually travelled at sixty-eight miles an hour on this part of the line. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again. This was his regular habit, and he nearly always drew into Brighton station as the hands of the clock pointed exactly to the hour. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time. He did not want to be late: it gave him a good deal of personal satisfaction to arrive at the right moment. Besides, it was a famous train: all the passengers depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
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He thought of the people in the crowded train behind him: all the doctors and nurses, the businessmen, the holiday-makers. He used to watch them leaving the station in Brighton, carrying away safely all the plans, all the ideas and troubles in their interesting heads.
Choose the best answer.
1. Why is the handle called “Dead Man’s Handle’?
a) It has to be pressed down if the driver dies.
b) It stops the train suddenly, when something happens.
c) It switches the electric power on and off.
d) It will stop the train if the driver dies.
2. The word ‘cool’ in ‘Through the window in front his cool eyes watched …’ implies that
a) Clinton’s eyes were rather cold.
b) Clinton was calm.
c) Clinton was nervous.
d) Clinton was not warm.
3. The ‘finger’ in ‘He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window.’ belonged to
a) Clinton
b) the power-handle
c) the thermometer
d) the speedometer
4. At which of the following possible times should the train arrive at Brighton station? ’
a) 18.00
b) 18.15
c) 18.30
d) 18.55
5. Why didn’t Clinton want to be late?
a) He felt good when he was on time.
b) He got a fine when not on time.
c) His boss would surely dismiss him.
d) He got a good deal of money when on time.
Mark the statements below as True or False.
1. Clinton had heard about many drivers who had died at their posts.
2. The handle would save the train in case something terrible happened to a driver.
3. Clinton usually traveled at the same speed all the way to the station.
4. Clinton didn’t want to be late because all the passengers on this train depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
Choose the best translation.
1. If he lifted them the “Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly.
a) Если он поднимет их (руки), автоматический тормоз поднимется и остановит поезд, остановит навсегда.
b) Если бы он поднял их (руки), сработал бы переключатель тока и остановил поезд, остановил бы внезапно.
c) Если бы он поднял их (руки), “мертвецкая рукоятка” поднялась бы и остановила поезд, остановила внезапно.
2. He looked at the finger on the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
a) Он посмотрел на стрелку на приборе под окном. Она указывала на 68.
b) Он посмотрел на палец на приборе под окном. Он указывал на 68.
c) Он посмотрел на указатель инструмента под окном. Он указывал на 68.
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3. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again.
a) Дальше он то уменьшал скорость до 55, то увеличивал ее опять.
b) Дальше он снизил бы скорость до 55, а затем увеличил бы ее опять.
c) Дальше он снижал скорость до 55, а затем увеличивал ее опять.
4. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time.
a) Сегодня, насколько он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
b) Сегодня, так далеко, как он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
c) Сегодня, пока он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
5. He used to watch them leaving the station at Brighton …
a) Он привык смотреть, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
b) Он обычно смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
c) Он пользовался тем, что смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
GRAMMAR REFERENCE
1st Year 1st Term
TYPES OF SENTENCES
Типы предложений
| 1 Statements Повествовательные | Belarus is (is not/isn’t) rich in mineral resources. I (do not/don’t) study at the University. (S)he knows(doesn’t know)English well. We are(are not/aren’t)studying criminal law now. I will(will not, won’t)become a lawyer. They served (did not/didn’t serve) in the Army two years ago. We have (not) been to London. I can (must, have to,etc) do this job. |
| 2 Questions Вопросительные | (a) General Question (Общий вопрос) Is Belarus rich in mineral resources? Do you studyat the University? Does (s)heknowEnglish? Will youbecomea lawyer? Did they servein the Army? Have youbeento London? (b) Special Question (Специальный вопрос) К подлежащему Who lives in Great Britain? What helps you in your studies? К остальным членам предложения When, Where, What, What kind, Which, Why, Whose, How long/much/many/far/often, etc. When did they passthe exams? How much is this shirt? How many times have they been to London? (с) Alternative Question (Альтернативный вопрос) Do you study French or German as the second language? (d) Disjunctive question (Разделительный вопрос) You speakEnglish, don’t you? – Yes, I do. (согласие) /No, I don’t. ( несогласие) You don’t speak German, do you? – No, I don’t. (согласие) /Yes, I do (несогласие) They have a new apartment, don’tthey? They have got a new apartment, haven’t they? e)Indirect Questions I wonder if/whether she knows him. I’d like to know wherehe went yesterday. It’s interesting whenyou will finish this work. Who knows why he hasn’t passed English. |
| 3 Imperatives Побудительные | Open the window, please. Don’t close the door. Let me do this for you. Let’s go! Let them (him, her) have a say in the matter. |
| 4 Exclamations Восклицательные | Oh! Wow! Ups! What abeautiful girl! What beautiful children! What fine weather! |
