Перед вами 5 незаконченных предложений А – Е и варианты их концовок, обозначенные цифрами 1 – 3. Внимательно прочитайте их. Вы услышите диалог. Для каждого предложения А – Е выберите концовку, соответствующую содержанию диалога. К каждому предложению подходит только одна концовка. Вы услышите запись дважды. При повторном проверьте себя. У вас есть 45 секунд, чтобы ознакомиться с предложениями.

A man has .
2 granddaughters 2. 2 grandsons 3. A granddaughter and a grandson

One colouring book costs .
$ 15 2. $ 20 3. $ 30

The children’s birthday is on .
Christmas Day 2. The 20th of December 3. Christmas Eve

Each grandchild will get .
1.1 gift 2. 2 gifts 3. 3 gifts
E. The man’s daughter likes to .
1. cook 2. read 3. Draw

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This text deals with a person who gave London …
1) a famous sea victory.
2) a lot of beautiful buildings.
3) a lot of plays.
4) fine music.
5) nice clothes.
6) a special name for rubber boots.

The home of famous people
London has been the home of many famous Englishmen. Some were born there. Some lived there all their lives. Others lived in London only for a short time but all gave something to this great city.

A) Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare also lived in London. He lived there for more than twenty years. He acted at the Globe Theatre and wrote his plays in London. Most of his plays written there are popular nowadays.

B) Sir Christopher Wren, the architect, spent most of his life in London. He designed many beautiful churches, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. He also designed palaces and fine houses.

C) Another famous London figure is one of the famous seamen. Admiral Lord Nelson. He has a special memorial in Trafalgar Square. The monument consists of a very tall column. On top of it stands a figure of Nelson. It is called Nelson Column.

D) The Duke of Wellington is a famous general, who led the army at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. People also know him because they wear rubber boots called Wellington boots. His house stands at Hyde Park Corner. People know it as Number One, London. The Duke of Wellington and Admiral Nelson are buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

E) George Frederick Handel arrived in London in 1710. He became famous when he composed “The Messiah” and “The Music for the Royal Fireworks”. Like many other great artists, Handel was buried in Westminster Abbey

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At the station
We see three men at the railway station. They A to the porter. “What time is the next train to London?” asks one of them. “They go every hour. The next train is at ten o’clock,” says the porter. “That’s all right,” they say, “let’s go to the restaurant and wait B the train there”. At two minutes past ten the three men run out of the restaurant and ask the porter: “Has the train gone?” “Yes, it has,” says the porter. “The next train is at eleven o’clock.” “That’s all right,” the three men say, “let’s go to the restaurant and have a drink there.” At two minutes past eleven the three men again run out of the restaurant but the eleven o’clock train C already. “The next train is at twelve o’clock. It is the last train to go to London,” says the porter. At twelve o’clock we again see the three men running out of the restaurant. Two of them have got into a carriage but the D man hasn’t got into the train. He E at the platform and laughing. “Why are you laughing?” asks the porter. “Because those two men have come to see me off,” says the man.
A 1) speak 2) speaking 3) are speaking 4) speaks
B 1) for 2) after 3) to 4) before
C 1) has gone 2) had gone 3) went 4) goes
D 1) thirteenth 2) thirty 3) three 4) third
E 1) was standing 2) is standing 3) stands 4) stood

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St Nicholas: the first Santa
1. his
2. daughters
3. give
4. ago
5. stood
6. last
7. take

St Nicholas lived nearly 700 years A in Myra, in Asia, and he was a bishop. He was rich, but he was a good man and he used all his money to help poor people. One day, Nicholas heard that a poor man had to sell his three pretty B. That night, Nicholas put three bags of gold through the man’s open door. The girls were now safe. Another time, Nicholas threw some gold coins down a chimney at midnight. The coins fell into a shoe, which C near the fire. Nicholas didn’t tell people what he was doing. But after he died, people learned his secret. It became the custom to give presents on D special day — 6 December. It was said that the presents came from St Nicholas. In some countries of Europe, people continue to E their gifts on 6 December.