Text 4 1. Выберите и вставьте в текст вместо точек подходящие по смыслу слова и словосочетаний (есть несколько лишних слов и выражений). Переведите текст на русский язык
much, disappointing, looking, hardly, dedicating, such, a little, to recognize, a rarity, to sell, to do, lying, dedicated
No one discovers (1) a rarity by chance. A truly (2) searcher for art treasures must have patience, and above all, the ability (3) the worth of something when he sees it. (4) this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
My old friend, Frank, is just (5) a person. One day he visited an antique shop. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him. Time passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing-case (6) on the floor.
The dealer told him that it has just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly did it. The contents were (7) . Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, (8) of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing-case.
As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. (9) at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth $5. Frank could (10) conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a discovery. The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth thousands of dollars.
II. Выберите соответствующий вариант
1-2. About... ago a sailor named Henry Hudson set out from England in a small boat with a small crew to sail across ... mysterious Arctic Ocean.
a) three hundreds of years b) three hundreds years c) three hundred уears
d) three hundred уear e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) the b) — с) a d) so
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
3-4. They had quite ... adventures ... home each time with wonderful stories.
a) a few b) few c) a little d) the few
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) to have returned b) returning c) were returning d) return
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
5-7 ... Hudson explored Hudson Bay, naming it... himself as he was the first... it.
a) lately b) last time c) in the last time d) for the last time
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) about b) for с) after d) with
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) to discover b) discovered c) discovering d) would discover
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
8-9. While he ... to find a passage out,... crew openly rebelled.
a) tried b) was trying c) would try d) had been trying
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
а) а b) — с) this d) the
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
10. No word of his ... calm them.
a) need b) should c) will d) ought
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
11. They grew gloomy and dangerous, crying: "We would rather at home than starve abroad!"
a) be hanged b) hung c) hanging d) to hang
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
12-14. ... Food was very short, and ... sailors cruelly decided ... the number of those who needed to be fed, and thus have more for themselves.
a) a b) every c) this d) —
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) the b) — с) any d) a
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
a) lessening b) to lessen c) lessened d) lessen
e) все вышеприведенные варианты не верны
