Билет № 19

Listen to the story about one day Susan and Phillip spent together and answer the questions below.

1​ What did Philip tell Susan about the place he brought her to?

2​ What surprise did Philip give Susan?

3​ Why did she decide to wear the ring only in July?

Script

It was the first day they had spent together for months. Philip had been thinking about it ever since he had got Susan's letter.

"What a nice place you've brought me to!" Susan cried, and danced round him. Philip had left the car at the side of the road, and they had walked up the hill together.

"Have you been here before?" she asked.

"I used to come up here a lot, years ago. You see that old stone house?" he said. "I can remember it being there when I was a boy."

Susan blushed and looked at the sky. "Come on", she said. "Rain is on the way".

They got in the car and Philip drove to the town. "Do I have any time for my little surprise? How much longer can you stay with me?" he asked.

"I have to be back at six." Susan looked puzzled.

Philip explained what he meant. "I just wanted to buy you something before you go back", he said.

Philip took Susan to a small jeweller's shop. They went into the shop and Susan chose the ring she liked best - a thin gold one with a small diamond in it. Philip put the ring on her finger and she beamed with pleasure.

"Keep the ring for me", Susan said to Philip. "We are not allowed to wear jewelry at school. But July will soon be here and then I'll be able to wear it all the time."

Their day together was over and Philip took her back to school.

"Don't forget to collect me at the end of the term, Daddy, and don't forget to write.''

Билет № 20

Listen to the story about uncle Theo and answer the questions below.

1​ Where did Uncle Theo apply for a post?

2​ When did the committee decide to make the final choice?

3​ Whose speech did Adams read?

Script

I would like to tell you a story about my uncle Theo. He's quiet and gentle and absent-minded. He applied for a post in Camford University. There were hundreds of candidates including Theo.

Now Camford is a very small town. There is only one hotel in it, and they had to put two candidates in every room. The man who shared the room with Theo was a self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo. But he was clever

The committee at the University interviewed all the candidates, and the number was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adams. The committee couldn't decide which of them to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each candidate had given a public lecture in a college in three day's time.

For three days Uncle Theo never left his room. He worked day and night almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn't seem to do any preparation at all.

The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture-hall and then Theo found out that the typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared. The Dean said he would call on the candidates in the alphabetical order. Adams was the first. With despair in his heart, Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of his pocket and read it to the professors who gathered to listen to it. And how well he read it! When Adams finished there was a great burst of applause.