I. Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs. Macready and three servants. (Their names were Ivy, Margaret and Betty, but they do not come into the story much.) He himself was a very old man with shaggy white hair which grew over most of his face as well as on his head, and they liked him almost at once; but on the first evening when he came out to meet them at the front door he was so odd—looking that Lucy (who was the youngest) was a little afraid of him, and Edmund (who was the next youngest) wanted to laugh and had to keep on pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it.

Taken from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

¹ air-raid - бомбардування shaggy - тут кошлате (про волосся)

1. The four children went to live in the house of an old Professor.

2. Lucy laughed at the old man.

3. The Professor was very old with brown hair.

4. The children left London to live with the Professor because of the air-raids.

5. The Professor's house was in the centre of Cambridge.

6. Lucy was the youngest child.

7. The Professor lived two miles away from the post office.

8. The names of the four children are Peter, Ivy, Susan, Edmund, and Betty.

9. The Professor lived with a housekeeper named Mrs. Macready.

10. This story is about four children's trip to Paris.

II. Use of english

Read the text below and choose the correct word (A-D) for each gap.

Write the Perfect Crime Novel

Most people are born with the natural ability to (1) ………….. stories, but only a rare few have the determination to become professional authors, and even fewer have the joy of seeing their novels top the (2) …………… of bestselling books. Some of the world's famous crime writers have achieved the (3) ……………success of all. Who can deny the appeal of famous detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot? Even if you haven't read the (4) ……………books you will have seen them in films or on the TV.

If you have an ambition to become the next Agatha Christie what should you do? The best starting (5) ……………is to read lots of examples of crime fiction written by good authors. You will need a notebook to carry around with you or, even better, some loose (6)……………of paper that you can (7) ……………notes on and then file into a folder. After all, the most everyday situation - for example, watching a woman get (8)……………a train - may be the inspiration for your first bestseller.

Like any good recipe you have to know the main (9) ……………of a successful novel. These are: an original story, strong characters and a memorable (10) …………….

1	A	say	B	tell	C	speak	D	announce
2	A	queue	B	list	C	row	D	line
3	A	largest	B	greatest	C	highest	D	prime
4	A	first	B	initial	C	early	D	original
5	A	spot	B	tip	C	point	D	mark
6	A	strips	B	sheets	C	layers	D	pieces
7	A	complete	B	do	C	fill	D	make
8	A	out	B	down	C	off	D	from
9	A	parts	B	ingredients	C	pieces	D	sections
10	A	setting	B	environment	C	surrounding	D	encirclement