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4. The Crown Jewels are in ... .
a) the Tower of London, b) Buckingham Palace, c) Westminster Palace, d) the British
Museum.
5. St. Patrick is the patron of... .
a) Wales, b) England, c) Ireland, d) Scotland.
Test 20
I. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.
Mark Twain and a friend of his went abroad on the same ship. Once they were both invited to a
dinner. And they were to make speeches. Mark Twain was the first to speak. He spoke for twenty
minutes and was a great success. Then if was his friend's turn. He rose and said, "Before this dinner
Mark Twain and I agreed to pronounce each other's speeches. He has just pronounced my speech.
And I thank you for your kind appreciation of my speech. I'm sorry to say that I have lost the notes
of his speech and can't remember what he was to say." Then he sat down and the guests burst out
laughing.
Вопросы:
1. What did Mark Twain's friend do when it was his turn to make a speech?
2. Did the guests understand what Mark Twain's friend had done?
II. Поставьте вопрос к подчеркнутому члену предложения.
Mark Twain spoke for twenty minutes.
III. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную глагольную форму.
Everybody (1 — know) today what hot dogs (2 — be). Hot dogs (3 — be) popular for a long
time. The first ones (4 — sell) by street vendors in the 19th century. They not (5 — know) then, of
course, that they (6 — be) hot dogs. They (7 — be) just a sausage in a bun.
In the 1930s Harry Stevens (8
— start) to sell sausages in (9 — heat) buns, (10
— add)
mustard and relish. He (11 — think) they (12 — be) very funny.
A famous sports cartoonist, who (13 — call) himself Ted, also (14 — think) they (15 — look)
funny and (16 — draw) a picture of a dog in a bun. Ted (17— be) very good at (18 — draw). He
(19 — name) the sausages "hot dogs," and the name soon (20 —become) very popular. But there
(21 — be) a problem. Makers of sausages (22 — think) people (23 — think) they (24 — make) of
dog meat and therefore not (25 — eat) them. So for some time "hot dogs" not (26 — use) in
advertisements.
But hot dogs (27 — survive) this. Soon Nathan's restaurant in New York (28 — put) hot dogs
on their menu. They (29 — be) a great success and (30 — become) famous in the whole of New
York.
They (31 — be) still popular in many different places, they can (32 — buy) in parks, fast-food
restaurants and cafeterias.
Since the time they first (33 — appear) hot dogs (34 — become) favourite food of those who
(35 — camp) out or (36 — need) fast food for other reasons, though most people not (37 — know)
why they (38 — call) hot dogs or who (39 — give) them that name.
IV. Выберите правильный ответ.
1. The news ... so pleasant, that she couldn't help smiling.
a) is, b) was, c) are, d) were.
2. What ... awful weather we're having today.
a) — , b) a, c) an, d) the.
3. Do you know what ... , I can't remember it.
a) is his name, b) his name is, c) was his name, d) his name was.
4. Your father's sister is your ... .
a) niece, b) cousin, c) aunt, d) granny.
5. ... we went we saw the same posters.
a) Somewhere, b) Anywhere, c) Nowhere, d) Everywhere.
6. Their house is ... to the school.