ПКОЯз. Английский язык. Домашнее чтение
Cross out the word which doesn’t fit.
vain
unproud
humble
modest
Jack's cigarette case had an inscription that read ...
"From the colleagues wishing you many happy returns of the day"
"From little Cecily with her fondest love"
"From little Gwendolen with sincere affection"
"From your loving aunt"
Вычеркните слово, не объединяемое с указанным в словосочетание: lively can be describe of
weather
a conversation
a person
a party
The narrator had expected the Bainsizza to be ….
razed to the ground
flatter, more like a plateau
higher, more like a mountain
more civilized
Gladstones are:
Happy rocks.
The name of a bar.
The name of a hotel.
A brand-name of suitcases.
Lady Bracknell: I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a ...
Dust-bin
Stable
Hospital
Terminus
It is in … that we become Christian.
trouble
defeat
victory
happiness
George Osborne was ... and had been one of the family any time these three-and-twenty years.
Sedley’s Godson
Sedley’s old friend
Amelia’s nephew
Sedley’s stepson
Вставьте артикль, если необходимо Maugham’s reputation as … novelist rests primarily on four books: Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor’s Edge (1944)
a
an
-
the
What does it mean to cut classes?
Not to go to classes.
To do very well in class.
To go to classes for a shorter period.
To leave class early.
Jos almost drew away the audience who were gathered round the musicians and received from hearers a ...
great deal of applause
great deal of mockery
great bouquet of roses
bottle of champagne
Дополните предложение When you say that you will have nothing more to do with something or somebody you … it/he/she
disown
repulse
repudiate
direct
Samuel Worsham was executed for … .
murder of Chicago policemen
murder of the District Attorney
high treason
spreading of drugs
Lane didn't think it was ... to listen to the music played by Algernon in the adjoining room.
interesting
useful
polite
necessary
Выберите правильный вариант транскрипции слова “vehement”:
[ 2vim@nt]
[vi 2Im@nt]
[ 2vi:Im@nt]
[ 2veIm@nt]
Вычеркните слова, не подходящие по смыслу к остальным:
an amount
a quantity
a quality
a number
Complete the sentence according to the content of the comedy. I would I were ..., to catch the strong fellow by the leg.
in the arena
brave enough
invisible
a wrestler
Подберите антоним к глаголу «to worry»
to notice
to involve
to proceed
to be happy
Cuff’s fight with .... and the unexpected issue of that contest, will long be remembered by every man.
Tom
Osborne
Joe Sedley
Dobbin
Tina Farrell was …
a school teacher
an usherette at the Odeon
an accountant at the Electricity Board
a nurse at the hospital
Catherine wanted to see … when they would come to America.
the Woolworth building
the stockyards
the Golden Gate
the Grand Canyon
Insert the proper word. At first and last, the ... welcome
natural
hearty
stately
saucy
Rebecca: «How could you be so cruel as to make me eat that ... at dinner ?!».
piquant sauce
stinking meat.
horrid pepper-dish
extremely salt salad
What did Joey and Willard find in the gutter?
A dead girl.
A dead cat.
A penny.
Some good throwing stones.
When Jack returned to his country-house and found Chasuble there he asked the priest …
to mention the brother in his Sunday sermon
to dinner with him
to take part in his brother’s burial
to christen him
But this arrangement left Mr. Joseph Sedley tête-à-tête with Rebecca, at the drawing-room, where she was occupied in ...
drawing a portrait
knitting a green silk purse
playing chess
knitting a scarf
Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “lusty” means
rough; rude
weak
tender; sweet
full of vigour; strong
Choose the correct explanation without using a glossary. “chaste” means
pure, decent, virtuous
irritable, short of temper
lecherous, depraved
separate
“steep” means
eating only a limited variety of foods
leading; chief
able to withstand only a limited range of variations in environmental conditions
having a sharp rise or highly inclined slope
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. Wretch Aurelius laid more than …. in languor and in torment.
three years
two months
two years
a year
Matilda’s father was a …
white magistrate in Natal
black bishop in Zaire
half-breed farmer in Kinshasa
brown government official in Bulawayo
Whom did Holden meet while having breakfast?
Sally.
His sister.
Luce.
Two nuns.
It was Rebecca’s... who wrote a letter to Miss Pinkerton recommending Rebecca to her protection.
mother
neighbours
sister
father
Why did Gay’s wife stop sending Gay to jail?
Because it was more fun beating him.
Because he liked it there and could sleep.
Because Gay disappeared.
Because she got a divorce from him and left.
Federico and the others were side-tracked for a long time that side of Mestre and … came and peeked in.
the doctors
the soldiers
the children
the nurses
As for the girls, Amelia and Rebecca, they ...
ignored each other
were indifferent to each other
hated each other like sworn enemies
loved each other like sisters
Needle taught in … school in Kensington:
free
national
private
technical
The … were coming into the post, some were carried on stretchers, some walking and some were brought on the backs of men that came across the field.
children
sick
captives
wounded
Вставьте артикль, если необходимо When I was … very small boy I was made to learn by heart certain of the fables of La Fontaine
the
-
an
a
William Ferraro lived in …
a small house near Westbourne Grove
an empty house in the Bayswater Road
a great house in Montagu Square
a private spacious apartment in Baker Street
Where does D.B. live?
Hollywood, California.
New York, New York.
San Francisco, California.
Santa Barbara, California.
Raymond Parker preferred …
travel books
plays
detective stories
funny stories
And presently the voices of the two speakers , Mr. and Mrs. Sedley, were hushed and replaced by the ...
singing of a lark
gentle but unromantic music of the nose
beautiful ringing of the church bells
ticking of the old clock
Who wrote If a Body Meet a Body Coming through the Rye?
J.D. Salinger.
Edgar Allen Poe.
Robert Burns.
Stephen King.
Dobbin had for once forgotten the world and was away with Sindbad the Sailor in the Valley of Diamonds, when ... woke up his pleasant reverie.
rumble of the wheels
shrill cries, as of a little weeping fellow
the singing of the bird
singing of a little girl
Lou gathered from … that the Black Madonna helped three childless couples:
the parish magazine
the local newspaper
Tina Farrell
her neighbours
What’s wrong with Ackley?
He has halitosis.
His ears are always dirty.
All of these.
His teeth are always mossy-looking.
When Trevor suggested the gang should meet at nine o’clock on Sunday morning, Mike said that he could not come because …
he thought he was going to be sick
he would go with his parents to Scotland
his mother was ill and he had to take care of her
he would have to go to church