1. A CLEVER TRICK
It was a cold and stormy night. A traveller was riding
a horse. It was raining cats and
dogs and he was wet to the skin. He had been riding
for a few hours before he could find
an inn.
When he entered the inn he saw a lot of people there.
They were sitting in front of the
fire and there wasn't a seat left for him.
A good idea struck him. He called the waiter and said
to him in a loud voice: "Boy, take
a plate of oysters to my horse."
Everybody was surprised. The waiter put some oysters
on the plate and went out.
Naturally, the other people went out to see if the
horse would eat the oysters.
A few minutes later the waiter returned with the news
that the horse had refused to eat
the oysters. When the other people returned they saw
that the traveller was sitting
comfortably in a chair. He was warming his feet beside
the fire. And suddenly
everybody realized why the traveller had ordered the
waiter to take the oysters to the
horse.
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3. 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8.
(C) 9. (B) 10. (C) 1 1. (D) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. P) 17. (B) 18.
(A) 19. (A) 20. (B) 21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (A)
4. 1 . What will you be doing at four o'clock
tomorrow?
2. Shall I go shopping? — No, you needn't.
3. How long does it take you to get to school?
4. I learned about it last week.
5. I've been waiting for my sister for half an hour.
6. What wonderful weather (we are having)! Let's go to
the country.
7. I didn't hear you come in.
8. We've got little time (We haven't got much time).
We'll have to take a taxi.
9. Excuse me, could you repeat the last sentence?