1. MISS EVANS
One night in April 1912, a new ocean liner was
crossing the Atlantic. It had set out two
days before and was going to New York. It was the
largest and fastest ship in the world
called Titanic.
The passengers were having a good time when the ship
suddenly hit an iceberg.
Everyone was told to come out of their rooms.
Unfortunately there were not enough
lifeboats for all the passengers.
There was not very much time left. The iceberg was on
one side of the ship. It looked
like a high, white wall.
A woman came to the side of the ship. Her two children
were in one of the lifeboats, and
she was very much afraid.
"My children are in the lifeboat. I must go with
them!" the woman called to the people
in the lifeboat.
"There's no more room," someone called out.
"If we take one more, the lifeboat will sink."
There was a young woman in the lifeboat called Miss
Evans. When she heard the
woman calling, she stood up in the lifeboat and
touched one of the men on the arm.
"Let me get back to the ship," she said.
"This woman must be with her children."
"The ship is sinking. Very soon it will go down
under the water," said the man.
"I know it," said Miss Evans.
People helped her to get back on the ship. Very soon
after that there was a great noise,
and the Titanic went down under the water.
3. 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8.
(A) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18.
(B) 19. (B) 20. (D) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (D)
4. 1. Parents want their children to be kind and
honest.
2. John speaks neither German nor French.
3. What are you going to do tonight? — I haven't
decided yet.
4. I am very sorry but I can't accept your invitation.
I have so much work (to do)!
5. Have you got any relatives in St Petersburg? — Yes,
I have.
My cousin lives there.
6. Where is the money? — It's on the table.
7. What language is she speaking? I can't understand
anything.
(I can understand nothing.)
8. Nothing could make us go out in such rainy weather.
9. The Severn is much longer than the Thames, isn't
it?