Kitabı oku: «Рассказы / Short Stories», sayfa 14

3. a road vehicle designed to carry passengers

4. a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers

7. Choose the right variant:

1. Maggie stole the picture.

2. Maggie bought the picture.

3. Maggie painted the picture.

4. Maggie sold the picture.

8. How did Miss Conway look in black?

1. very well

2. she didn’t wear black

3. not well

4. friendly

9. Why did Miss Conway begin to cry?

1. She wanted to change her black clothes.

2. She cannot laugh.

3. She did not want to be a liar.

4. Her count died in a gondola accident.

10. Choose the right verb:

You’ve ___________ of Mike Sullivan, haven’t you?

1. had

2. been

3. heard

4. meant

11. Choose the right word:

“But you must tell me _____________!”

1. something

2. anything

3. nothing

4. everything

12. Insert the right prepositions:

about – on – from – of

1. My father is very proud, and he never let me take a ring or any presents _____________ him.

2. She stood on the top step and drew _____________ black silk gloves.

3. You’ve heard _____________ Mike Sullivan, haven’t you?

4. I invented that story about the Count, and _____________ his gondola accident, so I could wear black.

13. Complete the chart:

No Story

I was doingspace-work³³ on the Beacon³⁴, hoping to be put on a salary. I wrote whatever the city whispered or roared or chuckled to me on my diligent wanderings about its streets. My income was not regular.

One day Tripp came in and leaned on my table. Tripp was working in the mechanical department – I think he had something to do with the pictures. He was about twenty-five and looked forty. Half of his face was covered with short, curly red beard. He was pale and unhealthy and miserable and fawning. He always borrowed money from all of us – from twenty-five cents to a dollar. One dollar was his limit. Nobody would give him more than a dollar. When he sat on my table he held one hand with the other. Both hands were shaking. Whiskey.

This day I had received from the cashier five shining silver dollars as an advance on a story that the Sunday editor had reluctantly accepted. So I was feeling at peace with the world.