Test
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
When Dick ..1.. school at the age of 18 he was going to be an artist for he liked painting very ..2.. .But his parents wanted ..3.. to study languages.
One summer morning Dick came to Richmond, a suburb of London. He ..4.. a temporary job as he wanted to save up ..5.. money to go travelling. He went to the ..6.. library to ask for an employment there but without success. Dick was walking from the library when he ..7.. a woman ..8.. on the opposite side of the road. She ..9.. absolutely helpless and upset. He hurried ..10.. the road ..11.. his help. Dick didn`t look particularly attractive with his long untidy hair.
So he thought it was his appearance that ..12.. the poor lady and she wasn`t able ..13.. a word. When she began ..14.. he couldn`t understand ..15.. .She was a foreigner!
Then a policeman came up to them but he could not help the woman ..16.. .She ..17.. to him when a car stopped ..18.. them. ..19.. two adults and a boy in it. The man in the car asked, „Can we help? Why is she crying? “The policeman and Dick explained that she didn`t speak English and ..20.. could understand her. The woman tried to say ..21.. and suddenly the boy exclaimed, “She ..22.. Russian .I know, I studied it at school! “Then he said that the lady was walking to the bus station and lost her ..23.. .
After that Dick changed his mind and studied languages at the university. Now he ..24.. six languages. One of them is Russian!
1.A-leaves 2.A-well 3.A-he 4.A-was looking for
B-left for B-many B-him B-was looking at
C-left C-much C-his C-was looking after
5.A-a 6.A-located 7.A-saw 8.A-standing
B-some B-near B-watched B-staying
C-the C-local C-looked C-stopping
9.A-saw 10.A-cross 11.A-to propose 12.A-was afraid of
B-watched B-across B-to suggest B-frightened
C-looked C-along C-to offer C-horrible
13.A-to speak 14.A-to say 15.A-anything 16.A-neither
B-to talk B-to talk B-something B-either
C-to say C-to tell C-nothing C-too
17.A-is going 18.A-nearly 19.A-there was 20.A-somebody
B-was coming B-far from B-there were B-anybody
C-was about C-near C-there are C-nobody
21.A-something 22.A-is saying 23.A-road 24.A-is speaking
B-anyTest
