Put the verb in brackets into the correct form of verb -predicate,

infinitive or participle:

 

When Scrooge_________ (to wake up) it was almost one o’clock.

He _________ (to sit up) in bed, trying__________ (to get) his thoughts together. He didn’t want__________ (to take) by surprise. When the bell_____________ (to strike) one, nothing happened. No ghost appeared. Five minutes, a quarter of an hour went by, yet nothing____________(to come). His bed, however, was in the centre of some red light_____________(to) stream) from somewhere. Scrooge looked about, and__________(to see) that the light ____________(to come) from the next room. So he _________(to get up) softly and ____________(to take) his way to the door.

It was his own room. There____________(to be) no doubt about it.

But it ________________ (to change) surprisingly. The walls and the ceilings _________ (to be hung) with evergreens: holly, mistletoe, and ivy. A bright fire _______________ (to burn) in the Fireplace. There__________ never________(to be) such a fire in this room in Scrooge’s time, or Marley’s. In the middle of the room there was a kind of throne made of turkeys, geeze, meat, mince pies, plum puddings, cakes and fruit. On this throne there sat a Jolly Giant with a_____________(to glow) torch in his hand.

“Come in”, exclaimed the Ghost. “I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look at me! “ Scrooge _______(to do) so. The Ghost__________ (to dress) in a simple green robe. Its feet___________(to be) bare.

The Ghost of Christmas Present ______________ (to rise). “Spirit”,__________(to say) Scrooge, “take me anywhere you want. The Ghost of Christmas Past ___________ (to teach) me a lesson yesterday. Tonight, if you wish to teach me, let me ____________(to profit) by it”. “ __________ (to touch) my robe!”

Scrooge did as he __________(to tell). Holly, mistletoe, ivy, turkeys, geeze, meat, puddings and fruit vanished. So_____________(to do) the room. And they_______ (to find) themselves in the city streets on Christmas morning. There ____________ (to be) snow everywhere. All the people they ________(to meet) looked happy. The shop windows ___________ (to be) full of light and colour. The Ghost and Scrooge _____________ (to go on) into the suburbs of the town.

 

(After Ch. Dickens)

What novel is it from?

 

Change the following statements to questions:

 

1. Washington was the first city in history to be built for the purpose of government. (Disjunctive)

2. About 85 percent of American students attend public schools. (Special)

3. I usually see my friends at my birthday party. (Alternative)

4. My mother often does the shopping in our family. (General)

5. Another building of the university will be built in Moscow in the near future. (To the subject)

 

III Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

 

1. I will return your notes as soon as_______________ copying them.

(A) I will finish

(B) I do finish

(C) I finish

(D) I had finished

2. Although she is very popular, she is not____________her sister.

(A) pretty as

(B) as pretty

(C) more pretty than

(D) prettier than

3. We haven’t had __________ news from Atlanto since last week.

(A) much C) many

(B) no D) some

4. I know her very well. We’ve been friends ___________childhood.

(A) till C) for

(B) since D) until

5. I don’t know what to say. Let me_____________ about it a while.

(A) to think C) think

(B) thinking D) to be thinking

6. In the ocean, ___________ more salt in the deeper water.

(A) is there C) there is

(B) it may be D) it is

7. If Bob ______________with us he will have a good time.

(A) went C) came

(B) comes D) will come

8. She failed the exam. What___________!

(A) pity C) a shame

(B) unlucky D) shame

9. He has to be careful after the accident, __________ he?

(A) has C) does

(B) hasn’t D) doesn’t

10. _____________nothing to worry about. We have prepared everything.

(A) It is C) There is

(B) There are D) Here is

11. How much did you _________ for the flowers?

(A) paid C) spent

(B) pay D) cost

12. They _____________ us an interesting story last week.

(A) told C) retell

(B) spoke D) say

13. This book is _________ I can’t afford it.

(A) good

(B) too bad

(C) too expensive

(D) too cheap

14. Who_______________your grandparents?

(A) takes care

(B) look after

(C) take care

(D) looks after

15. Would you _______________closing the door, please?

(A) object

(B) like

(C) mind

(D) agree

16. Mary and John ____________ to the parties at the Student Union Friday.

(A) used going

(B) used to go

(C) were used to go

(D) are used going

17. I am seventeen, but my grandmother still__________me like a child.

(A) treats

(B) looks at

(C) thinks

(D) treat

18 Save your money but don’t_________ in the bank.

(A) put them

(B) give it

(C) put it

(D) take them

19. He______________ going to the theatre. There is a new play on.

(A) suggest

(B) suggested

(C) offered

(D) wants

20. I haven’t read ____________ book yet. Can I keep it a day or two?

(A) all the

(B) whole

(C) the whole

(D) the all

 

Unite 4

 

 

 

O. Henry

(1862-1910)

 

О. Henry's real name was William Sydney Porter. Before his name changed, he had been a bank office worker, cowboy, reporter, tramp, trying to find means of existence. O. Henry had a broad knowledge of the life of common people. They are the main characters of his stories, and their fates comprise those unusual and unexpected plots which never fail to surprise the reader. O. Henry was the master of surprise endings.

The literary heritage of O. Henry contains two hundred and seventy-three short stories. Most of them are filled with the writer's warm human sympathy for common American people: "The Gift of the Magi", "A Service of Love", "The Cop and the Anthem", "An Unfinished Story", "The Romance of a Busy Broker", "The Last Leaf", "While the Auto Waits", "The Third Ingredient⁵' and many others.

 

Render into English

О'Генри (О. Henry) [псевдоним; настоящее имя — Уильям Сидни Портер (Porter)] (11.9.1862, Гринсборо, Северная Каролина, — 5.6.1910, Нью-Йорк), американский писатель. Окончив школу, служил в аптеке, получил диплом фармацевта. В 1894 редактор-издатель юмористического еженедельника, в котором публикует свои первые литературные опыты. Работал кассиром-бухгалтером в банке, был обвинён в растрате, полгода скрывался от суда в Гондурасе; вернувшись, провёл в заключении более 3 лет (1898—1901). В тюрьме писал рассказы, некоторые из них были опубликованы в нью-йоркских журналах. Автор сборников рассказов «Четыре миллиона» (1906), «Горящий светильник» (1907), «Сердце Запада» (1907) и др., романа «Короли и капуста» (1904) — фактически цикла связанных общим сюжетом новелл. Произведения О’Генри отличаются изобретательной фабулой, неожиданными развязками, насмешливым юмором. Они образуют сказочно-авантюрную эпопею американской жизни, полную достоверных бытовых примет и метких социальных наблюдений. Подлинный герой О’Генри — «маленький американец» с его правом на счастье. Далёкий от сатирических разоблачений, О’Генри в некоторых рассказах с едким сарказмом говорит о пороках капиталистической Америки.