III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения. 1. Twenty million more people used Britain's railway during August than in_________________________

1. Twenty million more people used Britain's railway during August than in_________________________

2. The Lord Mayor held a special reception____________________

3. According to Edna, Blackpool has everything she wants for a holiday including______________________________

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. Peter needed a room

a) for a few weeks

b) for a few months

c) for the winter

2. Peter didn't rent a room at the first house because

a) the landlady was old and deaf

b) the landlady didn't let rooms

c) all the rooms were taken

3. When Peter rang up one of the landladies he was relieved to hear that

a) the rent was not high

b) she had a few rooms to let

c) she had a room to let

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. Where did Peter have breakfast?

2. Why did the notice in the newspaper catch Peter's eye?

3. Where was the house in which Peter rented a room situated?

4. How many houses on the list had Peter seen before he found a room?

III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.

1. The woman at the agency gave Peter_______________________

2. The room Peter rented overlooked__________________

3. Peter told the landlady that he would take the room and paid

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Прослушайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания.

I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.

1. Miss Manning was puzzled because

a) she had never seen any diaries

b) she hadn't seen the diaries since her father's death

с) she had never thought that the diaries would be of any interest to anybody

2. Weston wanted to find Colonel Manning's diaries because

a) he was interested in the colonel's private life

b) they were mentioned in one of the Colonel's letters

c) he wanted to write a complete story of the Colonel's life

3. Miss Manning said that the diaries

a) may have been destroyed by her father before his last illness

b) may be in possession of Colonel Manning's friend

c) may have been thrown away after her father's death

II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What happened to Colonel Manning's library after his death?

2 Why was it dark in the attic room?

3. How did Weston learn that Colonel Manning kept a diary?

4. How did Weston understand that the exercise books he found in one of the boxes were Colonel Manning's diaries?