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Mr. Smith Goes in for Art


Mr. Smith was a rich business man. He was seventy-six and he was ill.

“I can’t do anything with the old man,” his servant Koppel told the doctor. “He doesn’t want to eat. He doesn’t want me to read to him. He doesn’t like anything.”

“I have an idea how to make him interested in life,” the doctor said.

When he entered the old man’s room, he asked him, “How would you like to study art?”

“I like the idea! But how can I start?”

“I can ask a student from an art school to teach you.”

An art student named Frank Swain was invited to give lessons to Mr. Smith. The young man gave a lot of lessons, and when the doctor came, the old man always talked about art.

When spring came, Mr. Smith made a picture. It looked terrible. But the old man said, “I am going to give it to the exhibition at the Lathrop Museum.”

The reader must know that this exhibition was one of the most important in the USA and the Lathrop Museum gave prizes to the best artists.

“We must stop him!” Frank Swain said. “The picture is terrible and people will laugh at Mr. Smith.”

“No, no,” the doctor said, “the old man is ill and art makes him feel better.”

Two days before the exhibition was closed a letter came to Mr. Smith.

“Read it to me,” the old man asked Koppel.

“We inform Mr. Smith,” the letter said, “that he is given the first prize of one thousand dollars for his picture.”

Frank and Koppel were greatly surprised.

“I am happy to hear such wonderful news,” the doctor said. “Now you see, Mr. Smith, that art is much better than business.”

“Art is nothing,” said the old man, “I bought the Lathrop Museum last month.”

2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

George.
I(to want) to tell you about a cltver boy. His name (to be) George. He (to be) from Germany. George (to be) fifteen. He (to be) a good pupil. George (to be) good at maths. He (to want) to be a scientist. George (not to go) in for sports. He (not to like) to go for a walk. But George (to like) to study maths. His mother (to be) a theatre-goer. And yesterday she (to take) George to the ballet. They (to see) Shchelkunchik. George and his mother (to enjoy) the perfomance greatly and George`s mother (to promise) to take him to the opera at a later date.Now George (to do) his home work. And his mother (to knit).
1.What the boy`s name (to be)?
2.Where George(to be) from?
3.How old George (to be) ?
4.He (to be) a good pupil?
5.What George (to be) good at?
6.What he (to want) to be?
7.George (to go) in for sports?
8.What he(to like) to do?
9.His mother (to be) a theatre-goer?
10.Where she (to take) George yesterday?
11.What they (to see) at the theatre?
12.Where ahe (to promise) ti take George at a later date?
13.What George (to do) now?
14.What George`s mother (to do) now?

1. I _______ chocolate since I was a child. You might even call me a “chocoholic”. (to love)
2. Joseph’s English really _______, isn’t it? He _______ American television programs and _______ his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent. (to improve, to watch, to study)
3. Pat and Sean _______ for the past three years. They would like to quit though. (to smoke)
4. _______ you ever Le Cirque Du Soleil? (to see)
5. Usually, I _______ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I _______ French at a language school in
Paris. That is why I am in Paris. (to work, to study)
6. Sebastian _______ at Susan’s house a little before 9:00 PM, but she was not there. She _______ at the
library for her final examination in French. (to arrive, to study)
7. She was so annoying! She always _______ her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she actually _______ me
to do them for her. (to leave, to expect)
8. Sam _______ from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he never _______ the
ocean. He should come with us to Miami. (to be, to see)
9. Matt and Sarah _______ some difficulties in their relationship lately, so they ________ to a marriage
counselor. I _______ they work everything out. (to have, to go, to hope)
10. Dan: You look a little tired. _______ you enough sleep lately?
Michelle: Yes, I _______ relatively well. I just look tired because I _______ a little sick for the last week.
Dan: I hope you feel better soon.
Michelle: Thanks. I _______ some medicine, so I should feel better in a couple of days. (to get, to sleep,
to feel, to take)
11. She sometimes _______ her temper. She scares me a bit when she does. (to lose)
12. We still sometimes _______ out. (to go)
13. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _______. (to sleep)
14. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she also _______ television.
That’s all she ever does. (to watch)
15. Samantha lived in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she _______ there when the Berlin Wall
came down. (to live)

George.
I(to want) to tell you about a cltver boy. His name (to be) George. He (to be) from Germany. George (to be) fifteen. He (to be) a good pupil. George (to be) good at maths. He (to want) to be a scientist. George (not to go) in for sports. He (not to like) to go for a walk. But George (to like) to study maths. His mother (to be) a theatre-goer. And yesterday she (to take) George to the ballet. They (to see) Shchelkunchik. George and his mother (to enjoy) the perfomance greatly and George`s mother (to promise) to take him to the opera at a later date.Now George (to do) his home work. And his mother (to knit).
1.What the boy`s name (to be)?
2.Where George(to be) from?
3.How old George (to be) ?
4.He (to be) a good pupil?
5.What George (to be) good at?
6.What he (to want) to be?
7.George (to go) in for sports?
8.What he(to like) to do?
9.His mother (to be) a theatre-goer?
10.Where she (to take) George yesterday?
11.What they (to see) at the theatre?
12.Where ahe (to promise) ti take George at a later date?
13.What George (to do) now?
14.What George`s mother (to do) now?