2. READING COMPREHENSION Read the story about Toni Bently. For

мечтой из самого детство. Столько всего нового и необычного произошло этим летом. За тем, оно было лучшее еще потому что я провила каникулы со своей близкой подругой, которая, к сожелению живет в Турции и нам не совсем часто удается видеть друг друга.

1. .......... you tell me the time, please? 2. No more for me thanks. I .......... eat another thing. 3. Who is that outside? It .......... be the policeman — he has already been here. 4. I .......... open the drawer in my desk as it was stuck. 5. You .......... make an omelette without breaking eggs. 6. We loved the cake. .......... you give us the recipe for it? 7. Mr. Marshall is busy this week, but he .......... see you next week. 8. It .......... be 12 o’clock already! 9. We told him he .......... leave whenever he wanted to. 10. I’ll get a car of my own as soon as I .......... drive. 11. Interpreters .......... translate without thinking. 12. It would help if you .......... give me friendly advice. 13. Sometimes gossiping .......... be a real pleasure. 14. He promises he .......... inform us of the turn of events in future. 15. Angela .......... speak French when she was four, she .......... do it now and she .......... speak it perfectly in some years. 16. He .......... sell his car unless he reduces the price. 17. My aunt .......... tell fortunes from tea leaves.

1) What is computer?
2) What is the best thing about a computer?
3) What is the worst thing about computers?
4) What would life be like without your computer?
5) Do computers ever make you want to pull your hair out?

1She starts school at...
2She has lunch at...
3She goes outside at break time at...
4She goes home from school at...
5She goes to bed at...

meet/haven't met/was not meeting) you for ages. 4 Last summer he (has gone/was going/ went) to the Caucasus. 5 She was thoughtfully looking at him while he (read/was reading/has read) a newspaper. 6. While I (swept/was sweeping/has swept) the floor, Mrs, Parker began cooking. 7.1 just (had/have had/was having) a telegram to say that my poor friend is badly ill again. 8. We (sat/were sitting/have sat) in silence for a few minutes. He (spoke/was speaking/has spoken) at last. 9. While she (washed/was washing/has washed up), she (was hearing/heard/has heard) the doorbell, then voices. 10. "She (was making/made/has made) tea, let's go to the dining room". 11 Only two stars (shone/were shining/ has shone) in the dark blue sky. 12. On glancing at the address, he observed that it (contained/was containing/ has contained) no name. 13. He just (left/was leaving/has left) the hall when a stranger (entered/was entering/has entered). 14 (met/was meeting/have met) Ann at her father's house twenty years ago and (knew/have known/ was knowing) her ever since.

As the schoolmaster rode on and on, the night grew darker and darker. He came to a place where the road ran over a small bridge across a stream. As Crane approached it, his heart began to beat fast. He suddenly remembered all the stories about ghosts that he had heard. He got frightened and gave his horse a kick: at first the animal rushed forward but then suddenly stopped. On the bank of the stream stood a horseman riding a black horse. The poor schoolmaster got still more frightened. He gave his horse another kick and rode on as fast as he could. The horseman followed. Having reached the top of a hill, Crane looked behind and was struck with horror as he saw that the horseman was headless. His horrow became still greater when he saw that the ghost held his own head in his hands. Crane tried to get away from the ghost, but the faster he rode, the faster the headless horseman rode after him. Soon, however, Crane saw a bridge behind the trees. "If I could reach that bridge," thought Crane, "I would be safe". Again he looked behind him. He saw the ghost picking up his own head and throwing it at him. Crane was struck on the head and fell off his horse. The headless horseman and his black horse quickly passed by and disappeared. The next morning Crane's old horse was found standing near his master's gate. But there was no Crane to be seen. On the bank of the stream they found the schoolmaster's hat and near it a pumpkin broken to small pieces. On the following Sunday many people gathered at the place where the hat and the pumpkin had been found. The stories of ghosts were told again. The villagers decided that the schoolmaster must have been carried off by the headless horseman. A few years later an old farmer who had been to New York brought the news that Crane lived in another village and had been made a judge. Shortly after his rival had disappeared, Brunt married Katrina. It was noticed that each time the story of Crane was told, he laughed or smiled. This made some people think that he knew about the matter more than cared to tell.

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Many years ago a young doctor began to write stories about a man who was a detective. Readers liked his stories because they were very interesting and the doctor decided to become a writer. The doctor was Conan Doyle and he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle wrote his first story about Sherlock Holmes in 1887. In this story the detective meets his friend Dr. Watson. Holmes and Watson lived at 221 В Baker Street in London. Many discussions take place about where 221 В was. There is no house there now. But a large company has its office near the place. This company answers twenty or so letters which still come every week to Sherlock Holmes, 221 В Baker Street. Most come from the United States and many people ask if Mr. Holmes can help them with some problem. The company answers saying that, "Mr. Sherlock Holmes is no longer working as a detective". There is a pub in London called Sherlock Holmes. One of the rooms in the pub is Sherlock Holmes* room. It has many things the room in Conan Doyle's stories had — Holmes' hat, some letters written to Sherlock Holmes, chairs and tables like those described in the stories. Besides, there are some pictures of Holmes and Conan Doyle, of actors who played Holmes and Watson in films, on television and radio. In 1961 lovers of Sherlock Holmes formed the Sherlock Holmes Society. They meet three or four times a year to talk about Sherlock Holmes. The members of the Society know the stories about Sherlocki Holmes very well, and they discuss these stories at their meetings.