Английский язык. Бабушкин А.П - 13 стр.

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30. “Can I have a dictionary?” “I’m sorry I haven’t got __________.”
a) it b) one c) them
3. Read and retell the text. Answer the question.
Do you believe that strange creatures like Yeti or Nessie really exist?
                              The Abominable Snowman
       He has been called the “missing link” half-man, half-beast. He is huge, maybe
as much as about 2.5 metres. All his body is covered with long brown hair, but his
face is hairless. His head is pointed but he looks like a man. He walks upright, stand-
ing on 2 feet. He lives near the top of the highest mountain in the world – Mount Ev-
erest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The legend of the Abominable
Snowman is not new. For years local people have reported seeing the creature they
call “Yeti” – the all-eating animal coming down from the mountains and attacking
villagers. Climbers in the 1920s reported stories of huge footprints they saw high in
the Himalayas – footprints unlike any animal’s they had seen before.
       In 1951 the explorer Eric Shipton took photographs of enormous tracks in the
snow of Mount Everest. Shipton concluded that these footprints could not have been
the tracks of any ordinary animal. He assumed that the Abominable Snowman really
existed and must have walked around in that area.
       These days few people still believe in the Abominable Snowman. There have
only been footprints in the snow as evidence of this creature. Scientists say there
should have been more evidence. They suggest that the tracks may have been bear
tracks. The sun can cause tracks to melt and when the tracks refreeze, they look like
large footprints such as those on Mount Everest. If anyone ever succeeded in catching
an Abominable Snowman, they may face a real problem: would they put it in a zoo or
give it a room in a hotel.
4.Speak on the problem.
What is the most important event in the history of our country?

Test 4

1. Read the texts and do the tests.
                                   The Castes of India
       Long ago, around 1500 B.C., warriors from the north came down into the
country we now call India. They fought their way through mountain passes. Finally,
these warriors, the Aryans, became the rulers of the country.
       The Aryans thought that they were more important than the people who had
lost. So they kept their subjects separate from themselves.
       They divided their subjects into four groups, or classes. The people in each
class made their living in a different way. Some were religious leaders, and some
were soldiers. Others were farmers. Most were workers. And some people were
thought to be so low they were not in a class at all. These people were called Un-
touchables.
       Separate classes became a part of Indian life. These classes were called castes.
Indians of different castes could not eat or work together. They could not marry each
other. The people believed that they were born into castes, and they could never leave