Английский язык. Бабушкин А.П - 9 стр.

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21. “You’re up very early today.” “I know. I don’t want to be __________ for my
interview.”
a) late b) lately c) later
22. Two kilometres __________ a long way to go on foot.
a) is b) are c) be
23. I took my dog for a walk even though it was __________ outside.
a) rather cold b) cold rather c) the coldest
24. It was __________ funny story that everyone laughed.
a) so b) such c) such a
25. I saw you __________ to work the other day.
a) cycling b) cycle c) to cycle
26. “Ann is in hospital.” “Yes, I know. __________her tomorrow.”
a) I visit b) I’m going to visit c) I’ll visit
27. There are some __________ books in the local library.
a) English old valuable b) valuable old English c) valuable English old
28. That’s the woman __________ best friend is a film star.
a) whose b) who’s c) which
29. The train from England to France goes __________ the Channel Tunnel.
a) through b) across c) along
30. “I need a loaf of bread.” “I’ll buy __________ this afternoon.”
a) one b) it c) them
3. Read and retell the text. Answer the question.
What can people do to save wild animals from extinction?
                                 Saved from Extinction
       A lot of animals have become extinct during the last 100 years. This is the true
story of how one animal was saved from almost certain extinction.
       It begins in 1930. Professor Aharoni was a zoologist who was also interested in
ancient history. He had read about a pet that was popular with children in ancient As-
syria. From the descriptions of the animal Professor Aharoni understood that it was a
kind of a mouse, but it seemed to be different from any mouse in the 20th century.
Certainly children didn’t keep mice as pets in Syria in 1930. There had been no re-
ports of the animal for more than 1000 years, but the professor decided to find out
more about it. Ho hoped to find a skeleton. The ancient writings that the professor
had read all said that the “mouse” was common in the ancient city of Chaleb. The city
had been destroyed many years before and was now in ruin. The modern city of
Aleppo in Syria had grown up on the site of Chaleb. Professor Aharoni went to
Aleppo and started looking for a skeleton of the extinct mouse. One day, quite by
chance, he found a hole in the ground with a family of 13 golden rodents. He had
found the last survivors of this ancient Assyrian children’s pet.
       The animals had survived in the wild for more than 1000 years. No one in
modern times had ever recorded seeing these animals and even more strangely, no-
body has found any more in the wild. The animal is now a popular children’s pet all
over the world and is known as the golden hamster. With Professor Aharoni’s pro-
tection, the animals multiplied at an astonishing speed. The golden hamster can pro-
duce babies after only 15 days, and by 1940 there were several million of them. Now