Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 55 стр.

       Friends were saddened but not surprised by his death. At University,         C Tommy Leigh-Pemberton was killed when the President’s palace
he had been a member of the Dangerous Sports Club. Members of the                     was close at hand.
Dangerous Sports Club lived        2    maniacs, as if there were no tomor-         D Tommy Leigh-Pemberton’s car rushed into the steel barriers out-
row. Leigh-Pemberton           3     a reputation for physical courage and a          side the President’s palace.
healthy disrespect for authority. He was one of the first to perform a bunjee
jump off Clifton Suspension Bridge, organised for 6 a.m. to escape the at-      7. Why weren’t Tommy Leigh-Pemberton’s friends surprised by his
tention of the police. He had sledged down the Alps on a table top. He had         death?
ridden from London to Singapore on a trycicle. He was a man who always             A Maniacs from the Dangerous Sports Club had a healthy disrespect
lived 4 to the edge. No stunt was too dangerous, no challenge too awe-                 for authority, as if there were no tomorrow.
some.                                                                              B He escaped the attention of the police.
       How and why the accident happened is a mystery. Leigh-Pemberton             C He was used to living on the edge, and no service seemed too hard
had been living in Zimbabwe for almost 18 months and would have known                  for him.
about the security barriers. His death is      5    tragic because it seemed       D Due to his physical courage and disrespect for authority no chal-
that, after years of drifting from one crazy expedition to the next he had             lenge seemed to be too frightening to him.
finally found the ideal life in Zimbabwe.
                                                                                8. Tommy Leigh-Pemberton
1.   A journey         B expedition        C experience      D movement             A drifted from one crazy expedition to the next to find the ideal Zim-
2.   A as long as      B as if             C like            D with                   babwe.
3.   A discovered      B believed          C earned          D did                  B used to be a restless member of the Dangerous Sports Club.
4.   A nearer          B farther           C far             D close                C and danger were incompatible.
5.   A particularly    B partially         C possibly        D positively           D ignored the security barriers since he had disrespect for authority.

 Part B. Directions:     Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text           9. What title would you give to the story?
 (Questions 6 – 10)      you’ve read in Part A of this Section.                    A The Adventure
                         Choose the one best answer to each question on            B The Unfortunate Ad
                         the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.       C The Adventurer
                         Mark the answer on your answer sheet.                     D The Dangerous Sports Clubmen

6. Which of the following is not true?                                          10. The word «stunt» means in the story:
   – That memorable morning at 3 a.m.                                               A something done to attract attention
   A Tommy Leigh-Pemberton was driving too fast to notice the steel                 B something done to distract attention
       barriers lowered each night outside the President’s palace to smash          C tricky danger zone
       his car.                                                                     D trick or treat
   B The traffic on the road leading to the suburbs of Harare wasn’t
       heavy.

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