II. Choose the correct answer. It was joy that killed him

TEST

I COURSE II SEMESTER

Variant II

I. Open the brackets.

It was joy that killed him

Once a pale and thin man came to me and gave me a note from a friend who was a doctor. I (ask) (to help) the man. I remembered that my friend (tell) me of this man before. He had a very weak heart. His heart (can) (burst) at any moment. I wondered if he wanted me (do) something for him. “I (be) thankful to you if you (find) me a job that not (require) any physical effort,” he explained. The next day I (ring) to a kind theatrical manager and asked if he had any work for an invalid “If he (manage) (stand) for fifteen minutes, I (take) him. He (act) in the last scene in a play we (stage) now.” They (take) him. At the first performance of the play I (see) him (stand) near the front of the stage with a spear in his hand and (look) very happy and proud. Some time later I learned from my friend, the doctor, that the man with the weak heart (fall) in love with a dancer and asked her to become his wife. The woman (fall) in love with him too and one day she visited the doctor to find out about the man’s health. She (make) him (tell) her all the truth and fainted when the doctor told her that the man (die) very soon. A month later while I (return) from the party, I (meet) my friend. He said that the woman he (tell) me about (write) a letter to the man with a weak heart. He got it and the next morning (find) dead in his room. It was joy that killed him because she (agree) to become his wife.

II. Choose the correct answer.

1. The police found out that Bob Slant (live) in London’s suburbs at that time.

a. had been living

b. lives

c. lived

2. Yesterday Tom heard that his aunt (be ill) for five days.

a. was ill

b. has been ill

c. had been ill

3. A police car came when the injured man (carry off) the road.

a. was being carried off

b. was been carrying off

c. will been carried off

4. I (bear) in small Russian town not far from Samara.

a. was borne

b. am born

c. was born

5. This book (republish) by the end of September.

a. would been republished

b. will have been republished

c. will been republished

6. What a pity, John won’t come. He (tell) about the meeting beforehand.

a. should have been told

b. should be told

c. should been told

7. The doctor asked, “How do you feel?”

a. The doctor asked how did I feel.

b. The doctor asked how I felt.

c. The doctor asked how I had felt.

8.”Will you be free tomorrow?” Colin asked Richard.

a. Richard asked would Colin be free the next day.

b. Colin asked Richard if he would be free the following day.

c. Colin asked if Richard will be free tomorrow.

9.”Don’t open the door or answer the phone,” said her parents.

a. Her parents said to her not to open the door or answer the phone.

b. Her parents told her not to open the door and to answer the phone.

c. Her parents told her neither to open the door nor to answer the phone.

10.”Why hasn’t he locked the car door?” the policeman said.

a. The policeman asked why he hadn’t locked the car door.

b. The policeman asked why he hadn’t locked the car door.

c. The policeman asked why he didn’t lock the car door.

11. The students said, “We wish our exams were over”.

a. The students said they wished their exams had been over.

b. The students said that they wished their exams have been over.

c. The students said they wished their exams were over.

12.”It’s the only beautiful story I’ve ever heard,” said Cyril.

a. Cyril told that it is the only beautiful story he has ever heard.

b. Cyril said that it was the only beautiful story he had ever heard.

c. Cyril said that it was the only beautiful story I had ever heard.

13. Eddie said: “You will lose your ticket, Alan.”

a. Eddie said Alan that he would lose his ticket.

b. Eddie told Alan that he will lose his ticket.

c. Eddie told Alan that he would lose his ticket.

14. Tom said, “Jerry has been my best friend since our early childhood.”

a. Tom told Jerry that he had been his best friend since their early childhood.

b. Tom said that Jerry has been my best friend since our early childhood.

c. Tom said that Jerry had been his best friend since their early childhood.

TEXT 2

Read the text and do the tasks follow.

THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE

The South Sea Bubble is the name given to a speculation in 1720, and associated with the South Sea Company in London. People bought shares in the company expecting to make a huge profit, but the boom in shares collapsed and many investors lost all their money.

The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 to trade with Spanish America. The company's stock offered a guaranteed interest of 6% and sold well. Unfortunately, however, Spain allowed the company to send only one ship a year to trade in the area.

The first voyage in 1717 was a success. Then King George I became governor of the company in 1719. This created confidence in the business, and soon it was paying 100% interest.

In 1720, there was a boom in the South Sea Company's shares because it agreed to take over the country's national debt. It expected to get back its money by increased trade and a rise in the value of its shares.

The shares did, in fact, rise dramatically. The stock of the company, which had been around £128 in January 1720, reached £1,000 in August. However, by September the market had collapsed, and the price fell back to £124. Eventually, with the support of the Government, the shares levelled off at around £140.

The Sourh Sea Bubble had burst and it led to an economic depression in the country.

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