3 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. Choose the best word from the table (A, B, C or D) to complete sentences 1–10. Len Richards is a farmer in Australia. One night, a couple of years 1 ___, there was a big storm. The next morning, Mr Richards went out onto his farm. He wanted to 2 ___ that all the trees near his house were OK. With Mr Richards was Lulu, the family’s pet kangaroo. Mr Richards found Lulu when she was small. A lorry 3 ___ Lulu’s mother, and so Lulu came to live with the Richards family. Mr Richards was about 200 metres 4 ___ his house when suddenly a large branch fell from a tree and knocked him out. He 5 ___ on the ground and didn’t move. Lulu looked 6 ___ Mr Richards for a moment, then she ran quickly to the house. There, she knocked 7 ___ on the door. She knocked and knocked until Penny, Mr Richards’ wife, opened the door. Mrs Richards was very surprised when she saw Lulu. But she was 8 ___ more surprised when Lulu jumped up and down and made a strange noise. “Lulu barked like a dog,” said Penny later. “She ran off and we followed her.” Mrs Richards and her son Luke found Mr Richards, and 9 ___ phoned for help. A few minutes later, a helicopter arrived and took the farmer to hospital. A week later, Mr Richards was back home again. Lulu had 10 ___ his life. Options: 1 A before, B ago, C for, D after; 2 A check, B control, C examine, D test; 3 A was killing, B had been killed, C had killed, D has killed; 4 A away, B from, C distant, D of; 5 A laid, B lain, C lied, D lay; 6 A for, B over, C at, D after; 7 A loudly, B hardly, C loud, D heavy; 8 A always, B ever, C very, D even; 9 A slowly, B suddenly, C immediately, D direct; 10 A rescued, B saved, C delivered, D escaped.

Перевод задания: Грамматика и лексика. Выберите из таблицы лучшее слово (A, B, C или D), чтобы заполнить пропуски в предложениях 1–10.

Ответы: 1 — B, ago (тому назад); 2 — A, check (проверить); 3 — C, had killed (убил); 4 — B, from (от); 5 — D, lay (лежал); 6 — C, at (на); 7 — A, loudly (громко); 8 — D, even (ещё); 9 — C, immediately (немедленно); 10 — B, saved (спасла).

Выбор определяется устойчивыми сочетаниями и грамматикой: a couple of years ago («пару лет назад»), check that («проверить, что»), 200 metres from («в 200 метрах от»), lie — lay — lain («лежать»), look at («смотреть на»), knock loudly («громко стучать»), even more («ещё более»), immediately phone («немедленно позвонить»), save someone’s life («спасти чью-либо жизнь»). В третьем пропуске Past Perfect показывает, что грузовик сбил мать кенгуру раньше, чем Люлу нашли.

Completed text:

Len Richards is a farmer in Australia. One night, a couple of years ago, there was a big storm. The next morning, Mr Richards went out onto his farm. He wanted to check that all the trees near his house were OK. With Mr Richards was Lulu, the family’s pet kangaroo. Mr Richards found Lulu when she was small. A lorry had killed Lulu’s mother, and so Lulu came to live with the Richards family. Mr Richards was about 200 metres from his house when suddenly a large branch fell from a tree and knocked him out. He lay on the ground and didn’t move. Lulu looked at Mr Richards for a moment, then she ran quickly to the house. There, she knocked loudly on the door. She knocked and knocked until Penny, Mr Richards’ wife, opened the door. Mrs Richards was very surprised when she saw Lulu. But she was even more surprised when Lulu jumped up and down and made a strange noise. “Lulu barked like a dog,” said Penny later. “She ran off and we followed her.” Mrs Richards and her son Luke found Mr Richards, and immediately phoned for help. A few minutes later, a helicopter arrived and took the farmer to hospital. A week later, Mr Richards was back home again. Lulu had saved his life.

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Лен Ричардс — фермер в Австралии. Однажды ночью, пару лет назад, разразился сильный шторм. На следующее утро мистер Ричардс вышел на свою ферму. Он хотел проверить, всё ли в порядке со всеми деревьями возле его дома. С мистером Ричардсом была Люлу, домашняя кенгуру семьи. Мистер Ричардс нашёл Люлу, когда она была маленькой. Грузовик сбил её мать, поэтому Люлу стала жить у семьи Ричардсов. Мистер Ричардс находился примерно в 200 метрах от дома, когда вдруг с дерева упала большая ветка и оглушила его. Он лежал на земле и не двигался. Люлу мгновение смотрела на мистера Ричардса, а затем быстро побежала к дому. Там она громко постучала в дверь. Она стучала снова и снова, пока Пенни, жена мистера Ричардса, не открыла дверь. Миссис Ричардс очень удивилась, увидев Люлу. Но она удивилась ещё больше, когда Люлу начала прыгать вверх и вниз и издала странный звук. «Люлу лаяла, как собака», — позже сказала Пенни. «Она убежала, и мы последовали за ней». Миссис Ричардс и её сын Люк нашли мистера Ричардса и немедленно позвонили за помощью. Через несколько минут прилетел вертолёт и доставил фермера в больницу. Через неделю мистер Ричардс снова был дома. Люлу спасла ему жизнь.