Задание 1. Прочитайте текст и выберите True или False. Jules Verne lived in Nantes – on the west coast of France. He loved the sea and when he was only 12, he tried to run away on a ship to West Indies. Unfortunately for him, the sailors caught him and sent him home. Jules had a great imagination and wrote several adventure stories and created mysterious characters like Captain Nemo. In Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Captain Nemo travels under the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus. On his journeys, he meets strange sea creatures and finds an underwater city. 1. Jules Verne first tried to run away to sea when he was 20 years old. 2. The sailors helped him to run away. 3. Captain Nemo is a character created by Jules Verne. 4. Captain Nemo travels in a spaceship. 5. Jules Verne wrote many adventure stories.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст и выберите «Верно» или «Неверно».

1. False — Jules Verne tried to run away when he was 12, not 20. (Неверно — Жюль Верн попытался сбежать, когда ему было 12, а не 20.)
2. False — The sailors caught him and sent him home. (Неверно — моряки поймали его и отправили домой.)
3. True — Captain Nemo is one of the characters Jules Verne created. (Верно — капитан Немо — один из персонажей, созданных Жюлем Верном.)
4. False — Captain Nemo travels in a submarine, not a spaceship. (Неверно — капитан Немо путешествует на подводной лодке, а не на космическом корабле.)
5. True — The text says Jules Verne wrote several adventure stories. (Верно — в тексте сказано, что Жюль Верн написал несколько приключенческих историй.)