Сборник рассказов на английском языке. Мистика и детективы. Intermediate. Домашнее чтение с заданиями и ответами

– dexterity

– a kind of contorted smile

– the script

– a propman

– a couch

– a wormwhole

– a tamer

III. Find adverbs in the text. Make up your own sentences with them.

IV. Unscramble the words in bold.

1. A travelling circus was giving the first mcnproearfe of the season in a small

country town.

2. The town residents were not spoiled by qtrfnuee visits from performing

guests.

3. The jrocounr had a few minutes before his appearance on the stage.

4. Do you remember the srtcpi

5. The white-haired npramop showed his head from behind the door.

6. He stared at the btarib and could not believe what had happened.

7. But he works only with prderstao, so he can’t be responsible.

8. His gaset name was Faust.

9. A cokkn at the door brought him back to reality.

10. A mwloheor is a hypothetical topological feature of space time.

V. Give definitions of the following verbs.

– to erect

– to spoil

– to demand

– to examine

– to reveal

– to grip

– to stroke

– to craft

– to vanish

– to swear off

– to vow

VI. Grammar.

1. Find and translate sentences in the Past Simple Tense.

2. Find and translate a sentence with homogeneous parts.

3. Find and translate one sentence in the Present Perfect Tense.

4. Find and translate one sentence in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

5. Find sentences with the direct speech. Change them into the indirect

speech.

VII. Answer the following questions.

1. What kind of person was the magician?

2. Where did he work?

3. Where was a travelling circus giving the first performance?

4. What did the magician ask the propman for?

5. How did the black box look like?

6. What happened in the arena?

7. What story did the propman tell the conjuror?

8. What is the wormhole?

9. Do you believe in the human ability to travel through time in the future?