Тест 62 Sample text

TEST 62    SAMPLE TEXT

Task 1. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.

One summer morning Meeks (come) 1        from the West to New York to find his sister. She (be) 2 Mrs. Mary Snyder, a widow, aged 52, who (live) 3         for a year in a tenement house in a crowded district. At her address somebody (tell)      4       him that Mary(move) 5   away longer than a month before. No one (can / tell)       6       him her new address. On coming out of the house Mr. Meeks (address)          7    a policeman who (stand)     8    on the comer, and (explain)      9___ his difficulty to him. ‘I (recently / make)        10    a lot of money and I’d like to help Mary as soon as possible’, he (add)     11     . The policeman (pull)    12     his moustache and (tell)       13     Meeks about Juggins. He (say)  14    that Juggins (be)    15         the leader of a new school of detectives. ‘Juggins (solve) 16 some very difficult cases. I (take) 17     you to him, the policeman said. If I (find)    18     your sister, you (pay)     19         me two hundred dollars. I (try) 20 to solve your case. The disappearance of people in the city is the most interesting problem I (ever, work at)         21    I (say)         22      the famous detective, (rise)     23     and (put on)    24   his hat. In fifteen minutes Juggins (return)   25 holding a little piece of paper with Mary’s new address. After Meeks (pay)           26 his bill, he (ask)       27      the detective to explain what he (do)   28

Task 2. Write five questions to the text.