Панова И.И., Карневская Е.Б., Мисуно Е.А. Tests Grammar, Listening, Reading. Тесты по грамматике, аудированию и чтению
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Michael didn't tell anything to anyone
a) because the bullies had made him promise he would keep silent
b) because he thought he must solve his problems himself
c) because his mother and his sister were not interested in his problems
2. On the day before half-term
a) Michael handed in his English project
b) Michael stayed at school later than usual
c) saw a small boy from his school at the school grounds
3. The younger boy
a) recognized Michael
b) complained that some older boys had taken all his money from him
c) was surprised by Michael's question
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where were the bullies from?
2. How often were the bullies out there waiting for Michael? 3. Why did Michael decide to go and find his teacher?
4. What was the teacher's reaction to Michael's words?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The boy was in the lowest class, so he was probably---------------
2. The teacher wanted to know if the bullies who had hurt the younger boy were____________________
3. The teacher was going to see __------------------------------- the next
morning.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Mrs. C. always went shopping
a) to the same supermarket
b) at the same time
c) with her friend
2. One day Mrs. C.
a) met two friends at the shop
b) bought a piece of cheese at the shop
c) took a piece of cheese from the shelf
3. Mrs. C. has become a different person a) because she has lost weight
b) because she doesn't enjoy life anymore
c) because she has had trouble with her heart
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What happened when Mrs. C. went out of the shop?
2. What did Mrs. C. try to explain to the shop-keeper?
3. What did the doctor advise Mrs. C. to do?
4. What did the judge tell Mrs. C.?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. When they got her to the police-station, Mrs. С________________
2. During the next week Mrs. С______________________________
3. In a way, the story_________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Mr. Gray was satisfied with his job
a) because it was not very exciting
b) because he was interested in farming
c) because he was fond of travelling
2. One of Mr. Gray's problems was often
a) to find where to stay in the small places he reached
b) to make his journeys by train interesting c) to drive long distances in rain or snow
3. Mr. Gray asked the local man he met
a) how to get to the nearest hotel
b) where he could find out about hotels there
c) how many hotels they had there
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
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1. How did Mr. Gray usually travel?
2. What did Mr. Gray need most of all after a long and tiring journey?
3. When did Mr. Gray arrive at a small railway station?
4. Why couldn't the local man give Mr. Gray a definite answer?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Mr. Gray sold___________________to farmers.
2. When Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station, he was--------------
3. The local man scratched_________for a few moments.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Jim left home
a) because he wanted to live in a more comfortable flat
b) because his job was in another town
c) because he wanted to live on his own
2. Jim wanted someone to come and clean his flat
a) because he had never cleaned his flat himself
b) because he didn't want to do it any more
c) because a lot of his fellow-workers had someone to come and clean their flats
3. Jim was not happy with Mrs. Roper's work
a) because he coughed whenever he breathed
b) because she was a silly woman
c) because she did not clean his bedroom properly
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What kind of flat did Jim have?
2. How did Jim get to know Mrs. Roper?
3. How did Jim let Mrs. Roper know what he thought about her work?
4. What was Mrs. Roper's answer to him?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1Jim lived with his parents until he was----------------------------------
2Mrs. Roper agreed to come to Jim's flat every morning---------------
3Jim came home_________that evening.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1George discovered that he was a clever businessman
a) by buying a small shop of his own
b) by making toys at a factory of his own
c) by selling toys in the street
2. George wanted jokes in a speech because
a) he wanted the audience to admire him
b) his speechwriter knew a lot of funny stories
c) he wanted to make his audience happy
3. George burst out laughing because
a) the audience was in a good temper
b) he had never heard the story before
c) his speechwriter put in his favourite story
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where was George Robinson elected to at the age of 32?
2. Why did George use a speechwriter?
3. Why did George not know what was in his speech?
4. What happened to George when he burst out laughing?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. George had always been interested in____________politics.
2. George got quite used to_______________his speechwriter.
3. George came to the words, «And that reminds me of_______
______________________________».
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. As he grew older Johny began
a) to feel unhappy at home
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b) to travel further
c) to hide from his parents
2. Johny went to Cairo because
a) he liked geography
b) he liked flying
c) a plane was going there
3. Johny wanted to become an explorer, but his teachers said,
a) «You are too young»
b) «Go into space instead»
c) «It isn't easy these days»
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What did Johny answer when the police asked him why he ran awa> from home?
2. What was Johny's favourite trick as he grew older?
3. What subject was Johny especially good at?
4. Where did Johny see a notice about an expedition to Brazil?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Johny was able to run away from home for the first time at the age of three
because________________________________________
2. Johny got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone
3. They wanted three young people _________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Aunt Jane prefers to watch films at the cinema because
a) she thinks the television screen is too small
b) she likes to travel to other towns
c) most of the films are not shown on television
2. Aunt Jane's relatives have always been puzzled by the fact that she
a) likes going to the cinema so often
b) seldom watches films on television
c) goes to the cinema alone
3. To appear in a film Aunt Jane used to
a) spend hours outside film studios
b) work at one of the film studios
с) rehearse for days
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why does Aunt Jane have to travel a long distance to see a good film?
2. Why couldn't Jane sometimes go to see herself at the cinema?
3. How did Jane get to know the director of a film?
4. What turned out to be a big blow to Jane's hopes?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Jane has appeared in dozens of films as______________________
2. Jane's big chance came when______________________________
3. When the director congratulated Jane she thought that this was
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. A customer rang up
a) at six o'clock
b) at the time of Andy's favourite TV programme
c) a little before six
2. Andy was annoyed with the customer because
a) his complaints were groundless
b) he called at the wrong time
c) it was the customer's fifteenth complaint
3 Andy finally picked up the phone because
a) it was ringing continuously
b) the TV programme didn't need concentrating
c) he recollected that he had left something behind
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What was the name of Andy's favourite programme?
2. Why did Andy dislike Fenton's Garage?
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3. Why did it take longer for Andy to get petrol?
4. Why did the man from Fenton's Garage recognize Andy?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. When at last Andy sat up in front of the television it was -------
2. When someone doesn't pay for the petrol the people at Fenton's
3. The Fenton's closed at_______________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Patrick used to meet his scientists regularly because
a) he was interested in what they were doing
b) he wanted to advise them on what they were doing
c) he enjoyed talking about the future of the company with them
2. Sir James White was a professor at the university where a) Patric Reilly studied
b) one of the company's scientists studied c) Patrick's son studied
3. The scientist learned about Professor White's latest research from
a) one of the scientific journals
b) one of the monthly papers
c) one of the professors at the university
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What did Patrick's company produce among other things?
2. Why did Patrick's company employ scientists?
3. Why did the scientist tell Patrick about Sir James White?
4. How was Patrick Reilly planning to meet Professor White?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Sir James White was one of the world's______________________
2. Patrick proposed to invite to dinner two of his scientists with
3. Patrick's son finished studying biology_______________
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|. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Mr. Price never felt safe because
a) he lived in a lonely place
b) he was old and helpless
c) he had a lot of valuable articles
2. Mr. Price hid the money he had taken on Saturday
a) in one of the cupboards
b) in the pocket of his overcoat
c) under the pillow
3. Mr. Price lay awake for a long time wondering if
a) he had counted the money after closing the shop
b) he had locked all the doors
c) his money was safe
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What precautions against robbers did Mr. Price take?
2. Why didn't Mr. Price take the money to his son's house?
3. When did Mr. Price fall asleep on that Saturday night?
4. What did the policemen come to warn Mr. Price about?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Mr. Price lived in______________________________
2. One Saturday after a good day's business Mr. Price took nearly
3. Mr. Price knew it would be better to take the money to his son's house where there was__________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. While on the train the narrator and his friend were able
a) to have dinner
b) to do some work
c) to look through some newspapers
2. Mark asked his companion the time because
a) he had lost his watch
b) he had left his watch at home
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c) his watch had stopped
3. To find his watch the narrator had
a) to clear away the things from the table
b) to ask the man to empty the plastic bag
c) to explain the problem to the ticket collector
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why were the narrator and his friend lucky that morning?
2. Who informed the narrator where the man with the plastic bag came from?
3. What things besides the watch were there in the plastic bag?
4. Why couldn't the two friends have another cup of coffee?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. «I don't like this sort of carriage», Mark said, «but at least you _______________».
2. The narrator fetched some coffee and biscuits from____________
3. The narrator remembered taking the watch off and_____________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. At present most of British holidaymakers spend their holidays abroad
a) because more people can afford it
b) because most people prefer something different every year
c) because there aren't enough hotels and guest houses at the seaside
2. Edna and her husband liked Blackpool so much that they decided
a) to return there the next year
b) to come to Blackpool every summer
c) to book the holiday in advance
3. Next year Edna
a) will be taking her holiday in July
b) will be coming back
c) will be staying at another guest house
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. When did the idea of the seaside holiday start?
2. How many hohdaymakers could Blackpool's hotels and guest houses have in summer when the seaside holiday
was in fashion?
3. What does Edna enjoy doing when she comes to Blackpool?
4. Why was Edna disappointed when she came to Blackpool ten years ago?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Twenty million more people used Britain's railway during August than in_________________________
2. The Lord Mayor held a special reception____________________
3. According to Edna, Blackpool has everything she wants for a holiday
including______________________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Peter needed a room
a) for a few weeks
b) for a few months
c) for the winter
2. Peter didn't rent a room at the first house because
a) the landlady was old and deaf
b) the landlady didn't let rooms
c) all the rooms were taken
3. When Peter rang up one of the landladies he was relieved to hear that
a) the rent was not high
b) she had a few rooms to let
c) she had a room to let
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Where did Peter have breakfast?
2. Why did the notice in the newspaper catch Peter's eye?
3. Where was the house in which Peter rented a room situated?
4. How many houses on the list had Peter seen before he found a room?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The woman at the agency gave Peter_______________________
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2. The room Peter rented overlooked__________________
3. Peter told the landlady that he would take the room and paid
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Miss Manning was puzzled because
a) she had never seen any diaries
b) she hadn't seen the diaries since her father's death
с) she had never thought that the diaries would be of any interest to anybody
2. Weston wanted to find Colonel Manning's diaries because
a) he was interested in the colonel's private life
b) they were mentioned in one of the Colonel's letters
c) he wanted to write a complete story of the Colonel's life
3. Miss Manning said that the diaries
a) may have been destroyed by her father before his last illness
b) may be in possession of Colonel Manning's friend
c) may have been thrown away after her father's death
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. What happened to Colonel Manning's library after his death?
2 Why was it dark in the attic room?
3. How did Weston learn that Colonel Manning kept a diary?
4. How did Weston understand that the exercise books he found in one of the boxes were Colonel Manning's
diaries?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The attic room hasn't been opened for______________________
2. Miss Manning was happy because Weston_________________
3. There were about_________________________boxes in the attic
room.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Helen felt nervous because
a) there were only twenty minutes left before the departure of the train
b) there was only half an hour left before the departure of the train
c) she didn't have enough money to hire a taxi
2. When the accident took place Helen
a) was still far from the station
b) wasn't very far from the station
c) was at a walking distance from the station
3. When the bus conductor saw Helen running he
a) didn't ring the bell for the bus to start
b) rang the bell for the bus to start
c) rang the bell before she had got on
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. How did Helen know that she had missed her bus?
2. How much was the taxi fare to the station?
3. What happened to Helen when the taxi ran into a car?
4. What did both the drivers do after the accident?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The taxi driver said he would take a shortcut to get Helen to the station__________________
2. The taxi ran into a car when it was coming out of a side-street into the main road that______________________
3. If Helen had waited for the taxi driver to stop arguing, she would
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. Nick's «little adventure» started when he was
a) on the bus
b) waiting at the bus-stop
c) sitting on a bench
2. When Nick got off the bus
a) a man pushed something into his hands
b) a police inspector approached him
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c) a man approached him
5. In the envelope the police found
a) important documents
b) false diamonds
c) false money
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
. Where did Nick work?
. Why did the man give the envelope to Nick? . What criminals were the police trying to catch?
4. Why did Nick feel disappointed after his «little adventure»?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The man sitting next to Nick got off the bus before Nick _____
2. When Nick entered the police station the man_________________
3. Nick was______________________________late for his office.
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. The narrator didn't finish his meals because
a) the ship was turning round rather violently
b) the Chief Engineer had left the dining-room
c) he couldn't continue his meal in peace
2. When the narrator came up on deck
a) the saving operation had been completed
b) a lifeboat had already been lowered into the sea
c) the ship had covered a distance of two hundred yards
3. The sailors in the lifeboat began to row as soon as
a) the officer gave an order
b) the lifeboat had been lowered
c) they were able to make out the position of the man in the sea
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. When did the passengers first notice that something unusual was happening?
2. Whom did the narrator see in the lifeboat?
3. How did the man in the water manage to keep afloat?
4. Why wasn't it easy to pull the man aboard the lifeboat?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. At first the passengers thought that ______________________
2. Before beginning to turn round the ship__________________
3. The rescued man was able to walk leaning_________________
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. The lady who owned the shop where Helen worked offered to make her a partner
a) a few years after Helen started to work there
b) after Helen left school
c) after the owner of the shop retired
2. Before leaving the hotel Helen
a) told the cashier she was pleased with the service
b) wrote her expenses on beautiful paper
c
) checked the hotel bill carefully
3 Helen was surprised that she had to pay L 1800 for paper because
a) she expected the hotel to provide their guests with free paper
b) she hadn't used any paper from the hotel
c) it was too much money to be paid for paper
||. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1 Why did the lady who owned the shop where Helen worked offer to make her a partner?
2. How did Helen become the only owner of the shop?
3. Why did Helen have to travel a lot?
4. What hotels did Helen always stay at the beginning of her business career?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. Helen had to travel a lot ever since _---------------------------------
2. At the hotel Helen had a nice big room in which she could-----------
3. The hotel had fine public rooms where Helen could---------------•
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I. Выберите и запишите правильный вариант окончания предложения.
1. The narrator liked to come to the restaurant because a) it was situated near his friend's house
b) he liked the food they served there
c) there weren't usually many people there
2. When the narrator ordered his meal he looked
a) if the owner of the restaurant was there
b) if there were many people in the restaurant
c) if there were any people he knew there
3. When the narrator asked the owner of the restaurant what the man had wanted he
a) didn't want to answer at first
b) was surprised at hearing the narrator's question
c) asked him to come into the kitchen
II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы.
1. Why did the narrator walk along the seafront for about an hour?
2. Why was the narrator sure that he had never met the man with a newspaper before?
3. What was the man with a newspaper puzzled by?
4. Why did the detective follow the narrator?
III. Восполните пропущенную часть предложения.
1. The man had a newspaper open in front of him which____________
2. The detective showed the owner of the restaurant____________
3. The narrator thought he was lucky to come to a restaurant where
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Three young men were playing with a gun in a street in a quiet area of the town after dark when one of them fired it
by mistake without aiming it at anything. The bullet broke a window in an old lady's house.
The young men made off at once when they saw the damage they had done, but the old lady looked out of a window
when she heard the explosion, and she recognized one of them as the son of a man and a woman who lived not far
from her.
The old lady complained to the police, and a detective came to her house. The old lady gave him a detailed account
of everything that had happened, and then the detective asked her if she knew where the young man lived. The old
lady told him that too, so the detective went to the young man's house. He and his companions tried to hide, but the
detective found them and the gun and took them to the police station.
There his chief officer questioned the young men to find out which of them owned the gun, but none of them was
willing to say. The young man who owned the gun did not dare to admit that he did, because he did not have a
licence for it.
At last the chief officer decided to put an end to the conversation, so he turned to the detective and demanded to
know whether he had got an officer's permission to take the gun away from the young man who owned it.
The detective felt anxious when he heard this question. «No, sir,» he answered nervously, «I didn't get it.»
«In that case,» the officer declared angrily, «you were quite wrong to take it away from him. You'd better return it
immediately, or there'll be trouble!»
This made the young men smile happily at each other, and as soon as the detective held the gun out and said, «Here
you are,» one of them put his hand out in order to get it back. -
That is how the officer finally discovered whom the gun belonged to.
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When Polly left school, she had no idea what she wanted to do. A friend of hers, who was a year older, and whose
name was Josephine, was at art college, and she persuaded Polly to join her there.
Polly's father worked in a factory, and her mother worked in a shop. They were saving their money to buy their own
house, and they had hoped that Polly would start earning too as soon as she left school, so when she told them that
she wanted to go to art college, she expected to have an objection. But in fact they had none.
«You'll have to find some kind of a job to pay for your college,» Polly's mother warned her. «Your father and I will
be very happy to keep you at home, but we have no money for your college course, and none for paints and all the
other things you'll need.»
«Thank you very much,» Polly answered. «I'm really very grateful to you both. And there's no problem about
getting a job; the head of the art college has offered me one in their library.»
After a few months, Polly's parents really felt very proud that their daughter was going to college, especially when
she brought home some of the things she had painted, for which she had received high praise from her teachers.
Polly sometimes went to museums to see paintings by famous artists, and one day she said to her parents, «Why
don't you come to a museum with me one day? Then I can tell you all about the paintings, and you can see the kinds
of things I'm trying to do myself.»
Polly's mother was free on Thursday afternoons and on Saturdays, but her father sometimes had to work on those
days. They waited until Saturday when he didn't have to work, and then they all went off to the museum that Polly
had chosen.
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She showed her parents some famous paintings, and then they came to one that they recognized.
«This,» Polly said, pointing to it, «is Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".» «What a cheek!» her father answered. «He's copied
the picture we've had in our hall for the last ten years!»
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Sam was an old farmer. He was born on his farm and had lived on it all his life. He had married his neighbour's
daughter, and they grew fruit and vegetables.
Sam got up at five o'clock every morning to gather them and take a load off to market in his old truck.
There were very few vehicles on the country roads at that time of the morning, and Sam knew how to get to market
very well, so as he was going along, he was always thinking about everything except his driving.
One morning he was thinking about what crops to plant for the next year's harvest, and whether to try something
else. A lot of other farmers were planting the same things which he produced, so the prices in the market were
coming down and he was getting less money.
After a few kilometres, Sam came to a place where the small road which went in the direction of the market crossed
a bigger one, and he continued over it without stopping. He always crossed the big road like that, because there was
never any traffic on it at that time of the morning, so there was no fear of having an accident, and anyway he was
always in a hurry, because he wanted to get to the market in time for its opening.
But this morning a young policeman whom he had never seen before ~ signalled to him to stop a hundred metres
beyond the crossroads.
Sam stopped beside the policeman, and the policeman said to him, «Didn't you know that there was a sign telling
you to stop at the crossroads before going over the main road?»
«Oh, yes,» answered Sam, «I knew that there was a sign at that point, because I go to market along this road every
morning. But what I unfortunately didn't know was that you were here.»
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When Sebastian was a boy at school, his favourite lesson was art, and he won several prizes for it. Once he left
school, he got a position as a clerk in a bank, but three times a week he went to evening classes in art, and whenever
he had time at the week-ends, he painted.
He painted in a very modern manner—mysterious objects and shapes, women with three pink eyes, large blank
areas, and so on.
After a few months he thought, «Perhaps I can sell some of my pictures and get enough money to afford to leave the
bank and become a real artist. Then I can travel around as much as I like, and go to foreign museums, and see other
artists' paintings, and study in other countries when I feel like it. Though I try to make the best of the job and I don't
regard the work as difficult — at least not at present — I don't like life in a bank. I only enjoy painting.»
In the bank, Sebastian sometimes had to deal with a man who owned a picture shop, and after he had had a few
conversations with him, Sebastian invited him to his home one evening to see some of his work. «Then perhaps you
could tell me whether I can really be a good artist and get some money from my painting,» Sebastian said hopefully.
The man said he was prepared to come and see what he thought of Sebastian's work, so he arrived one evening at
Sebastian's home. Sebastian took the man to his studio and started to show him some of his pictures, with some
pride and hope.
The man looked at them one after the other while Sebastian watched his face, but to Sebastian's disappointment the
man did not say anything, and his expression did not change at any of them.
Then, when he had finished, he looked around, and his glance fell on something else. A happy look came over his
face for the first time, and he said, «Now I like one very much! It's so full of deep feeling! I'm sure I could sell this
one for you!»
«That,» said Sebastian, «is the place where I clean the paint off my brushes.»
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Sleep is a subject few people know much about. We do know, though, that sleep is important for our physical health
and for our mental well
being.
But scientists tell us that sleep can only refresh us mentally and physically when given enough time to do so. And
the correct amount of time varies from individual to individual. Seven hours may be too little for some, resulting in
tiredness and restlessness. Or it may be too much. Only you can tell how much sleep you need to maintain your peak
form.
Surveys show that 60% of the population sleeps between seven and eight hours a night. The other 40% sleep less, or
more. So if you are not getting your eight hours each night, and you feel fine, maybe you don't need as much sleep
as you think you do.
Other factors that determine your sleep needs are your health, your job, your emotional state, and the «efficiency» of
your sleep. Sleep efficiency is very important because 6 hours of sound, restful sleep will do you more good than 10
hours of tossing and turning.
What you sleep on is also very important. A surface that is too soft can cause lower back pain. A mattress that is too
hard can cause painful pressure at the shoulders and hips.
For sleep that is truly efficient, support and comfort must work hand in hand. That is why it makes sense to buy the
highest quality bedding you can afford. In the right size.
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If you suffer from insomnia, as some people do, mild exercise can often help you to sleep at night. Just don't
exercise too strenuously before bedtime. Generally speaking, exercise is important. In fact, there is some evidence
that the better your physical condition, the better you will be able to sleep.
In today's competitive fast moving world it's more important than ever to be the best you can be. And when you
sleep your best, you can look and feel your best. And that means you can do your best at anything you pursue. You
have the energy and the feeling of well-being that makes each day easier and more enjoyable.
Sleep is too important to be taken lightly.
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I don't live in Tokyo. I don't even know whether I would like to live there. I love it and hate it — it is one of those
places that you can love and hate at the same time.
The first «fact» about Tokyo, for me, is that there are too many people. I don' t mean the fact that twelve million
people live there. That is four million more than London or New York, but it is not an important fact for me.
In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. That is the important fact for me. Of
course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast when they can but in Tokyo they often spend a long
time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York. It is different when one wants to
walk.
At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in London's Oxford Street or near the big shops and
stores in other great cities. But the streets in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really
difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them.
The worst time to be in the street is at 11.30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants
to go home. Between 11 and 12 everybody is looking for a taxi. Usually the taxis are shared by four or five people
who live in the same part of the city.
During the day, people use the trains. Perhaps the first thing you notice in Tokyo is the number of trains. Most
people travel to and from work by train, and there is a station at almost every street corner. At most stations, trains
arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. At 8 o'clock in the
morning you can see students pushing passengers into the trains. Usually the trains are nearly full when they arrive
at the station, so the students have to push very hard. Sometimes the pushers are also pushed in by mistake, and they
have to get out at the next station. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always
leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains
everybody in a seat seems to be asleep. Some Japanese make a train journey of two hours to go to work, so they do
their sleeping
on the train. But if a train journey lasts only five minutes, and if they have a seat, they will also go to sleep. They
always wake when they arrive at their station.
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John Cleef s father played for a Dutch football club when he was a young man. When the Cleefs left Holland and
moved to London, John began school as a six-year-old. No one in the family was surprised when he started to take a
great interest in football. The school he went to played football four afternoons a week (except in the summer, when
they all played cricket).
John's abilities were obvious and when he was 12, a talent scout from one of the big football clubs spoke to his
parents about him. Mr. Cleef said he was too young to think about football as a career. But two years later, John
took part in a special schoolboys' football match arranged by the club. John scored three goals, and he was certain
that his future lay in football. Two years later he signed a contract with the club.
John has been lucky, because it is a good club. It makes sure that all the new young players — apprentice players, as
they are called — keep up their schooling. Everyone knows that out often apprentices, perhaps only one will have a
career in football.
It is a hard day for John and the other apprentices. The day starts at the football ground at ten o'clock with a meeting,
followed by an hour and a half's training. After lunch the apprentices clean football boots, sweep out the stadium,
and wash out the changing-rooms.
The young footballers are expected to be in peak physical condition which means, says John, no late nights, no
drinking, and a rather limited social life. «Not all the girls understand this, but I know I have two years to try and
make my mark. That means that the girls will have to wait. I watch football every evening I can — and dream of
becoming a star!»
John is supported 100% by his parents. His father is proud of him, and perhaps sees John fulfilling his own dream of
becoming a football star. «For me it would be marvellous to have a Cleef playing for England,» he says with a
smile, «even if it should mean that they beat Holland ten-nil!»
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There are about 22,000 police officers in England. Out of these, 1,500 are women. Twenty years ago, a woman
police-officer was an unusual sight. Then there were only 500 of them. Their job was mostly in the police stations
doing the routine office work, or going out and doing what you could call social work. But today the picture is quite
different. You meet female officers on the beat, controlling crowds, and directing traffic.
«That's the way it should be,» says one policewoman. «We get the same pay as the men and we share the same
conditions as they have. Of course, there are still some policemen who haven't quite accepted us yet. I must admit,
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