STOP AND CHECK

R eading

1 Read and choose the question ( 1 - 5 ) to the story (A -F ). Be careful! There is one story extra. Write down your answers in your Answer Sheet.

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Where can tourists 1. see th e famous w riters’ names w ritten on the walls? 2. visit th e place th a t Shakespeare had never seen in his life? 3. adm ire th e garden th a t Shakespeare bought together w ith the biggest house of th a t time? 4. learn about Shakespeare’s every day life? 5. find Shakespeare’s tom b?

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Shakespeare’s Town

April 23 is Shakespeare’s birthday and is also the day he died. Both events occured at Stratford-on-Avon, a small tow n in the centre of England. There are no mountains or deep valleys near Stratford, but there are beautiful woods, green fields, a quiet gentle river — the winding Avon — and lovely houses, black and white w ith thatched roofs.

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Shakespeare’s Birthplace

The first place visitors go to in Stratford is Shakespeare’s birthplace, a small house with small moms in the centre of the town. Here they can see the room

where Shakespeare was born. Some people who had visited the house had w ritten their names on the walls. It seems a wrong thing to do, b u t among I he names are W alter Scott, Charles Dickens and William Thackeray.

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W hen Shakespeare became successful in London, he bought the biggest house in Stratford, a house called New Place. (.Here he probably w rote his last plays and here he died. But there is nothing left of it but a few bricks and the garden. The man who owned it, Mr. Castrell, was so angry th a t so many people came to see the house th a t he pulled it down.

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Church i - /

Then the visitors g o |to the church where Shakespeare is buried. There is a hust of Shakespeare, th a t was made by a D utch sculptor who lived near Shakespeare “Globe” T heatre and must have seen Shakespeare many times.

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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

You can also go across the field, about a mile out of Stratford, to Anne H athaw ay’s . Cottage. Anne H athaway was th e woman whom Shakespeare married, and the cottage is ju st as it was in Shakespeare’s time. There are the old chairs by the fireplace, where Shakespeare must have sat, the plates from which he probably ate his dinner, and a leather bottle out of which Anne poured beer for him.

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Then the visitors can have a look at th e Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a big modern building. They say th a t it is the best stage in England. Marks: 5

1 Choose the word ( 1 - 1 0 ) fo r its definition (A -J ) and fill in your Answer Sheet.

1. single room J a . 2. hotel B. * 3. lobby C. 4. lift D.

5. guest E.

6. double

F. 7. full board G. 8. receptionist H./ 9. porter V I.

10. reception

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a hotel room for two people to stay in a hotel room for one person to stay in a machine in a hotel th a t is used to carry people from one floor to another the person in a hotel who answers the phone, greets new guests and arranges a room for them a person who is in charge of the entrance of a hotel th e entrance hall in a hotel a person who is staying in a hotel the place in a hotel where you go to say you have arrived, to make enquiries a place where you can stay when you are travelling

Marks: 10

Grammar

1 Open the brackets using the necessary tense form and fill in your Answer

Sheet.

1. There is still a problem w ith my Walkman. Someone (to repair) it, but then it broke down again. K2J W illy can't get into his house because he (to lose) his keys. 3. Jim m y had been to Edinburgh already, but he w ent again w ith Willy. 4. Jenny (to enjoy) this holiday so much. She really doesn't w ant to go home. 5. Last year the Collins (to go) to Cyprus. 6. Willy is nervous because he (to take) such a difficult test before. 7. Jenny and Jim m y (to visit) London before they (to go) on holiday there last year. 8. W h at are you going to do? I don’t know. I (n o t to decide) yet. 9. Willy had already walked to Newcastle before Jim m y (to offer) him a ride. 9. T hat hotel (to be) quite nice. 10. She (no t to see) her friends since Christmas.

Marks: 10

Listening 1 f t Listen to the story and co m p le te the te x t using the word ( 1 - 1 0 ) from the box. Write down your answers in your Answer Sheet.

Mr. Gray 1 ___

a lot on business. He sold machines of various kinds to farmers. It was not really a very exciting job, b u t Mr. Gray had always been interested in farming, and he was quite satisfied w ith his life.

He had a big car, and usually enjoyed 2 it long distances, b u t he was quite satisfied 3 sometimes too, especially when th e w eather was bad. He was a little frightened of driving in rain or snow, and it was less tiring to sit comfortably 4 and look out of th e window w itho ut being worried about I i o w one was going to get 5___ .

O ne of Mr. G ray’s problems was often where to stay when he 6 ___ in I he country. He did not expect great com fort and wonderful food, b u t he found it annoying when he was given 7___ , and there was no hot w ater or good food after a long and tiring day. Once Mr. Gray arrived at 8 ___ . He was cold and tired and hungry. He was 9 a simple b u t satisfying meal by a brightly burning fire, and then a hot bath and 10___ .

He said to a local man, “As this is my first visit to this p art of the country and I was too much of a hurry to find out about hotels before I left home, I would like to know how many of hotels you have here.”

The local man answered, “We have tw o.”

“And which of th e two would you advise me to go to ? ” Mr. Gray asked then.

The local man scratched his head for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: whichever one you go to, you’ll be sorry you didn’t go to the other.”

to go by train, driving, in a train, travelled, to the next place, reached a small place, a cold room, a small railway station, looking forw ard to, c o m fo rta b le bed

Marks: 10

Writing

1 Imagine you have ju st had Christm as holiday. Write a postcard to Jim m y and

Jenny ab out your Christm as holiday in your Answer Sheet.

Marks: 15

T o tal: 50