Список вопросов базы знаний

?) highballs

?) vodka

?) red wine

?) brandy

?) looked like his father, but unlike him, there was an ugly look in his eye

?) had a beard and moustache, enormous mouth and bright sensuous lips, the large brown eyes forever brimming with pathos

?) had a wrinked freckled face, with big blue eyes and black moustache thin, and

?) had thin long grey beard and was handsome with long grey beаrd and moustache

?) sapphire ring

?) gold watch jewelled in twelve holes

?) jade ring

?) emerald ear-rings

?) looked young and felt fresh

?) had a haggard careworn wealthy look

?) looked like a million dollars

?) had a blank vacant look

?) tried to break

?) threw away

?) sold

?) smashed up

?) terribly red

?) almost black

?) very sick

?) too weak

?) the Prime Minister

?) Holy Father

?) the Bishop

?) the Archbishop

?) telling a lie

?) unprofessional conduct

?) a mix-up

?) being stupid

?) shame

?) fact

?) pride

?) challenge

?) Lou felt remorse and said that they had done the wrong thing

?) Raymond suggested they should divorce

?) Lou said they had done the right thing

?) they bitterly repented and decided to keep their daughter

?) Lou’s hat, bag, gloves and shoes but she had an accusing tone

?) Lou’s good looks, but she sounded unnatural

?) Raymond’s tie, hat and cigarette-case, but she had an accusing tone

?) Raymond’s slim figure and Lou’s youthfull appearance, and she sounded sincere

?) thinner and hollow-cheeked

?) more refined in his manner but had emaciated appearance

?) more refined

?) fatter, a little coarser and tough in his manner

?) his mother was ill and he had to take care of her

?) he would have to go to church

?) he would go with his parents to Scotland

?) he thought he was going to be sick

?) address

?) girlfriend’s name

?) real name

?) school reputation

?) a new

?) a demolished

?) a half destroyed

?) an old

?) a private spacious apartment in Baker Street

?) an empty house in the Bayswater Road

?) a small house near Westbourne Grove

?) a great house in Montagu Square

?) “We are friends forever”

?) “We must take care of each other”

?) “We four must stick together”

?) “We should never part”

?) our friends’

?) our family’s

?) the strangers’

?) our own

?) alone

?) with her boyfriend

?) with an invalid mother

?) with her parents

?) too pretentious

?) fine

?) a bit gloomy

?) sad

?) an unknown architect

?) his father

?) the same architect who had built St. Martin in the Fields

?) Wren who had built St. Paul’s

?) ten years younger

?) dithery and confused and old

?) as if he were at death’s door

?) as if his head were bursting

?) new mahogany furniture and pleasure car

?) new apartment in the city center

?) larger flat

?) house

?) Blackie

?) Summers

?) Mike

?) Joe

?) three

?) five

?) eight

?) four

?) Lou’s cousin

?) Raymond’s cousin

?) Lou’s sister

?) Raymond’s sister

?) smelly and dirty

?) well painted and the floor shone with polishing

?) very clean

?) well-kept

?) “serions” and “entertaining”

?) “spiritual” and “elevated”

?) “funny” and “entertaining”

?) too complicated for an ordinary reader

?) he hated his teachers and learning

?) his father’s friend offered him a good job in London

?) he wanted to follow his friend who had gone to New York

?) he was sick and tired of his schoolmates

?) petty official

?) headmaster

?) lawyer

?) doctor

?) cold

?) double pneumonia

?) nephritis

?) tuberculosis

?) cheery big soul

?) man of moods

?) man of wisdom

?) simple soul

?) Tina Farrell

?) her neighbours

?) the parish magazine

?) the local newspaper

?) the Teachers’ Guild

?) a guild of bank clerks

?) the guild of merchants

?) the Nurses’ Guild

?) thirty-seven

?) twenty-nine

?) forty

?) thirty-three

?) Oxford or Henry after one of their friends

?) George after Raymond’s father

?) James after Elizabeth’s son

?) Thomas after her uncle

?) to buy the Monet and the Bonnard

?) to go to Paris for a holiday

?) to sell his art collection

?) to buy a new house

?) freckled face and big blue eyes, she loоked like a teenager

?) indeterminate hair and eyes of a startling clear blue which gave her otherwise anonymous face a resemblance to a holy statue

?) long heavy curling hair and deep dark eyes, she looked like Mr. Ferraro’s wife big, eyes, she looked likeateenager

?) a very beautiful face and a strong resemblance to an actress

?) personal assistant

?) assistant confidential secretary

?) Mr. Ferraro’s special friend

?) secret agent

?) Miss Ferraro’s indulgences

?) The Feraros’ indulgences

?) everybody’s indulgences in Mr. Ferraro’s firm

?) Mr. Ferraro’s indulgences

?) voted for Tory Party

?) were workers

?) came from different departments of life

?) were Protestants

?) an old gentleman

?) a middle-aged man

?) his confidential secretary

?) a young man

?) five years ago after his father’s death

?) last year after his nervous break-down

?) three years ago after a severe attack of pneumonia

?) ten years ago when he followed his wife’s advice

?) two Cezannes and three Degas

?) six Renoirs, four Degas, five Cezannes

?) six Renoirs and two Degas

?) a single Degas, Renoir, Cezanne

?) something to happen

?) the rain to stop

?) Miss Saunders to open the window

?) Miss Sounders to leave home for work

?) he had been less occupied

?) his wife had not been sick

?) he had been more religious

?) his wife had been less busy

?) never tried

?) always preferred

?) seldom tried

?) hated

?) Roman Catholic

?) Orthodox

?) Buddhist

?) Moslem

?) novelist, playwright, biographer, writer of children’s books and poet

?) novelist and poet

?) novelist, playwright and biographer

?) novelist and playwright

?) Kathleen was ill and her aunt with the maid went to London to visit her

?) Kathleen`s aunt was at her friends’ in London, the maid had left the service and Kathleen had preferred to go to Scotland

?) Kathleen`s aunt was abroad, the maid on holiday and Kathleen was unexpectedly delayed in London on some business

?) Kathleen’s aunt and the maid had gone shopping to London where they were unexpectedly delayed and Kathleen decided to stay with them