TimurA1

09.06.2020 02:48

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Reading: read the text below. for questions (1 – 4) choose and circle the correct answer (a, b, c or d). the boasting traveler a man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic deeds he had performed in the different places he had visited. among other things, he said that when he was at rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, in rhodes there were many persons who saw how he did it and whom he could call as witnesses. one of the people who were standing by interrupted him, saying: "now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. suppose this to be rhodes, and leap for us." the man felt ashamed and confused as he certainly couldn’t do that. and the people around said: “he who does a thing well does not need to boast”. 1 the text tells a a famous traveler b a brave and heroic person c a boastful man d rhodes sights 2 the man in the story boasted a the number of places he had visited b his courageous behaviour and accomplishments c wonderful things he had seen d good friends he had made 3 according to the man’s words in a there was a competition in leaping b all the people can leap well c he managed to jump really far d he walked to such a distance that no man of his day could compare anywhere near him as to that 4 one of the people who were standing a ask him to repeat his leap b started boasting about his sport achievements c was a witness of the leaping record d broke the man’s record