Read the text. put the paragraphs 1–5 into the correct order according to the text. a man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. they had shared everything. they had talked about everything. they had kept no secrets from each other except that little: old woman had a shoebox on the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about. for all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. in trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoebox and took it to his wife’s bedside. she agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. when he opened it, he found two knitted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. he asked her about the contents. ‘when we were to be married,’ she said, ‘my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. she told me that if i ever got angry with you, i should just keep quiet and knit a doll.’ the little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. only two precious dolls were in the box. she had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. he almost burst with happiness. ‘honey,’ he said, ‘that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money? where did it come from? ’ ‘oh,’ she said, ‘that’s the money i made from selling the dolls.’ 1) the man was surprised and moved by his wife's explanations. 2) the man took the shoebox. 3) they had been happily married for 60 years. 4) the woman told her grandmother's secret of a happy marriage. 5) the old woman got ill. 18. put the countries in the order. start with the country that has the biggest territory. 1) egypt 2) the vatican 3) the russian federation 4) the usa 5) the uk 19. put the words in order to make an english proverb. 1) the cat 2) cream 3) its eyes 4) while stealing 5) shuts 20. put the words in order to say that the temperature is high or low. start from the word that means “the highest degree” and move to the word that means “the lowest degree”: 1) warm 2) cool 3) cold 4) hot 5) frosty in tasks 21–25 write the synonyms of given words. in brackets you have the number of letters that your answer must contain. 21. very small – (4) 22. very tasty – (9) 23. very angry – (7) 24. very hot – (7) 25. very hungry – (8)
