A day in the life of Peter Maxwell

Peter Maxwell is unemployed. He is 24.

"I usually get up at about 8 o'clock. Then I have breakfast – coffee or tea and some toasts. After this I go down to the library and read the paper. There are a lot of us at the library. We never say we are unemployed but we know. I look at all the possible jobs in the papers (This takes about a minute!). I read the sports and the arts pages, and soon it is time for lunch, so I go off down to the shops for bread, milk, fresh vegetables and 25 pence worth of cheese. I like shopping, and I like cooking now too. On the way back from the shops I buy a local paper and look at the jobs advertisements over lunch (soup and bread and butter).

After "lunch" on Mondays and Wednesdays I go to a carpentry class. These classes are free for unemployed people. It is important to do a lot of things when you are unemployed. You need a routine for the day. On the other days of the week I go for walks if the weather is all right, or I read. At about 6 o'clock I start preparing the Big Meal of the day. I take a lot of time over this. It's usually vegetables and cheese, or sometimes spaghetti. After supper my wife and I read, or play chess. Every Friday we go to a pub, or to the cinema. I don't watch TV much. Usually at 10.30 we turn off the heater and go to bed."

ЗАДАНИЕ 1

Выберите нужный предлог:

1. I go down (a) - to, b) - at, c) - in) the library.

2. There a lot of us (a) - to, b) - at, c) - in) the library.

3. I look (a) - to, b) - at, c) - on) all the possible jobs (a) - in, b) - at, c) - down) the paper.

4. Soon it is time (a) - for, b) - at, c) - from) lunch.

5. I look (a) - at, b) - on, c) - in) the job advertisements (a) - at, b) - on, c) - over) lunch.

ЗАДАНИЕ 2

Дополните предложения выбором одного из правильных вариантов:

1. Peter Maxwell usually gets up ...

a) at 8 o'clock and has his coffee or tea with some toast for breakfast.

b) at 7 o'clock and has his coffee or tea with some toast for breakfast.

c) at 8 o'clock and has his coffee with milk for breakfast.

2. After breakfast he goes...

a) to the library to read an interesting book.

b) to the library to read the latest news in the newspaper.

c) to the library to read the advertisements about jobs.

3. When it is time for lunch he ...

a) goes to the shops to buy some food.

b) goes to the shops to have lunch.

c) goes to the shops to buy sets and ice-cream.

4. For lunch he usually eats...

a) soup and bread and cheese.

b) soup and bread and butter.

c) soup and bun and cheese.

5. He goes to carpentry classes because...

a) he wants to get a new trade.

b) he likes to study.

c) they are free for the unemployed.

ЗАДАНИЕ 3 Дополните предложения выбором одного из правильных вариантов:

1. After breakfast Peter Maxwell goes...

a) to the library to read an interesting book.

b) to the library to read the latest news in the newspaper.

С) to the library to read the advertisements about jobs.

2. Peter Maxwell goes to carpentry classes because...

a) he wants to get a new trade.

b) he likes to study.

c) they are free for the unemployed.

3. He prepares the Big Meal of the day...

a) at about five o'clock.

b) at about sue o'clock.

c) at about seven o'clock.

4. Peter takes a lot of things for the Big Meal:...

a) it's usually vegetables and cheese.

b) it's usually potatoes and cheese.

c) it's usually vegetables and meat.

5. They go to the pub...

a) every Sunday.

b) every Friday.

c) Every Monday.

ЗАДАНИЕ 4

Укажите номера ошибочных высказываний:

The unemployed persons like to talk about job problems in the library.

2. It doesn't take Peter a lot of time to look at the job advertisements in the papers.

At lunch time he goes to the shops for some food but never cooks himself.

Unemployed people have to pay a little sum of money for their carpentry classes.

Peter has nothing to do during the day.

ЗАДАНИЕ 5

Укажите номера верных высказываний:

1. It doesn't take Peter long to prepare the Big Meal.

Usually Peter goes to a pub or the cinema on Friday, sometimes he watches TV.

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