Set Four, страница 72 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс книга для чтения Афанасьева, Михеева

Set Four

A. Rachel's eighteen and she's got a car. Last week she went to a late night party. Somewhere in town, I don't know where exactly, and it ended very late. About 2 o'clock. By the time Rachel drove home, the city was all empty. That's spooky! Anyhow, Rachel got going and she looked in the mirror, and there was a lorry right behind her.

("In the Back Seat" by Kevin Crossley-Holland)

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B. There was once an old scarecrow who stood in the middle of a farmer's field and looked very lifelike. He had a turnip for a head, with eyes and mouth scooped out, and a piece of stick for a nose. He had an old hat on his turnip head. Round his neck was a red scarf. He wore a dirty old coat of the farmer's and a pair of trousers. He had two sticks for legs and two sticks for arms, and that was all there was on him...

("Poor Old Scarecrow!" by Enid Blyton)

C. "Daddy and Mummy! I don't want to go with you! I want to stay here and live with Miss Honey, and she says that I can only if you give me permission! Please say yes! Go on, Daddy, say yes! Say yes, Mummy!.."

("Matilda" by Roald Dahl)