Приключения Шерлока Холмса / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (сборник)
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“I thought so,” he said, “I think, Inspector Martin, that our case is almost complete.”
Exercises
1. Was Holmes happy to receive a letter and a telegram?
1) Yes, he was. He wanted to finish the case as fast as he could.
2) Yes, he was. He needed good news.
3) No, he wasn’t. He was worried when he received them.
4) No, he wasn’t. He didn’t want to work.
2. Why did Holmes decide to visit the Cubitts at once?
1) He wanted to talk with Mrs. Cubitt.
2) He was tired with Baker Street.
3) He solved the riddle and wanted to explain everything to Mr. Cubitt.
4) He wanted to know some details for his investigation.
3. How did Holmes feel when he found out what had happened?
1) He was worried and nervous and couldn’t work.
2) He was very gloomy and decided to come back home.
3) He was ready to devote his life to this case, he wanted to take revenge.
4) He started crying.
4. What were Mrs. King and Saunders sure of?
1) That Mrs. Cubitt killed her husband.
2) That the window was shut.
3) That there were only two shots.
4) That the cubitts were not united.
5. How did Holmes explain that the window was shut?
1) The smell of the powder didn’t spread through the house.
2) The man’s first instinct would be to shut and lock the window.
3) The woman’s first instinct would be to shut and lock the window.
4) The criminal was very careful.
6. What was in the lady’s hand-bag?
1) A letter with the dancing men
2) A gun
3) A ticket to America
4) Twenty fifty-pound notes of the bank of England
7. Where did Holmes find the third bullet?
1) In the window-frame
2) In the garden
3) On the floor
4) In the lady’s hand-bag
8. Describe Inspector Martin:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Choose the right verbs:
Together they…………… to the room – the door…………… open and a candle…………… on the table.
1) were coming, was, burned
2) come, was, was burning
3) were coming, was, was burning
4) came, was, was burning
10. Complete the sentences with these words and expressions:
the alarm, the talk of, in a mess, what’s the matter, time, pay attention
1) It would take some…………… before she could speak.
2) I must tell the facts and I must follow them to the strange chain of events which some day will be…………… the whole England.
3) We must explain…………… to Hilton Cubitt.
4) Was it she who gave……………?
5) We were very much surprised when we saw that the flower-bed was…………….
6) “It’s important to…………… to this fact,” said Holmes to us.
11. Insert the right prepositions:
of, for (2), in (2), to, with, on (2)
1) There were a lot of footmarks…………… it. Large feet of a man…………… long, sharp toes.
2) Now let us concentrate…………… this third bullet.
3) Mr. Hilton Cubitt was shot…………… the heart.
4) Holmes stood with this piece of paper…………… some minutes, examining it, and then suddenly he turned…………… me.
5) Both door and window were only open…………… a very short time, however.
6) They woke up because…………… a loud sound of an explosion…………… a minute they heard a second one.
12. Complete the table:
IV
The country inspector’s face showed amazement. At first he had his own position, but now he was filled with admiration and was ready to follow without question wherever Holmes led.
“Whom do you suspect?” he asked.
“I’ll tell you later. There are several points in this problem which I haven’t explained to you yet. But I think it will be better if we wait a bit, and then I’ll explain everything.”
“As you wish, Mr. Holmes, but we must catch the murderer.”
“I don’t want to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the moment to start long and difficult explanations. I have the threads of this affair all in my hand [134] . Even if this lady should never recover we can still reconstruct the events of last night. First of all I’d like to know whether there is a hotel in this neighbourhood, called ‘Elrige’s’?”
We asked the servants, but none of them had heard of such a place. Only the stable-boy remembered that a farmer of that name lived some miles in the direction of East Ruston.
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I have the threads of this affair all in my hand. –