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a Choose the correct answers:

 

  In what field of science did Fuller and Bowfort work? They worked in the field of biology. They worked in the field of medicine.  
    They worked in the field of geology.  
  Where was their research post situated? It was in Alaska.  
    It was situated in northern Canada.  
    It was located in the Antarctic.  
  Who was the cause of the rivalry between the two men? It was Fuller's wife.  
    It was Bowfort's wife.  
    It was Bowfort's girl-friend.  
  Why didn't Fuller become a biologist? He was not interested in biology at all.  
    His parents were against that.  
    He could not experiment on animals and kill them.  
  What facts made Bowfort think that Fuller hadn't There was no weapon beside the dead body.  
  committed suicide? Fuller had started making breakfast.  
    The above two above facts made him think so.
  Where did Bowfort find Fuller's rifle? He found it in the laboratory. He found it in its usual place in the corner near the door.
    He found it outside in the snow.
  Whose footprints did Bowfort find by the cabin? They were Fuller's footprints. He found a stranger's footprints. He discovered both Fuller's and a stranger's footprints.
  What did Bowfort say in his radio report? He said that Fuller had been murdered. He said that Fuller had committed suicide.
    He said that his death had been an accident.
         

 

b Say if you agree or dasagree and support your viewpoint:

 

1 Grace caught Fuller's eye from the very beginning.

2 Fuller's dream was to spend a year above the permafrost line.

3 Fuller and Bowfort began to get on each other's nerves from the very beginning of their stay at the research post.

4 Bowfort suggested that they should go back, but Fuller refused to do so.

5 Fuller sometimes shot at animals, and he often hit them.

6 One day Bowfort found Fuller dead in the laboratory.

7 There was a lot of snow around the cabin, and nobody could approach it without leaving a visible trail.

8 Though Bowfort was his rival. Fuller had no intention to kill him.

9 The pouch filled with ice was the last clue to reveal the «impossible» crime.

10 Fuller's death was an accident.

 

с Paraphrase the following sentences in English:

 

1 We began to get on each other's nerves.

2 Let's cut out the cracks about Grace.

3 We might make the best of each other.

4 This is one project I can't walk out on.

5 That's just the point.

6 I sent a message to the effect.

 

d Translate the sentences using these verbs: to catch, to stock, to thin, to face, to miss.

 

Грейс привлекла его внимание с самого начала. В хижине имелся запас продовольствия на год. Послания от Грейс сократились до одного-двух в неделю. Я сидел на своем обычном месте лицом к окну. Ружья на его обычном месте не-было.

 

е Translate the sentences using these nouns and adjectives: early, question, head, failure, uneasy.

 

Фуллеру в то время было сорок с небольшим. О поездке в город не могло быть и речи. Соперничество достигло критической точки. Его женитьба была неудачной. Я погрузился в беспокойный сон.

f Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the verb to make:

 

1 That's enough to make a detective out of anybody.

2 It was 200 miles to the nearest settlement, making a trip into town out of the question.

3 We might make the best of each other.

4 That was the only field in which I wouldn't make a fool of myself.

5 Do men about to commit suicide start making breakfast?

6 I made my way to the window.

7 The police would never even make the trip to the cabin to check my story.

8 The frost had made the window completely opaque.

 

g Write out all the words related to guns and rifles, from the text. Compare your list with those of your group-mates.

 

h Think and answer:

 







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