11. Angļu valodas eksāmens 12. klasei

Task 1 continuation - Part II (9 points out of 18)

Read the text below and choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they (1)

• wouldn't meet
• hadn't met
• haven't met
• didn't meet

 for years; in fact Mrs Dursley (2)

• prevented
• pretended
• presumed
• preserved

 she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were (3)

• an
• as
• such
• so

 unDurleyish as (4)

• they
• it
• she
• he

 was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbours would say if Potters (5)

• arrived
• will arrive
• arrive
• would arrive

 in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they (6)

• had never seen
• will never see
• have never seen
• would never see

 him. This boy was another reason (7)

• of
• for
• at
• in

 keeping the Potters away.
Our story starts (8)

• in
• at
• on
• off

 a dull, grey Tuesday. None of the Dursleys noticed a large tawny owl (9)

• would flutter
• flutter
• fluttered
• to flutter

 past the window.

(J.K.Rowling)