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enThe Weather Sets In: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
At six thirteen a.m. on Friday morning (1) _________ big blue eyes opened upon another day and as always, she was at once (2) _________awake and began immediately to deal with the problems (3)_________up by her incredibly active mind. (4) _________urgently the need of consultation and conversation, and selecting for the purpose her young cousin, Midge Hardcastle, (5) _________The Hollow the night before, Lady Angkatell slipped quickly out of bed and went along the passage to Midge's room. Since she was a woman of rapid thought processes, Lady Angkatell, (6) _________was her invariable custom, commenced the conversation in her own mind,(7) _________Midge’s answers out of her own fertile imagination. The conversation was in full (8) _________when Lady Angkatell flung open Midge's door. «— And so, darling, you really must agree that the weekend is going to present difficulties!»
«Eh? Hwah!» Midge grunted inarticulately, (9) _________thus abruptly from a satisfying and deep sleep.
Lady Angkatell crossed to the window, opening the shutters and jerking up the blind (10) _________a brisk movement, letting in the pale light of a September dawn.
«Birds!» she observed, peering with (11) _________pleasure through the pane. «So sweet».
«What?»
«Well, at any (12) _________ , the weather isn't going to present difficulties. It looks (13) _________it had set in fine. That’s something. Because if a lot of discordant personalities are boxed up indoors, I’m sure you will agree with me that it makes it ten times worse».
Agatha Christie
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | Lucy Angkatells’ | Lucy Angkatell' | Lucy Angkatell's | Lucy’s Angkatell's |
| 2 | wider | width | widely | wide |
| 3 | was conjured | conjured | conjuring | to conjure |
| 4 | To feel | As she felt | Feeling | Felt |
| 5 | that had arrived at | who have arrived at | who had arrived to | who had arrived at |
| 6 | since | for | as | so |
| 7 | supplied | supplying | was supplying | to supply |
| 8 | swing | stretch | time | length |
| 9 | rised | raised | aroused | rose |
| 10 | under | for | by | with |
| 11 | kindly | kind | kindness | kindlier |
| 12 | rate | way | case | pace |
| 13 | likely | as though | just as | if |
1.C; 2.D; 3.B; 4.C; 5.D; 6.C; 7.B; 8.A; 9.C; 10.D; 11.A; 12.A; 13.B
