Лексико-грамматический тест

A real millionaire next door

Kris and I love our neigbourhood. One of our favourite neighbours is John. He is a 70-year-old retired school teacher who lives in a modest ranch house. He (HAVE) the same house for over forty years.

John spends his winters in New Zealand helping friends on a dairy farm. His summers (SPEND) fishing in Alaska. Year-round he rents his house to boardrs. For a couple of month each year, he's home. He leads a very active retirement.

John (WORK) in the yard the other day when I returned from a trip to the book store.

"What books (you buy)?" he asked the way of conversation. "Just a few books on a personal finance." " That's great", he smiled. "I'm glad to see that you are interested in investing."

"Let me tell you something", he added. "I was a school teacher and I (NOT HAVE) a big salary. But I saved what I could and invested it. I got a little luck, but mostly I just kept putting the money away".

"(YOU KNOW) how much I have now?" I shook my head.

"Over a million dollars", he said. And if you get started now, in a few years you (SAVE) a lot of money."

What are americans like?

Americans talk with pride of their (GOVERN) and institutions. They seem certain they have more freedom, better laws and stronger leaders.

But even the (PATRIOT) Americans have a few doubts.

(EDUCATE) is one problem area, and so is the law.

There are not enough clever teachers, and too many clever (LAW).

Americans want to be proud of their President. They like him to be good-looking, (RELIGION), and a good family man.

They want him to be a good talker. They expect him to keep the prices down at home and to keep the country looking (POWER).