Соч по англ.яз 4 класс 1 четверть

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

1 How old was Arthur Conan Doyle when he started studying at a Jesuit school? he was nine years old

2 Who was the inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes? Professor Dr. Joseph Bell

3 What was Arthur Conan Doyle's first job? he worked as a doctor aboard Mayumba, a ship travelling from Liverpool to Africa

4 How many books about Sherlock Holmes did Arthur Conan Doyle write? about sixty

5 How many daughters did Arthur Conan Doyle have? two (one with Louisa Hawkins and one with Jean Leckie)

6 What does Professor Challenger find in South America? living prehistoric animals

7 What was the last book about Sherlock Holmes? The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

2) Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Arthur Conan Doyle came from a poor family. F (his parents were rich)

2 Doyle's father had some problems with drinking. T

3 Doyle's mother liked books and told her son interesting stories. T

4 Doyle went to university with other famous writers. T

5 The Sign of Four was the first book about Sherlock Holmes. F (A Study in Scarlet was the first Sherlock Holmes book)

6 Doyle's second wife died of tuberculosis. F (his first wife died of tuberculosis)

7 Arthur Conan Doyle wrote some books about spiritualism. T