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09.03.2023 00:46 •  Английский язык

I. Read the text and do the tasks:
With the words” Elementary, my dear Watson…”, the most famous detective of
all times, Sherlock Holmes, starts to explain something to his friend., Dr.Watson.
Sherlock Holmes is a character of the famous book “The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes”. After that the whole series of books about him was published. They are very
popular.
Who invented Sherlock Holmes? Arthur Conan Doyle was his inventor. He was a
doctor. One of the doctors he worked with, Dr. Joseph Bell, was the model for Sherlock
Holmes’s friend, Dr.Watson. Conan Doyle’s medical knowledge helped him to write
detective stories.
Conan Doyle started the fashion of the detective story, which goes on.
And what sort of man is Sherlock Holmes? He is a quiet man, who only speaks
when he has something to say. He smokes a pipe. He plays the violin. He has got a
large magnifying glass. He lives at 221B Baker Street in London.
If you go to London, you won’t find 221B Baker Street. But instead, you can go to
a pub called the “Sherlock Holmes”. In that pub there is a room exactly like Sherlock
Holmes’s room at 221B Baker Street as described in Conan Doyle’s stories.
Tasks:
1. Выбери подходящий заголовок к тексту.
A. Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
B. Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell.
C. Conan Doyle’s Family.
D. Conan Doyle and his characters.
2. Переведи с английского.
1) adventures
2) detective story
3) famous
4) medical
5) violin
3. Закончи предложения, используя текст.
1)Arthur Conan Doyle invented…. .
2) Conan Doyle started the fashion of … .
3) Dr. Joseph Bell was… .
4) Sherlock Holmes is a quiet man … .
4. Выбери предложение, соответствующее содержанию текста.
A. Dr. Watson was Dr. Bell’s assistant.
B. Dr. Watson was Conan Doyle’s friend.
C. Dr. Watson was Conan Doyle’s book character.
D. Dr. Watson was Sherlock Holmes’s relative.

5. Найди неверное утверждение.
A. Dr. Watson was Sherlock Holmes’s friend.
B. Conan Doyle was a doctor.
C. There is 221B Baker Street in London.
D. The fashion of the detective stories goes on.