Тест 35. Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому языку

1) Установите соответствие между заголовками 1 — 8 и текстами A — G. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. Supercomputer
2. Human intelligence test
3. Man against computer
4. Robotic industry
5. Intelligent machines in our life
6. Computer intelligence test
7. Computers change human brains
8. Electronic film stars

A. Artificial intelligence is the art of making machines that are able to ‘think’. We often don’t notice it, but artificial intelligence is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that direct our e-mail. Some scientists believe that the most powerful computers could have the power of the human brain. Machines have always been excellent at tasks like calculation. But now they are better than humans in many spheres, from chess to mixing music.

B. The world’s most powerful computer is ASCI Purple, made by IBM in 2004. It can carry out 100 trillion operations per second and has the size of two basketball courts. A computer with double power is expected in the next two years. A spokesman for IBM said that ASCI Purple is near the power of the human brain. But some scientists believe our brains can carry out almost 10,000 trillion operations per second.

C. The possible dangers of intelligent machines became the stories of many science fiction films. In The Terminator (1984), a computer network uses nuclear weapons against the human race in order to rule the world. This network then makes intelligent robots called ‘Terminators’ which it programs to kill all the humans. In The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), a machine dominates humanity, using people as batteries to power itself.

D. In 1997, the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov played against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer — and lost. After six games, the world-famous Kasparov lost 2.5 to 3.5 to the computer. In February 2003, Kasparov restored human reputation by finishing equal against the Israeli-built supercomputer Deep Junior. Kasparov ended the game with the score 2-2 against US company X3D Technologies’ supercomputer X3D Fritz in November 2003, proving that the human brain can keep up with the latest developments in computing (at least in chess).

E. There are a number of different methods which try to measure intelligence, the most famous of which is perhaps the IQ, or ‘Intelligence Quotient’ test. This test was first used in early 20th century Paris. The modern day IQ test measures a variety of different types of ability such as memory for words and figures and others. Whether IQ tests actually test general intelligence is disputable. Some argue that they just show how good the individual is at IQ tests!

F. Analysis shows that human intelligence is changing. We are gaining abilities in some areas of intelligence, while losing them in others, such as memory. So this generation may not remember the great number of poems, their abilities are greater in other areas. It has been discovered that wide use of video games improves reaction time. But we could only dream of computing without calculators as fast as our grandparents did.

G. In 1950, mathematician Alan Turing invented a test to check machine intelligence. In the Turing Test, two people (A and B) sit in a closed room, a third person (C), who asks questions, sits outside. Person A tries to answer the questions so that person C doesn’t guess who they are: men or women, while person В tries to help him (C) in their identification. Turing suggested a machine take the place of person A. If the machine fooled the human, it was likely to be intelligent.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G

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2) Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A — F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1 — 7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя.

Healthy school meals Children at Southdown Infants School in Bath enjoy tasty homemade meals such as roast turkey with fresh vegetables, chicken, salad and fresh fruit for pudding. Vegetables are ___ (A). Instead of crisps, chocolate and sweets, the school canteen serves organic carrots, dried fruit and fresh seasonal fruit in bags for 10p, ___ (B).

Southdown’s healthy eating initiative began four years ago with the start of a breakfast club.

Now Ms Culley, the head teacher of the school, says that the teachers very clearly see the link between diet and concentration. ‘Children’s concentration and behaviour ___ (C).’ The teachers would also like to give the children the experience of eating together. It turned out that some children weren’t used to that.

Pupils are also encouraged to find out more about where their food comes from by ___ (D).

Parents are also involved and are invited in to try school dinners on special occasions, ___ (E).

The efforts of staff, pupils and parents to create a healthy eating environment were recognized earlier this month ___ (F) the Best School Dinner award.

Ms Culley said: ‘We are happy to win this award. Healthy eating is at the centre of everything we do. It’s really rewarding to see so many children enjoy real food.’

1. such as Easter and Christmas
2. visiting a local farm
3. local, fresh and organic where possible
4. provide good quality food
5. definitely improve after a good meal
6. and about 100 bags are sold each day
7. when the school was awarded

A	B	C	D	E	F

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3) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Показать текст. ⇓

Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

When Mum came to Abby’s room she saw
1) her daughter reading at her table.
2) the cat looking at the fish.
3) a terrible mess all over the place.
4) Abby dressed up as a vampire.

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4) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Показать текст. ⇓

Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

Abby agreed to tidy up her room because Mother
1) promised to take her to the Halloween party.
2) offered to give her extra pocket money.
3) promised to help her.
4) said that she would punish her.

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5) Прочитайте текст и запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Показать текст. ⇓

Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

Where did Abby find many interesting things?
1) In her Mother’s change purse.
2) Under her bed.
3) On the kitchen table.
4) In the tidy drawer in the kitchen.

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Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

Abby’s parents used most of the interesting things
1) when they dressed themselves up for Halloween parties.
2) as presents for Halloween parties.
3) to dress her up for different parties.
4) when they wanted to play tricks on Abby.

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Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

Abby put on the vampire teeth, witch nails and other things from the tidy drawer because
1) she wanted to scare the cat.
2) she was going to a Halloween party that evening.
3) she enjoyed dressing up with her Mother.
4) she had to dress up for a pirate party.

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Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

Abby’s Mother decided to inspect Abby’s bedroom
1) after she had seen Abby tidy up the kitchen table.
2) because she had promised she would do that.
3) before Father came home from work.
4) when they heard some strange noise from it.

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Abby’s tidy drawer One Saturday morning, Abby’s Mum came upstairs to see Abby in her bedroom. There was a big mess on the floor and Abby sat in the middle of it all reading a book.

‘What a mess,’ Mum said. ‘You need to have a clear up in here. Because things get broken or lost when they’re all willy-nilly like this. Come on, have a tidy up now.’

‘But I’m very busy,’ Abby argued, ‘and it’s boring doing it on my own. Can’t you help me?’

‘No I can’t, I’m busy too. But I’ll give you extra pocket money if you do a good job.’

When Mum came back later all the toys and clothes and books had disappeared.

‘I’m impressed,’ said Mum. ‘But I’ll inspect it properly later.’

‘It was easy,’ said Abby. ‘Can I have my extra pocket money now?’

‘All right. Get it out of my change purse. It’s in the kitchen tidy drawer.’

In the kitchen, Abby went over to the dresser and pulled open the tidy drawer. She hunted for the purse.

‘It must be somewhere at the bottom,’ Mum said. ‘Let’s have a proper look.’

She pulled the drawer out and carried it over to the table. Abby looked inside. There were lots of boring things like staplers and string, but there were lots of interesting things as well.

‘What’s this?’ Abby asked, holding up a plastic bottle full of red liquid.

‘Fake blood, from a Halloween party years ago. Your Dad and I took you to that, dressed up as a baby vampire. You were really scary.’

Abby carried on looking through the drawer. She found some vampire teeth, white face paint, plastic witch nails and hair gel. Mum pulled out a glittery hair band. It had springs with wobbly balls on the top that flashed disco colours! Abby found some sparkly hair elastics to match the hair band. She made her Mum put lots of little bunches all over her head so she looked really silly.

‘I remember this,’ Abby said as she pulled out a plastic bag. ‘This is from my pirate party.’ Inside there was a black, false moustache and some big gold earrings.

‘Come here,’ Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby’s face. She dribbled the fake blood so it looked as if it was coming out of Abby’s eyes and mouth. She put gel all over Abby’s hair and made it stand up into weird, pointy shapes. Abby put in the vampire teeth and slipped on the witch fingers. She made scary noises at Wow-Wow, the cat. He ignored her and carried on washing himself on the seat next to her.

Abby came to sit on her Mum’s knee.

‘It’s fun doing this together,’ she said.

‘Maybe. But we still haven’t found the change purse.’

‘Well, you know things will get lost, or broken, when they’re all willy-nilly.’

‘You cheeky monkey!’ Mum laughed. ‘But what shall I do with it all?’

‘I know, it’s easy,’ Abby said and began to remove everything off the table into her arms. She put it all back in the kitchen drawer.

Mum looked at her suspiciously.

‘Let’s go and inspect your bedroom, shall we?’

Abby followed her upstairs and into her bedroom. Wow-Wow was sitting in front of her fish tank looking hungrily at the goldfish. He dashed under the bed when he saw Mum and Abby. Mum kneeled down and lifted the bed cover to get him out. Underneath were heaps of Abby’s toys, books, tapes, clothes and shoes, empty plastic cups, wrappers and a half-eaten sandwich on a plate.

‘Abby! What’s all this?’

‘It’s my tidy drawer,” Abby said. She wrapped her arms around her Mum and gave her a kiss. ‘Let’s sort this one out together now.’

When Abby’s Mother looked under her daughter’s bed she saw
1) the cat eating a sandwich.
2) the tidy drawer from the kitchen.
3) her change purse.
4) all the Abby’s things.

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