Variant – 1 Choose the best answer

20. Choose the answer with the same meaning as the

sentence below.

It is understood that Helen loved her children with all her

heart.

A) Helen was understood to had loved her children with all

her heart.

B) Helen was understood to be loved her children with all her

heart.

C) Helen is understood to have loved her children with all

her heart.

D) Helen is understood to love her children with all her heart.

Read & choose the correct answer for (21-24).

Benjamin Franklin, who was to become one of the best

known American writers, politicians and scientists, was born

in Boston in 1706. He was one of 17 children, and as a child,

he worked in the shop of his father, who was a soap and

candle maker. As he loved to read and study, however,

working for his father did not appeal to him, so when he was

12, he was sent to assist his brother James, who had a

printing shop. There, surrounded by books, he would often

stay up late at night reading on a wide range of subjects. As

he read, he practised improvinguarreledstyle of writing.
21. It is clear from the passage that Benjamin Franklin … .

A) was deeply satisfied with working with his father.

B) had 17 brothers in the family.

C) worked in his father's shop until he wa’ 12.

D) came from a wealthy background.
22. The author of the passage makes us conclude that

Benjamin ...

A) was too weak to fulfill hard work at his brother's printing

s’op.

B) searched a more profitable job than his father's work.

C) liked ’aking soap and candle every day until late at night

D) was a man of many interests.
23. It is clearly seen in the passage that Benjamin Franklin ...

A) lacking a formal education, didn't achieve much in ’riting

B) was a master of the printing shop, that's why stayed up

’ there late at night.

C) staying up late in the shop he read only historical novels.

D) became famous due to his great craving for knowledge.

24. Benjamin Franklin was born ...

A) in a family of dozens of children.

B) in a poor small family.

C) in a family of more than half a dozen children.

D) a family of more than twenty children.