Прочитай текст и выполни задания 12–18. В каждом задании запиши в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному варианту ответа.

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley estate again. I stood in front of the iron gates at the beginning of the drive. When I had first seen those gates, they had been open wide to welcome me. Now, in my dream, they were closed.

Then, like all dreamers, I was possessed suddenly with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me. I walked up the long winding drive and as I advanced, I was aware that a change had come upon it; it was narrow and unkept, not the drive that we had known. At first, I was puzzled and did not understand, and it was only when I bent my head to avoid the low swinging branch of a tree that I realised what had happened. Nature had come into her own again and, little by, little, in her stealthy, insidious way had encroached upon the drive with long tenacious fingers. As I came to the last bend of the drive, I felt the old excitement. I was near Manderley again. At last, I could see Manderley. The old house was as beautiful as ever.

It was moonlight in my dream. The pale light shone on the windows and grey stone walls of the old house. And in my dream I saw the sea. It was silent and smooth as glass. For a moment, the house seemed full of light. I thought that we were living there, happy and secure. The moonlight shone more clearly. Now, I saw that Manderley was an empty shell. Only the grey stone walls remained standing. No one would ever live there again. We would never live there happily, Maxim and I. We would never live there free of Rebecca, free from thoughts of the past.

I woke up. Manderley was far away. Hard, bright sunlight shone into our bare hotel room. The long, empty day lay in front of us. Nothing much would happen. Nothing ever did. But we had a quiet peace, Maxim and I, that we had never known before. We did not talk about Manderley. I would never tell Maxim my dream. Manderley was no longer ours. It had been destroyed long ago by evil and hate.

We shall never go back to England. Even after nearly twenty years, the past is too near to us. We try to forget the fear and terror, but sometimes we remember.

We are often bored in this dull little hotel. But people who are bored are not afraid. We read the English newspapers, but we never meet English people, thank God. This hot little Mediterranean island is our home now. We shall never again feel the softer warmth of the English sun. We shall never again stand in the Happy Valley and smell the scent of its flowers. Here, the hard light of the sun shines on white walls. The trees are dusty. The sea is a clear blue.

We have lost a lot but I have at last grown up. I am very different from the shy, frightened girl who first went to Manderley. The fear and the terror made me a woman. A dull woman perhaps. But I am with my husband and he is all I need.

Sometimes I see a strange, lost look in Maxim's eyes. I know that his thoughts are far away. I can tell by the way he will look lost and puzzled suddenly, all expression dying away from his dear face as though swept clean by an unseen hand, and in its place a mask will form, a sculptured thing, formal and cold, beautiful still but lifeless. He will fall to smoking cigarette after cigarette, not bothering to extinguish them, and the glowing stubs will lie around on the ground like petals. After a time, he begins to talk quickly and eagerly about nothing at all, snatching at any subject as a panacea to pain.

I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire. This we have done in full measure, ironic though it seems. We have both known fear, and loneliness, and very great distress. I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. But that is all over now. Manderley has been destroyed. But we are still alive and we are both free.

12. How did Manderley change in the narrator's dream?

1)   Manderley was possessed by spirits.

2)   Manderley had become overgrown with grass, trees, and other plants.

3)   The pathways in Manderley had become narrower.

4)   Nature had destroyed Manderley.

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13. What feelings did the narrator have when she saw Manderley in the moonlight in her dream?

1)   She was happy to see it because it was still as beautiful as before.

2)   She would like to go back there and live a happy life.

3)   She was disappointed when she saw that there was nothing left of Manderley.

4)   She was angry because it wasn't as beautiful as she remembered.

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14. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

1)   The main characters live in Manderley.

2)   Manderley is a calm and peaceful place.

3)   Manderley remains in England and someone lives there.

4)   The narrator doesn't want to remind Maxim of Manderley.

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15. Where do the main characters live?

1)   In England.

2)   In the Happy Valley.

3)   Near the sea.

4)   In the hotel near the forest.

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16. How does the narrator describe herself?

1)   She is a fearless woman.

2)   She has changed a lot because of the difficulties she had.

3)   She has lost everything and become fearful.

4)   She is still modest but now she is a woman.

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17. How does Maxim deal with memories of the past?

1)   He solves puzzles or reads a newspaper.

2)   He starts drinking.

3)   He sits tight and is quiet.

4)   He starts speaking about something.

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18. The narrator believes that…

1)   hardships make us stronger.

2)   a couple becomes closer after a tragedy.

3)   negative emotions teach us to overcome future hardships.

4)   life's trials destroy your life.

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