Упр.7 Юнит 4 Step 2 ГДЗ Rainbow English 9 класс
A. Listen to the text, then read it.
Holden Comes to See His Teacher
Part I
“The Catcher in the Rye” by the American author J. D. Salinger may be the world’s most famous book about a teenager. The main character’s name is Holden Caulfield and he is going through the period of teenage rebellion. In the passage you are going to read Holden has just been expelled from a good school for poor academic performance and he has come to Mr Spencer’s home to say goodbye to his old teacher.
“Hello, sir,” I said. “I got your note. Thanks a lot.”
He’d written me this note asking me to stop by and say goodbye.
“You didn’t have to do all that. I wanted to come over to say goodbye anyway.”
“Have a seat there, boy,” old Spencer said. “So you’re leaving us, eh?”
“Yes, sir. I guess I am.”
“Have you told your parents yet?”
“No, sir, I haven’t, because I’ll probably see them Wednesday night when I get home.”
“And how do you think they’ll take the news?”
“Well… they’ll be
1) b) not very good — Holden had been expelled for poor academic performance.
2) b) history — Mr Spencer said he had flunked Holden in history.
3) a) were very unhappy — Holden said his parents would be pretty annoyed about it.
4) b) sometimes — Holden said he sometimes acted like he was about thirteen.
5) a) taller than — Holden was six foot two and a half, so he was taller than most children of his age.
6) b) he was telling the truth — Holden said he had looked through the textbook a couple of times because he did not want to hurt the teacher’s feelings.
