Task 4. Read the passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
Jack London (1876 1916) is an American writer whose work combined powerful realism and humanitarian sentiment. He was (21)________ in San Francisco. After finishing grammar school, Jack London worked at various jobs and in 1897 and 1898 he participated (22)________the Alaska Gold Rush. Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to (23)________about his experiences. A collection of his short stories, The Son of the Golf, was (24) ________in 1900. Jacks colourful life, during which he wrote more than 50 books and which included enormous popular successes as an author, ended in his suicide at the (25)________of 40.
21.
A. grown
B. born
C. developed
D. lived
22.
A. in
B. to
C. at
D. of
23.
A. speak
B. read
C. talk
D. write
24.
A. printed
B. ordered
C. sold
D. published
25.
A. moment
B. age
C. time
D. year
C24: