3. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк с пропусками, обозначенными буквами А-Е, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Впишите полученные слова на места пропусков разборчивым почерком. Bad fortune Three men came to New York for the first time and took a room in a hotel. In the evening they went out sightseeing and A back till nearly three in the morning. Their room was on the 43th floor. NOT/COME "I am terribly sorry," said the porter, "but the elevator is broken, there is something wrong with it. You B to walk up to your room." This was too bad. But the men agreed to tell stories on the way up in order to manage the way up. When the first man finished his story they climbed up to the 14th floor. The next story C 31th floor. them amused till they reached the HAVE KEEP At last it was time for the D man to tell his story, but he refused. He said that his story was so terrible that he simply couldn't tell it. They continued climbing and all the time the two asked him to begin. THREE They stopped and refused to go unless he told them the E story. "The story I have to tell you is a short one," he said, "we have left the key to our room downstairs with the porter." 23 TERRIBLE

Давайте разберёмся с этой задачей. Мы имеем текст и несколько пропусков, которые нужно заполнить соответствующими словами, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали контексту. ### Шаг 1: Определим слова для пропусков 1. **A - NOT/COME** - Из контекста: "they went out sightseeing and A back till nearly three in the morning." - Правильный вариант: **did not come** (что соответствует: "они не вернулись"). 2. **B - HAVE** - Из контекста: "the elevator is broken, there is something wrong with it. You B to walk up to your room." - Правильный вариант: **have** (что соответствует: "вам придется подняться на ноги"). 3. **C - KEEP** - Из контекста: "When the first man finished his story they climbed up to the 14th floor. The next story C 31th floor." - Правильный вариант: **kept them amused** (что соответствует: "следующая история их развлекала"). 4. **D - THREE** - Из контекста: "At last it was time for the D man to tell his story, but he refused." - Правильный вариант: **third** (что соответствует: "пришло время третьему мужчине рассказать свою историю"). 5. **E - TERRIBLE** - Из контекста: "They stopped and refused to go unless he told them the E story." - Правильный вариант: **terrible** (что соответствует: "ужасная история"). ### Шаг 2: Заполняем пропуски в тексте Теперь, когда мы определили правильные слова, мы можем заполнить пропуски в тексте: 1. A: did not come 2. B: have 3. C: kept them amused 4. D: third 5. E: terrible ### Итоговый текст **Bad fortune** Three men came to New York for the first time and took a room in a hotel. In the evening they went out sightseeing and **did not come** back till nearly three in the morning. Their room was on the 43th floor. "I am terribly sorry," said the porter, "but the elevator is broken, there is something wrong with it. You **have** to walk up to your room." This was too bad. But the men agreed to tell stories on the way up in order to manage the way up. When the first man finished his story they climbed up to the 14th floor. The next story **kept them amused** till they reached the 31th floor. At last it was time for the **third** man to tell his story, but he refused. He said that his story was so terrible that he simply couldn't tell it. They continued climbing and all the time the two asked him to begin. They stopped and refused to go unless he told them the **terrible** story. "The story I have to tell you is a short one," he said, "we have left the key to our room downstairs with the porter." Теперь всё на своих местах и текст звучит грамматически правильно. Если у вас есть дополнительные вопросы или нужно объяснить что-то ещё, не стесняйтесь спрашивать!