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Brenda

Brenda Dowson looked up at the departure monitor on the wall above her desk. She was relieved to see that United’s flight 99 bound for JFK had finally taken 30 ______ at 1.40. Forty minutes behind schedule.

Brenda founded Art Locations nearly ten years ago. Brenda was really married to the job, despite its long hours, demanding customers and planes, trains and cargo vessels that never 31 ______ on time. Moving great works of art from one corner of the globe to the other 32 ______ her to combine a natural flair for organization with a love of beautiful objects.

Brenda travelled around the world 33 ______ commissions from governments who were planning national exhibitions. She also dealt with several private collectors, who often wanted nothing more than to move a favourite painting from home to another. Over the years many of her customers had become personal friends. But not Andrew Stratford. Brenda long ago 34 ______ that the words “please” and “thank you” were not in the man’s vocabulary, and she certainly wasn’t on his Christmas card list. Brenda tried to 35 ______ no attention to his impolite ways. Stratford’s latest demand had been to collect a Van Gogh from Victoria Hall and transport it, without 36 ______ to his office in Boston. Again, he didn’t say either “please” or “thank you”.

34. Вставьте пропущенное слово

1) inclined
2) influenced
3) inspired
4) impressed

My second visit

It was my second visit to Dr Boxer. He answered the door exactly as he had done the first time, by opening only a crack and looking through it warily, as if there were something that he was 30 ______ not everyone should see. He 31 ______ me of a gatekeeper in a fairy story: ageless and watchful. It was a feeling I would come to know well in the next months. Even now, years later and far away, sometimes in my dreams, I find myself standing before that white door, 32 ______  for him to open it. When he 33 ______ it was me, he opened the door slightly wider than he had done the first time. He let me in.

It was a beautiful room, not an office at all, and much bigger than it looked from outside – airy and white, with a high ceiling and two windows. In the corner, near a low bookshelf, was a big round table with teapots and Greek books, and there were flowers everywhere. I was surprised and 34______ at the same time. Everywhere I looked, there was something beautiful – Oriental carpets, tiny paintings and white vases with flowers. He sat in an armchair by the window and said, “I 35______ you’ve come about the Greek class.”

“Yes.”

“It’s rather late in the term,” he said. “Young people often find Greek a bore, which is not to say that it isn’t good for them.”

“I’d like to study it again. It seems a shame to 36 ______ it after two years”.   

After a moment Dr Boxer said slowly, “If you’d like, I’d be happy to take you as a pupil, Mr Brown.”

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Emily

Emily touched the button on the top of her bedside clock. It glowed 5.56 a.m. Another four minutes and it would have 30 ______ her with the early morning news. Her mind had been racing all through the night only allowing her sporadic patches of sleep. By the time it was 6.00 a.m, Emily had decided exactly what she had to do if the chairman was unwilling to go along with her recommendations. She switched 31 ______ the automatic alarm, avoiding any news that might distract her. Then she jumped out of bed and headed straight for the bathroom. Her mother thought it amusing that Emily always showered before going out for her morning run. Emily 32 ______ under the cold shower a little longer than usual, hoping it would help her get rid of her bad dreams.

33 ______ the sun had not yet risen, she didn’t need to open the bedroom curtains of her little room to know that it was going to be another clear, sunny day. A few minutes later Emily double-locked the front door of her four-room apartment, walked across the corridor and 34 ______ the elevator button. While she waited for the elevator to travel slowly up to the tenth floor, she began a series of stretching exercises that would be completed before the elevator returned to the ground floor. She 35 ______ out into the lobby and smiled at her favourite doorman, who quickly opened the front door so that she didn’t have to stop in her tracks.

“Morning, George,” she 36 ______, as she jogged out of Essex House onto West Street and headed towards Central Park.

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A trip to Thailand

I have always been interested in various cultures especially those completely alien to us. Thus, imagine my delight when my father 30 ______ me that he was taking us on a holiday to Bangkok and from there to visit a remote tribe that lives about 200 kilometers north of the capital city. As my father explained, the tribe lives an isolated life and the members are cut 31 ______ from the rest of the world in terms of their unique and even weird cultural practices.

During our trip I have noticed that the Thai people are very friendly and their greetings are very 32 ______ to the Indians’. For example, when they meet you they bring their palms together in a prayer-like position and bend their bodies a little as a way of welcoming and acknowledging you. It would definitely 33 ______ you feel as an honored guest. At first, I was rather 34 ______ by these greeting traditions which seemed so unusual and respectful to me. Surprisingly, soon I got used to doing that myself and 35 ______ this procedure during my entire trip to Thailand. We spent only two fantastic days in Bangkok before heading 36______ the remote village which was going to be the most exciting time of our lives, dad promised. We were excited and could not wait seeing everything with our own eyes!

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Diana

Diana had been hoping to get away by 5:00, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4:37 her deputy, Phil Haskings, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that 30 ______ the signature of a director before it could be sent out to the client. Haskins didn’t hesitate to 31 ______ her that they had lost two similar contracts that week.

To 32 ______ the truth, it was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could leave, a new document would land on her desk. Diana looked at the document and knew there would be no chance of escaping before 6:00.

Diana adored her children. At first 33 ______ she looked happy. The demands of being a single parent as well as a director of a small but thriving City company meant there were 34 ______ moments left in any day to relax. When it came to the one weekend in four that James and Caroline spent with her ex-husband, Diana would try to leave the office a little earlier than usual to avoid the weekend traffic.

She read through the first page slowly, aware that any mistake 35 ______ hastily on a Friday evening could be 36 ______ in the weeks to come. She glanced at the clock on her desk as the signed the final page of the document. It was just showing 5:51.

Ответ:

1. little

2. few

3. many

4. much

34.

1) stayed

2) lodged

3) dwelled

4) settled

Pierre and Faniry

At the age of twenty-one, Pierre – that was the name of the winegrower – had been sent by his father to spend some time with his uncle in Madagascar. He 30______ at the island and within two weeks he fell for a local girl called Faniry, or "Desire" in Malagasy. You could not blame him. At seventeen she was ravishing. In the Malagasy sunlight her skin was golden. Her black, waist-length hair, which hung straight beside her cheeks, framed large, fathomless eyes. It was a genuine love at first 31______, for both of them. Within five months they were married. Faniry had no family, but Pierre's parents came out from France for the wedding, even though they did not strictly 32______ of it, and for three years the young couple lived very happily on the island of Madagascar.

Then, one day, a telegram came from France. Pierre's parents and his only brother had been killed in a car crash. Pierre took the next flight home to 33______ the funeral and manage the vineyard left by his father. Faniry followed two weeks later. Pierre was grief-stricken, but with Faniry he 34_____ down to running the vineyard. His family, and the lazy, idyllic days under a tropical sun, were gone forever. But he was very happily married, and he was very well-off. Perhaps, he reasoned, life in Bordeaux would not be so bad. Pierre thought he had married an angel, but soon he found 35______ that he was wrong. He had 36______ a fatal mistake in marrying Faniry.

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Molly the Cactus

Lady Anna had a lovely garden with lots of flowers. All the flowers would talk, sing and play all day. Only Molly the Сactus could not join them. The mean flowers would only 30 ______ fun of her. “People stop to smell and touch me, but you neither smell nor look good!” the Rose flower would say and all the flowers would start laughing. Poor Molly was very sad and lonely.

Once, Lady Anna went to the neighboring town and stayed there for a 31 ______ time. The flowers began to worry. “It is so sunny! We need to be watered quickly; 32 ______ we will all dry up!” said the Lily flower in dismay. The Rose flower was crying. “What is the matter, Rose? We are all waiting 33 ______ water,” said the Tulip flower. “Oh, I’m worried about my new flower. It may dry out even before blooming!” sobbed Rose. The flowers started discussing what could be done to save little Rose, but no one could think 34 ______ a solution. Then Molly the Cactus said “I can give water to little Rose. I have water stored in me, which is more important for Rose now”. “Little Rose bud will survive!” cheered everybody. Then the Rose flower turned to Molly and said “Molly, we must 35 ______. Even though we were mean, you helped us. You have taught us an important lesson. It is not how one 36 ______, but how one behaves that makes one a good or a bad person”.

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Edward

Edward was finding it hard to sleep. He tossed and turned for some time, then finally got up, put on his dressing gown and slippers, and went downstairs.

Edward wanted to 30 ______ a call to his lawyer and ask him some questions. He switched on a small lamp in the library and looked at the clock on the mantelpiece. It was two thirty already. Too late.

Opening the French doors, he stepped out onto the terrace and stood for a moment 31 ______ the sky. It was a black velvet night with a handful of stars thrown up on the velvet. They glittered like diamond chips. He knew if he walked down the long garden path, he would come to the strip of land where he and his brother 32 ______ to play many years ago. He loved it on the marsh, but he was not in the mood to go there tonight.

He was troubled, and his mind kept focusing on his family. If only he could 33 ______ his friends’ advice… His marriage, his children, his business, all these things he held dear were in jeopardy. It was his own fault. There was no one else to blame. He 34 ______ no attention to what his friends had been telling him. In fact, his brother should have been taken in hand years ago. He had been too kind with his brother, too forgiving. His mother had begged Edward to be kind to George, to give George a job. And fool that he was, Edward had done as she asked. To 35 ______ the truth, he had made many mistakes with George. And now he would pay for that foolishness. He would lose everything. He had to 36______ making a fatal mistake.

34. Ответ:

1. brought

2. paid

3. drew

4. turned

34.

1) get 

2) receive

3) obtain

4) acquire

Smart homes

The beginning of the 21st century saw a revolution in home-living with new technology changing the places where we live, and it seems technology could be changing our homes again. A research 30_________ out by Johann Siau, Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Engineering and Technology, builds on the University’s InterHome project – 31_________ at creating a home that monitors people living at home who are ill or elderly.

‘We’ve developed a wrist-band type device,’ says Johann Siau, ‘which allows us to monitor the condition of an elderly person, or 32_________ is wearing the device. It allows us to collect data of a person, to find out if the person has fallen or is away from where they are 33_________ to be. It connects an elderly person with an assisted-living type device with the InterHome.’ The assisted-living project is part of the University’s wider InterHome project, which is the development of a smart house. 

The InterHome is not just a prototype or a vehicle for research, it’s a study tool where students from a range of scientific disciplines 34_________ to learn and develop technology. The InterHome incorporates the latest broadband technology, mobile data and communication. Researchers and students make sure all the technology works together. It requires a variety of skills from students – electronic engineers, computer students, design students. ‘The current plan we are elaborating 35_________ is a smart home project in Watford with some commercial companies,’ says Johann Siau. ‘We are 36_________ at how a smarter home can provide extra value services.’

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34.

1) quantity

2) capacity

3) volume

4) number

A day in Chicago

Lily and her best friend Zoe were driving home from their vacation in California. That was a great adventure which they were enjoying a lot. They 30 ______ to visit so many interesting places. As they were driving closer to Chicago, the ladies were 31 ______ facts from the guidebook about this city, which was their little road ritual.
They had planned to stop first at Millennium Park, one of the city’s public parks made famous by its unique art displays. Lily had seen pictures of her friends posing with “The Bean,” a three-storey steel sculpture shaped like a giant legume, and she was 32 ______ to have one of her own. The piece was completely reflective, so those standing around it could look at their reflections as if they were looking into a mirror. Everybody 33 ______ it made spectacular photographs.
The two travellers spent the day walking around Chicago. They listened to music in Millennium Park, lying on their backs in the grass, peering up at the modern sculptures across the lawn. They took an overwhelming 34 ______ of photographs at The Bean, much to Lily’s satisfaction. Finally, her dream to post this photo 35 ______ true. They met some friends with whom they had gone to university to eat deep-dish pizza for dinner – a Chicago staple. Even before the sun set, Zoe and Lily were exhausted. 36 ______, they still had one more thing to do.