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36. Вставьте пропущенное слово

1) end
2) drop
3) fall
4) sink

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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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”.

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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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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”.

36. Вставьте пропущенное слово

1) scene
2) stage
3) scenery
4) performance

BRITISH THEATRE

The theatre has always been very strong in Britain. Its centre is, of course, London, where successful plays can   30   ____ without a break for many years. London has several dozens of theatres, most of them not   31   ____ from Trafalgar Square.   32   _____ London even some quite big towns have no public theatre at all, but every town has its private theatres. British theatre is much admired. There you can   33   ____ the best of everything – an excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated actors and a well-dressed   34   ____.
Choose a good play, and you’ll enjoy yourself throughout from the moment the curtain   35   ____to the end of the last act. Get your seats beforehand, either at the box-office or at the theatre itself. You’ll probably want to sit as near to the   36   ____ as possible.

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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!

36.

1) point

2) hand

3) turn

4) way

Bullying

Unfortunately, bullying is really common. People who are bullied are more likely to suffer 30______ depression and anxiety. They might lose interest 31______ the activities they enjoy, avoid spending time with other people and not go to classes or school, which has a negative 32______ on their learning. Anti-Bullying Day aims to raise awareness about bullying, to support people who are experiencing it and to try to stop it from happening. 

Bullying can be physical, like hitting or kicking someone or stealing their things. It can also be with words – 33______ or writing mean things. Another type of bullying is social – embarrassing someone or telling other people not to be friends with them. 

Bullying usually 34______ more people than you think. There are the people who bully and those who are bullied. Then there are 'bystanders'. A bystander is someone who 35______ in with the bullying and makes it worse, or encourages the bullying by watching and laughing. People who see bullying but do nothing to stop it are also bystanders. 

An 'upstander', on the other 36______, sees bullying and helps the person who is being bullied. You can support the person who is being bullied by walking away from the situation with them. Tell them that they don't deserve to be treated in that way and encourage them to reach out for help. You may decide to report the bullying to a trusted adult.

36.

1) watching

2) looking 

3) staring

4) glancing

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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36.

1) Although

2) Therefore

3) Nevertheless

4) Moreover

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.

36. Выберите наиболее подходящее слово на место пропуска и впишите номер в поле для ответа:

From City To Country

I moved here during mid-September, and truth be told, on arrival, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Imagine doing endless searches 30. __________ Google for your new home and finding little more than a picture of an old bridge and some greenery, indeed, incredibly scenic, but perhaps a little out of my comfort zone. I’m normally a city girl 31. __________  the University of Leeds, and I have to admit, I’m spoilt for choice with shopping, nightlife, and most importantly, meeting people my own age, given that Leeds boasts a large student population. 

Le Vigan couldn’t be more different; one could describe it as a quiet, peaceful place, suited for those looking to make retirement as relaxing as possible. I soon found out, after several more searches 32. __________  the Internet, that this tiny French town holds just 4,000 people, something that instantly horrified me. I’m used to being 33. __________  a lively student atmosphere, and the norm being that 90% of the people you see everyday are unfamiliar. It’s fair to say I was initially dreading my year abroad.

However, after 2 months, I have fallen in love with this hidden French gem. Yes, it is quiet, and yes it has been difficult to make friends, but I feel part of something special, a French community who are starting to recognise me as one of their own. I never expected to become so attached to such a small, rural place, but I did. I like being acknowledged 34. __________  the street by the locals. I have got used to shopping 35. __________ those little beautiful stores. I can call this place 36. __________ home now.