Задание №85348 ЕГЭ Английскому языку

Прочитайте текст пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30-36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30-36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Kate 

Kate was at a loss. Her parents were 30 _____________ that their daughter had real talent, but what do parents know when you're their only child? Especially when one of them was a music teacher and the other an accountant who were the first to 31 _____________ that they didn’t know much about art, but they knew what they like. Still, they seemed quite willing to support her for another year. Kate was painfully aware that, 32 ______________ her parents were fairly comfortably off, another year in which  she produced no income could only be a burden for them. After much soul-searching, she told them, “One year only. After that, if the paintings aren’t good enough, or if no one shows any interest in exhibiting them, I'll be realistic and look 33 ______________  a proper job.”

For the next six months Kate worked hours that she hadn’t realised existed when she’d been a student. During that time, she produced a dozen canvases. She allowed no one to see them for fear that her parents and friends would not be frank with her. She was determined to finish her portfolio and then listen only to the toughest 34 _______________ possible, those of the professional gallery owners, tougher still, those of the buying public. 

By the eleventh month, Kate had 35 ___________ twenty-seven works, but she still wasn’t sure whether they displayed any real talent. Nevertheless, she felt the time had finally come to allow others to pass 36 ____________ on them.

1) persuaded

2) influenced

3) encouraged

4) convinced