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ЕГЭ по английскому языку Задание №32 Лексико-грамматические навыки 32 (Выбор ответа (множественный)

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Good news

Dotty received a letter from a magazine editor, which was very surprising for her. (30)__________ Dotty was writing for a long time, only her teacher Miss Simms was allowed to read her novels.

The teacher (31)__________ great success for her books. There was a tap at the door then and when Dotty saw Miss Simms on the doorstep she almost pushed her into the room and pressed the letter into the woman’s hand.

“Read this,” she commanded, then (32)__________ her manners she added, “Oh, I’m so sorry. Hello, Miss Simms. I didn’t mean to be rude but I just got home and opened this and don’t quite know what to make of it. I’m afraid I’m absolutely confused.”

Miss Simms took off her silk scarf, then removed her gloves and read the letter. Her face broke into a wide smile. “Why, Dotty, this is absolutely marvellous!” she exclaimed delightedly. “Well done. I’m so pleased you finally (33)__________ to find the courage to show your work to someone.

Didn’t I always (34)__________ you it was good enough for publication?”

“But I didn’t show it to anyone,” Dotty answered. “At least not to this magazine. I let Anna’s mother read it and she must have sent it to them.” “You mustn’t turn (35)__________ this offer,” Miss Simms responded. “You really must telephone them, Dotty.

They obviously love your work – and who knows where this might lead? I have a friend who has been trying to get some of her work published for years, so I know how hard it is. I’m so proud (36)__________ you.”

32. 1) reminding 2) reviewing 3) revising 4) remembering

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A nice surprise

Dotty called her friend’s mother Miranda, who was really pleased to hear her voice when she picked up the phone. (30)__________, Miranda was surprised to find out that Dotty wanted to talk to her, not her daughter.

Somebody had sent Dotty’s stories to the magazine and the editors sent her a letter offering to publish her work. They asked her to telephone them and (31)__________ a meeting in London.

When the girl had finished, there was a silence for a moment before Miranda asked, “Are you very annoyed with me, Dotty? I know I shouldn’t have done that without your (32)__________, but you have such a talent for writing and I thought you should be recognised.

I’m not (33)__________ all surprised that the magazine wants to publish you.”

“No, I’m not annoyed. More shocked, I think,” Dotty admitted. “I’m not too sure about the trip to London though. To (34)__________ the truth, I’ve never ventured that far away on my own before.”

“Oh, you’ll be absolutely fine,” Miranda said confidently. “But I could always come with you if you liked. I’m certainly not going to let you miss this opportunity. Look, why don’t you come here for tea after work tomorrow with Anna and we’ll discuss it then. But meantime (35)__________ sure you ring them first thing in the morning.”

Dotty promised her that she would and went to bed (36)__________ by this surprise.

32. 1) permission 2) promise 3) proposal 4) possibility

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Olivia

I never took Olivia to the theatre, but it was there I met her. I (30)__________ the habit now of going every Saturday night, usually alone, sometimes with George.

It was George who (31)__________ me to Olivia Nelson. She was an only child whose father, a cotton merchant, had died and left her all he had.

She was not very beautiful but she was tall, very graceful, smartly dressed and (32)__________ me at once. Olivia got interested when George said that I was a novelist.

Novelists were not too common in Cornwell then, though I believe they are now as numerous as knights. Olivia adored famous people. She was delighted to meet me. It turned (33)__________ that Olivia had read my books, at least some of them and she liked them.

She could (34)__________ intelligently about them. She praised them and criticized them with a good deal of common sense.

She discussed new plays and new books with me. She developed a habit of being wherever I was to be found. We had a few meals together at restaurants, and I (35)__________ that I was dressing with unusual care.

She was so excited and happy, so full of good conversation, that I was charmed and captivated by her company. But I couldn’t help thinking that something was wrong. There was no (36)__________ to think the worst.

32. 1) involved 2) attracted 3) appealed 4) engaged

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My children

Miss Davidon’s school was half-way between Harry’s house and mine. My elder daughter Sophia had been going there for some years, and now my younger daughter began to go, too. It was not hard to (30)__________ the difference between my daughters.

My elder daughter (31)__________ after me. She had black hair, green eyes and a large forehead. She was very impulsive and often lost her temper.

She was lazy but studied well. Her teachers always praised her. My younger daughter didn't (32)__________ me. She was the picture of my wife’s mother.

She had blond hair and blue eyes. She was very obedient but she was not very good (33)__________ studies. I thought she was always shy and that prevented her from having good marks.

Liza, our nursemaid, would set off in the morning with two of my children and Ned, Harry’s son. She usually took a mail-cart with her. This was for Ned to ride in when he was tired but it was not often that Ned would (34)__________ that he was tired.

The maid left the girls at Miss Davidson’s and then brought Ned on to the Beeches. She would take him back in time to (35)__________ the girls when school was over.

I often watched them play with Ned in the backyard or tell him fairy-tales. My daughters adored Ned but he didn’t (36)__________ attention to them.

32. 1) review 2) remind 3) resemble 4) remember

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A busy day

The January sales started and when the girls arrived at Browns department store, where they worked, there were a lot of people queuing along the street. (30)__________ the time before Christmas had been very busy for shop assistants, they were shocked by such a big crowd outside the shop.

“I’ve never (31)__________ such a queue! Do they think we’re going to be giving the stuff away or something?” Anna asked her friend Lucy.

“Well, you know what they say – the early bird catches the worm, and (32)__________ to the radio, some people have been queuing all night in London to get the best bargains,” Lucy said.

On her (33)__________ to the cosmetics department Anna was wondering if they would even have time for their breaks or lunch-hours.

And she was quite right as there was no chance of a morning break but at last the girls were given (34)__________ to go for a shortened lunch break and they met up in the staff dining room.

“My God,” Lucy said as they stood at the counter. “I’ve actually had two ladies almost come to fight over a dress. I could (35)__________ calm them down.”

“It hasn’t been much better in the perfume and cosmetics department,” Anna remarked. “I ran out of Chanel perfume within an hour and the customers got angry with me, as if it was my (36)__________! I’ll tell you, at one point I was ready to walk out!”

32. 1) concerning 2) regarding 3) including 4) according

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A new coat

At the weekend Dotty went to Anna for tea and Anna’s mother Miranda gasped when she saw Dotty. She had changed a lot. Anna had (30)__________ Dotty to the hairdresser’s and now she had a very beautiful hairstyle with a fringe.

(31)__________, Miranda knew that the girls had bought a new suit for Dotty. “You look completely different with your hair like that,” Miranda said approvingly, then, “Did you bring your suit with you? Anna told me how nice it was.”

Dotty waved a bag at her. “Yes, I did. Anna is going to let me borrow one of her coats which would match my suit. She says I'm not (32)__________ to wear this one now.”

“Well, I certainly agree with her on that point but I think you may take my woollen coat (33)__________ of Anna’s. I never wear it any more so if you like it you’re more than welcome to keep it.”

“But I couldn’t,” Dotty spluttered. “It must have cost a (34)__________ and I really can’t take it.”

“Of course you can,” Miranda said. “What good is it to me, hanging in the wardrobe and never (35)__________ the light of day? You’ll be (36)__________ me a favour taking it out of the way.”

32. 1) agreed 2) accepted 3) afforded 4) allowed

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The Great Discovery

In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people (30)__________ in numbers, they had to wander and search for wild fruits and seeds of wild plants or hunt for small animals.

Then one of these early people (31)__________ a great discovery. A great genius discovered the meaning of seeds. He may have noticed that where some seeds had fallen on the ground, new plants grew.

Perhaps he was (32)__________ enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen.

No one knows how it happened, but man (33)__________ that if he put a seed into the soil it could grow into a plant which might yield hundreds or even thousands of seeds!

He was free of the need to be in a constant (34)__________ of his food!

Early man could now (35)__________ seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow.

In the fall he could gather a harvest of seeds. There would be enough to (36)__________ himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting when spring came.

32. 1) curious 2) questioning 3) surprised 4) puzzled

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Light from the Past

When you stand and look at the stars, you are really looking at past history. The light from Alkaid, the end star in the handle of the Big Dipper, has taken about 210 years to (30)__________ your eyes.

If Alkaid stopped (31)__________ today, people on earth would still see it (32)__________ about 210 years.

Some of the stars you see here tonight may have stopped existing several thousand years ago. The light from some (33)__________ stars right now will not be seen on earth until thousands, or even millions, of years from now!

It’s (34)__________ breathtaking.

And it (35)__________ to the great mystery about the nature of light. Think about water waves. They get smaller and smaller in amplitude as they travel. Their energy is lost in friction among the water molecules. Think of sound waves in air. They too get weaker and weaker because of friction among the air molecules.

But light waves stop only if they strike something, and their energy is transferred (36)__________ another form.

32. 1) after 2) through 3) for 4) at

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The First Day at School

Do you remember your first day at school? It was probably (30)__________ confusing.

Now, to (31)__________ this confusion, many primary schools in England have a special teacher who welcomes new pupils.

She is (32)__________ a reception class teacher.

The children are (33)__________ with the idea of school and if they have been good, they can’t understand why they have to go to school.

They imagine that school is optional. When the child goes to school on his first day and watches his mother leaving he thinks that she is deserting him. The teacher must (34)__________ him that at the end of the day his mother will be back and take him home.

The children are not the only people that are disturbed by going to school. The teacher sometimes has as much difficulty in (35)__________ with the mothers. They hang around and dislike leaving the child without their protection.

The best way to (36)__________ with the situation is to get the child used to the idea of school.

32. 1) named 2) called 3) said 4) told

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Your Future World

What will you be doing in 2025? Will you be living in an undersea research station? Will you be the chief engineer (30)__________ a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean?

Will you be leading an (31)__________ to the planet Mars? Will you be …?

You can daydream, of course, but nobody knows exactly what the world will be (32)__________. But scientists have made some guesses.

Based on the advances made, they believe people will be healthier. Diphtheria, malaria, tuberculosis, polio and many other killers are under control now. These diseases are on the way out, (33)__________ to germ-killing chemicals, new ways of finding out about our bodies, and new ways of providing clean, safe (34)__________ and water.

Healthier people live longer, so we can expect the world’s population to (35)__________ sharply. It may double in the next forty years! This brings up a serious problem: how will we find food, water, and minerals for such a huge population?

Scientists are at work on some (36)__________.

32. 1) like 2) alike 3) likely 4) likable

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Alaska

The first Europeans to visit what is now called Alaska were Russian sailors led by Captain Bering. The (30) __________ was funded by Russian czar Peter the Great.

In 1728 Bering and his crew (31) __________ through the strait that is now named after him, between the easternmost part of Asia and the westernmost part of the Americas.

Their journey (32) __________ that Asia was not connected to North America; however, due to the heavy fog, they never actually saw the nearby land of North America.

In 1741 Bering headed further south, landing on tiny Kayak Island off the (33) __________ of what is now the southeastern part of the state.

In the 1780s and 1790s Russians began small colonies, first on Kodiak Island and later on the mainland. In 1799 the Russian-American Company was established to (34) __________ Russian interests.

For the next 68 years the company provided the only form of government for the European colonists, (35) __________ never numbered more than a few hundred.

The Russians ruled the (36) __________ until the late 1860s, when they sold it to the United States for $7.2 million dollars.

32. 1) proved 2) convinced 3) persuaded 4) appeared

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Ordinary

“Ordinary” was the worst word she could find for anything. She and I would argue fiercely because I wanted to be ordinary as desperately as my mother wanted to be (30) __________.

“I can’t (31) __________ that hair-do”, she said when I went to the hairdresser with my friend and came back with a pageboy haircut straight out of Seventeen magazine, “It’s so terribly ordinary”. Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary.

Her (32) __________ of ordinariness came out most strongly in her clothes.

“Couldn’t you please (33) __________ something else?” I asked her when she was dressing for Parents’ Day in tight-fitting pants and a bright pink sweater, with a Mexican cape.

“What’s wrong with my outfit?” What wasn’t wrong with it! “It’s just that I wish it would be something more plain,” I said sheepishly, “something that people won’t (34) __________ at.”

She looked at me angrily and drew herself (35) __________ to her full height of five feet ten inches.

“Are you (36) __________ of your own mother? Because if you are, Isadora, I feel sorry for you. I really do.”

32. 1) worry 2) trouble 3) panic 4) fear

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Searching for a New Programme

A healthy lifestyle can vastly improve your well-being. This is a lifestyle designed for those who wish to feel more certain about their health and more in control of what the present and future will bring them in that important (30) __________ of existence.

None of us wants to be sick. None of us enjoys the idea that we may become a medical statistic. This is a simple, easy-to-follow health-style that can enable you to get cards very much in your (31) __________.

The doctors were fortunate enough to come into (32) __________ with a field of study that brought them to healing and well-being that they so desperately needed.

They personally have (33) __________ thousands of people improve their health using only a small part of information. Many more people begin to improve their health now.

In order for this programme to work for you, you have to be willing to apply at least some part of it. Some change will be (34) __________.

And as you make those first modest changes, you will get positive results that encourage you to do more. Changing is fun. And if you realize that your new healthy lifestyle (35) __________ the making of new habits,...

... not the (36) __________ of old ones, you will feel very positive about what the future holds for you.

32. 1) touch 2) contact 3) view 4) connection

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To the North of London

The Aldenham Country Park is a large and pleasant area easily reached if you are travelling north out of London. It is worth visiting if you want a quick breath of fresh air and a reasonably attractive place for a brief picnic. The most important point of the park is Aldenham Reservoir. It was built in 1796 to (30) __________ the water level in the river (31) __________ by the newly constructed Grand Union Canal, and more recently has been used as a reserve public water supply.

Not far from there lies the busy town of Watford which can be recommended for a brief visit. And in any (32) __________ much more interesting stretches of the canal are met further north.

And if you make your way through the town you can visit the Watford Museum in the High Street which has materials on printing and paper-making on (33) __________.

The picture gallery has changing exhibitions of works by artists who lived or painted in the area. Another attraction of the neighbourhood is a fascinating complex of Roman buildings, the (34) __________ of a great city, once the third largest centre of Roman Britain.

The private houses were impressive, many of them furnished with mosaic floors. The beauty of the mosaics can hardly be described on paper, and it is best (35) __________ by standing and looking for a while.

The other principal Roman site to be visited is a long stretch of the city wall which (36) __________ back to the 3rd century.

32. 1) condition 2) situation 3) circumstance 4) case

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Sharing music with friends

Brenda is a nineteen-year old full-time college student, and she earns money working part time as a waitress. Brenda loves to listen to music like most young people, but she can’t (30) __________ the high CD prices that record companies (31) __________ for popular CDs. Brenda says that the prices of CDs are ridiculously high at $17 to $20 each and there are only two or three good songs on each CD.

She (32) __________ an apartment with three other roommates.

She pays her own (33) __________ and she also pays most of her (34) __________. Her solution to expensive CDs is to download or copy music from the Internet. Brenda and millions of other people are called “downloaders” because they download free file-sharing software and music.

When Brenda later gives, shares, or trades her music files free over the Internet, she is also an uploader. She considers herself an active music uploader, but the music industry considers her a (35) __________.

From 2001 on, the Recording Industry Association of America has sued and fined dozens of file-sharing services, for uploading music files, and hundreds of people, for (36) __________ the law by downloading music.

32. 1) leases 2) lends 3) hires 4) rents

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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.

32. 1) Inside 2) Outside 3) In 4) Out

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Chinese Vase

When I was a child I loved visiting my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace. As I grew older the house and garden seemed smaller, but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many lovely things to look (30) __________ in the house.

I loved her paintings and the old clock, but (31) __________ all I loved a big Chinese vase which stood in the hall.

It was (32) __________ than me.

And I couldn’t see (33) __________ it.

I walked round and round it looking at the beautiful ladies and the birds and flowers and trees, and Grandmother often (34) __________ me stories about these ladies.

She said that her grandfather had brought the vase with him when he returned from a long (35) __________ to China.

We live in a modern house, and I’m afraid my husband and I often nag at the children. “Don’t make the new carpet dirty, Paul!” “Be careful with the new table, Philip!” Before she died, Grandmother gave me the vase I loved so much. It (36) __________ beautiful in our modern hall.

32. 1) higher 2) larger 3) taller 4) greater

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A Quest House

It was April and John Moore was studying for an important examination. As the date of the exam (30) __________ nearer, he decided to go somewhere and read by himself.

He did not want the amusements of the seaside, or the beauties of the countryside. He decided to find a quiet, little town and work there undisturbed. He (31) __________ his suitcase with clothes and books.

Then he looked in a railway timetable for a town that he did not know. He found one, and bought a ticket to go there. He did not tell anyone where he was going. After all, he did not want to be (32) __________.

That is how Moore arrived at Benchurch. It was a market town, and once a week it was quite busy for a few hours. The rest of the time it was a very quiet and sleepy place. Moore spent his first night at the only hotel in the town. The landlady was very kind and helpful, but the hotel was not really quiet enough for him. The second day he started (33) __________ for a house to rent.

There was only one place that he liked. It was more than quiet – it was deserted and very lonely. It was a big, old seventeenth-century house. It had barred windows like a prison, and a high brick wall all around it. It would be hard to (34) __________ a more unwelcoming place. But it suited Moore perfectly. He went to find the local lawyer, who was responsible for the house.

Mr. Carnford, the lawyer, was very happy to rent the house to him. “I’d be glad to let you have it free,” he said, “. It’s been empty so long that people have started to (35) __________ a lot of foolish stories about it. You’ll be able to prove that the stories are wrong.

Moore didn’t think it was necessary to ask the lawyer for more details of the foolish stories. He paid his rent, and Mr. Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to (36) __________ him. He came away from the lawyer with the keys of the house in his pocket.

32. 1) bothered 2) intervened 3) interfered 4) helped

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Dinner

Amos Finnister was a private detective. In all his years as a policeman and a private investigator, he had learned about people. He gained a psychological insight into most as he (30) ______ them do foolish things. He was at ease with people from all walks of life, and in consequence they were at ease with him.

And this was most apparent on Friday evening, when Major Cedric Crawford dined with him at the Ritz restaurant. Amos (31) ______ to dine there when he lived in New York.

By the time they were halfway through dinner, Amos had the major laughing and sharing stories, some of which were funny. By the time they had eaten the main course, Amos felt comfortable enough to (32) ______ the answer to an important question. “I wonder if you have ever come across Tabitha James.”

Cedric (33) ______ knowing Tabitha with no sign of embarrassment or reluctance.

“To (34) ______ the truth, I knew her quite well, actually. She was a close friend of a fellow guards officer, Sebastian Lawford. She fell in love with him at first sight. They were going to marry but unfortunately that did not come to pass.”

“And why was that, Major, do you know?” “Oh, yes, I’m afraid I do. Tabitha had contracted pneumonia but (35) ______ no attention to her illness.

Before I knew it, she was dead and gone. As for Sebastian, he rejoined the army when the war broke out and was killed. A sad story, isn’t it?” Amos nodded. So much depended (36) ______ this information.

32. 1) search 2) ask 3) seek 4) pose

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Amos

It wasn’t unusual for Amos to go to Deravenels on Saturday, even though the offices were closed over the weekend. He (30) __________ to go to tidy up his paperwork and do other small jobs he couldn’t attend to during the week.

But on this Saturday morning he had a specific purpose when he arrived at the grand old building on the Strand. The uniformed doorman (31) __________ Amos close his umbrella and take off his raincoat. Then he touched his cap and said, “Good morning, Mr. Finnister”.

Amos had come to the office to (32) __________ a few telephone calls. His first call was to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, where he quickly discovered the records office was not open on weekends. He then dialed Ravenscar and was put through to Edward Deravenel. “Good morning, Amos,” Edward said. “I’m assuming you have some news for me.” Amos then relayed all the information he had gathered the night before.

“Well done, Amos!” Edward exclaimed. “Thank you for going into all this (33) __________.

I knew I could depend (34) __________ you.

My wife will be happy as I am to know everything; it’s been such a mystery all these years. To (35) __________ the truth, I think that Grace Rose should also know what happened to her mother. It will finally put her mind at rest.”

“I agree, sir. I will telephone you on Monday”. Amos walked home, (36) __________ no attention to the heavy rain. He felt happy.

32. 1) do 2) give 3) make 4) take

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Music lessons

It was a hard winter for Mother. She sometimes pleaded with Father but no one could ever tell Father anything. He continued to stand like a rock against stopping my music lessons. To (30) ______ the truth, Father had certain natural gifts for debate.

In the first place his voice was powerful and stormy, and he (31) ______ to let it out at full strength. As a second gift, he was convinced at all times that his opponents were wrong.

Hence, even if they won a point or two, it (32) ______ them no good, for he dragged the issue to some other ground then, where he and Truth could prevail.

When Mother said it surely was plain enough that I had no ear for music, what was his reply? Why, he said that the violin was the noblest instrument (33) ______ by man.

Having silenced her with this solid premise he declared no boy should expect to learn it immediately. It required persistence. Everything, he had found out, required persistence. His motto was, “Never give (34) ______ ”.

He said that Mother should be stricter with me, if necessary, and make me try harder. He also said that none of us realized what he had had to go (35) ______. Mother started to cry and said, “But you’re downtown, you don’t have to hear it”.

Father was outraged. His final argument, I remember, was that my violin had cost twenty-five dollars, if I didn’t learn it, the money would be wasted, and he couldn’t afford it. But it was put to him that my younger brother Julian could learn it instead. Father was defeated, though he didn’t (36) ______ it, and I was set free.

32. 1) made 2) gave 3) took 4) did

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Henry Thompson

Henry was the most talented child in the Thompson family. The whole family were really proud (30) __________ him. Henry’s mother Mrs. Linda Thompson never tired of (31) __________ everybody what fine letters and essays he could write when he studied at school. She bought a lot of different books to help Henry develop his skills.

Just as his mother hoped, when Henry (32) __________ up, he decided to be a writer. To begin with, he taught at school a while and gave lectures which people did not understand very well, for he had strange ideas for those times.

(33) __________, Henry didn’t give up his philosophy and devoted his time to writing his thoughts down.

No (34) __________ how tired or busy he was, he wrote page after page, sitting in the woods, as he liked that activity better than anything else. It helped Henry to express his ideas and understand the world around him. He first wrote a report on a week's trip on the Concord and Merrimac rivers.

This book did not sell very well, and one time he carried home from the publishers seven hundred copies that no one would buy, saying: “Well, I have quite a respectably sized library now — all my own writing, too!” His sense of humour never (35) __________ him.

Henry’s mother Linda was always by his side supporting him, reading his books. Mrs. Thompson often kept (36) __________ Henry of his wonderful talent. She had no doubt that her son would succeed one day; it was only a question of time. And she was absolutely right.

32. 1) grew 2) got 3) came 4) rose

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Two years in a hut

Henry Thompson, a writer, built a hut on the shore of the pond and lived there all alone for two years. He did this for two reasons: because he wanted to (30) __________ that people spend too much time and money on food and clothes and because he wanted a perfectly quiet chance to write more books.

(31) __________ to the writer, he spent only one hundred dollars a year while he lived in this hut. He raised beans on his land, ate wild berries, caught fish and “went visiting” his friends and neighbours now and then. To buy his woodsman’s clothes and a few necessities, he planted gardens, painted houses, and cut wood for his friends.

This period influenced Henry’s creative work a lot. He wrote a book called “The Wood” which (32) __________ all about these seven or eight hundred days he lived in his hut.

Several other books also describe the time when he (33) __________ to live all by himself. These sold very well. In all of them Henry was boasting that he had found the only sensible way to live.

“I am for simple living, and I (34) __________ being alone!” he would declare in his books.

He (35) __________ you feel, when you read his books, that it is fine to walk around the fields, sniffing the wild grape and the green grass, and that no one can find pleasure like the man who rows, and skates, and swims.

(36) __________, people passing by the pond used to hear him whistling old ballads, or playing very softly and beautifully on a flute, and they thought he sounded lonely and sad.

32. 1) says 2) talks 3) tells 4) speaks

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Mr. Thoreau in Concord

Concord, Massachusetts, is one of the New England towns that everybody likes to visit. When tourists (30) __________ Boston they usually make a point of going to Concord by electric train because they have read about the famous battle ground of the great Revolutionary War there.

They also want to see the homes of American writers Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thoreau. (31) __________, Concord is the place that everybody likes to visit.

The philosopher Henry Thoreau, who was born in Concord, was (32) __________ on hiking. He loved the town so much that he spent most of his life walking through its fields and forests.

You might (33) __________ it was his life’s work, for he never had any real profession, and he walked between four to eight hours a day.

When Mr. Thoreau started out on a long walk in the woods, he wore a wide-brimmed straw hat, stout shoes, and strong grey trousers to (34) __________ sure that they would not show spots too easily, and would survive tree-climbing.

Under his arm he usually carried an old music book in which to press plants, and in his pocket he kept a pencil and his diary. His friend, William Ellery Channing, often (35) __________ the writer on his walks in the forest.

They agreed that a week's camping was more fun than all the books in the world. Once they tried camping in Canada. They wore overalls most of the time, and (36) __________ of suitcases, they tied a few changes of clothing into bundles, and each man took an umbrella. They called themselves “Knights of the Umbrella and Bundle”.

32. 1) fond 2) crazy 3) eager 4) keen

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Gordon

Gordon Fink had felt restless all day. Early Sunday morning he had gone for a run in Central Park. Afterwards he came home and (30) __________ a cheese sandwich. He didn’t eat much for breakfast.

During his marriage he had been the regular morning chef, but he had got (31) __________ of the habit when his family left.

He never bothered to fix anything for himself now. He read the Times while he ate, but (32) __________, after pouring a second cup of coffee, he found he was unable to concentrate, so he (33) __________ down the paper and walked to the window.

It was eleven o’clock. His apartment overlooked the park, and he could see that the sunny day had already brought out a lot of people. There were many couples and family groups. Gordon (34) __________ an elderly woman settle on a bench and turn her face so that the sun shone on it. She looked calm and happy.

He turned away from the window and went into the bedroom. He had to pack for his trip tomorrow, and the prospect irritated him. It was almost over though. There was only one week more of publicity for the book, and then he would take a week off to himself. The (35) __________ agent had prepared a list of cruise ships with empty first-class space that would accommodate his schedule.

He went back to his desk to look at it. Although he trusted his agent, he wanted to choose a cruise ship himself. He looked (36) __________ to having a pleasant rest after a year of hard work.

32. 1) definitely 2) directly 3) finally 4) completely