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ЕГЭ по английскому языку Задание №35 Лексико-грамматические навыки 35

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Mary

When Mary left her office, she walked home to her apartment on Twilight Road. The chill of the early morning made her (30) __________ her hands into the pockets of her stylish jacket and pick up her pace. The weather brought to mind a long-forgotten line from Little Women.

One of the sisters – she couldn’t (31) __________ whether it was Berth or Amy – said that November was a disagreeable month, and Jo agreed, commenting that that was why she was born in it.

Me, too, Mary thought, “My birthday is November the twenty-forth. The Thanksgiving baby they called me. Thanksgiving and birthdays (32) __________ to be fun, but not for me. I had to jog between two dinners and there was no one to help me.

It was a problem to manage two dinners in different places at the same time. Of course, my domestic problem is small, compared with Millie’s,” she thought as she (33) __________ her street and turned west.

Millie was her best friend and she was in (34) __________.

Yesterday her meeting with Millie was strange. Millie had stayed at the office for about an hour. Over a cup of tea, Millie had insisted that Mary keep the turquoise ring. “If something were to happen to me, it’s important that you have it just in (35) __________ the woman who phoned you contacts you again,” she had said.

She doesn’t mean if something happens to her; she means when, Mary thought, as she opened the door and turned (36) __________ the light in her apartment.

35. 1) time 2) case 3) event 4) fact

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My day

Classes started today, on Thursday, but my first class with Professor Hunt wasn’t until the forthcoming Monday. After a light breakfast I went back to my room and began working. Not until almost four in the afternoon did I finally close my books. When I (30) __________ out of my window, it was as if I’d just woken up, sleepy and disoriented, to find it was getting dark. It was high time for dinner.

It was the big back-to-school dinner that night – roast beef, green beans and cheese soufflé. I ate dinner alone at the same table where I’d had my breakfast. I (31) __________ the food and the atmosphere. The halls were packed, everyone was smoking, laughing. People were walking from group to group saying “Hello”.

Suddenly I saw Victor Porter and Peter Wilson (32) __________ their way to my table. One was the son of a movie producer, the other was the son of a famous racket boss.

They were, (33) __________, president and vice-president of the Student Council.

Both (34) __________ their fathers a lot.

Victor held out a box full of change and crumpled bills. “Hi, guy,” he said. “We’re (35) __________ a party in the sculpture studio tonight. Want to give something?” I put down my coffee and fished in my jacket pocket and found a quarter and some pennies. I didn’t say a word.

“Oh, come on, man,” Peter said. His voice (36) __________, there was a threat in it. “You can do better than that.” “Sorry,” I said, pushed back from the table, got my coat and left.

35. 1) keeping 2) holding 3) taking 4) putting

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Shirley

It was Friday, the thirty-first of May, and it was Shirley’s birthday, her twentieth birthday. Shirley could (30) __________ believe it, but it was true. And she suddenly, and wonderfully, felt quite grown up, very grown up, in fact.

Last night her father had (31) __________ her a lovely young lady, and she had beamed at him, hugged him, and told him she was so happy to have him and Alice, have them as her parents.

There was no one luckier than she was; Shirley believed that with all her (32) __________. Last night, over dinner, Alice and Victor praised her and were talking much about how proud they were of her and what she had become, and she had experienced an enormous rush of love and gratitude toward them.

Her father had added that she had a wonderful life ahead of her, and she believed him. He always (33) __________ her the truth.

Her dream of going to Cambridge had come true and for the past year she had been living her childhood dream, (34) __________ lectures.

She (35) __________ every moment of living in that ancient city of shining spires, gracious quadrangles, and beautiful architecture.

It was an extraordinary experience to be in that place of great learning, and she would (36) __________ it with love long after she had left. She was reading English and French history, her favourite subjects, and one day she hoped to be a historian and give lectures herself and write books.

35. 1) admired 2) pleased 3) enjoyed 4) attracted

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A visit

Early the next afternoon, Peter dropped by for a visit. “It’s hot in here,” he said, taking (30) __________ his wet coat and throwing it over the back of a chair. His hair was wet, his face flushed.

“Don’t go outside, whatever you do,” he said. “It’s terrible outside. By the way, you haven’t (31) __________ Dave, have you?” I ran a hand through my hair. It was a Friday afternoon, no class and I hadn’t been out of my room all day. I worked hard translating a Greek poem.

“Dave stopped by last night,” I said. Peter reached to the pocket of his overcoat and pulled out a pack. “I (32) __________ you a sandwich since you weren’t at lunch.” It was cream cheese and marmalade, I knew without looking. Peter was fanatical about them, but I didn’t like them much.

I unwrapped a corner of it and took a bite, pretended to (33) __________ it, then set it down on my desk. “Have you talked to Dave recently?” I said.

“Just this morning. He drove me to the bank.” Peter reached into his pocket again and took out a sheet of paper covered with numbers. Mechanically, I took the sheet of paper from him. It was covered with algebraic formulas, but at the moment it was frankly the last thing on my (34) __________.

I shook my head and was on the (35) __________ of handing it back when something stopped me.

I wasn’t very good at mathematics but I knew I should (36) __________ in solving this problem.

35. 1) spot 2) point 3) dot 4) step

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The man on the trail

It was a cold grey day when the man walked into the main Yukon trail. He climbed the snow-covered river bank where a trail went through the pine forest. It was a high bank, and the man paused to breathe at the top and (30) __________ at the sky.

It was nine o’clock in the morning. There was no sun or even the promise of sunshine, (31) __________ there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, but the sun was absent from the sky.

This fact did not worry the man because he could hardly (32) __________ a day when he had seen the sun.

The man had come a long way alone, and he was really proud (33) __________ himself. The old man from the village warned him how cold it sometimes got in this country. He said that no man should travel alone in this season.

Despite all the problems on the way, the man (34) __________ to save himself.

The Yukon River was hidden under three feet of ice with as many feet of snow on top. It was all pure white. North and south, as far as the eye could see, it was white. There was only a thin dark line that curved to the south. This dark line was the trail – the main trail. It led south 500 miles to the Chilcoot Pass. It led north 75 miles to Dawson and still farther on to the north a thousand miles more. However, all this – the distant trail, no sun in the sky, and the great cold – had no (35) __________ on the man.

It was not because he was long (36) __________ with it. On the contrary, he was a newcomer in the land, and this was his first winter.

35. 1) mark 2) effect 3) change 4) result

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Maggie

Maggie was happy. She had been given the task of entertaining Mrs King while her parents and Uncle William had some sort of business meeting in the library. She was glad they had asked her to (30) __________ Mary King’s company because she really liked her.

In fact, she (31) __________ the woman.

There was something about Mary that was intriguing and special. Maggie knew that Mary liked her in return, and there was an ease between them. That this woman was truly lovely to look (32) __________ was a given; that she was charming, kind and extremely intelligent was a bonus, Maggie thought.

She was (33) __________ by the older woman’s knowledge of art and sculpture. Mary knew a great deal about certain artists and their work, especially French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and she was happy to share.

The two of them were seated in a yellow drawing room chatting. At one moment, Maggie couldn’t help thinking that Mary King (34) __________ perfect in this amazing room tonight.

She was (35) __________ a most elegant and fashionable sapphire blue velvet dress and sapphire earrings, which exactly echoed the blue in some of the fabrics her mother had chosen for the room. She ought to be painted in here, Maggie thought, and it should be called Portrait in Blue.

After a brief discussion about a recent art exhibition at a well-known gallery in Chelsea, with Mary (36) __________ most of the talking, they fell silent. But it was a friendly silence.

35. 1) bearing 2) dressing 3) clothing 4) wearing

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Kevin Stone

Kevin Stone was driving north on the High Road, towards the mountains. He (30) __________ on the radio and tuned in to Ask Dr Linda.

It was a programme he had no intention of (31) __________. It always made him feel better.

When he reached his destination, he remained in his car until the programme was over. Then he sat quietly for several minutes longer before getting out of the car. He walked to the water’s edge. The mountain air was cold and still. The lake surface shone under the autumn sun, but even so, there were dark (32) __________ that hinted at the water’s depth.

The trees surrounding the lake had begun to change colour and were far more vivid in their yellow, orange and red shades than the ones he had (33) __________ in the city and suburbs closer in.

For a long time, he sat on the ground at the lake side, his hands clasped over his knees. (34) __________ there were tears in his eyes, he ignored them. Then he turned and went back to his car.

An hour later, he was at his mother’s house. He found his mother in her studio. At age sixty she had taken up painting, and in twelve years of serious work, her natural talent had (35) __________ into a genuine gift.

She was seated at the easel, her back to him, every inch of her slight, slender body totally absorbed in her work. She smiled when she saw him but was in no (36) __________ to start a conversation.

35. 1) developed 2) advanced 3) improved 4) increased

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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.”

35. 1) suggest 2) suppose 3) submit 4) supervise

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At the office

Max White tapped on Paul’s office door at 15.00. He walked in without (30) __________ for a response.

Paul looked up from the papers on his desk and said, “Sit down, Max. Please (31) __________ me everything you know.”

It was Tuesday, the eighth of July; the day before, the rumors had been rampant throughout the company that more of the top executives were going to be sacked on the explicit orders of Brent Horn. (32) __________, nobody knew who would be terminated.

So most of people were (33) __________ about losing their jobs. An atmosphere of fear reigned in the company for the first time in over thirty years, and there was gloom on every floor of the building.

Max had all the information, as he had just told Paul on the phone; now he leaned closer and confided, “I understand George Sanford was given his walking orders late on Friday afternoon. And this week we’ll see the (34) __________ of Jim Cooper and John Turner, two good men.”

It was terrible news. They had been with the company about as long as Paul had. They were among Brent Horn’s big supporters when he was trying to get the company back from the DeWitts. They were much (35) __________ by everyone.

Paul couldn’t (36) __________ of their dismissal. He was truly shocked, and it showed.

35. 1) respected 2) remained 3) recognized 4) regarded

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A medical question

Raymond left in the morning for his job at a research lab. He had been working in the lab for six months and if he had really settled (30) __________.

His colleagues were a great bunch of guys and everyone got on well. He’d had fears before he began his job that some of his co-workers might be too uptight and (31) __________ their work too seriously.

One day, they had a study which involved a new heart medication. A group of individuals had volunteered for the study and they arrived to get ready. Raymond and one of his colleagues, Miranda, were responsible (32) __________ doing a few tests before the study started.

They first asked the volunteers a (33) __________ of questions about their medical history. One question asked if they had any metal parts inside their bodies. Regardless of how they answered, Raymond had to ask all the volunteers to walk through metal detectors. Three volunteers (34) __________ the machine’s alarm, but one man who set it off (35) __________ that he had no metal in his body.

Miranda pulled Raymond to one side and said, “I can see something in his hair that’s used to cover up the thinning. You know, spray-on hair? Well, that stuff is basically tiny flecks of metal and glue. The man doesn’t want to tell us because he’s embarrassed. I’m sure!”

The two of them had to work out a way of (36) __________ the issue without upsetting the volunteer.

35. 1) demanded 2) insisted 3) required 4) enforced

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Going on a conference

Megan was preparing for her presentation at a very important conference in Texas. In fact, it (30) __________ like every March the entire San Francisco Bay Area migrated to Austin for the conference. It was where big deals were made.

It was a time when you could walk into a restaurant and find yourself between one of the top guys at Google and a rock star. For an ambitious person (31) __________ to make their mark in the technology world, it was a good place to be. That’s why Megan was there.

She met up with the rest of her team at the hotel. They were already communicating in the lobby. She (32) __________ at the group – they were a small company, only ten people.

She was the only woman, and the awareness of that fact made her work twice as hard. But she knew the company needed her, and the company results depended (33) __________ her work.

Everyone else in the team was an engineer or a designer, while Megan came from a business background. She was the one who had the vision to decide how and where their product would be attractive. (34) __________, she had the management skills to make sure everything got done.

“How are you feeling?” asked Alex, the designer. “Ready for the big presentation?” Megan was (35) __________ to do the presentation on stage, alone.

She would be presenting their product in front of some of the most influential companies and investors in the world. Undoubtedly, she (36) __________ her best to prepare for it.

35. 1) succeeded 2) suspected 3) supported 4) supposed

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At the party

Nick and Nelly Wilson were delighted to see Zara when she got there, and welcomed her warmly. There was a group of people standing around the fireplace, trying to get warm. And as they did every year, the women were wearing long gowns or dressy cocktail dresses, and the men were wearing black-tie. It was the one night of the year when all the Wilsons’ friends (30) __________ to dress up.

Zara tried to get in the (31) __________ but in vain.

It was the coldest night so far that winter, breaking some kind of record for miserable weather, which made Zara long for her bed again. (32) __________ she only saw them once a year, she recognized nearly everyone there that night, but there was one unfamiliar face in the crowd.

His name was Patrick Edison. Nick (33) __________ they had been college roommates.

Patrick was a TV producer from Hollywood, Nelly whispered, and she told Zara that he produced several award-winning series, and coincidentally was single. She (34) __________ then why they had insisted that she join them.

She was the only single woman in the room and she was being offered some kind of blind date. This thought made the evening seem even more difficult and tiring before it began. Zara didn’t (35) __________ trying to make conversation with him since she had noticed on the seating chart that they would be next to each other at dinner.

She wasn’t looking (36) __________ to it, no matter how successful his shows were.

35. 1) concern 2) worry 3) bother 4) trouble

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At the library

It was early morning. Jason stood in the library at Norwood House, (30) __________ up at the painting above the fireplace.

What an extraordinary portrait it was, of a handsome man in the prime of his life. The great Horace Winton. His grandfather. His mother, Horace’s eldest daughter, Laura, had always (31) __________ him that he would grow up to look like her father. She had been proved right.

This painting had been finished just a short time before Horace’s fortieth birthday, and in a few days’ time, he himself would be forty years old. And he was the spitting (32) __________ of his grandfather; six foot four, broad of chest, with red-gold hair and blue eyes.

He knew that if Horas Winton could step out of the portrait, come to stand next to him, they would look like twins, so close was their (33) __________.

Jason Casey finally turned away and walked out onto the terrace, headed through the hanging gardens, making for the ruined stronghold. His mother had constantly taken him there as a child, explaining that it had been her father’s favourite spot at Norwood, and (34) __________ hers.

She had (35) __________ him up on Winton lore, and most of it had been about his grandfather.

Jason knew so much about his grandfather and (36) __________ never meeting him in person.

35. 1) raised 2) grown 3) brought 4) risen

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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.

35. 1) came 2) got 3) went 4) held

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In Willis Tower

Victoria and Mary were going up one of the tallest towers in America, called Willis Tower. First, they had to stand in a long line to enter the building. When the ladies came up to the lift, it was full of people who had to adjust themselves to (30) __________ the two extra passengers in.

As they rode up, Mary (31) __________ the change in air pressure as they were getting higher.

She looked at the screen flashing interesting facts about the height of the building – she found (32) __________ that at 455 feet, they were at the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza; at 1,250 feet, they were at the height of the Empire State Building.

Then, they finally (33) __________ the top.

The elevator doors opened to a large room with walls made entirely of glass. Mary and Victoria looked at each other with jaws dropped. They could see the entire city, lit up with tiny lights. (34) __________, it was one of the best views of Chicago!

Then a man in uniform guided them toward another line that wound around the room. “If you’d like to go out on the Ledge, please join the line here,” he (35) __________ the group.

Mary and Victoria had heard about the Ledge when they first bought their tickets to visit the tower – a glass box suspended 1,353 feet in the air, 4.3 feet out from the building. Visitors could step into the box and feel as though they were walking on air. “Oh man, another line?” Victoria whispered to Mary. (36) __________ they could hardly wait, they joined the back of the line.

35. 1) spoke 2) said 3) told 4) talked

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A girl from Uganda

It was a special day for the girl from Uganda, a country in Africa. She was (30) __________ to meet the world’s greatest living chess player, which was a great honour for her.

The girl was a chess player herself. She had been invited to (31) __________ her story by a committee that had organized a conference in Moscow. That story was one of triumph.

It was a story of her childhood in Katwe, Uganda. She would describe how the skills nourished by the principles of the game of chess had (32) __________ her to come to that conference.

There is no word for chess in the girl’s native language. (33) __________, the game had taken her far from home, first to Sudan and Turkey, and finally to Russia. Chess had given her the opportunity to take her first flight above the clouds.

Over the years, she had become the best female chess player in Uganda. Though the girl was only 17 years old, she had long competed at the highest level of the game. Her talent and (34) __________ made her one of the most promising young players in the world.

The girl still couldn’t believe she was visiting the conference in Moscow. She was very (35) __________ about meeting the world champion, the person she had idolized in her childhood.

He had (36) __________ her to push herself so that one day she might achieve the rank of Grand Master, the highest honour in the game.

35. 1) enthusiastic 2) abandoned 3) controversial 4) sympathetic

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Ted

Ted Sanford was born nine minutes later than his brother Harry. It was his twin brother, Harry, who was (30) __________ to become an earl, to inherit a castle in Scotland, 22,000 acres in Kent, twenty million pounds and one of the best banks in the City of London.

His parents adored Harry, especially his mother. He was her beloved son, she devoted all her spare time to Harry. Ted couldn’t understand why his parents loved him less than Harry. It was to be several years before young Ted worked (31) __________ the full significance of coming second in life’s first race.

His twin brother in the years that followed (32) __________ not only the usual childhood illnesses but managed to add scarlet fever, diphtheria and meningitis to them. His mother, Lady Sanford, feared for his survival.

Ted, on the other (33) __________, was a survivor, and inherited enough ambition for both his brother and himself.

He was always a winner. Only a few years passed before those who came (34) __________ contact with the brothers for the first time mistakenly assumed Ted was the heir to the earldom.

As the years passed Ted’s father tried desperately to discover something at which Harry might triumph over his brother – and (35) __________.

When they were eight, the two boys were sent away to Summer Fields where many generations of Sanfords had been prepared for Eton. And there Ted beat Harry in every (36) __________.

35. 1) missed 2) wished 3) failed 4) lacked

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A summer by the lake

Barbara and Michael were sister and brother – twelve and eight years old. They were (30) __________ vacation, but Barbara was bored out of her mind.

Ever since Michael was born, their family had been coming to Emerald Lake, a crystal blue lake which stretched as far as the eye could (31) __________.

They had stayed in the same cabin, an old wooden house just several steps from where the water met the sandy beach. And ever since Barbara was ten, she had hated coming here. The mosquitoes got bigger every year. By now they were larger, it seemed, than her fist. The humidity got worse, and the rain became more constant. If this is what people meant by climate change, she thought, she was not (32) __________ with it.

Everybody in the family knew about it as Barbara never (33) __________ to love this place.

She spent most of the day reading in bed, stretched out on the woollen blanket on top of the rock-hard mattress, wishing she was at home with her friends doing normal summer stuff: going to the mall, watching movies, eating popsicles in the park. She wished she was anywhere but Emerald Lake. (34) __________, there was nowhere else Michael wanted to be.

He didn’t mind the humidity, he found the constant rain soothing, and thought the giant mosquitoes were the most amazing animals he had ever seen. Michael paid (35) __________ to every little animal and plant around him.

He didn’t have time for reading on a woollen blanket because he was in love with the lake. The boy was (36) __________ the most of his summertime by the lake.

35. 1) affection 2) connection 3) attention 4) relation

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Lincoln

Lincoln stood in the library of William’s house in Russell Square, staring at the Renoir painting of the two red-headed young women. It hung above the fireplace, and Lincoln understood why it took pride of place in this room. It was a masterpiece, and he could see that it (30) __________ William of Lily and Emily.

Lincoln had told William he needed to speak to him privately, and they had (31) __________ to meet here. Lily was still in Brighton with the children. The house was empty and very quiet this afternoon.

“No, thank you, John,” Lincoln answered. Lincoln continued to study the marvelous Renoir. Suddenly William entered the room and apologized for (32) __________ him waiting.

“What’s this all about, Lincoln? You (33) __________ rather serious, even sad,” William said.

“Brad Winston telephoned me just as I was leaving for lunch. He had apparently attempted to get hold of you here, but the line was busy. In (34) __________, he tried several times with no success.”

“That’s why he finally got (35) __________ touch with me.”

“He said that there was a terrible car (36) __________ sometime last night. Your brother George is in hospital now,” Lincoln said.

35. 1) on 2) at 3) by 4) in

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A jazz evening

Jessica was talking about jazz music with her mother. Her mom was telling her about one song that was a revolutionary piece of music in the last century. Jessica was surprised to (30) __________ out that it was still listened to by jazz audiences all around the world.

“Well, it sounds like you’re interested (31) __________ jazz history all of a sudden. What’s making you ask all these questions?” Jessica’s mom asked.

The girl explained that she wanted to learn something new. She had learned enough classical music and wanted to move on to something else. “Then start improvising!” Jessica’s mom told her. “Jazz is all about improvising.”

Jessica thought about improvising. She could (32) __________ imagine just sitting down at the piano and playing anything that came to her mind.

She (33) __________ silent for a while, concentrating on what she could possibly play off the top of her head.

Her mom noticed Jessica’s hesitation. “The only way you’re going to learn how to improvise is if you try,” she told her daughter. She (34) __________ quickly at Jessica, walked over to the piano and pulled out the bench.

“Let’s start now!” she said with excitement in her eyes. (35) __________ Jessica had never done it before, she decided to give it a try.

She was full of inspiration. The girl didn’t say anything; she just nodded her head in (36) __________ and sat down at the piano.

35. 1) Therefore 2) Nevertheless 3) However 4) Although

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My uncle

I didn’t like my uncle Conrad. When he rose in the morning, he somehow (30) __________ to wake the entire household.

No one complained, as he was the breadwinner in the family, and in any (31) __________, he was cheaper and more reliable than an alarm clock.

The first noise I would hear was the bedroom door slamming. This would be followed by my uncle tramping along the creaky wooden landing and down the stairs. Then another door would slam as he (32) __________ into the bathroom.

If anyone was still asleep, the rush of water, followed by two more slammed doors before he returned to the bedroom, served to (33) __________ them that my uncle expected his breakfast to be on the table by the time he walked into the kitchen.

He only had a wash and a shave on Saturday evenings before going to the cinema. He (34) __________ a bath four times a year on quarter-day.

My mum would be next up, leaping out of bed moments after the first slammed door. There would be a bowl of porridge on the stove by the time my uncle came out of the bathroom. Grandma followed shortly afterwards, and would (35) __________ her daughter in the kitchen before my uncle had taken his place at the head of the table.

I had to be down within 5 minutes of the first slammed door if I hoped to get any breakfast. This daily (36) __________ in the household never varied.

35. 1) add 2) link 3) fit 4) join

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Memories

Jessica was having dinner with her family. They were listening to jazz music and discussing the history of jazz. Jessica (30) __________ quickly at her mom and asked if she had listened to jazz while growing up.

“Oh, all the time! I can (31) __________ think of an evening without jazz music at home,” she exclaimed.

“My dad was really keen (32) __________ jazz and swing music. He was a pianist himself. He learned how to play from his father – my grandfather – who was around when swing music was just becoming popular,” she explained.

“When was that?” Jessica asked. “Well, swing music – a type of jazz style with a strong beat that really makes you want to dance – had been played for a long time by the African-American community before it really became popular. My grandfather and his father had been playing swing long before it was heard on the radio. When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, many Americans were out of jobs and money. So of course they needed something to (33) __________ them up.

When people heard swing music, they forgot about their problems. The music was just so uplifting; it (34) __________ them of all the good times they had had.

So big bands, like the one led by Duke Ellington, started to play at famous ballrooms and theaters all across the United States and even Europe,” her mom explained. “And so that’s when your grandpa was around?” Jessica asked. She was so excited to learn that she had a connection to this music. “Yes,” her mother nodded her head in (35) __________.

“He loved to go dancing and never missed a music party. (36) __________, he saw the famous Duke Ellington and his band play live once!” she replied.

35. 1) arrangement 2) argument 3) agreement 4) achievement

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Life after university

Beth was graduating from university in just a few months. While she was excited to never have to sit for another exam, she was worried (30) __________ her future. It was becoming harder and harder to find a job and (31) __________ a decent living these days.

In addition to that, she knew she would be losing the assistance her parents had given her over the years. ‘Looking on the bright side, at least we helped you!’ her mum (32) __________ her, trying to put things in perspective.

She had started an internship during her last year at university. She felt the experience would make her a (33) __________ above the competition in the job market. She had hoped the company where she was working would give her a permanent job, but there was little prospect of that. Still, her boss was encouraging.

‘We’d take you (34) __________ in a second if we had the budget for another staff member,’ he told her.

And amidst all this deep thought, Beth had final exams to deal with. She wanted to (35) __________ off thinking about her future until after her exams were completed. Sometimes, though, it couldn’t be helped.

So, whenever the thought of her future (36) __________ her mind, she would try to focus on the wise words of her father – ‘Worry never fixes anything, so what’s the use of it?’ This was by all accounts very useful advice.

35. 1) turn 2) run 3) keep 4) put

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Michael’s holidays

Michael was very happy. He was (30) __________ holidays with his family, making the most of his time by Emerald Lake.

Early in the morning, as soon as dawn broke, he was on its shore – building fantastic sand castles from the gritty sand. He imitated the birds, trying to get their (31) __________.

He chased the lizards, hoping they would want to play. He threw rocks into the water doing everything he could to entertain the fish. Michael loved nature — even if the hundreds of mosquito bites that covered his arms and legs were proof that nature didn’t love him back. Camping in the nature was (32) __________ the best way to spend your summer holidays.

Michael saw his sister Barbara sitting on the sand. At first, he didn’t want to (33) __________ her, but he had a great idea to share. So he came up to her and stated, “I bet the other side of the lake is even better than this side!”

Trying to act interested, Barbara asked, “What (34) __________ you think so?”

“It’s tough to believe, I know, because this side is so unbelievably perfect. There are birds and lizards and mosquitoes and fish. (35) __________, something in my gut tells me that it’s even better over there.”

The summer before, Barbara and her mother had driven to the other side of the lake to buy shampoo at the drugstore. The other side of the lake was nothing very exciting: strip malls and gas stations, with a shopping mall in the middle. But before she (36) __________ the truth, she wanted to know what he was imagining. “Describe it to me,” she asked.

35. 1) Although 2) Nevertheless 3) Moreover 4) Otherwise

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Becky

Becky met Professor Alan Dobson at the lecture. His lecture was devoted to the British role after the war. Becky had fallen in love with Alan even before he started to speak. It was love at first (30) __________.

He was very handsome with a head of thick grey hair and large blue eyes. His athletic build belied his age, and (31) __________ that he must spend almost as many hours in the gym as in the library.

The second he began to (32) __________, Becky was captivated by Dobson’s energy, and within moments he had everyone in the auditorium sitting on the edge of their seats.

Students began furiously writing (33) __________ his every word. Speaking without notes, the professor nimbly switched from subject to subject.

When his lecture came to an end, Becky’s only regret was that he’d scarcely (34) __________ on transport, with just a passing mention of how the airplane would change the new world order, both for business and tourism.

She wanted him to expand his views on the future of the British shipping industry. But like a seasoned pro, he (35) __________ his audience that he had written a book on the subject.

Becky wouldn’t be waiting for Christmas to get hold of a copy. It made her think about Ben, and hope his book (36) __________ was going as well in France.

35. 1) remembered 2) reminded 3) recollected 4) revised