Грамматические навыки формообразование 21 (Заполнение пропуска)
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Excuses, excuses...
For years my husband, Tom, and I had complained bitterly about the lack of sidewalks in our village. We didn’t have enough exercise but we (19)_________ (NOT CAN) jog because there were no sidewalks.
Tom had often told (20)_________ (I), «If only we had sidewalks, we would jog or walk daily and become models of fitness».
So we were thrilled when a community sidewalk project was announced, and watched eagerly as paving neared completion. Then the (21)_________ (BAD) thing happened: wishful thinking and reality collided.
«Well, dear,» Tom said. «What’ll we use as an excuse for not walking now?» I said I (22)_________ (THINK) of some excuse.
Memorial Day
In the USA, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May. Memorial Day (23)_________ (DECLARE) a national holiday in 1971.
But the tradition of honoring those who died in defense of (24)__________ (THEY) country goes back to the Civil War. The tradition to hold memorial services, visit the cemeteries, decorate the graves with flowers and wreaths originated in Waterloo, New York, in 1866.