Лексико-грамматические навыки 32 (Выбор ответа (множественный)
Прочитайте текст с 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.
Пример ответа: 1
Looking for a job
My new home was a long way from the center of London but it was becoming essential to find a job, so (30)__________ I spent a whole morning getting to town and applying to London Transport for a job on the tube. It turned out that they were looking for guards, not drivers. This (31)___________ me. I couldn’t drive a car but I could probably guard a train and perhaps continue to write poems between stations. The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other (32)_________, for the intelligence test. Then I was sent into another room for a psychological test. The examiner sat at a desk. You were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been (33)_________. Sometimes the person was rejected quickly and sometimes after quite a while. Obviously the longer interviews were the most successful ones. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half. I can remember the questions now: ‘Why did you leave your last job? And the one before?’ I can’t (34)_________ my answers, except they were short at first and grew shorter as we continued. His closing statement showed a lack of sensitivity, which helped to explain why as a psychologist he had risen no higher than the underground railway. ‘You have failed this test and we are unable to (35)__________ you a position.’ Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such a job (36)__________ exactly the sort of elementary responsibility a dreamer like me is unlikely to have. But, I was still far short of self-understanding as well as short of cash.
32. 1) contestants 2) participants 3) candidates 4) nominees