Лексико-грамматические навыки 35 (Выбор ответа (множественный)
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Alexander
Sir Alexander Heathcote was an extremely exact man. (30)__________ people were like him. He was precisely six feet three-and-a-quarter inches tall and followed the same carefully timed morning routine every day.
He left his home in Cadogan Gardens at exactly 8:20 and would (31)__________ at the Foreign Office at precisely 8:59, returning home again exactly at six.
Sir Alexander had been exact from an early age. As the only son of a general, discipline came naturally to him. Unlike his father, however, he chose a diplomatic career and (32)__________ in progressing from a shared desk at the Foreign Office to posts in Calcutta and Peking.
He was delighted when Mr Gladstone (33)__________ him the opportunity to represent the government in China.
For some time Sir Alexander had been (34)__________ in the art of the Ming dynasty.
The new appointment gave him the ideal opportunity of (35)__________ in their natural surroundings some of the magnificent statues, paintings and drawings that he had previously seen only in books.
When he arrived in Beijing, Her Imperial Highness wished him success in his new position, and then the audience (36)__________ to an end.
35. 1) observing 2) noticing 3) remarking 4) looking