Лексико-грамматические навыки 30 (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
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.”
30. 1) cheerful 2) forgetful 3) careful 4) doubtful