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Упражнения на времена
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Children 1)_________(attract) to all kinds of animals. One of them, however, is extremely popular with both kids and adults. The creature is the giant panda. Its appeal is so universal, that it 2)_________(be) the emblem of the World Wildlife Fund since 1961. There are many reasons behind the panda’s appeal, some of which 3)_________(connect) to its attractive appearance, habits and lifestyle. The panda 4)_________(look) like a super teddy-bear, and its size is a plus as large animals 5)_________(perceive) more positively than small ones. Even if you 6)_________(try), you 7)_________(not /improve) its eye-catching white and black coat with its powerful color contrast. People also like the way pandas behave, sometimes in an amazingly human like way. When they 8)_________(present) with a new toy, pandas 9)_________(invent) many tricks playing for hours on end. Let us hope that this delightful creature 10)_________(win) the race for survival. The world would be so much poorer without its amazing giant panda!
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I 1)_________(write) to you to complain about some fashion boots 2)_________(buy) from your Westborough branch last Wednesday. When I 3)_________(put) them on for the first time at the weekend, it 4)_________(rain) and after a few minutes the boots 5)_________(let) the water in. The next day I took the boots to your shop and asked the assistant who 6)_________(sell) them to me to replace the boots. But she said the boots 7)_________(not / replace) because they 8)_________(wear /already). But how could I have seen the defect without wearing them? Besides, I can’t believe the boots 9)_________(make) to wear in dry weather only! I 10)_________(be) grateful to you if you 11)_________(send) me a replacement pair that will not let water in.
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My name is Sandra. I 1)_________(study) chemistry at university and when I 2)_________(graduate) this summer I’d like to go abroad for a year to do some research. I 3)_________(plan) this for a long time. But now my boyfriend who is four years older than me 4)_________(ask) me to marry him. I love him very much but I wish I 5)_________(not to have) to decide now. I’m sure that if we 6)_________(get married) he 7)_________(insist) on my giving up career because he 8)_________(like) to start a family. If only he 9)_________(wait) a year or so. then I would have time to make up my mind. It’s the first time I 10)_________(face) with such a serious choice and J am sure he is the very man I 11)_________(look) for all my life.
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Climbing volcanoes 1)_________(become) a popular tourist pastime in recent years. I have always wanted to try it and when I 2)_________(find) out that the cone of Maderas in Nicaragua 3)_________(collapse) inwards leaving a crater lake at the top, this seemed to be my chance. I persuaded two friends, Rob and Sarah, to go with me. Unfortunately, very little planning 4)_________(do) before the trip, and so the whole thing turned into a disaster. Once we arrived at the summit. Rob and Sarah wanted to go back down immediately, I felt that as we had come this far it 5)_________(be) a waste-of effort not to swim. The moment I dived in to the muddy water I felt that I 6)_________(sink) down into its lifeless depths. After I had struggled out of the water, we started back down but by then it 7)_________(rain) hard for such a long time that the slope was slippery and dangerous. When we finally arrived back at the hotel, Sarah discovered that she had picked some mountain parasite and 8)_________(cover) in red spots. Since then I 9)_________(not to climb) again, and when I 10)_________(ask),’ So, will you climb any more volcanoes soon?’ My answer is clear- absolutely not!
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Tom Wilson is an explorer. He 1)_________(be) to nearly every country in the world, but the most exciting time he 2)_________(ever have) was when he 3)_________(go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine 4)_________(ask) him to retrace the route of a famous explorer who 5)_________(disappear) in the 1920s. As he 6)_________(follow) a small river, he got separated from his guides. He went on alone, hoping he 7)_________(find) them, but instead he encountered a group of natives. He stayed with them for several days and 8)_________(find out) a very old woman 9)_________(actually to meet) the famous explorer. She 10)_________(know) how he 11)_________(die). Tom 12)_________(became) very friendly with the natives and he 13)_________(plan) to go back and see them again. He is sure they 14)_________(welcome) him back.
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Frederick Stamp. a young man in his early twenties, 1)_________(commit) by his family to a psychiatric hospital. Frederick’s best friend. a very wealthy man named Sir Ernest Frump, 2)_________(be) greatly upset by this, so he started spending a great deal of time and money to secure Frederick’s release. Sir Ernest strongly believed that Frederick was normal and 3)_________(always/be). He finally persuaded three well known psychiatrists to assess Frederick. in the hope that they 4)_________(realize) what a huge mistake 5)_________(make). “If you talked to him, you 6)_________(see) what a completely sane man he is,” insisted Sir Ernest. “I 7)_________(try) for years to set my friend free. I wish someone 8)_________(listen) to me!” The day of the assessment finally arrived. Frederick 9)_________(sit) perfectly relaxed while the three doctors 10)_________(ask) him questions. “What will you do when you leave here?” one of them asked “Will you get a job?” “Well I 11)_________(think) about it.” replied Frederick. “I 12)_________(not make up) my mind yet. though Perhaps I’ll write a book or I may take up painting again.” He paused and smiled at the doctors. who 13)_________(listen) carefully to his reply. “But on the other hand. I might simply continue 14)_________(be) a teapot!”
Ответы на времена
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1.are attracted 2.has been 3.are connected/have been connected 4.looks 5.are perceived 6.try/tried 7.will not improve/wouldn’t improve 8.are presented 9.invent/will invent 10.will win
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1.am writing 2.bought 3.put 4.was raining 5.let 6.had sold/sold 7.would not be replaced 8.had already been worn 9.are made/have been made 10.would be 11.would sent
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1.am studying 2.have graduated 3.have been planning 4.has asked 5.didn’t have 6.got married 7.would insist 8.would like 9.would wait 10.have been faced 11.have been looking
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1.has become 2.found 3.had collapsed 4.had been done 5.would be 6.was sinking 7.had been raining 8.was covered 9.haven’t climbed 10.am asked
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1.has been 2.has ever had 3.went 4.(had) asked 3.had disappeared 6.was following 7.would find 8.found out 9.had actually met 10.knew 11.had died 12.became 13.is planning 14.will welcome
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1.was committed 2.was/had been 3. had always been 4.would realize 5.had been made 6.would see 7.have been trying 8.would listen 9.sat/was sitting 10.asked/were asking 11.have been thinking 12.haven’t made up 13.were listening 14.be/being
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