Номер 3, страница 142 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 3. In harmony with nature. Step 8 - номер 3, страница 142.

Условие.

3 A. Read the text and complete it choosing the appropriate words.

In a suburb of London two friends had houses standing (1) ... to each other. Their wives became friends too. They were (2) ... all friends together. They were also rivals1, the Smiths and the Robinsons. Oh! in the nicest, most (3) ... way. They were gardeners. If the Smiths succeeded with roses, the Robinsons immediately did the same. If the Robinsons (4) ... to grow some beautiful plant thus showing that they had the greenest of green fingers2, the Smiths wanted to show at once that their fingers were no less green. If one family bought some new garden furniture, the other made sure that their garden chairs and benches were not worse.

And then, one day, Mrs Smith had a “wonderful” idea. (5) ... the weekend, she and her husband dug a very large (6) ... in the middle of the garden. The Robinsons waited to see what their neighbours were going to do with it. “Lily pond, do you think? or perhaps a gold fish pond?” But the Smiths did (7) ... with what they had dug. After several agonizing weeks the Robinsons decided that they should have the same kind of thing in the middle of their own garden. The only problem was that the Robinsons hated digging. So Mrs Robinson wrote to a well-known firm of landscape gardeners.

1) a) next	b) by	c) near	d) along
2) a) though	b) as a result	c) as a summary	d) in short
3) a) harmful	b) harmless	c) careful	d) careless
4) a) could	b) managed	c) able	d) capable
5) a) at	b) on	c) in	d) through
6) a) whole	b) hose	c) hole	d) howl
7) a) nothing	b) everything	c) something	d) anything

Решение.

Решение 2.

3 A. Прочитайте текст и дополните его, выбрав подходящие слова.

Ответ:

1) a) next - рядом

2) b) as a result - в результате

3) b) harmless - безобидным

4) b) managed - удалось

5) a) at - на

6) c) hole - яму

7) a) nothing - ничего