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G Read the text. For gaps 1–7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each gap correctly.

CRAZY LAWS

There seem to be so many laws these days that you have to wonder how it is possible for anyone to get through life without being 1) ....... with having broken one law or another! Of course, most of us know what is right and wrong in a general way, but there are some laws that seem to be ridiculous. For example, until quite recently, it was 2) ....... to sell fresh fruit and vegetables on Sundays, but not other goods. This led to some silly situations as shopkeepers started advertising offers such as: “a free television with every kilo of apples”! Of course, the apples cost the same 3) ....... as you would pay for a television on any other day of the week, but the shopkeepers were able to argue that they were keeping to the 4) ....... of the law. Eventually, the government changed the law so that now shops of every kind can open on Sundays if they want to, and Sunday shopping has become very 5) ....... . There is no 6) ....... of other laws around the world that we might find even more peculiar, but the truth is that many of these laws made sense in the days before we had motor cars and television sets. This is probably why Canadian businesses are still supposed to 7) ....... a rail so that their customers can tie up their horses! Everybody realises that this law is silly today – it is just that the government has never got round to changing it.

G Прочитайте текст. Для пробелов 1-7 выберите A, B, C или D, чтобы правильно заполнить каждый пробел.

Ответ:

1 D charged
(Обвинять) There seem to be so many laws these days that you have to wonder how it is possible for anyone to get through life without being charged with having broken one law or another!
(Кажется, в наши дни так много законов, что приходится удивляться, как возможно прожить жизнь, не будучи обвиненным в нарушении того или иного закона!)

2 A legal
(Законный) For example, until quite recently, it was legal to sell fresh fruit and vegetables on Sundays, but not other goods.
(Например, до недавнего времени было законно продавать свежие фрукты и овощи по воскресеньям, но не другие товары.)

3 C amount
(Сумма/количество) Of course, the apples cost the same amount as you would pay for a television on any other day of the week...
(Конечно, яблоки стоили ту же сумму, что вы заплатили бы за телевизор в любой другой день недели...)

4 B letter
(Буква) ...but the shopkeepers were able to argue that they were keeping to the letter of the law.
(...но владельцы магазинов могли утверждать, что они соблюдают букву закона.)

5 A popular
(Популярный) ...and Sunday shopping has become very popular.
(...и воскресные покупки стали очень популярными.)

6 C shortage
(Недостаток/нехватка) There is no shortage of other laws around the world that we might find even more peculiar...
(Нет нехватки других законов по всему миру, которые мы могли бы найти еще более своеобразными...)

7 D provide
(Предоставлять) This is probably why Canadian businesses are still supposed to provide a rail so that their customers can tie up their horses!
(Вероятно, поэтому канадские предприятия до сих пор должны предоставлять перила, чтобы их клиенты могли привязывать своих лошадей!)