Номер 1, страница 16 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс рабочая тетрадь Комарова, Ларионова

1 For questions 1–12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

The thatcher

Jerry Madison was a thatcher. He made special roofs of straw – a very skilled ¹.... He used to do his job well and had a good reputation. There weren't many thatched roofs left in England. Because of this, people often asked him to work on buildings in small ².... towns. These places were lovely, but often far from ³.... . He didn't really mind, however.

⁴.... the month of February, Jerry moved to a small town on the south-west coast of England. Jerry knew the town well because he would spend family ⁵.... there as a child. February wasn't a good month for thatching. The weather was terrible and Jerry wasn't used to working in the ⁶.... cold. But the thatcher had to ⁷.... work as often as possible.

Jerry knocked at the door of a(n) ⁸.... looking cottage. The paint was coming ⁹.... the walls and he could see a hole in the thatched roof. A woman was standing at the kitchen window ¹⁰.... the washing-up, but she didn't move to open the door. Instead, a ¹¹.... girl pulled open the door. 'Are you here to ¹².... our roof?' she asked. 'You see, the rain is coming in.' Jerry smiled.

Grammar and Vocabulary Tasks 32–38 → Student's Book p197

Для вопросов 1–12, прочитайте текст ниже и выберите, какой ответ (A, B, C или D) лучше всего подходит для каждого пробела.

Ответ:

1 C profession – профессия

2 C old – старые

3 C home – дома

4 B During – В течение

5 B holidays – каникулы

6 B freezing – морозный

7 A take – брать

8 B unimpressive – невзрачный

9 C off – отслаиваться

10 D doing – делая

11 B curly-haired – кудрявая

12 A do up – починить