номер 2, страница 130 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Эванс, Дули

2. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the appropriate word. Check with a partner.

Living the Dream?

Who needs money? Well, most of us think we all do, but an Irishman 1) ________ Mark Boyle says that money is one of the 2) ________ reasons the Earth is in the sad condition that it is today.

A little over a year ago, Mark Boyle was like most other young people. He was 3) ________ university studying to get a degree that would lead to a good job and lots of money. Believe it or not, it was a video 4) ________ taught him a lesson that turned his life around and upside-down!

What the video taught Mark was that he had to become 'the change that he wanted to see'. The change in Mark's case involved helping the environment. To do that, Mark felt that he had to give up money ... and his flat. He moved 5) ________ a caravan with no electricity or running water. He began growing his own food, or getting it from bins. He 6) ________ cycled wherever he had to go, even when he had to travel into the city 34 miles away. 7) ________ the many challenges, Mark is enjoying his new life and he has learned a great deal. He now believes that if people had to grow their own food, they wouldn't throw away a third of it. He feels the same goes for water – 8) ________ we had to actually clean it ourselves, we wouldn't pollute so much of it. A year 9) ________ passed since Mark made his big decision. 10) ________ it doesn't appear as though Mark is about to give up his eco-friendly lifestyle any time soon. Perhaps he is giving a lesson that we all should learn.

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски подходящим словом. Проверьте с партнером.

Ответ:

1. named - по имени

2. main - основных

3. at - в

4. that - которое

5. into - в

6. also - также

7. Despite - Несмотря на

8. if - если

9. has - прошел

10. However - Однако