1. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные в скобках, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски 1 – 6 полученными словами.
I like travelling very much. I (1) (take) my first trip when I was 7. My family and I (2) (travel) to Minnesota, to visit my mother's friend. While we were going there, I (3) (ask) my mother different questions. I asked about the language they spoke. I soon learned that they spoke the same language, and I wanted to know more about other places in the world. The next big trip was to Denver, Colorado. I (4) (see) the Rocky Mountains for the (5) (one) time. They were wonderful. I loved every minute of this trip. Then I visited Paris, one of the (6) (good) cities in the world. It was (7) (exciting) than any of my past travels
the decision I 3) took (take) was the right one. As I 4) have already sold (already sell) my
house and 5) have arranged (arrange) a new job, it is too late to change my mind. However, since
then, I 6) have heard (hear) a lot of negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of them
7) have begun (begin) to bother me. I 8) grew up (grow up) in a fairly small town and I
9) have spent (spend) all my life there. I 10) have always wanted (always want) to live in a big city
and so when my company 11) offered (offer) me a job in their London office, I 12) grabbed (grab) at
the chance. But according to a programme I 13) have just heard (just hear) on the radio, more and
more people 14) have stopped (stop) working in London recently , and a lot of large companies
15) have chosen (choose) to move away from the centre. Of course I 16) have told (tell) my parents
that I’m moving and they 17) have accepted (accept) my decision, but when 18) told (tell) my friends
they 19) seemed (seem) rather shocked. Since then I 20) have been hoping (hope) secretly that the
company would tell me that the move was off.