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2. Прочитайте тексты. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 18- 21 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

A sly companion

A baker used to buy butter from a local farmer. Once he 18 THINK

that the bricks of butter weighed less than a pound.

It meant that the farmer lied to 19 . He was right, HE

because the bricks weren’t really full pounds.

The farmer 20 and brought to court. The judge asked ARREST

The farmer if he had scales.

His answer was « No, Your Honour».

«Then how is it possible to weight the butter you make and sell? »

The poor farmer said, You Honour, we’d 21 WELL

ask the baker, because I have balances and use his one- pound loaf to

check the weight».

Cumbria (1)

Cumbria is a country in England. It is the very north- western part

of England on the border with Scotland. The 22 IMPORTANT

and biggest town is Carlisle, in the north of the country.

This is the country town and there 23 a very old castle BE

in the centre of the town.

Cumbria is very popular with people who enjoy 24 , WALK

although the weather is often bad there. It often rains and it is cold.

Many 25 from Japan like to visit Cumbria. PERSON