Exercise 22. Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is somewhere in the rest of the text. Today there are police officers everywhere, but in 1700 London had none at all. A few old men used to (1) ______ the city streets at night, and they were not paid very much. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger. The city was very dirty, and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the (2) ______ that people stayed at home as much as possible. In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop (3) ______ and protect people. They were like police officers and were called ‘Bow Street Runners’ because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 Bow Street Runners, but London had become very big and needed more police (4) ______. So, in 1829, the first Metropolitan (or London) Police Force was started with 3000 officers. Most of them worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men. Today, London police are quite well (5) ______, and for the few police officers who still ride (6) ______, the pay is even better than for the others.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый пропуск ОДНИМ словом. Используйте слово, которое встречается в другой части текста.

Today there are police officers everywhere, but in 1700 London had none at all. A few old men used to police the city streets at night, and they were not paid very much. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger. The city was very dirty, and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed at home as much as possible. In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves and protect people. They were like police officers and were called ‘Bow Street Runners’ because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 Bow Street Runners, but London had become very big and needed more police officers. So, in 1829, the first Metropolitan (or London) Police Force was started with 3000 officers. Most of them worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men. Today, London police are quite well paid, and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.

Перевод: Сегодня полицейские есть повсюду, но в 1700 году в Лондоне их совсем не было. Несколько пожилых мужчин патрулировали городские улицы по ночам, и им очень мало платили. Около 300 лет назад Лондон начал разрастаться. Город был очень грязным, а многие люди — бедными. Воров было так много, и они крали деньги на улицах, что люди старались как можно больше оставаться дома. В 1750 году Генри Филдинг начал платить группе людей за то, чтобы они останавливали воров и защищали людей. Они были похожи на полицейских и назывались «боу-стритскими бегунами», потому что работали возле Боу-стрит. Пятьдесят лет спустя боу-стритских бегунов было уже 120, но Лондон сильно разросся, и ему требовалось больше полицейских. Поэтому в 1829 году создали первые полицейские силы Метрополии (или Лондона), состоявшие из 3000 офицеров. Большинство из них работали пешком, но некоторые ездили верхом. До 1920 года все лондонские полицейские были мужчинами. Сегодня лондонским полицейским платят довольно хорошо, а немногим полицейским, которые до сих пор ездят верхом, платят ещё лучше.

Вставленные слова взяты из других частей текста: police, streets, thieves, officers, paid, horses.