Reading, Exercise 2. Read the text as you listen to it and choose the correct answers. 1) Irina’s stay in hospital lasted for: a) six weeks; b) nearly a year; c) a hundred days. 2) The biggest suffering for Irina was: a) accepting that she would have to give up sport; b) physical pain and inefficiency of drugs; c) the cheerfulness of friends visiting her. 3) Irina’s doctors were amazed she: a) was able to stand up and go; b) chose Prague for her trip; c) retired from professional sport. 4) Irina is planning on: a) going on with academic studies; b) doing TV sport shows; c) reading the news. 5) At the Sochi Olympics 2014 Irina had the honour of: a) lighting the Olympic Cauldron.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст, слушая его, и выберите правильные ответы.

1. b) nearly a year (почти год). В тексте сказано, что Ирина провела в больнице более 11 месяцев.
2. a) accepting that she would have to give up sport (принять, что ей придётся отказаться от спорта).
3. a) was able to stand up and go (смогла встать и пойти).
4. c) reading the news (читать новости).
5. a) lighting the Olympic Cauldron (зажечь олимпийский огонь).

Ответ: 1 — b; 2 — a; 3 — a; 4 — c; 5 — a.