Task 1. Read the text and choose the correct answer for each space. Use the box answer for each space. Holiday Adventure. The noise, the busy streets—it (1) ___ too much. So, when her friend Lara invited (2) ___ to spend a week in a quiet seaside village, she quickly said yes. The village was peaceful. There were no big roads, just small houses and boats. Their holiday cottage was white, with blue windows, (3) ___ the beach. One afternoon, Julia went for a walk alone. She followed a path near the cliffs. The sun (4) ___ and the sea looked beautiful. After some time, she (5) ___ a small path going down to a secret beach. She walked down (6) ___ of paper. She (7) ___ the bottle and read the message. It said: “This place is special to me. I came here every summer (8) ___ I was a child. Please take care of it. Maybe you can leave a message too.” Julia smiled. She took out a pen and a piece of paper from her bag. She wrote: “Thank you, I found peace here today.” She put her note in the bottle and placed it under the rock. Later that evening, she told Lara about her walk and the message. They (9) ___ felt happy. They promised to come back (10) ___ summer. Answer box: A: 1 summer, 2 were, 3 under, 4 was shining, 5 see, 6 careful, 7 opened, 8 when, 9 all, 10 in next. B: 1 was, 2 hers, 3 above, 4 was shining, 5 saw, 6 carefully, 7 was opening, 8 where, 9 both, 10 next. C: 1 is, 2 her, 3 near, 4 shines, 5 seen, 6 carelessly, 7 opened, 8 everyone, 9 everyone, 10 next.

1. B — was: “The noise … was too much.”
2. C — her: the pronoun refers to Julia.
3. C — near: the cottage was near the beach.
4. A — was shining: the past continuous describes an action in progress.
5. B — saw: the past-tense form is needed.
6. B — carefully: an adverb describes how Julia walked.
7. A/C — opened: “She opened the bottle.” The word appears identically in options A and C.
8. A — when: “when I was a child.”
9. B — both: Lara and Julia both felt happy.
10. A — in next: “come back in the next summer.”

Ответ: 1 — B; 2 — C; 3 — C; 4 — A; 5 — B; 6 — B; 7 — A или C; 8 — A; 9 — B; 10 — A.