Задание 4. Прочитайте текст и вставьте вместо каждого пропуска подходящее слово, выбрав его из списка. Два слова в списке лишние. Запишите букву и цифру. Список: 1) amazing; 2) can; 3) excited; 4) looked; 5) may; 6) pleased; 7) saw. «A Wise Answer»: The king once asked his people a strange question: “How many birds are there in the city?” Everyone was (A) _____ and wanted to find the answer, but all of them failed. A wise man (B) _____ people counting the birds in the city and came to the palace. The king asked him the same question. The wise man smiled, came up to the king and said, “I (C) _____ give you the answer. There are 21523 birds in your city.” The king (D) _____ at the wise man and asked how he knew the answer. The wise man replied, “Ask your men to count the number of birds. If there are more, then the birds’ relatives from outside the city are visiting them. If there are fewer, then the birds are visiting their relatives outside the city.” The king was (E) _____ with the answer and gave the wise man a lot of money.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст и вставьте вместо каждого пропуска подходящее слово, выбрав его из списка. Два слова в списке лишние. Запишите букву и цифру.

Подбираем слова по значению и грамматике: люди были заинтригованы странным вопросом; мудрец увидел людей, считающих птиц; перед глаголом give подходит модальный глагол can; устойчивое сочетание — looked at; король был доволен ответом.

A Wise Answer

The king once asked his people a strange question: “How many birds are there in the city?” Everyone was amazing (удивлён / поражён) and wanted to find the answer, but all of them failed. A wise man saw (увидел) people counting the birds in the city and came to the palace. The king asked him the same question. The wise man smiled, came up to the king and said, “I can (могу) give you the answer. There are 21523 birds in your city.” The king looked (посмотрел) at the wise man and asked how he knew the answer. The wise man replied, “Ask your men to count the number of birds. If there are more, then the birds’ relatives from outside the city are visiting them. If there are fewer, then the birds are visiting their relatives outside the city.” The king was pleased (доволен) with the answer and gave the wise man a lot of money.

В предложении с A, вероятно, подразумевается amazed («удивлён»), но такого слова в списке нет; из предложенных вариантов по смыслу подходит amazing, хотя грамматически оно означает «удивительный». Слова excited и may лишние.

Ответ: A — 1; B — 7; C — 2; D — 4; E — 6. Лишние слова: 3 и 5.