Упражнение 14 для подготовки к ЕГЭ по английскому языку.
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I will never forget what I was doing when I heard about the death of Princess Diana. It was Sunday morning and A ________. I got up and made myself a cup of coffee. It was about ten past seven. At that time there is usually some farming news on the radio. On Sundays there are also religious programmes. I don’t usually listen to the radio early on Sunday mornings but I switched it on.
A woman in the studio was asking questions and a man was answering them by telephone. The man said: ‘We must think about the children at this tragic time.’ Tragic? What was he thinking about? B ________ and a few seconds later the woman said: ‘We have changed this morning’s programmes to bring you news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.’ I felt a terrible shock and C ________. That morning I telephoned about 25 people but D ________. We didn’t know what to do. Eventually my sister and I decided to go to Kensington Palace, where Diana lived.
E ________, there were about a thousand of people there. Some of them were putting flowers at the palace gates. Others were standing quietly in Kensington Gardens. A lot of people were crying and embracing each other. There were a lot of journalists and photographers. My sister was very angry F ________. ‘Go away!’ she shouted at one of them. ‘This is all your fault!’
1. when we arrived
2. I listen more careful
3. when she saw them
4. I couldn’t sleep
5. everyone was in deep shock
6. I was doing nothing
7. I couldn’t believe it
A-4; B-2; C-7; D-5; E-3; F-1
I will never forget what I was doing when I heard about the death of Princess Diana. It was Sunday morning and I couldn’t sleep. I got up and made myself a cup of coffee. It was about ten past seven. At that time there is usually some farming news on the radio. On Sundays there are also religious programmes. I don’t usually listen to the radio early on Sunday mornings but I switched it on.
A woman in the studio was asking questions and a man was answering them by telephone. The man said: ‘We must think about the children at this tragic time.’ Tragic? What was he thinking about? I listen more careful and a few seconds later the woman said: ‘We have changed this morning’s programmes to bring you news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.’ I felt a terrible shock and I couldn’t believe it. That morning I telephoned about 25 people but everyone was in deep shock. We didn’t know what to do. Eventually my sister and I decided to go to Kensington Palace, where Diana lived.
When she saw them, there were about a thousand of people there. Some of them were putting flowers at the palace gates. Others were standing quietly in Kensington Gardens. A lot of people were crying and embracing each other. There were a lot of journalists and photographers. My sister was very angry when we arrived. ‘Go away!’ she shouted at one of them. ‘This is all your fault!’
