Mausoleum of Mausolus
Task 1
The Fruitcake Special
I was a chemist at the Amos Cosmetics factory in New Jersey, USA, trying to design a new perfume when it happened. I never thought I would discover something quite so amazing by 32 ______ .Not me. I was only 23 and it was my second year at the factory. I liked my job very much but I was not a lucky person. I had come straight from the university then, but now I was a chemist in one of the biggest factories in New Jersey. It was an important position to have and meant lots of work.
I was 33 ______ out all the usual mixes of flowers and things- just as I always did - when I decided to throw in a 34 ______ of the fruitcake Mummy had packed for my lunch. I don’t know why I did it –just did it. I put it into the mix with all the other things.
I thought it 35 ______ nice, but there was nothing special about it, so I put the bottle into my handbag. I couldn’t give something like that to my boss. After all, I was a chemist and my job was to make perfumes in the proper 36 ______.
If I told him how I made this one he would tell me not to be a silly girl. Later, he would probably 37 ______ a joke about it to his friends at the golf club.
“Anna!”
It was my boss, David Amos. He happened to be walking past where I worked. I couldn’t 38 ______ being nervous. He was fairly sure of his good looks and never spoke to ordinary-looking girls like me. I was thrilled.
32. 1) incident; 2) accident; 3) event; 4) occasion
33. 1) producing; 2) making; 3) trying; 4) doing
34. 1) piece; 2) lump; 3) bunch; 4) pinch
35. 1) heard; 2) touched; 3) tasted; 4) smelled
36. 1) way; 2) road; 3) path; 4) method
37. 1) do; 2) produce; 3) make; 4) have
38. 1) hold; 2) feel; 3) keep; 4) help
Task 2
Kent 1926
Uncle Will arrived at Kent at 5 p.m. ”What’s wrong with your father, Bess? Will asked after 32 ______ her with an affectionate embrace. Bess was his favorite niece and he came as quickly as he could after her call. She sounded desperate. Stepping back, Will peered into her face. It was pale and filled with 33 ______.
“What happened?” Uncle Will placed his hand on Bessy’s.
“Pa took my brothers fishing at Ravenscar last weekend and 34 ______ a cold then. It was chilly out on the North Sea, and very windy, and it poured with rain, they got drenched. His cold 35 ______ into bronchitis, as it often does with him. I think it’s a family weakness, a weak chest, I mean. His face is white and he is feverish. I have never seen Pa look as ill as this. That’s why I telephoned you.”
“I am glad you did, and I’m certainly glad I decided to come down to Kent last night”.
As they walked across the entrance foyer of Waverley Court, heading toward the staircase, Bess went 36 ______ , “I think you know that my mother went to Rome for Easter. Her former college mate invited her. She took Cecily and the two boys with her. The boys were so happy. I didn’t want to go with them, and now I’m relieved I stayed here, so that I can look 37 ______ my father”.
”I’m assuming you’ve telephoned the doctor?”
“Yes, he will be here very soon. It’s Dr. Earnest Lessing. He is the local doctor we use when we are residing in Kent. Meanwhile Faxton and I have been 38 ______ Father the best we can. He’s been inhaling Frier’s Balsam and taking his cough mixture. I do think that’s helped.” At this moment the door opened and Dr. Lessing came in.
32. 1) meeting; 2) greeting; 3) keeping; 4) holding
33. 1) depression; 2) stress; 3) trouble; 4) worry
34. 1) caught; 2) had; 3) received; 4) appeared
35. 1) turned; 2) seemed; 3) appeared; 4) was
36. 1) out; 2) up; 3) on; 4) off
37. 1) up; 2) for; 3) after; 4) at
38. 1) curing; 2) treating; 3) inhaling; 4) prescribing
Task 3
Daniel’s vacation
Daniel sailed out of Southampton on the Queen Mary that evening with his mother waving from the dockside. It was nice to have someone to see him 32 ______ , someone who cared about him. Daniel showed his passport to a ship’s officer at the gangplank and walked up into the ship. On deck, a steward looked at his ticket and directed him to his 33 ______ .It was small but quite comfortable. He was excited as a child about his first trip abroad. While on board the great liner he wrote a long letter to his parents, which he posted five days later from Fifth Avenue. Early the following morning he purchased a ticket at a 34 ______ agency for a Pullman to Chicago. The train pulled out of Penn station at eight the same night, Daniel having spent a total of six hours in Manhattan where his only other purchase was a guide book of America. He couldn’t 35 ______ thinking about his parents. His parents didn’t know that he was going to Australia. They were sure he was going to spend his holidays in the USA.
Once the express had 36 ______ the station, the Pullman carriage was attached to the super Chief which took him all the 37 ______ to San Francisco. Whenever the train pulled into a new station Daniel would leap off, buy a colourful postcard that indicated exactly where he was, fill in the white space with yet more information gained from the guide book before the train started to move. He would then post the filled-in card at the following stop and repeat the process. By the time the express had arrived 38 ______ Oakland station, San Francisco, Daniel had posted twenty-seven different cards back to his parents in the Little Boltons.
32. 1) about; 2) to; 3) off; 4) on
33. 1) compartment; 2) cabin; 3) carriage; 4) suit
34. 1) travel; 2) trip; 3) journey; 4) voyage
35. 1) keep; 2) help; 3) stay; 4) get
36. 1) reached; 2) went; 3) arrived; 4) came
37. 1) path; 2) road; 3) way; 4) line
38. 1) in; 2) for; 3) to; 4) at
Task 4
Mausoleum of Mausolus
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) was a tomb built in 350 BC for king Mausolus and Artemisia, his wife.
In 377 BC, Halicarnassus was the capital of a small regional kingdom on the coast of Anatolia. In that year the ruler of the region died and left the kingdom to his son, Mausolus. Before his death the father king 3 2 ____ control of several of the neighboring cities and districts. Mausolus 33 ______ the territory of the kingdom as far as the southwest coast of Anatolia. Mausolus and Artemisia ruled from their capital over the surrounding territory 34 _____ twenty-four years. Mausolus, although he was descended from local people, spoke Greek and 35 _____ the Greek way of life and government. He founded many cities of Greek design along the coast and 36 ______ Greek democratic traditions.
Mausolus decided to build a new capital, a city as safe from capture as magnificent to be seen. He chose the city of Halicarnassus. Mausolus and Artemisia spent huge 37 ______ of tax money to embellish the city. They commissioned statues, temples and buildings of gleaming marble. In the center of the city Mausolus planned to place a resting place for his body after his death. It would be a tomb that would forever show how rich he and his queen were.
In 353 BC Mausolus died, leaving Artemisia broken-hearted. As a tribute to him, she decided to build him the most splendid tomb, a structure so famous that it became one of the Seven Wonders of the 38 ______ World.
32. 1) captured; 2) took; 3) achieved; 4) required
33. 1) extended; 2) lengthened; 3) prolonged; 4) doubled
34. 1) by; 2) in; 3) with; 4) for
35. 1) worshiped; 2) admired; 3) beloved; 4) fancied
36. 1) insisted; 2) suggested; 3) encouraged; 4) persuaded
37. 1) amounts; 2) numbers; 3) quantities; 4) figures
38. 1) Archaic; 2) Prehistoric; 3) Antique; 4) Ancient
Task 5
Father Feels Starved
In the summers, when we went to the country, we usually hired a temporary cook to go with us, so that Margaret could stay in town. We hated to leave her, but the idea was that somebody must stay to 3 2 ______ care of the house.
But this didn’t work well. No matter how few the substitutes’ faults were, Father had no patience with them. One summer, I remember, there was a nice woman Delia who got on well with Mother because she was so obliging and pleasant, but who didn’t 33 ______ Father at all. “I don’t give a damn how obliging she is,” he 34 ______ to say. ”If she won’t oblige me by cooking something fit to eat, she can go.”
This didn’t sound unreasonable, but to 35 ______ the truth, Delia cooked well enough for the rest of us. Mother tried to 36 ______ no attention to Father’s grumbling. At breakfast Father would put down his coffee cup in disgust and roar: “Does she call this confounded mess coffee? Take it away!” And while Mother and Delia were frantically making a fresh pot, he would eat all of his omelet and bacon, and then declare that he was starved.
The longer Delia stayed with us, the more alarmed Father became. He ate heartily, but he said he didn’t feel nourished. At last Mother had to 37 ______ that it was impossible to go on like this. “This is Delia’s last night. I do hope you will like Tobo, they say, he is a very good cook.”
The next night, Father found out, that the first dish was too Oriental and the meat underdone. So Mother sent for Margaret. She knew she could always depend 38 ______ Margaret.
32. 1) help; 2) make; 3) give; 4) take
33. 1) agree; 2) suit; 3) fit; 4) match
34. 1) held; 2) kept; 3) used; 4) took
35. 1) speak; 2) talk; 3) say; 4) tell
36. 1) pay; 2) draw; 3) bring; 4) turn
37. 1) admit; 2) adopt; 3) decide; 4) promise
38. 1) in; 2) on; 3) at; 4) of
Task 6