Прогулка на гору Rushmore
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Часть А Какой-то вариант PT 2009
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The American sculptor Gutzon Borglum (A9) … 14 years carving the busts of American Presidents in Mount Rushmore at 5000 feet above the sea level as a tribute to American leadership. The work (A10)… when he was 60, a time when most men (A11) … for their retirement, and not for a lengthy project. After his death, his son (A12) … the project until the funding (A13) … over. Of the four statues, George Washington’s bust is the most prominent. He (A14)… as serious as American people (A15)… to think of him. Behind him is Thomas Jefferson, who (A16)… with a friendlier face. Teddy Roosevelt (A17)… in the corner next to Abraham Lincoln, whose bust (A18)… the least complete.
A9 | 1) had spent ? | 2) was spent | 3) had been spent | 4) was spending |
A10 | 1) was beginning | 2) has begun | 3) began ? | 4) was being begun |
A11 | 1) prepared | 2) will have prepared | 3) are preparing ? | 4) have prepared |
A12 | 1) has continued | 2) was continued | 3) has been continuing | 4) continued? |
A13 | 1) would be | 2) was ? | 3) hadn’t been | 4) wasn’t |
A14 | 1) looks ? | 2) is looked | 3) has looked | 4) was looking |
A15 | 1) were tending always | 2) are always tended | 3) have always tended ? | 4) were always tended |
A16 | 1) was carving | 2) had carved | 3) was carved ? | 4) were always tended |
A17 | 1) will be placed | 2) is placed ? | 3) was placing | 4) had placed |
A18 | 1) is seeming | 2) is seemed | 3) has seemed | 4) seems ? |