Задания №30-36 ЕГЭ-2023

Choose the correct word to complete the text. Stephen thought with revulsion: “What a foul country — what a foul city!” He had to ______ that his first excited reaction to London — its shops, its restaurants, its well-dressed attractive women — had faded. Supposing he were back in South Africa now...

Choose the correct word to complete the text. ______ , splendor was the quality he associated with her. He thought: “I’ve got to know who she is and what she’s doing here.”

Choose the correct word to complete the text. He was an observant man. He did not fail to ______ the shabbiness of her black coat and skirt, the cheap quality of her gloves.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. He got on a train and passed along the corridor, looking for a place. The train was full. It was only three days before Christmas. He ______ to go to his parents for Christmas... And then, suddenly, he caught his breath, looking into a carriage. This girl was different. Black hair, rich creamy pallor, the sad proud eyes of the South...

Choose the correct word to complete the text. Тo ______ the truth, he felt a quick pang of homesickness. Sunshine — blue skies — gardens of flowers. And here — dirt, grime and endless crowds — moving, hurrying, jostling.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. But this didn’t work well. No matter how few the substitute’s 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 ______ Father at all.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. It was all wrong that this girl should be sitting in this train ______ these dull drab looking people. She should be somewhere splendid, not squeezed into the corner of a third class carriage.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. Stephen pulled up the collar of his coat as he walked along the platform. Overhead a dim fog clouded the station. He was _____ trains move slowly, throwing off clouds of steam into the cold air.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. 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 ______ care of the house.

Choose the correct word to complete the text. 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 ______ Margaret.