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The Tribe’s King
For three days we walked, the land on either side of Solomon’s road was rich and well cared for. We saw farms and A____ , with people planting crops and young boys looking after the animals, they were raising long sticks high above B____ heads and bringing them down on the animals’ backs, to drive them along. During the trip I was able to C____ to the older warrior, whose name was Infadoos. He told me all about Twala, their king, as well as their political and cultural systems. By the time we arrived at the king’s palace I D____ already something of an expert in their tribe’s affairs. I knew that their king was unpopular, as he was a man, who had killed his E____ brother to gain the throne. When the king came, we could see that he was a fat, sweaty man, with only one eye. He looked at us and walked around us.
A 1) field 2) fields 3) fields' 4) field's
B 1) theirs 2) them 3) they 4) their
C 1) speak 2) spoke 3) speaking 4) spoken
D 1) am 2) were 3) was 4) are
E 1) old 2) older 3) oldest 4) elder
Запишите в таблицу выбранные цифры под соответствующими буквами.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A — 2: Frams and fields — фермы и поля. Требуется существительно во множественном числе.
B — 4: their heads — их головы. Требуется притяжательное местоимение, после которого следует существительное.
C — 1: Was able to speak — был в состоянии говорить. Требуется infinitive.
D — 3: I was — Нет временных указателей, но повествование ведется в Past Simple.
E — 4: elder brother — старший брат. Устойчивое выражение.
Ответ: 24134.

