Упр.1 Модуль 5 Focus On RNE ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс
Module 5 Focus on RNE Preparing for the task 1 Read question 1 and the possible answers. Then read the first paragraph of the text in Ex.
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Module 5
Focus on RNE
Preparing for the task
1 Read question 1 and the possible answers. Then read the first paragraph of the text in Ex. 2. Pay attention to the underlined words. What is the correct answer? How has the information being paraphrased? Are all the incorrect options referenced in some way in the text?
The Garden
Clara waved goodbye to the removal men as the van trundled down the drive. Site sat on tin? Front step of her newly-purchased home exhausted from moving house, but content. Her new life in the quiet solitude of a country village was about to begin and she was very excited about the prospect. The house was comfortable, with enough space to accommodate her city friends when they came, but the garden was a tangled mess of weeds after years of neglect. Turning it Into her own private Eden would be the first big project in her new home.
Despite being worn out from her busy day of moving, Clara slept fitfully that night. It wasn’t because of the unfamiliarity of her new surroundings, sleeping in a house so very different from her plush apartment overlooking the Thames. Nor was it because of the strange silence of the night in the countryside. No, Clara was too busy planning her attack on the web of weeds in her garden, imagining the colourful beds of flowers, the fruit trees and evergreen shrubs she would plant.
She awoke early and with more energy than she expected under the circumstances. After a light breakfast she headed straight for the garden. It was a warm day and It wasn’t long before Clara was perspiring heavily as she pulled out the thick weeds hat had invaded almost every inch of the garden. Her back ached and even though she wore padded glove’s, she could feel tire blisters starting to form on her fingers. The job was going to be a lot harder than she had thought.
That’ll be a lot of work for one person. You could do with some help.” Clara looked up to see a smartly dressed man of about sixty standing by her garden gate. He was tall and stood ram rod straight, which gave him the air of a military officer. “Very true,” she said smiling, “I hope that’s an offer.” The man opened the gate and walked towards her with his hand extended in greeting. Clara was faintly surprised that he hadn’t saluted her. “Peter’s the name,” he said shaking her hand, “I live next door and I’d be only too happy to be of service.” Clara was glad she would have some assistance with the daunting task of taming the wilderness of her garden and a bit of company would be pleasant, too.
In the evening, as Clara sat alone in her living room, she wondered at how strange it felt to accept the kindness of strangers, something that so rarely happened in the city. Well, she mused, one of the reasons she had opted to come to the countryside’ was precisely because she wanted to escape the selfish, suspicious nature of living in the dog-eat-dog world of the city. When Clara retired to bed she slept long and deeply.
Peter was already busy in the garden by the time she got up. Clara took out a pot of tea wondering how she would make polite chit chat with her new neighbour without looking awkward and embarrassed. “Well, good morning...,” she said, but before she could finish her sentence, Peter interrupted her. “Right, start digging by the wall on the south side of the garden and after lunch we’ll go to the garden centre and pick out some plants.” Clara was somewhat taken aback at being given what sounded rather like orders. For the past twenty years she had been the manager of a large frank and was far more used to giving orders than receiving them. “Oh, right you are,” she said, putting the tea pot and mug down.
How odd, Clara thought, as she made her way to the part of the garden Peter had commanded her to tackle. She wasn’t quite sure if she minded being bossed about or not. It was such a new sensation to be on the receiving end of instructions, so unusual to be delegated work rather than delegating it. At the very least, she decided, as she knelt down to start digging, life in the countryside was proving to be a lot less dull than she had imagined.
1 What was Clara’s priority in her new home?
1 to make it comfortable for visitors
2 to get some much-needed rest
3 to enjoy a quiet peaceful life
2 A to restore the overgrown garden