1.2 fill the gaps with the correct words.1 don't forget to your belt when you ..the car.2 there was a bad accident this morning. one driver died, the other driver was badly and both cars were badly 3 in the morning, the starts at about 7 o'clock and goes on until at least 9.30.then it starts again about 4.30 in the afternoon.4 it was raining, so when i the car didn't stop quickly enough, and i into the back of the car in front.5 the bicycle hit me just as i stepped off the to cross the road.6 the car so i phoned a garage and they sent someone to repair it.7 there was a terrible and that's why it took me two hours toget home in the car.8 i was doing about 65 mph on the inside of the motorway, and suddenly acar me doing about 90 mph.​

1) how could alan’s aunt’s invitation be characterised?

ответ: sincere.

2) alan asked his mum about his aunt and uncle’s hands

ответ: knowing what she’d say before she said it (в тексте написано "as he grew older he came to realise the reason" - он сам догадался, а мама подтвердила его догадку).

3) how did alan view farm life before he tried it?

ответ: it would be an interesting experience.

4) alan describes the horses as being

ответ: no longer working animals. (horses were "more like pets")

5) ‘themselves’ in ‘as often as they themselves had to eat’ in the fifth paragraph refers to

ответ: alan and his family.

6) how did alan feel concerning his refusal of a certain task?

ответ: he was ashamed that he wasn’t brave enough to do it.

7) the phrase ‘part and parcel’ in the last paragraph means

ответ: inseparable. (‘part and parcel’ - это "неотъемлемая часть")

Hi olga. how are you? i'm fine, but i've been very busy lately! i want to tell you about my beautiful day last friday. i and my family went to the circus. it was built in 1972. now it is a branch of the russian state circus company. the building was erected on the site of the former vsesvjatsky temple. we saw the largest digital show: here are tigers, black panthers, bears, horses, ruins and many others. we saw a magnificent show-ballet, the most complicated acrobatic stunts. in general, it was really a memorable day! i really liked this performance. i hope that i can come there again.