ГДЗ по английскому языку 11 Класс класс упражнение - 162 р. 6

 Read the text with the gaps marked by numbers 1-7. These numbers correspond with tasks 1-7, which contain answers that are possibly correct. Choose the correct answer 1, 2, 3 or 4.  

Antigua  

Whenever someone begins to talk about how idyllic their childhood was, most people listening to them are likely to be bored to death. They 1) ….. their eyes and try not to yawn. But how else could I describe the eighteen months I 2) ….. on the Caribbean island of Antigua in the late 1960s as a small child?

This was before mass tourism had taken 3) ….. the region and the island really was a paradise. Its most famous beach,Half Moon Bay, was untouched. My brothers and I would build sandcastles on a virtually deserted beach.

In those days, 4) ….. the very rich ever went on holiday toAntigua. They would leave their yachts in Nelson’s Dockyard and gather round the busy tables to admire the 5) ….. .

Me and my brothers were there because of our father’s work and the heat and beauty of the island definitely went to our heads. We ran around barefoot most of the time and spent 6) ….. time indoors. We showed no fear of any of the huge insects that terrified our mother and it was with heavy7) ….. that we left the island early in 1970.    

1. 1) spin  2) roll  3) turn  4) twist 
2. 1) spent  2) went  3) wasted  4) travelled 
3. 1) through  2) down  3) up  4) over  
4. 1) hardly  2) rarely  3) only  4) scarcely  
5. 1) view  2) scene  3) vision  4) spectacle  
6. 1) few  2) less  3) little  4) none  
7. 1) hearts  2) heads  3) legs  4) feet