Стр.GV9 Grammar & Vocabulary ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс

Text completion 17

Read the text below. Use the words in brackets in the correct form so that they fit the text. Complete the gaps with those new words. Every gap corresponds to a different task (1–9).

An important LESSON

Anna has been a nurse for many years now. She has learnt many important lessons during that time, but one 1) ______ has stayed with her forever. She 2) ______ training for only a month when one of her teachers decided to give her class a little test. Anna found the test quite easy, but she got stuck on the last question. The question was: “What is the first name of the lady who 3) ______ the school?” Anna thought that this must be a joke. She 4) ______ the cleaning lady many times – she was short and slim with blonde hair and in her early 50s. She had no idea, however, what her name 5) ______. How could she know her name? She left the answer blank. Then, one student put up her hand to ask if the last question 6) ______ towards the test score.

“During your career as nurses, you will come into contact with all sorts of people and all of 7) ______ are important, even if all you do 8) ______ is smile and say hello.”

I know what you 9) ______ wondering.

Word formation 18

Read the text below. Form derivatives from the words in brackets so that they fit the text. Complete the gaps with those new words. Every gap corresponds to a different task (1–6).

Recycling in the Slum

Dharavi in Mumbai, India, made famous by the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, is one of the largest slums in the world. It covers around 500 acres and about 400,000 people live there. It’s not a very 1) ______ sight. Thousands of makeshift huts line the narrow, 2) ______ lanes and there’s a terrible smell from open sewers and the rubbish lying all around. Yet despite this, Dharavi has become an 3) ______ centre for recycling waste from the city’s 21 million inhabitants. Every day, workers from the slum rummage 4) ______ (tire) through piles of rubbish looking for plastic, leather, cork, electronic 5) ______ and anything else which can be recycled. The workers then earn $3–5 per day by selling the rubbish on to traders who crush it and turn it into new items such as toys and household products. This system not only provides the residents of the slum with a means of 6) ______, but it is a very efficient way of reducing waste.