Прочитай текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запиши в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному варианту ответа.
The bone hunter
Mary was born in 1799, in a little English village called Lyme Regis. Her dad, Richard, was a carpenter. But his business was not doing well in the poor village. Luckily, Lyme Regis was right by the beach! Richard took Mary and her big brother, Joseph, to 30.___________ the shore. Mary found strange fossil bones and shells on the sand and in the cliffs and was fascinated by them.
After a new road to London was built, city folk heard that swimming in the sea was good for you, and suddenly the poor village became a trendy place to visit. Her father's business started to sell fossils to tourists as souvenirs. Richard went 31.___________ expeditions to collect fossils from the cliffs, and five-year-old Mary was his assistant and helper.
Unfortunately, when Mary was just ten, her dad fell off a cliff and later passed 32.___________. Richard had been the family's breadwinner, and without him, they had a hard time getting enough money to pay the bills and buy food. One day, a rich woman liked the shell that Mary found and 33.___________ her a big shiny coin in return for this shell. So, Mary decided to sell fossils.
One summer, her brother 34.___________ a big skull. After some time, she finally found the rest of the creature's skeleton. She sold the giant skeleton to the local lord for £23, which was enough to feed her family for a very long time. It was put on a show in a London museum.
Scientists eventually worked 35.___________ that the reptile had existed more than 175 million years ago, and called it an ichthyosaur. This find, and many others, made Mary very famous. The smart, determined girl who knew the dangerous cliffs, 36.___________ to become one of the greatest and most successful fossil hunters of all time!
**30.**1) investigate 2) develop 3) explore 4) discover
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31. 1) to 2) for 3) in 4) on
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32. 1) away 2) off 3) out 4) by
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**33.**1) proposed 2) offered 3) suggested 4) purchased
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34. 1) looked for 2) opened 3) found 4) sought
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35. 1) on 2) out 3) over 4) down
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36. 1) achieved 2) succeed 3) managed 4) coped
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