Many years ago there lived a girl called Nara. She could sing very well and play the psaltery .She loved a young man and wanted to marry him. One day she was sitting near a large beautiful lake when a rich man saw her. He liked Nara so much that he wanted to marry her. As Nara had a fiancé she didn't want to marry the rich man. But the rich man was very stubborn, and his servants killed Nara’s fiancé and took Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl was so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she set fire to the palace, and ran away. When the rich man learnt about it, he sent his servants after Nara. As she couldn't run away from them, Nara dived into the lake and died. From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.
1. We (1) missed the first act of the play because when we (2) arrived at the theatre the performance (3) had already started.
2. At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley (4) had been in prison for eight months.
3. The staff (5) were paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary.
4. Denise (6) has to leave school early on Wednesday because she (7) is taking her driving test.
5. What’s the point in (8) arguing with people who (9) hold very strong opinions?
6. Many of the survivors (10) (work) were working in the fields when the earthquake (11) struck.
7. Phil (12) is standing at the door soaked from head to toe: he (13) was running in the rain.
8. Jim (14) is leaving on the early flight the next morning so he (15) made his excuses and (16) left the party before midnight.
9. It seems to me, Minister, that the Government (17) has broken all its pre-election promises regarding the Health Service, (18) hasn’t it?
10. It (19) must have been raining really hard. All the passers-by (20) are soaked through.
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The legend of Lake Naroch
Many years ago there lived a girl called Nara. She could sing very well and play the psaltery .She loved a young man and wanted to marry him. One day she was sitting near a large beautiful lake when a rich man saw her. He liked Nara so much that he wanted to marry her. As Nara had a fiancé she didn't want to marry the rich man. But the rich man was very stubborn, and his servants killed Nara’s fiancé and took Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl was so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she set fire to the palace, and ran away. When the rich man learnt about it, he sent his servants after Nara. As she couldn't run away from them, Nara dived into the lake and died. From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.