Question

Complete the text with verbs from the box.

Answer 1

Краткие ответы:

• 1) ultra-modern (ультрасовременный)
• 2) mixed-sex (дано в контексте "mixed-sex school" — школа, в которой обучаются и девочки, и мальчики)
• 3) timetable (расписание, график)
• 4) brilliant (идеальный, блестящий)
• 5) behavior (поведение)
• 6) fell (дано в контексте "fell asleep" — уснул)
• 7) grades (оценки)
• 8) tuition (обучение)
• 9) fond (дано в контексте "fond of" — устойчивое выражение "to be fond of smth/smn" — увлекаться)
• 10) fail (проваливать, терпеть неудачу)

Текст:

I went to an 1) ultra-modern private school. It was a 2) mixed-sex school, which was unusual, because most private schools in my country are single-sex. We studied lots of subjects, worked hard, and our 3) timetable was always very full.

I wasn't a 4) brilliant student, and sometimes my 5) behavior was quite bad. I remember one Latine lesson I actually 6) fell asleep, which was very embarassing! My parents were worried about my exam 7) grades, and they thought I might not get a place at university, so they organized some private 8) tuition for me. I was really 9) fond of my teacher, Mrs Chapman, and I didn't 10) fail any of my examinations. I even passed Latin!