БЛОК 3
7-8 класс
Лексика и грамматика
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
The Airport man
Yesterday Ahmed left his home for the first time in eleven years. But his home is a very unusual one – he has (1) _____ the last eleven years living in an international airport. Ahmed had no family in his own country, so eleven years ago he set off to search (2) _____ his sister who lived in Scotland. He hadn’t heard from her for (3) _____, but he had an old address. He never (4) _____ Scotland, however, because while he was (5) _____ for a connecting flight, all his documents (6) _____ stolen and he had to ask for new ones. (7) _____ he had nowhere to go, he stayed in the airport. After a (8) _____ weeks, he was still there. He became (9) _____ as “Sir George” and all the airport staff liked him. Eleven years (10) _____ his documents arrived and he was free to go. But he no longer wanted to!
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1 spent2 for
3 ages/years
4 visited
5 waiting
6 were
7 because/as
8 few
9 known
10 after/later