Задание №31 — Лексика
His mother, Horace’s eldest daughter, Laura, had always 31 ______ him that he would grow up to look like her father.
Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
At the library
It was early morning. Jason stood in the library at Norwood House, 30 ______ up at the painting above the fireplace. What an extraordinary portrait it was, of a handsome man in the prime of his life. The great Horace Winton. His grandfather. His mother, Horace’s eldest daughter, Laura, had always 31 ______ him that he would grow up to look like her father. She had been proved right.
This painting had been finished just a short time before Horace’s fortieth birthday, and in a few days’ time, he himself would be forty years old. And he was the spitting 32 ______ of his grandfather; six foot four, broad of chest, with red-gold hair and blue eyes. He knew that if Horas Winton could step out of the portrait, come to stand next to him, they would look like twins, so close was their 33 ______.
Jason Casey finally turned away and walked out onto the terrace, headed through the hanging gardens, making for the ruined stronghold. His mother had constantly taken him there as a child, explaining that it had been her father’s favourite spot at Norwood, and 34 ______ hers. She had 35 ______ him up on Winton lore, and most of it had been about his grandfather. Jason knew so much about his grandfather and 36 ______ never meeting him in person.
Правильный ответ
2
Пояснение
Разбор.
В данном задании необходимо выбрать верный глагол говорения, исходя из грамматического окружения в предложении: His mother, Horace’s eldest daughter, Laura, had always 31 ______ him that he would grow up to look like her father.
Ключевым фактором выбора является наличие прямого дополнения him (ему) сразу после пропуска без какого-либо предлога. В английском языке глагол tell (в форме Past Perfect — had told) требует после себя указания лица, которому адресована информация, без предлога to.
- Вариант 1 (said) не подходит, так как глагол say требует после себя предлог to перед дополнением, обозначающим человека (said to him), либо используется без указания адресата.
- Вариант 3 (talked) не подходит, так как глагол talk обычно используется с предлогами to или with (talked to him) и чаще означает процесс беседы, а не передачу конкретного факта.
- Вариант 4 (spoke) не подходит по той же причине: он требует предлога to или with (spoke to him) и обычно описывает сам акт речи или владение языком.
Таким образом, только глагол told грамматически сочетается с конструкцией «глагол + дополнение (лицо) + придаточное предложение с союзом that».
Ответ: 2
Источник: ФИПИ