МГИМО / ДВИ по Английскому языку / Тест 5 / Задание 2
МГИМО / ДВИ по Английскому языку / Задание 2 / Выберите наиболее подходящее слово
МГИМО ДВИ / Заполните пропуски недостающим словом (артиклем, предлогом, местоимением, именем существительным, прилагательным, глаголом и т.д.), являющимся единственно правильным по смыслу и соответствующим грамматическим нормам английского языка
Fill in the gaps with the missing word (noun, adjective, verb, article, preposition, pronoun, etc.), which is the only correct one in meaning and corresponds to the grammatical norms of the English language.
The Text (30 gaps)
The invitation to the secluded estate arrived on heavy parchment, sealed with wax in a style so archaic that it seemed to have stepped (1)__ of a bygone century. I hesitated before accepting, for the sender was a man whose reputation was surrounded (2)__ whispers of brilliance and eccentricity alike. Yet curiosity, that perennial instigator of folly, urged me (3)__ compliance.
The journey itself was arduous. My carriage rattled (4)__ muddy roads, while mist clung obstinately (5)__ the valleys. By the time I reached the gates, night had fallen, and the entire countryside was shrouded (6)__ a darkness pierced only by the pale shimmer of lanterns.
The host, when he appeared, greeted me with a manner at once gracious and unnerving. His speech, ornate and precise, gave the impression of someone accustomed not merely to persuasion but to leading others (7)__ the nose. Throughout dinner, he discoursed on art, philosophy, and science, weaving ideas together with such dexterity that one could scarcely decide whether he was enlightening his audience or merely dazzling them (8)__ rhetoric.
After the meal, he invited me to his library, a chamber so vast and dimly lit that the shelves themselves seemed to vanish (9)__ shadow. There, he produced manuscripts said to have been preserved (10)__ centuries of careful guardianship. He insisted that knowledge, once acquired, imposed obligations: one must adhere (11)__ principles of stewardship, lest wisdom degenerate into vanity.
The hours passed unnoticed. I was intoxicated not with wine but with the cadence of his words. Yet I could not dismiss the uneasy thought that my role was less that of guest and more that of initiate (12)__ a secret order. His eyes, sharp and unblinking, appeared to probe whether I might be worthy (13)__ some hidden trust.
When at last he dismissed me to my chamber, I found sleep elusive. The house creaked with the weight of silence, and the shadows seemed restless. At one point, I thought I heard footsteps pacing (14)__ my door, though when I opened it, the corridor lay vacant. My imagination, always eager to betray me, burst (15)__ feverish conjecture.
The following day, I wandered through the estate’s grounds. Everywhere I turned, symbols were carved into stone, half effaced by moss, yet retaining a gravitas that suggested deliberate intention. I stumbled (16)__ an elderly gardener who spoke little but whose eyes hinted at burdens carried too long. He murmured that many who came to the estate were eventually relieved (17)__ their duties, though what exactly those duties entailed he refused to disclose.
By afternoon, clouds massed above the hills. The atmosphere thickened, and even the air seemed reluctant (18)__ stir. I resolved to leave before dusk, but my host insisted on one final conversation. His tone was more urgent now, less decorative. He claimed that modern society had been so eager to (19)__ into its savings of moral capital that it had nearly bankrupted itself of integrity. The task of restoration, he argued, was daunting, yet not impossible.
As he spoke, thunder rolled, and rain began to hammer the windows. The storm, sudden and violent, seemed almost choreographed to underscore his warnings. I confess that a part of me longed to see him (20)__ off an intruder of his own making—his restless intellect—before it consumed him entirely.
When at last I departed, escorted by servants carrying flickering torches, I felt both liberated and strangely bereft. The road was treacherous, the horses skittish, yet my mind remained absorbed (21)__ the evening’s revelations. I pondered whether the entire visit had been orchestrated not as hospitality but as examination, a means of gauging my resolve to (22)__ to principles that were increasingly unfashionable.
Days later, back in the city, I found myself unable to reintegrate with ease. Ordinary errands that once occupied me now felt (23)__ of purpose, and conversations sounded hollow, as though everyone were merely rehearsing lines written long ago. Letters I attempted to write about the visit quickly descended (24)__ incoherence; words seemed inadequate to capture what had transpired.
Instead, I confined myself to reflection. At odd hours, I would reread fragments of the host’s discourse, etched (25)__ memory with a vividness that time could not erode. Gradually, I understood that his intention had never been persuasion but provocation: to unsettle complacency, to compel one to confront the abyss without flinching (26)__ it.
Now, months later, the estate remains for me not a destination but a compass. Whenever I am tempted to betray conviction for convenience, I recall his gaze, unwavering, insistent, and I remind myself that to deprive (27)__ of integrity is to forfeit more than wealth—it is to surrender one’s very axis.
I do not know if I shall return. Perhaps the summons will never again arrive, or perhaps it will come when I am least prepared. But if it does, I will go, not out of curiosity this time, but out of duty: to complete a journey that does not truly (28) __, to partake in a dialogue that neither concedes (29) __ conclusion nor permits indifference.
For in the end, the estate was never about manuscripts, nor about secrecy, nor even about the man himself. It was about the reminder that our greatest task is not to conquer the world but to remain faithful to ourselves, to hold (30)__ the truths entrusted to us, and to pass them on, untarnished, to those who come after. ★
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