Read this piece and fill in the blanks with the best items chosen from the list below. Walter Scott followed his 21 ____ profession and became a lawyer.
22 ____ Scott worked 23 ____ at his profession, he found 24 ____ to dream about the past, to study his country’s history, legends and folklore. He was 25 ____ tired 26 ____ searching for old people who 27 ____ in battles long ago or could tell stories of Scotland’s wars or her struggle against 28 ____. His first success was a volume of ballads, which 29 ____ in 1802. His knowledge of the history of his people, their customs, dress, architecture and folklore made past ages live again in his 30 ____ novels.
21. А) father Б) father’s В) fathers Г) fathers’
22. А) Also Б) And В) Though Г) Besides
23. А) hard Б) harder В) more hard Г) hardly
24. А) money Б) possibility В) people Г) time
25. А) never Б) ever В) always Г) everybody 26. А) with Б) about В) of Г) for
27. А) fought Б) had fought В) were fighting Г) mustn’t
28. А) the English Б) the Americans В) the Germans Г) the Vikings
29. А) published Б) will be published В) have been published Г) were published
30. А) excite Б) exciting В) excited Г) exciteful