Помогите срооочно,плиииз!!!
Viewed from the outside (1) .., the Houses of Parliament look impressive. The architecture gives the place a
traditional look, and the buildings are sandwiched between a busy square and the river, making them a (2)
…between the country house of an eccentric duke and a Victorian railway station.
You have only to learn that the members (3)….to each other as 'The Honourable Member to (4)…the picture
of a dignified gentlemen's club, with of course a few ladies to (5)…the numbers. Sadly, over the past few years
first radio, and now television, have shown the (6)…public, who are
(7)…the electorate, what in fact (8)…when bills are discussed and questions are asked. The first obvious fact is
that the chamber is very rarely full, and there may be only a handful of members present, some of whom are
quite clearly asleep, telling jokes to their neighbour, or shouting like badly-behaved schoolchildren. There is not
enough room for them all in the chamber in any
(9)…, which is a second worrying point. Of course, television does not follow the work of committees, which
are the small discussion groups that do most of the real work of the House. But the (10)…impression that
voters receive of the workings of government is not a good one. To put it (11)… parliament looks disorganised,
is clearly behind the (12)…and seems to be.(13)…with bores and comedians. This is presumably why members
(14)…for so long the efforts of the BBC to (15)…parliamentary matters on television.
1)A likewise В at least С nevertheless D as well
2)A mixture В combination С cross D match
3)A call В refer С speak D submit
4)A finalise В end С conclude D complete
5)A take away В bring about С make up D set in
6)A average В ordinary С normal D general
7)A after all В anyway С even D furthermore
8)A comes up В turns up С goes on D lets on
9)A point В way С matter D case
10)A total В broad С overall D comprehensive
11)A bluntly В shortly С directly D basically
12)A ages В times С moments D years
13)A full В filled С composed D comprised
14)A prevented В checked С defied D resisted
15) A circulate В beam С spread D broadcast