[Unit 2A] Reading Lost at sea

Question 1

To stay warm, he kept himself moving and t_ short n_ of less than a minute at a time.
(= ненадолго засыпал)

Answer 1

To stay warm, he kept himself moving and took short naps of less than a minute at a time.

Question 2

To stay warm, he kept himself moving and took short naps of less than a minute _ _ t_.
(= не больше чем на минуту подряд, за один раз)

Answer 2

To stay warm, he kept himself moving and took short naps of less than a minute at a time.

Question 3

Every few hours, he called out to his l_ o_: ‘Just yelling out their names would pick me up and then I would keep going for the next hour.
(= звал своих близких)

Answer 3

Every few hours, he called out to his loved ones: ‘Just yelling out their names would pick me up and then I would keep going for the next hour.

Question 4

Using his bright equipment, he tried to signal to planes that flew overhead. But as each plane turned away, his s_ d_.
(= упал духом)

Answer 4

Using his bright equipment, he tried to signal to planes that flew overhead. But as each plane turned away, his spirits dropped.

Question 5

Robert woke on the third day _ a beautiful blue sky.
(проснулся… и увидел)

Answer 5

Robert woke on the third day to a beautiful blue sky.

Question 6

Hope t_ _ disappointment yet again: ‘I felt disappointed in myself.
(= надежда превращалась в; оборачивалась разочарование/м)

Answer 6

Hope turned to disappointment yet again: ‘I felt disappointed in myself.

Question 7

Hope turned to disappointment yet again: ‘I felt disappointed _ m_’.
(разочарованным в себе)

Answer 7

Hope turned to disappointment yet again: ‘I felt disappointed in myself’.

Question 8

I felt disappointed in myself. I thought I was _ _ fitter.
(= считал себя гораздо более сильным)

Answer 8

I felt disappointed in myself. I thought I was a lot fitter.

Question 9

_ they handed him the water and he felt it touch his lips, he knew. This was not a vision.
(= как только они дали ему воды)

Answer 9

As they handed him the water and he felt it touch his lips, he knew. This was not a vision.

Question 10

When Robert Hewitt came to the surface, he r_ s_ a_ that something was wrong.
(= сразу же заметил)

Answer 10

When Robert Hewitt came to the surface, he realised straight away that something was wrong.

Question 11

Robert would soon h_ _ m_ _ t_ decision. (= ему вскоре придется принять трудное решение)

Answer 11

Robert would soon have to make a tough decision.

Question 12

He felt it was better to save his energy and h_ _ _ his brightly coloured equipment.
(= держаться за)

Answer 12

He felt it was better to save his energy and hold on to his brightly coloured equipment.

Question 13

‘Someone will come,’ he told himself. But three hours _ and still no one had come for him.
(= прошло три часа)

Answer 13

‘Someone will come,’ he told himself. But three hours passed and still no one had come for him.

Question 14

[He] had decided to make the 200-metre swim back to shore alone. _ i_, strong underwater currents had taken him more than half a kilometre out to sea.
(= А вместо этого)

Answer 14

[He] had decided to make the 200-metre swim back to shore alone. But instead, strong underwater currents had taken him more than half a kilometre out to sea.

Question 15

Lying on his back in the middle of the ocean, Robert t_ h_ _ _ p_.
(= говорил себе не паниковать)

Answer 15

Lying on his back in the middle of the ocean, Robert told himself not to panic.