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и отметьте ( ) предложения с 1 по 6 T (Истина)
или F (Ложь).
Read
the biography of Sir Paul Getty and mark () sentences 1 to 6 T (True) or F (False).
SIR PAUL GETTY
Paul
Getty was born in California in 1932. He
was the son of John Paul Getty, the head
of an oil empire and at that time the richest
man in the world.
After
college and a spell (период) in the US army,
Paul joined the family oil business and
moved to Italy. Despite his riches, this
was a very troubled period in his life.
Instead of involving himself in his work,
he became part of the hippie drug culture
of the 1960s and by the end of the decade
he was a drug addict.
Tragedy
followed. In 1971, his second wife died
from a drug overdose, and two years later
his son was kidnapped. Paul's father refused
to pay the ransom ($3 million) at first.
Eventually he did pay, but only after the
kidnappers sent him one of his grandson's
ears.
Soon
after his son was returned, Paul went to
London and received treatment for his drug
addiction. The treatment was successful
and he decided to stay in London, living
a quiet life away from the public. He soon
grew to love England, and began to give
enormous sums of money away, mostly to art
galleries, museums and the British film
industry, but also to some charities and
political organisations. It is estimated
that between 1984 and 1994 he gave away
$220 million. At one point, his money even
stopped a valuable statue from being sold
to his father's museum in California.
In
1986, he became Sir Paul Getty, as a reward
for his services to British art and in 1996
he gave up his US nationality and became
a British citizen. He died in 2003, aged
70.
(1)
Paul's difficulties began when he was in
the army. T
/F
/
(2) His second wife died after taking drugs.
T
/ F
/
(3) Paul refused to pay the ransom for his
son. T
/F
/
(4) Paul moved to England for health reasons.
T
/ F
/
(5) He bought some valuable works of art
for his father's museum. T
/F
/
(6) He was made a British citizen because
of his services to the arts. T
/ F
/
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Complete
sentences 1 to 7 using appropriate adjectives
from the box. Use each adjective only once.
There are more adjectives than you need.
insecure
silly pessimistic boring open cheerful
sensible insensitive silly interesting
(1)
He doesn't think he's passed his exams.
He's very pessimistic
.
(2)
He's great to have at parties. He's so
cheerful.
(3)
She's a very
open
person. She doesn't have any secrets.
(4)
He feels uncomfortable when he's with other
people. He's quite
insecure .
(5)
He sometimes acts stupid but he's really
very
sensible .
(6)
He's not a very
interesting
teacher. His students always fall asleep.
(7) She doesn't think about other people's
feelings. She's so
insensitive .
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