Заполните пропуски. ward sister sarah brown is responsible for the welfare of 28 patients on two wards at london hospital where she (a1) … for the last 6 years. she (a2) … a staff of 12 people. there are also 15 students nurses who (a3) … to the ward at any time. it (a4) …, she says, that 200 people – doctors, nurses, students, visitors – (a5) … through her wards every day. sister brown, who is 39, (a6) … as a nurse 20 years ago. a1. 1) worked; 2) was working; 3) had worked; 4) has been working. a2. 1) directs; 2) is directed; 3) has directed; 4) has been directing. a3. 1) assigned; 2) have been assigned; 3) have assigned; 4) are assigned. a4. 1) has been calculated; 2) is calculate; 3) had been calculated; 4) calculates. a5. 1) have moved; 2) is moving; 3) are moving; 4) moved. a6. 1) were qualified; 2) was qualified; 3) qualify; 4) has been qualified.

1) After the crime, the police went_(2) door-to-door _interviewig everyone in the neighborhood
2) Ed and i have been successhul partners for ten years because we see_(5) eye-to-eye_on everything
3) The actors and writers worked_(9) hand-to-hand_to create a brilliant theatrical production
4) Bret and Debbie went_(6 ) hand-in-hand_the whole day over which one of them was going to name their new dog
5) Betty and i finally had a_(3) heart-to-heart_talk about all our differencess
6) When Joe and Bob argue, they go_(7) head-to-head_for hours 

1.Mark Twain he is not only a famous writer but also a famous humorist .
2: He travels a lot and makes speeches in different town . During these speeches he always tells funny stories .
Wherever he Goes he was followed by reporters who have written down everything he said .
His stories told and retold and passed down from generation to generation .
Once he heard a rumour that he was dead and remarked : The rumours of my death greatly exaggerated .

There are a lot of humorous stories connected with the name of Mark Twain. Here are of of them .
Once Mark Twain and two of Ms friends sat in a restaurant .One of the friends just returned from a trip to the mountains . He said that the air in the mountains was ver clear. In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice .
"That is nothing ," said the second friend ." In Colorado, in many paces the echo of a voice speaks in the morning and comes back in the afternoon"