12.Изберите один верный ответ из 3-х предложенных вариантовTHE EMPTY CHAIRA friend

12.Изберите один верный ответ из 3-х предложенных вариантов
THE EMPTY CHAIR
A friend of mine Rob Jenkins went to see a doctor. What can I do for you, Mr Jenkins? Well, doctor, I ..1.. to sleep for several days. You worked hard. You need a good rest. Why don't you go to Cornwall?
Rob decided to go ..2.. Penky, a small fishing village on the North coast of Cornwall. ..3.. no trains or buses to Penky. So he ..4.. drive. Rob arrived ..5.. Friday evening. Mrs. Doom, the landlady of the guesthouse, showed him to his room. Rob was very tired and went ..6.. bed.
..7.. Jenkins went downstairs. As there were no ..8.. guests Mrs. Doom invited him to have breakfast with her and her daughter Katherine. Katherine ..9.. in the dining room. She ..10.. about 13 years old. Mrs. Doom went to the kitchen ..11.. . Rob and Katherine looked ..12.. nervously.
There are 4 places at the table. Is there ..13.. guest? Oh, we never talk about the empty place. The empty place? What ..14.. ? That ..15.. my father's place. He was a fisherman. Three years ago he went on his boat and he never returned. What ..16.. to him? ..17.. knows. My mother always ..18.. that place to him. She thinks he will return. That's a photograph of him on the wall.
Rob looked very worried. At that moment Mrs. Doom returned. She poured four cups of tea and put one cup in the empty place. Suddenly Rob heard footsteps ..19.. the door, and a tall man with a black beard ..20.. into the room. It was the man on the photograph! Rob jumped up and ran ..21.. the room.
Who was that? What is ..22.. , Katherine! Do you know..23.. about this? No, I don't, but he is here because a tall man with a black beard is trying to kill him. Katherine! Have you been telling stories again? Stories? Me?...
1. a) havent been able b) wasnt able c) am not able
2. a) to b) in c) at
3. a) there is b) there were c) there was
4. a) must to b) had to c) could
5. a) late on b) lately at c) late in
6. a) straight to b) along to c) straight on
7. a) at the morning b) in the morning c) on the morning
8. a) the other b) other c) others
9. a) sitting b) was sitting c) is sitting
10. a) had b) was c) look
11. a) to make tea b) to do tea c) to receive tea
12. a) in one another b) at one the other c) at in one another
13. a) other b) another c) others
14. a) do you mean b) are you meaning c)it means
15. a) used to b) used c) is used
16. a) happened b) did happen c) was happened
17. a) anybody b) nobody c) not any
18. a) is keeping b) keeps c) was kept
19. a) outside b) to c) inside
20. a) walked b) entered c) appeared
21. a) out b) out of c) at
22. a) the matter b) the case c) the cause
23. a) anything b) something c) nothing