2. Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:

ancestor boss celebrity client customer heir invalid landlord opponent orphan patient predecessor refugee rival successor survivor gossip tenant twin victim

1. I rent my flat from him. He is my ________.

2. He has been driven from the country for political reasons. He is a ______.

3. Who had the job before you? Who was your ________?

4. Her appearance on a television quiz programme has made her into a local _______. Most people recognize her when they see her.

5. Mrs. Brown comes into my shop at least once a day. She is a favourite ______ of mine.

6. Who is the person in charge her? Who is the ______?

7. his niece, Susan, will inherit everything when he dies. She is his only _______.

8. An _______ of hers, her great-grandfather, came from Norway.

9. The nurse told the next _______ to go in and see the doctor.

10. Peter Williams takes over after me. He is my _______.

11. My uncle is an accountant. Most of the people he deals with are actors and pop stars. Perhaps his most famous ________ is Mick Jagger.

12. Paula and Sally were born on the same day. Paula is Sally's _______ and most people find it very difficult to know who is who, as they look so alike.

13. An _______ is someone who is disabled or very ill and needs to be cared for by someone else.

14. The only ________ in the recent plane crash near Paris was a nine-month-old baby. Everyone else on the plane died.

15. In the 1992 American Presidential election, George Bush's main _______ for the post of President was Governor Bill Clinton.

16. A teenager was killed in a fight outside a local disco on Saturday, but the police have not yet named the _______.

17. Who is playing against you in the tennis match? Who is your _______?

18. A _________ is someone who enjoys talking about other people's private lives.

19. She became an ________ at the age of seven when both her parents were killed in a car crash.

20. She didn't own her house, she was just a _________.

IV. Read and translate this passage into Russian. Try to describe the appearance of the characters of it. What can you say about their characters? Retell this text.

From "Books for the Baron" by John Creasey

Inside the house, all had been quiet until that scream. Now its echo followed the woman as she fled from the study where she had found the Thing, into the great hall where the portraits of dead Lithoms looked down on her, as if contemptuous on her fear. She fled up the wide, circular staircase still screaming, into the gloom of the first floor and then into a wide passage, lit dimly by a tiny lamp at the far end, passing tall, dark, closed doors. She reached the door which stood ajar and stopped running. She fought for breath now; her face was drained of colour, her eyes were feverishly bright. She pressed one hand against her breast, where her dressing-gown gaped over silk-clad mounds. She began to shiver.

Two doors opened.

From one came a tall man, wearing dark blue pyjamas; he was behind the girl. At the other, a short woman whose grey hair was twisted on old-fashioned metal curlers faced the girl. The woman's face was shiny with night cream, her eyes looked angry and alarmed.

The man switched on the lights in his room. The old woman clutched her dressing-gown and said harshly:

"Gloria! What on earth are you doing?"

The girl stared at her, lips parted, blue eyes still reflecting terror.

"Gloria! Don't stand there gaping, tell me what's the matter?"

The girl tried to speak but could only mutter incoherently.

The man approached and rested a hand lightly on her shoulder. Although the June was warm, he could fell the tremors shaking her cold flesh.

"Gloria!" cried the old woman. "Control yourself! Have you had another nightmare? This can't go on, it –"

"Steady," interrupted the man mildly. "She'll be all right."

He led Gloria into her room, the one with the door ajar, and switched on the light.

The rest of the house was still and silent. In the room the man pushed a winged armchair closer to the fire, then bent on and switched it on.

"Sit down, and I'll get you a drink," he said. "There's nothing to worry about."

"Nothing to worry about indeed!" snorted the woman. "She'll drive us all mad before she's finished. It's bad enough by day, but if she's going to start at night, then I –"

The man, so tall and commanding, smoothed down his ruffled dark hair, and a gleam of amusement sparkled in his hazel eyes. Humorous lines which had not shown before appeared at the corners of his lips; his face was lean, handsome, tanned.

"Maggie, can you still make a cup of tea?" he asked.

"Can I what?"

"Make a cup of tea. That's what Gloria needs. There's a gas-ring in your room, and your secret hoard."

'Don't be absurd!"

"Don't be difficult!" said the man

The woman tossed back her head and glared, but turned and went out, her heel-less slippers sliding up and down her rosy heels.

The girl Gloria was leaning back with her eyes closed. Her breath still came uneasily and her hands were tight on the arms of her chair, the knuckles white. Her dark hair fell in rippling waves to her shoulders; there were dark rings under her eyes, traces of lipstick on her lips and of rouge on her cheeks. The man moved, to face her.

"What was it, Gloria?"

After a long pause, her lips moved.

It was – horrible! It couldn't be a dream! I saw a dead body in the study I'd been sleep-walking again, I suppose." She sat forward, stretching out a hand and clutching his; her fingers were icy cold.

"Why can't they cure me? It's horrible, John. Nobody seems to be able to do anything about it. I – I don't think they want to! That's what it is, they want me to go mad! I hate them, hate every one of them, especially her. They don't think I am fit to own Lithom Hall…"

"Whatever they think, you do own it," said the man, quiet and reassuring. "And you'll run it well, Gloria. You'll soon be free of this sleep-walking. The best doctors in England are helping, you know."

The older woman came in, carrying a tray on which were two cups and saucers, a tooth-glass, a teapot and a jug of milk. She carried them in front of her, the tray pressing lightly against her ample bosom. Milk spilled over the side of the jug as the woman banged the tray down.

contemptuous – пренебрежительный, презрительный, высокомерный incoherently – бессвязно, невнятно hoard – запас, скрытый запас денег, продовольствия