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3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

out into for on after at as through

at on for to about at behind to

  1. Adam reached … his briefcase and pulled … some papers.

  2. Adam parked … the side of the building and asked the guard … directions.

  3. Adam looked … the colorful charts … the walls, giving advice … looking … babies.

  4. Sam pointed … the chains, and asked, “What are they …?”

  5. Mostly he collected stories … right-wing groups similar … his.

  6. I’ve studied the history … the law.

  7. We attack the gas chamber …a method of execution.

  8. I’ve been … worse.

  9. Sixty percent of the babies in this country are born …unmarried mothers.

5). Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.

  1. A divorce would be … . (think)

  2. I still make … . (appear)

  3. He asked the guard for … . (direct)

  4. When we started to have problems with our …, it was an escape. (marry)

  5. But there is always hope, always the slight promise that in our strange system of …, someone somewhere will decide to reverse his case. (just)

  6. I’ve been through … several times. (treat)

  7. I don’t get a … . (choose)

  8. Sam laughed … . (bitter)

  9. There was a lot of … the state had with gas chamber executions. (discuss)

6). Combine the following sentences with the help of conjunctions.

so until as if because

  1. He turned and looked at Adam. A guard opened the door and took him away.

  2. I married money. I’m not supposed to work.

  3. The article did not mention Sam’s daughter. Lee was spared for the moment.

  4. Gas chamber executions should no longer be used. This is a cruel way to kill people.

  5. Things were getting messy. They actually made the witnesses leave the room.

  6. Sam raised his eyes. This kid was the stupidest human he’d met in decades.

Chapter VI. Questions of Guilt.

    1. Vocabulary notes.

1.

challenge

вызов

2.

to be tough on smb.

быть тяжелым (морально) для к-л.

3.

to be in charge of smth.

отвечать за ч-л.

4.

to prevent smth.

предотвратить ч-л.

5.

to be of no concern to smb.

не волновать к-л

6.

at least

по крайней мере

7.

clue

ключ к разгадке, улика

8.

courage

смелость

9.

to admit smth. to smb.

признаться в ч-л. к-л.

10.

gas leak

утечка газа

11.

to affect smb.

влиять на к-л.

12.

engine failure

неисправность двигателя

13.

mysterious

загадочный

14.

to confess to doing smth.

признаться

15.

to prove

доказать

16.

honor

честь

17.

to prosecute smb.

преследовать к-л. в судебном порядке

18.

pardon

помилование

19.

fit

здоровый, бодрый

20

coward

трус

21.

to suffer over smb.

Болеть за к-л.

22.

to take care of smb.

позаботиться о к-л.

23.

to figure out

понять

24.

to blame smb. for smth.

винить к-л. за ч-л.

II. Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.