### Итоговый ответ
#### Exercise 1
* **Picture description & Novel:** The picture shows a giant man lying on the ground, tied down with ropes, while tiny people surround him and walk over him. The novel is *Gulliver's Travels* by Jonathan Swift.
* **Who are the people?** They are the Lilliputians, inhabitants of the island of Lilliput, who are only about six inches (15 cm) tall.
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#### Exercise 2
* **Sample answer:** Before reaching Lilliput, Gulliver was on a ship that was caught in a violent storm and crashed into a rock. He got into a small boat with other sailors, but it overturned, and Gulliver had to swim for his life until he reached the shore.
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#### Exercise 3
**Gaps (A–F):**
| A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **3** | **7** | **1** | **6** | **5** | **4** |
*(Лишняя фраза — **2**)*
* **Sentences that best describe the picture:**
> * "...I found my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground; and my hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same manner. I likewise felt several slender cords across my body, from my armpits to my thighs." (lines 27–30)
> * "...I saw that it was a human creature not six inches high, with a bow and arrow in his hands, and a quiver on his back. In the meantime, I felt at least forty more of the same kind following the first." (lines 35–38)
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#### Exercise 4a
* **particulars** — details *(подробности, детали)*
* **suffice** — be enough *(быть достаточным)*
* **driven** — blown *(гонимый ветром/бурей)*
* **spied** — spotted *(заметили, разглядели)*
* **split** — cracked or divided in two *(раскололся)*
* **attempted** — tried *(пытались)*
* **became of** — happened to *(случилось с)*
* **assume** — imagine sth to be true *(предполагать)*
* **slender cords** — thin ropes *(тонкие веревки/шнуры)*
* **fastened** — attached *(прикреплены, привязаны)*
* **bending** — moving downwards and forwards *(направляя/опуская вниз)*
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#### Exercise 4b
* **trusted ourselves to the mercy of** — abandoned ourselves to the power of the sea / left our fate to something we could not control *(отдались на волю волн/судьбы)*.
* **almost gone** — nearly dying, completely exhausted, on the point of losing consciousness *(почти без сил, на грани гибели)*.
* **in the utmost astonishment** — extremely surprised / completely shocked and amazed *(в величайшем изумлении)*.
* **at length** — after a long time, eventually, finally *(наконец, в конце концов)*.
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### Подробное объяснение и разбор заданий
#### Разбор Exercise 3 (Вставка фрагментов в текст)
1. **Пропуск A (3):** Речь идет о дате (*5th of November*) и южном полушарии (*30 degrees south*), где ноябрь — это лето: *«...which was the beginning of summer in those parts»*.
2. **Пропуск B (7):** В тексте говорится о том, как моряки доверились волнам в шлюпке. Логическое продолжение — переворот шлюпки: *«...and in about half an hour the boat was overturned by a sudden strong gust of wind...»*.
3. **Пропуск C (1):** Гулливер шел вглубь острова полмили, но ничего не заметил (*«did not notice them»* отсылает к существительным во фразе): *«...but did not see any sign of houses or inhabitants...»*.
4. **Пропуск D (6):** Гулливер лег на мягкую траву, после чего проспал до рассвета: *«...where I slept more soundly than I ever remembered having done in my life for about nine hours...»*.
5. **Пропуск E (5):** Придаточное предложение описывает волосы героя (*hair*): *«...and my hair, which was long and thick, tied down...»*.
6. **Пропуск F (4):** Гулливер слышал шум вокруг, но лежал на спине и не мог повернуть голову: *«...but in the position I lay, could see nothing except the sky»*.