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The following morning, I struck out on the well-marked walk that takes just a few hours but plunges you immediately into the grandeur of the Highlands. In the distance I saw an odd sight: a group of hikers dancing madly about the stream, waving their arms and shaking their heads.

I spread my coat on the grass and settled down to my picnic – superior crab sandwiches provided by the hotel. In a moment, I was on my feet, slapping my face and rubbing my hair while grabbing up my sandwiches with a free hand.

I had forgotten the bane of the Highlands: flies, which are particularly active in late summer.

At Fort William’s excellent West Highland Museum, housed in a late Georgian building on Cameron Square, you can learn how people left a mark on this ancient landscape. They worked its trees and stones, leaving beautiful ax heads from the Stone Age, Celtic jewellery, the blade of a bronze sword. There are suggestions of myth and magic, the cement that connected people to their surroundings and the darker world beyond: amulets, cures, and trophies.

And there are objects so rare and weird that they seemed to have dropped from the world beyond: so-called drift-seeds, which floated ashore from the West Indies and were turned into charms, odd-shaped or queerly colored pebbles that drew fevers, or brought a loved one home.

It was not yet dark when the London sleeper slid out of Fort William Station. I did not brood for long on the triumphs and tragedies of Highland history.

When I next opened my eyes, I saw the huddled rooftops of suburban London, and a cheerful attendant, passing me a cup of tea.

12 The author decided to spend a holiday in the Highlands to …

1) ride an exclusive train.

2) spend some time on his own.

3) get away from the busy capital.

4) see what the Highlands are known for.

Ответ:

13It in Paragraph 3 (and a lake running alongside it) refers to the …

1) lakeshore.

2) street.

3) shop.

4) church.

Ответ:

14 Which statement about the author’s fishing experience is FALSE?

1) His fishing skills slowly improved.

2) His attempts to catch something were useless.

3) The experience was quite satisfying.

4) The guide showed him how to throw the line.

Ответ:

15Unassuming in Paragraph 4 (My meal was unassuming but tasty) most probably means …

1) heavy.

2) healthy.

3) modest.

4) inexpensive.