1 Read the story and fill in the gaps with the words below. Each word can be used only once. love admiration career beauty dearly marry happy

Для заполнения пропусков в тексте необходимо использовать слова из списка, каждое только один раз.

1. He was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet and composer. She was a well-educated young lady of great beauty, much younger than him.
2. They met in her father's house in Tiflis and for some time did not realise that they loved each other dearly.
3. When they met again after some period of separation, he asked her to marry him.
4. They were very happy together, but he had to continue his diplomatic career in Tehran where he was murdered in January 1829 by religious fanatics who attacked the Russian embassy.
5. His young widow, on hearing of his death, gave birth to a child, who died a few hours later. She lived another 30 years after her husband's death, rejecting all suitors and winning universal admiration by her fidelity to his memory.
6. The inscription on his tombstone says, 'Your wit and your feat are immortal in the Russian memory, but why did my love outlive you?'

Ответ: beauty, dearly, marry, happy, career, admiration, love.