Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. The Airport man Yesterday Ahmed left his home for the first time in eleven years. But his home is a very unusual one – he has (1) _____ the last eleven years living in an international airport. Ahmed had no family in his own country, so eleven years ago he set off to search (2) _____ his sister who lived in Scotland. He hadn’t heard from her for (3) _____, but he had an old address. He never (4) _____ Scotland, however, because while he was (5) _____ for a connecting flight, all his documents (6) _____ stolen and he had to ask for new ones. (7) _____ he had nowhere to go, he stayed in the airport. After a (8) _____ weeks, he was still there. He became (9) _____ as “Sir George” and all the airport staff liked him. Eleven years (10) _____ his documents arrived and he was free to go. But he no longer wanted to!

Вот как я бы заполнил пропуски в этом тексте, анализируя контекст каждого предложения:

1. spent – «he has spent the last eleven years living in an international airport» → правильный вариант, потому что речь идёт о том, что он провёл (провёл время) в аэропорту.

2. for – «to search for his sister» → стандартное выражение «search for someone».

3. years – «He hadn’t heard from her for years» → подходит по смыслу и грамматике.

4. reached – «He never reached Scotland» → подходит по контексту, он так и не добрался до Шотландии.

5. waiting – «while he was waiting for a connecting flight» → нужная форма герундия после «was».

6. were – «all his documents were stolen» → пассивная форма прошедшего времени.

7. Since – «Since he had nowhere to go» → подходящее связующее слово, объясняющее причину.

8. few – «After a few weeks» → стандартное выражение.

9. known – «He became known as “Sir George”» → выражение «become known as…» используется для прозвищ или титулов.

10. later – «Eleven years later his documents arrived» → указывает на время после предыдущих событий.

✅ Полный текст с заполненными пропусками:

Yesterday Ahmed left his home for the first time in eleven years. But his home is a very unusual one – he has spent the last eleven years living in an international airport. Ahmed had no family in his own country, so eleven years ago he set off to search for his sister who lived in Scotland. He hadn’t heard from her for years, but he had an old address. He never reached Scotland, however, because while he was waiting for a connecting flight, all his documents were stolen and he had to ask for new ones. Since he had nowhere to go, he stayed in the airport. After a few weeks, he was still there. He became known as “Sir George” and all the airport staff liked him. Eleven years later his documents arrived and he was free to go. But he no longer wanted to!

Если хочешь, могу объяснить, почему не подходят другие варианты для каждого пропуска. Это помогает закрепить грамматику и лексику.