A visiting relative Mum has just announced that Aunt Caroline 1----- to stay with us for a few days at the end of the month. Aunt Caroline is my mum`s younger sister and they have always been quit close despite 2----some differences in tastes and lifestyle. I`m not entirely sure how I feel about her visit. She can be great fun, but she`s `sometimes difficult to get on with, especially now that 3---- older. When I was 4---- child, I used to stay with her in her country house during the summer holidays. That was always a perfect time, and I look back on 5---- visits with great pleasure. Aunt Caroline 6---- me climb the trees in her garden and explore the woods on my own. We also shared a love of edible treats of all kinds, including extravagant pastries and cakes. But she doesn`t seem 7---- that I`m not a child any more , and she goes on treating me like the schoolgirl I once was. I suspect she 8---- me sweets again – which I no longer enjoy – and I`ll have 9---- that I`m thrilled in order to avoid looking ungrateful. Mum says I must meet Aunt Caroline at the station on Sunday morning. Perhaps once she 10---- my newly-acquired driving skills she`ll realize that I`m all grown up now, and hopefully will behave accordingly.  

1. a) will come                     
b) comes                    
c) is coming                      
d) came

2. a) have                           
b) they have                
c) having                          
d) they had

3. a) am                              
b) am being                
c) have been                    
d) was

4. a) an                               
b) the                         
c) a                                  
d) one

5. a) those                           
b) some                      
c) this                               
d) each

6. a) would let                      
b) was letting              
c) had let                           
d) did let

7. a) understand                   
b) to understand          
c) understanding               
d) understood

8. a) will bring                      
b) is bringing               
c) has brought                  
d) brings

9. a) pretend                        
b) pretending               
c) pretended                    
d) to pretend

10. a) is seeing                     
b) has seen                  
c) will see                        
d) see​

Правильные ответы:

1. c) is coming

2. c) having

3. a) am

4. c) a

5. a) those

6. a) would let

7. b) to understand

8. a) will bring

9. d) to pretend

10. b) has seen

Полный текст:

Mum has just announced that Aunt Caroline is coming to stay with us for a few days at the end of the month. Aunt Caroline is my mum’s younger sister and they have always been quite close despite having some differences in tastes and lifestyle. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about her visit. She can be great fun, but she’s sometimes difficult to get on with, especially now that I am older. When I was a child, I used to stay with her in her country house during the summer holidays. That was always a perfect time, and I look back on those visits with great pleasure. Aunt Caroline would let me climb the trees in her garden and explore the woods on my own. We also shared a love of edible treats of all kinds, including extravagant pastries and cakes. But she doesn’t seem to understand that I’m not a child any more, and she goes on treating me like the schoolgirl I once was. I suspect she will bring me sweets again – which I no longer enjoy – and I’ll have to pretend that I’m thrilled in order to avoid looking ungrateful. Mum says I must meet Aunt Caroline at the station on Sunday morning. Perhaps once she has seen my newly-acquired driving skills she’ll realize that I’m all grown up now, and hopefully will behave accordingly.

Объяснение:

1. is coming — Present Continuous часто используется для запланированных действий в будущем: тётя уже собирается приехать в конце месяца.

2. despite having — после despite обычно употребляется существительное или глагол с окончанием -ing: despite having some differences.

3. am older — речь идёт о нынешнем состоянии: «теперь, когда я стала старше». Здесь нужен обычный глагол am, а не форма Continuous или Past.

4. a child — устойчивое выражение: when I was a child — «когда я была ребёнком».

5. those visits — имеются в виду конкретные визиты в прошлом, о которых только что говорилось. Поэтому используется указательное слово those.

6. would let — конструкция would + инфинитив описывает повторяющиеся действия в прошлом: «она обычно разрешала мне…».

7. seem to understand — после seem обычно ставится инфинитив с to: doesn’t seem to understand.

8. will bring — говорящая делает предположение о будущем: «я подозреваю, что она снова принесёт мне сладости».

9. have to pretend — после have to используется инфинитив без -ing: «мне придётся притвориться».

10. has seen — после союзов времени once, when, after, before, until для будущего часто используется Present Perfect, если одно действие должно завершиться раньше другого: сначала тётя увидит навыки вождения, затем поймёт, что племянница уже взрослая.