Вопрос № 933301 - Английский язык

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Holmes and Watson were on the trail of two bank 1_______.
“Do we know anything about them?” asked Watson as they boarded the Brighton train.
“Yes, Watson. My 2_______ show that they were both born on the same day of the same year and of the same 3_______.”
“So they’re twins!” 4_______ Watson.
“Not so, Watson,” replied Holmes.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? They are two of a set of triplets (or quads, or quins, etc).

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The bank has become a characteristic institution of 1_______ economic life. The business of the bank is to accept deposits from the public and lend money to businessmen. The 2_______ thus deal in debts. They are debtors to all depositors, and if someone borrows from the bank, he or she will become a debtor to the bank. The banks 3_______ a small amount of interest – say about one to two per cent to the depositors, and charge about six to seven per cent from the borrowers. The difference is earned by the bank and out of it all administrative and other 4_______ are incurred.

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Sherlock Holmes had apprehended three 1_______: Robert, Walter and Frank. Each of them had robbed a house in a different part of London at approximately the same time. Robert, who was the oldest, didn’t commit his 2_______ in Ealing, and Walter didn’t rob the house in Clapham. The one who robbed the house in Ealing didn’t steal the gold watch. The one who 3________ the house in Clapham stole the landscape painting. Walter didn’t 4_______ the silver coins.
IN WHAT PART OF LONDON DID FRANK COMMIT HIS CRIME AND WHAT DID HE STEAL? Ealing and the Silver Coins.

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Professor Moriarty and two 1________ had recently robbed a post office. As Moriarty counted out the money, his accomplices, Fingers Malloy and Scarface Jackson, looked on 2_______.
“Right,” announced Moriarty finally. “It comes to a total of £1150, and as I’m the brains behind the operation my 3_______ will be the highest. I will take £38 more than you, Fingers. And as you were the 4_______, Scarface… Fingers will get £34 more than you.”
Fingers and Scarface put up no argument; they simply looked on disapprovingly as Moriarty counted out each man’s share.
HOW MUCH DID EACH OF THEM RECEIVE?
 Moriarty £420
Fingers £382
Scarface £348.

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What is the speed limit on motorway?

Motorist Driving at 120 mph
Motorist Jeremy Page had to pay a fine of £330 at Durham Magistrates’ Court yesterday for speeding. Police stopped him on the motorway. The speed limit on motorways is 70 miles an hour. ‘This was because I was late for work.’ The judge said that this was not excuse.

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Why was Hugh Boggs worried all day?

Hugh Boggs was worried all day. In the morning he received a letter from the police. They asked him to call at the station. Hugh couldn’t understand why the police wanted him. He didn’t do anything wrong. It was perhaps a mistake.
At the police station a policeman told him that his bicycle had been found. It was picked up in the hills in Wales about a hundred miles away. His name and address were written on the wheel.
The bicycle was sent to his home by train. Hugh was very much surprised when he heard the news. He was amused, too, because it was his old broken bicycle he had left behind last summer when returning to town after his holidays. Now when he receives his bicycle, he will have to think how to get rid of it again.