Ex. 10. Fill in the blanks using the corresponding mood form.

1. She spoke as loudly as if I (was, were) deaf. 2. She said something so softly addressing nobody as if she (was, were) afraid that somebody would hear her. 3. She acted at the stage as calmly as if she (acted, had acted) before. 4. She is cross with me as if I (did her some harm, had done her some harm). 5. He looked at me so strangely as though I (didn't see, had not seen) him many times before. 6. She looked at him so triumphantly as if she (did, had done). something very important. 7. She was crying so bitterly and such large tears were rolling down her cheeks as though somebody (offended, had offended) her.

The Russian people's attitude to life is largely governed by the climate. The Russian winter is known to (1) historians... as "General Winter" because of the (2) decisive ... part that low temperatures played in various attempt of (3) Western Europe to occupy Russia. The Russian climate can be summed up (4) briefly as : spring - wet: roads (5) impassable... from mud; summer - (6) unbearably ... hot: roads turned into dust tracks; autumn - wet: roads (7) impassable... from mud; winter (8) awfully ... cold: roads (9) impassable... from snow.

Among the summer language courses the most expensive ones are in the English-speaking countries. The nearest of them are in England, the cheapest and sunniest are in Malta and the most (1) adventurous… are in the USA. When you make your (2) …choice, you have to think of how much money you are prepared to spend, how far you want to learn. The English world is full of huge (3) variety… of accent. So if you imagine you will want to work in or with the USA, solid (4) knowledge of British RP (received (5) pronounciatoin…) may cause you (6) …unexpected problems, as you will struggle to understand what Americans are saying.