Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society.

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

fighting (27) _______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile - and controversial - business magnates of the 20lh Century.

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero...

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

...he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English.

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

...he arrived in this country (24) ______ the age of 17...

Read the text below. For questions (23–34) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

There Was a Crooked Man!

David Suchet plays disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
BBC2 Friday

There's a „you couldn't make it up‟ quality to the life story of newspaper baron Robert Maxwell. He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______ he arrived in this country (24) the age of 17, he couldn't speak a (25) ______ of English. Yet he (26) ______ to become a war hero, fighting (27) ______ a captain in the British Army, and one of the most high-profile — and controversial — business magnates of the 20^th Century.

This week's BBC2 drama Maxwell (28) ______ the story of the final months of his life, leading up to his mysterious drowning off the coast of Tenerife in 1991.

His media empire, which included the Daily Mirror, Macmillan Publishing and the New York Daily News, was haemorrhaging cash. In a desperate attempt to staunch the losses, Maxwell (played by David Suchet) started to raid the pension funds of his companies, stealing about £500,000.

„He (29) ______ nothing to become this huge business magnate and massively colourful figure,‟ says David, best known for his role as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

„Even though Maxwell gatecrashed society events and made (30) ______ he was photographed with powerful figures such as Russia's President Gorbachev, he never felt embraced by society. He became a media tycoon (31) ______ he was desperate to have influence.‟

David (32) ______ hours of footage of Maxwell and says he developed a strong sense of his character's intimidating natural authority.

„Playing Maxwell, I felt the (33) ______ power of the man,‟ he says. “That's dangerously intoxicating for everyone. Down the centuries, nothing has been abused more than power — from Napoleon and Hitler to Saddam Hussein. If you know that when you (34) your fingers people will jump to attention, it can be very seductive.‟

He was born into extreme poverty in Czechoslovakia in 1923, and (23) ______

Read the text below. Choose from (A–H) the one which best fits each of (17–22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

What Do Clairvoyants Believe?

If the messages clairvoyants receive are not from friendly spirits, then where do they come from?

Clairvoyants are thought to „see clearly‟ into the lives of their clients and give them psychic information. There are a number of different ways in which these psychic abilities can be explained:

Some clairvoyants believe there is a visible vibration or frequency around the body that looks like a colourful blur. This is called the Kirilian aura and it is said to be a personal indicator of physical, mental and spiritual well-being:

A strong aura may mean that the person is healthy, open and friendly.

(17) ______ .

Auras have been caught on film on many occasions, and some Kirilian photographs of people with missing limbs actually show an aura around the space where their limb once was.

A more scientific view of clairvoyance is the belief in a „third eye‟. (18) ______ . Its usage has since diminished due to the relative safety of modem life.

This „eye‟ is able to look upon the psychic plane and see the past, present and future, or anything the clairvoyant is searching for.

The „third eye‟ is also important in several forms of spiritual healing, such as Reiki. The third eye is located at the brow Chakra.

(19) ______ . Parapsychologists have long held this view and believe that it is only our limited senses that prevent us from perceiving a fourth dimension on which time exists as a whole.

(20) ______ . In the fourth dimension, clairvoyants are able to make contact with spirits from the past and even from the future, for example, the spirits of children not yet born.

Though not all people are gifted with clairvoyance, there is no shortage of those who are. (21) ______ .

The difference between clairvoyants today is not so much measured by their psychic power, but rather by what they choose to do with their abilities for the service of other people. (22) ______ . The very nature of this gift, however, would make it very difficult for it to be used to hurt others. Many clairvoyants also believe that to use their gift for the wrong reasons, such as for financial gain, would be a betrayal.

(22) ______ .