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3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

down in at about at of out at of in for about of by on to about to in with in of about in up of in of for by of behind in about near by under with for of in with off in on at of before of

1. Adam put the phone …, and went to find coffee. Darlene arrived, tired, …

seven-thirty. Adam asked her to send the ineffectiveness claim … … the US

Supreme Court.

2. Adam parked … the grounds … the state buildings. Goodman was waiting … a

tree … his jacket … and sleeves rolled …, his bow tie perfect.

3. The main courtroom … the federal building was full. The Attorney General sat

… the state’s table … half a dozen assistants. Two rows … them sat the

governor. The rest … the crowd was mainly reporters. … the back row sat

Rollie Wedge.

4. Adam stood … the table … the center … the courtroom. He began … asking

Swinn some basic questions … his education and training.

5. … response … Adam`s questions, Swinn talked … his two hours … Sam

Cayhall … the previous Tuesday.

6. Swinn talked … the causes … Sam’s problems. He described the horrors …

living … a cell, … the gas chamber, twenty-three hours a day; … being denied

companionship.

7. The Attorney General began … asking … the large fee Swinn was charging …

his services. Slattery was not impressed … this argument, he knew that all

experts get paid … giving evidence. The Attorney General then began a long

series … questions … other cases … which Swinn had given evidence.

8. Adam was not surprised … the effect of Packer’s evidence.

9. Perhaps the turning point … the hearing came when Packer told the story …

Sam wanting to see a sunrise … he died. Sam said that he’d like to go … early

one morning and see the sun come … .

10. Sam lay … the darkness and waited … midnight. His life was … the hands …

a federal judge.

Chapter XIII The Chamber

Vocabulary notes.

1.

radio talk show host

ведущий радиопрограммы

2.

to curse

проклинать

3.

to fit nicely

хорошо сидеть на фигуре

4.

with an easy smile

улыбчивый

5.

to be in control

быть собранным, сосредоточенным

6.

there is nothing left

ничего не осталось

7.

miserable

несчастный

II. Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.

III. Reading between the lines.

1. The sensation of being fully dressed in real clothes brought sudden, painful

memories of the free world.

2. “You take care,” Sam said. “And thanks. You know, you’re the only one who

cared.”

3. There was an execution list, a chart of the twenty-nine steps to be taken to begin

and complete the task. Nugent knew every step on the list.

4. David McAllister was going to get a lot of attention. It was a great moment.

5. The governor went out by a side door to a waiting car. A mile away, a helicopter

was also waiting.

6. Sam stopped. Adam held his breath and hoped that he had finished. He felt sick.

The horror will never end, he thought.

7. “That bomb was wired by someone else, not me. The other person set the bomb

to go off much later.”

8. Ralph Griffin pushed past the guards and left. He found a dark corner and wept

like a child. He would not see Sam again.

9. “I’ll die a proud man, son, because of you.”

10. Adam cried for the whole Cayhall family and their miserable history.