Вариант 14

Kate called me early in the morning. It was the (20) day of holidays; I felt angry with her for waking me up. “What (21) ?” I didn’t sound very polite, but she paid no attention to that. “Oh, nothing! I want to go shopping today and wondered if you wanted to go with (22) .” “No, I don’t want to.” “But it (23) you long! I promise.” My first impulse was to say “no” – unlike most (24) I hated shopping. But Kate sounded so unhappy that I felt sorry for her. “Ok, what do you need to buy?” Kate’s voice (25) cheerful again. She excitedly explained to me that she (26) to buy a pair of hiking boots and a raincoat. That (27) strange as Kate had never been fond of hiking. “I want to take up hiking as a new hobby,” went on Kate. “Bob Smith says that it’s very exciting.” Now I knew what was going on. Bob Smith, the captain of the school baseball team, was the (28) boy in our school. All the girls wanted to attract his attention.