Themselves to varying degrees of risk in their pursuit of such goals. But

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VARIANT 1

1 Read the text and mark () the following statements «True» or «False».

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

Interviewer: Mr President, you said that you were going to run for

Re-election the first day you were President, in April, 1945. What were

The reasons you decided so soon?

Harry Truman: I always knew that from April, 1945, until January,

I was filling out the fourth term of Roosevelt, who was a great

President. But I had my own ideas, and to carry them out I had to run

For re-election and win. I knew I’d be able to win.

Interviewer: You knew?

Harry Truman: Of course, I knew. I knew the Republicans would

Come up with somebody like Taft or Dewey, and the people of the country

Weren’t ready to turn back the clock — not if they were told the truth.

I had to tell them the truth. The way I’d always campaigned before

Was by talking to people and running for President was the same. The

Only difference was instead of driving to the various places, I went there

By train. But it was the same. I got on a train to tell people what was

Going on and talk to them face to face. People knew that when you get

On the television, you’re wearing a lot of powder and paint that somebody

Else has put on your face. But when you’re standing in front of

Them then people can tell whether you’re telling them the facts or not.

I spoke to between fifteen and twenty million people. I met them face

To face, and I convinced them, and they voted for me.

(by Merle Miller, New York, Berkley Books, 1974)

True False

Harry S. Truman became President in April of 1949.

Truman became President after Roosevelt.

Truman knew from his first day as President that

He wanted to be re-elected.

Truman thought Roosevelt was a great President.

Truman announced his intentions of running for

President from his first day in office.

Truman assumed the Republican candidate would

Be Taft or Eisenhower.

Truman’s campaign for President would involve

A lot of train travel.

Truman wanted to make a lot of television

Appearances to convince people of his ideas.

Truman believes he spoke to between twenty and

Twenty-five million people.

Truman believes people voted for him because he

Told them the truth.

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Variant 1

2 Complete the text with the words from the table.

Exploration of (1) sorts is rooted in the notion of (2)

Risks. Risk underlies any (3) into the unknown, whether it is

A ship captain’s voyage into uncharted seas, a scientist’s research on

Dangerous diseases, or an entrepreneur’s investment in a new venture.

But what exactly pushed Christopher Columbus to embark on a voyage

(4) the Atlantic, or Edward Jenner to test his (5) for an

Early smallpox vaccine on a child, or Henry Ford to bet that automobiles

Could replace horses?

Some of the motivations for taking risks are obvious — (6)

Reward, fame, political gain, saving lives. Many people willingly expose

themselves to varying degrees of risk in their pursuit of such goals. But

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