Задание 42553 ЕГЭ по английскому языку

His aunt Gladys would never have spent the money, ________ (34) she could afford to — far more so than his mother.

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An invitation

It was Friday. Adrian's mother called and asked if he wanted to go to a black-tie ________ (30) with her at the Museum of Science that evening. It was an elegant dinner that the museum gave every year, and she was on the board.

Her sister Gladys was ________ (31) to go with her, but she cancelled at the last minute, with a bad cold.

He thought about it for a minute and then ________ (32). It was nice to do something for her.

Delia, his mother, was very independent, led a busy life, and rarely asked anything of her son. She ________ (33) him she thought he'd enjoy it. He had been to the same dinner with her once a few years before, and he knew that the tickets cost a fortune. It was one of the charity things she could do with the money she got from her husband's insurance. Now she went every year and treated her sister to the ticket.

He picked his mother up at her apartment that night. She was wearing a simple black evening gown, and she looked glamorous. Seeing her, he was suddenly ________ (35) of the picture of the countess that he had seen in the gallery that afternoon.

His mother had the same aristocratic elegance of another time. And he was proud to be with her, as she took his arm and ________ (36) him to the town car he had hired for the evening.