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Помогите с английским, пожалуйста, срочно. Вставьте правильны формы глаголов The sport of snowboarding is booming and the person responsible for this is Jake Burton. Burton, the antithesis of a hard-nosed businessman, is the president and founder of what is now a multimillion-dollar corporation. "I have the best job in the world," says Burton. "1 ride my board several days a week, the company is making money, the sport is blossoming." Though Burton 1__________ (often call) the inventor of the snowboard, he 2_________ (refuse) to take credit for anything more than improving on somebody else's idea. He 3_________ (settle), instead, for the label 'snowboard pioneer'. The first snow­board-like object 4_____________ (produce) by Sherman Poppen who, in 1965, 5_____________ (bolt) two skis together for his children to slide on. Poppen 6 his invention the Snurfer. Jake Burton 7 ___________--(give) a Snurfer when he was 14 years old. 'T 8_________ (always feel) there was an opportunity for it to 9____________ (market) better," he says, "for serious technology to 10____________ (apply) to it, so Snurfing could 11________ (become) a legitimate sport instead of a cheap toy." According to Jake's father, although Jake 12___________(not possess) any innate entrepreneurial spirit, once he had the idea for this board in his head, he 13____________ (put) every bit of his energy into it. Jake Burton's teenage years 14____________ (marry) by tragedy: his older brother 15_____ (kill) in Vietnam when Burton was 12, and their mother 16__________ (die) of leukemia five years later. "The loss made for two things," says Burton, "real independence and an ability to 17 ________(persevere)." Both 18__________ (bring) into play in December 1977, when, shortly after he 19________ (earn) a degree in economics and 20___________ (leave) a small sum in his grandmother's will, he 21_________ (found) Burton Snowboards. He was 23. In the beginning Burton 22 ___________(employ) as a barman by night and 23________ (make) snowboard prototypes by day. After constructing more than 100 тmodels, he finally had a board he was pleased with. That hurdle overcome, he had to 24____________ (convince) people to buy the things. One major stumbling block was the fact that snowboards 25________ (ban) at virtually all ski areas. Finally, after 1983, when restrictions at many ski resorts 26_________ (loosen), snowboard sales 27___________ (climb). Now 95% of the ski areas in the US 28 _____(allow) boarding, as do all ski areas in Europe. An international circuit of snowboard racing and free­style events 29_________ (start) in 1986, and the sport 30 __________(make) its Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

Answer 1

Though Burton 1__________ (is often called) the inventor of the snowboard, he 2_________ (refuses) to take credit for anything more than improving on somebody else's idea. He 3_________ (has settled), instead, for the label 'snowboard pioneer'.
The first snow­board-like object 4_____________ (was produced) by Sherman Poppen who, in 1965,
5_____________ (He bolted) two skis together for his children to slide on. Poppen 6 called his invention the Snurfer. Jake Burton 7 ___________-- (was given) a Snurfer when he was 14 years old. 'T 8_________ (had always felt) there was an opportunity for it to 9____________ (be marketed) better," he says, "for serious technology to 10____________ (be applied) to it, so Snurfing could 11________ ( become) a legitimate sport instead of a cheap toy." According to Jake's father, although Jake 12___________(did not possess) any innate entrepreneurial spirit, once he had the idea for this board in his head, he 13____________ (put) every bit of his energy into it.
Jake Burton's teenage years 14____________ (were marred) by tragedy: his older brother 15_____ (was killed) in Vietnam when Burton was 12, and their mother 16__________ (died) of leukemia five years later. "The loss made for two things," says Burton, "real independence and an ability to 17 ________(persevere)." Both 18__________ (were brought) into play in December 1977, when, shortly after he 19________ (earned) a degree in economics and 20___________ (was left) a small sum in his grandmother's will, he 21_________ (founded) Burton Snowboards. He was 23.
In the beginning Burton 22 ___________(was employed) as a barman by night and 23________ (made) snowboard prototypes by day. After constructing more than 100 models, he finally had a board he was pleased with. That hurdle overcome, he had to 24____________ (convince) people to buy the things. One major stumbling block was the fact that snowboards 25________ (were banned) at virtually all ski areas.
Finally, after 1983, when restrictions at many ski resorts 26_________ (were loosened), snowboard sales 27___________ (climbed). Now 95% of the ski areas in the US 28 _____(allow) boarding, as do all ski areas in Europe. An international circuit of snowboard racing and free­style events 29_________ (started) in 1986, and the sport 30 __________(made) its Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. 

Answer 2

The sport of snowboarding is booming and the person responsible for this is Jake Burton. Burton, the antithesis of a hard-nosed businessman, is the president and founder of what is now a multimillion-dollar corporation. "I have the best job in the world," says Burton. "I ride my board several days a week, the company is making money, the sport is blossoming." Though Burton is often called (often called) the inventor of the snowboard, he refused (refused) to take credit for anything more than improving on somebody else's idea. He settled (settled), instead, for the label 'snowboard pioneer'. The first snowboard-like object was produced (was produced) by Sherman Poppen who, in 1965, bolted (bolted) two skis together for his children to slide on. Poppen named (named) his invention the Snurfer. Jake Burton was given (was given) a Snurfer when he was 14 years old. 'I always felt (always felt) there was an opportunity for it to be marketed (be marketed) better," he says, "for serious technology to be applied (to be applied) to it, so Snurfing could become (could become) a legitimate sport instead of a cheap toy." According to Jake's father, although Jake did not possess (did not possess) any innate entrepreneurial spirit, once he had the idea for this board in his head, he put (put) every bit of his energy into it. Jake Burton's teenage years were marked (were marked) by tragedy: his older brother was killed (was killed) in Vietnam when Burton was 12, and their mother died (died) of leukemia five years later. "The loss made for two things," says Burton, "real independence and an ability to persevere (persevere)." Both were brought (were brought) into play in December 1977, when, shortly after he had earned (had earned) a degree in economics and had left (had left) a small sum in his grandmother's will, he founded (founded) Burton Snowboards. He was 23. In the beginning, Burton was employed (was employed) as a barman by night and made (made) snowboard prototypes by day. After constructing more than 100 models, he finally had a board he was pleased with. That hurdle overcome, he had to convince (convince) people to buy the things. One major stumbling block was the fact that snowboards were banned (were banned) at virtually all ski areas. Finally, after 1983, when restrictions at many ski resorts were loosened (were loosened), snowboard sales climbed (climbed). Now 95% of the ski areas in the US allow (allow) boarding, as do all ski areas in Europe. An international circuit of snowboard racing and freestyle events started (started) in 1986, and the sport made (made) its Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.