Exercise 13. Underline the correct form.
1. When the police stopped/were stopping Smith's car for a routine check, they realized that he was
the man who robbed/had robbed the bank.
2. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on/was turning on the light. Someone or
something climbed/was climbing in my window!
3. Unfortunately Jan arrived/was arriving at the station at 3.25, and found that she missed/had
missed the train.
4. The doctors tried/had been trying their best, but while they were performing the operation, the
patient died/was dying.
5. We'd been watching the film for half an hour before we realized that we were making/had made a
terrible mistake. We went/had gone into the wrong cinema!
6. On the morning of the accident, Mr Davis just finished/had just finished a night shift at a local
factory, and didn't have/hadn't had any sleep for 24 hours.
7. I'm sorry I didn't answer/wasn’t answering the phone earlier, but I was painting/had been
painting the ceiling in my bedroom.
8. The office Marlowe was visiting was on the 15th floor, and unfortunately, the lift wasn’t
working/hadn't been working, so by the time he arrived at the top of the stairs, he was/had been
out of breath.
9. On Christmas morning when they woke up/were waking up, the children looked eagerly out of
the window. It snowed/had been snowing, and the garden was covered in a thick white carpet.
10. After the two film stars landed/were landing at the small airport, they left quickly in a van that
was waiting/had been waiting for them since the early morning.

На русском:В детстве я мечтала быть певицей, потому что любила петь и хотела стать знаменитой, но потом поняла, что это была только лишь детская мечта. Я люблю много читать и писать что-то интересное, высказывать свое мнение и спорить
о чем-либо и быть может именно поэтому я стала задумываться о профессии журналиста. Сейчас я уже уверенно могу сказать, что это именно то, что мне нужно. 

на английском:In my childhood, I dreamed of being a singer, because I loved to sing and wanted to become famous, but later I realized that it was just a childhood dream. I like to read and write a lot of interesting things, express my opinion and argue about anything and maybe that's why I began to think about the profession of a journalist. Now I can confidently say that this is exactly what I need.

Nowadays the profession of an account is very important. Every office, every organization has got centralized accounting. 
In every organization there is a specialist, who should be able to maintain the accounting, inventory, make accounting reports and settlements with suppliers and consumers, calculate profit or anticipate losses, calculated salaries of the stuff and so on. That is why we need qualified specialists, who are able to carry out necessary and very serious documentation, know the law and many other materials. Therefore, a person who works as an accountant must be a very clever, responsible and serious.
Nowadays many institutions and universities in all countries prepare specialists we call as accountants. 

В настоящее время профессия счета очень важно. Каждое ведомство, каждая организация имеет централизованной бухгалтерии. В каждой организации есть специалист, который должен уметь вести бухгалтерский учет, учет материальных ценностей, сделать бухгалтерский отчет, произвести расчеты с поставщиками и потребителями, рассчитать прибыль или предвидеть убытки, рассчитать заработную плату сотрудникам и так далее. Бухгалтер должен уметь вести необходимую и очень серьезную документацию, знать законодательство и многие другие материалы. Поэтому человек, работающий бухгалтером, должен быть очень грамотным, ответственный и серьезным. В настоящее время многие институты и университеты во всех странах подготовка специалистов мы называем бухгалтерами.