Тест для среднего уровня (Intermediate, или B1)

The last haircut I had was in .... summer of 1978, done by one of my colleagues at the barbershop in Worcester. Then a month or two later, I got very sick. I .... in an isolation ward in the local hospital. And when I came home, my hair went pretty thin. I have been compared to a spaniel: if you own a long-haired dog, you don’t always .... trim their hair because it can break off naturally. I’m not bothered about my hair. If I had been, I .... more about it over the years.
I .... hair at Skan’s in Worcester for 50 years. The barbershop .... in 1848, and when I arrived there in the 70s, it was run by the founder’s youngest son. When I got the job, I said to him I wasn’t sure how long I .... , and he replied: “They die in my shop.” I thought about those words this year when I decided .... ; it was about time. We’ve had a good community of customers over the years. Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, used to .... here as a teenager, because his boarding school was nearby, and Neil Fox, the radio DJ, also came here.
I don’t think I’m going to change much in retirement, and I certainly don’t plan on getting a haircut. It .... in the next few years anyway.