Не встречали вы в каком-нибудь учебнике подобный текст? Предположительно на 68 странице, это явно часть теста. На самом деле в скобках указано не (1), (2)..., а (16), (17) и так далее. Я точно где-то видела, но теперь не могу вспомнить, где. А книгу важно найти как можно быстрее.
THE LONDON MARATHON
The London Marathon is one of the best-known long-distance races (0) ...in... the world. Some of the (1) ......... famous long-distance runners have competed in it. But (2) ......... makes it different from many other great sporting events is (3) ......... fact that ordinary people can (4) ......... part alongside international stars.
The race was the idea of Chris Brasher, a former Olympic athlete. In 1979, friends told him about the New York Marathon, during (5) .......... the runners are encouraged to carry (6) .......... to the end of the course by the enthusiastic shouts of the spectators. He flew to the USA to run in the race (7) ......... was so impressed by (8) ......... that he decided to organise a similar event in Britain. Many problems (9) ......... to be overcome before the first London Marathon took place in 1981. Chris Brasher still takes a keen interest in the event, even though he is no (10) ......... the organiser.
(11) ......... total of around 300,000 runners have completed the race, with a record of 25,194 finishing in 1984. Numbers are limited (12) ......... the streets of London are too narrow to accommodate all those (13) ......... would like to run. Each year more than 70,000 apply (14) ......... the 26,000 places in the race. Hundreds of thousands of spectators line the route and at least a hundred countries televise it. Over the year, (15) ......... the first race was held, an estimated £75 million has been raised for charity by the runners.