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Christmas trees

One Christmas Eve the trees in a wood were very unhappy. They wished very much to make Christmas stay, but they __________________ how to do so. ‘We are so bare,’ complained one tree. ‘If we only had our pretty green summer dresses,’ said other trees.

NOT KNOW

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Santa Claus

The man we know as Santa Claus has a history all to his own. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red, but his story A_______________________ the 3rd century to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 AD in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his kindness, St. Nicholas B_______________________. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. Over the course of many years, Nicholas’s popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day C_______________________ his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe.

St. Nicholas first D_______________________ at the end of the 18th century. The name Santa Claus evolved from a Dutch shortened form of Sint Nikolaas. As his popularity grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a jocker with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a huge pair of Flemish trousers.

In the 19^th centuries big stores E_______________________ using images of the newly-popular Santa Claus. In 1841, thousands of children visited a Philadelphia shop to see a life-size Santa Claus model. It F_______________________ before stores began to attract children, and their parents, with the lure of a peek at the “real-life” Santa Claus with his famous white beard and red gown.

1.  began to advertise Christmas shopping

2.  became the subject of many legends

3.  began dressing up unemployed men in

4.  is celebrated on the anniversary of

5.  was only a matter of time

6.  stretches all the way back to

7.  appeared in American popular culture

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Часть предложения

Задания на контроль грамматических навыков

Задание 1

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Christmas trees

[1] One Christmas Eve the trees in a wood were very unhappy. They wished very much to make Christmas stay, but they _____________ how to do so. ‘We are so bare,’ complained one tree. ‘If we only had our pretty green summer dresses,’ said other trees.

[2] ‘Hush, children, hush,’ whispered North Wind in a gentle voice, which was unusual for the _____________ of all winds. ‘Go to sleep.’ While they slept something happened.

[3] When the trees awoke they found that someone, perhaps North Wind, had cast over each of _____________ a lovely soft cloak of spotless feathery white.

NOT KNOW

BAD

THEY

Seagull problem

[4] The councillors of Dumfries, Scotland, are determined to do something about the seagull problem. Dumfries is the _____________ town in the region invaded by seagulls which attack people. The birds protect their nests.

[5] Local authorities declared that next spring special anti-gull ‘task-force’ _____________ the gull nests. “Seagulls are a menace to Scottish, towns,” said Environment Minister Michael Russell.

[6] “Recently, they _____________ aggressive to other birds, pets and even people.”

[7] Councillor Jack Groom said the time for talk was over, adding that it was time for action before _____________ people were hurt by the gulls.

THREE

DESTROY

BECOME

MANY

Задание 2

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A lesson on efficiency

[1] I remember my last year at school very well. There were three boys _____________ William in my class.

[2] Miss Fisher, one of the teachers, called them all William, and sometimes we _____________ guess which one she was talking to.

[3] One day, during a lesson on efficiency, she thundered, “William, put that gum you _____________ in the wastepaper bin at once!” All three of them started to rise, paused, then walked to the front of the class to dispose of their gum. The teacher beamed. “Three for one! Now that’s efficiency.”

NAME

NOT CAN

CHEW

Monet’s Garden

[4] Monet’s Garden was created in 1883 in the Valley of the River Epte by Claude Monet, the leader of the Impressionist painters. Monet liked _____________ a subject in the open air and planned that his future garden would inspire artists and photographers.

[5] With the support of the local authorities, Monet had a small pond dug, even though his peasant neighbours _____________ it.

[6] They were afraid that his strange plants _____________ the water. Near the pond, there is a water-garden with its famous willows and water-lilies, which still appear to await the eye of the master for a final canvas.

[7] This wonderful play of light and shadow inspired _____________ for the immortal paintings.

PAINT

NOT LIKE

POISON

HE

Задания на контроль лексико-грамматических (словообразовательных) навыков

Задание 3

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White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

[1] The ancient city of Vladimir was founded in 1108 by the Kiev Prince Vladimir Monomach. It contains an important group of monuments. The Cathedral of the Assumption was intended to be the _____________ centre of all Russia.

[2] It was built in the town Kremlin as a single-domed structure with the facade _____________ for its carved reliefs.

[3] Most of the 12th-century frescoes were destroyed by Mongols, but new mural _____________ were added in 1408 by Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chemii, in particular the famous Last Judgment.

[4] Suzdal, which lies some 25 km north of Vladimir, was the site of a _____________ in the 9th and 10th centuries, which became a fortress. A posad, which was housing craftsmen and shopkeepers, developed around it.

[5] Within, dominating the whole town stands the Cathedral of the Nativity with its five-domed top and Golden Doors. The interior _____________ is important in Russian art.

[6] The buildings in Vladimir and Suzdal have been the centre of _____________ tourism for several decades and a good deal of restoration has been carried out.

RELIGION

REMARK

PAINT

SETTLE

DECORATE

CULTURE

Задание 4

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Transport in Bangkok

[1] Bangkok is known as the “Venice of the East”. Today, many of the canals have been filled in and paved over to make room for roads, but a massive network of waterways still crosses the city. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Bangkok experienced _____________ influence.

[2] As a result, the city _____________ shifted to a road-based transport system.

[3] Over the last decade, Bangkok has evolved from a humid riverside city into a modem, rapidly growing Asian _____________ centre. Business travellers will appreciate the city’s growth in public transportation and its world-class airport.

[4] The Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is located 25km east of the city centre, contributed greatly to Bangkok’s _____________.

[5] A modern, convenient elevated rail link connects the airport to the city in 30 minutes, helping _____________ avoid traffic jams.

[6] The city’s modem public transportation system is a _____________ of sky trains and underground subways. It has transformed the bustling city centre into a futuristic district of street-level roads, elevated roads and sky trains.

EUROPE

SLOW

COMMERCE

DEVELOP

VISIT

COMBINE

Задания на контроль лексико-грамматических навыков

Задание 5

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Childhood memories

I was told my father was killed in the war. Whenever I questioned my mother about his death, she didn’t [1] _____ any more than that he had been killed fighting on the Western Front only days before the peace treaty with Germany was signed. Grandma said my dad had been a brave man, and once when we were [2] _____ in the house she showed me his medals. My grandpa rarely [3] _____ an opinion on anything, but then he was hard of hearing so he might not have heard the question in the first place.

The only man I can [4] _____ was my uncle Stan who used to sit at the top of the table at breakfast time. When he left in the morning, I [5] _____ to follow him to the city docks where he worked. Every day I spent at the dockyard was an adventure. Cargo ships came from distant lands and unloaded their wares: rice, sugar, bananas and many other things I’d never heard of. Once the holds had been emptied, the dockers would load them with salt, tin, [6] _____ coal (my least favourite because it was an obvious clue to what I’ve been doing all day and annoyed my mother), before they set off again. I always wanted to help my uncle Stan unload [7] _____ ship had docked that morning but he just laughed, saying “All in good time, my lad.” It couldn’t be soon enough for me.

[1]

1) talk

2) speak

3) tell

4) say

Ответ: I 1

[2]

1) single

2) only

3) lonely

4) alone

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[3]

1) offered

2) proposed

3) requested

4) invited

Ответ: [ ]

[4]

1) recover

2) repeat

3) remember

4) remind

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[5]

1) used

2) kept

3) held

4) made

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[6]

1) still

2) even

3) just

4) yet

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[7]

1) whatever

2) wherever

3) whenever

4) whoever

Ответ: [ ]

Задание 6

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Merrywood Elementary

My mother decided it was time for me to go to school. I was sent to Merrywood Elementary when I was six and I thought it was a complete waste of time. What was the [1] _____ of school when I could learn all I needed at the docks? It turned [2] _____ that Mum had other plans for my future which didn’t include joining Uncle Stan in the shipyard.

Once Mum had dropped me off each morning, I would hang around in the yard until she was out of sight, and then slope off to the docks. I made sure I was always back at the school gates when she returned to pick me up in the afternoon. On the [3] _____ back home, I had to be very inventive. I would [4] _____ her everything I’d done at school that day. I was good at making up stories. [5] _____ it wasn’t long before she discovered that was all they were: stories.

Occasionally Mr. Haskins, the gatekeeper, decided he’d seen me leave the school too often and I’d be [6] _____ to the headmaster. My form master, Mr. Holcombe, never let on if I didn’t show up for his class, but then he was a bit soft.

One or two other boys from my school also [7] _____ to hang around the docks but I kept my distance from them. They were older and bigger and never missed a chance to beat me if I got in their way.

[1]

1) help

2) goal

3) aim

4) point

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[2]

1) off

2) out

3) in

4) over

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[3]

1) path

2) track

3) trial

4) way

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[4]

1) speak

2) tell

3) talk

4) say

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[5]

1) therefore

2) although

3) however

4) moreover

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[6]

1) reminded

2) remembered

3) reported

4) required

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[7]

1) kept

2) used

3) held

4) had

Ответ: [ ]

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