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1) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

The ripped note

Lauren pulled a ten-pound note from her pocket but as she did so it suddenly ripped down the middle. ‘Oh no, I don’t believe it, it’s ruined! And now I ___ (LOSE) ten pounds!’ she said to her friend, Pete.

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‘Why don’t you tape the two pieces back together? I’m sure it ___ (BE) fine,’ Pete replied. Lauren had her doubts about this, but she decided to try it.

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She got some tape from her desk and taped the note together as Pete had suggested. But an hour later, when she tried to buy a sandwich, the shop owner refused her note. When she asked why, the surly shop owner said, ‘Sorry, but sometimes two halves ___ (NOT MAKE) a whole.’

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Russian vinaigrette

Russian vinaigrette is a type of salad common in Russia, which consists of diced carrots, beetroot and potatoes as well as chopped onions and sometimes sauerkraut. Vinaigrette dressing, from which the salad gets ___ (IT) name, is poured over the top.

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The salad was adapted from European recipes that were popular in the 19th century. However, it is now ___ (WIDELY) eaten in Russia than in western Europe.

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The salad often appears at celebrations alongside other small dishes, such as cold cuts, cheeses, canapes and open sandwiches. Usually ___ (THIS) dishes are laid on the table before the guests arrive.

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The colourful salad is low in calories and full of nutrients, so it ___ (RECOMMEND) for anyone who is on a diet or is just keen to eat healthily.

Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Oases

Oases are areas where trees and plants grow around a body of water in the middle of a desert. They are ___ (USUAL) phenomena because there is so little water or vegetation in desert areas.

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How does the water in an oasis get there? It doesn’t come from the sky, but rather, from underneath the ground. Believe it or not, there are underground rivers and layers of rock which contain water beneath the ___ (SAND) desert floor.

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Pressure from underneath these water sources pushes the water to the surface. In other cases, people have drawn the water out ___ (ARTIFICIAL), through the use of man-made wells.

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An oasis can be quite small, only able to support a limited number of trees and to supply a little water for those who pass by. Other oases are big enough to supply considerable populations of people with ___ (DRINK) water.

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People who survive on oases must be very ___ (CARE) with how they use the water, because they must use it to grow food as well as to drink.

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Many oases have survived for years. They have been of great ___ (IMPORTANT) in terms of setting up trade routes across the desert.

14) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Natalie’s special skill

Natalie had a special skill for shopping, the goal of which was to pay less no matter what. She really knew how to ___ a hard bargain at the market.

1) force
2) drive
3) push
4) shove

15) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Her usual routine was to have a look round, then when she found something she liked, she’d ask the stallholder, ‘Is this your best price? If they ___ yes, she would then give reasons as to why that price was wrong.

1) said
2) told
3) spoke
4) talked

16) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Another tactic was to find some minor problem, depending ___ what she saw. ‘See this table, theres a scratch right there. Do you see it?5 She’d manage to get a few pounds shaved off.

1) in
2) at
3) for
4) on

17) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Sometimes she’d just say, ‘I’ll give you £20 for this.’ Never mind that it was marked £22,50. Any reduction in price was a win. You’d think she was trying to cut ___ on expenditure, but it was more like a game.

1) back
2) up
3) off
4) out

18) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Occasionally she’d meet her ___. A stallholder would have a good comeback for every attempt Natalie made. In the end, though, she would pass on it if she didn’t get what she wanted.

1) twin
2) match
3) double
4) copy

19) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

For her friends, going shopping with her was at least good for a ___ . She once shocked her friend Henry by paying more for something. ‘I’ll give you £200 for this! It’s absolutely gorgeous!’

1) joke
2) fun
3) game
4) laugh

20) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Natalie said about an antique lamp she had ___ upon, which was priced at £150. Henry thought she had fallen and hit her head that morning!

1) stumbled
2) fallen
3) tripped
4) slipped

Words

• among =together with
• average =normal, usual
• BC = Before Christ
• Berber = people who live in Northern Africa
• blossom = to produce flowers
• carry = to take with it
• certain =special
• common = you can find something very often
• consist of =to be made up of
• copper = a metal that shines yellow and brown
• cover =to spread over
• create = make
• crops =a plant like wheat or corn that farmers grow for food
• cut =hack, chop
• cut off =separate
• date = a sweet, sticky brown fruit with a long hard stone inside
• destroy =damage completely, ruin
• develop =build up
• distance =the area from one place to another
• drop = go down
• dryness =the situation of being dry, without any water
• dune = a hill made of sand
• evaporate = water changes into gas
• fertile =good, productive
• fit =good enough; the right ones
• fog = cloudy air near the ground. It is difficult to see through it
• get used to =here: to be in a new place so long that you can live there without any problems
• gravel = small stones
• heat =high temperatures
• heavy = very strong
• height =how high something is
• hump = the high part of a camel
• in search of = to look for
• iron ore =rock from which you can make iron
• landscape =an area or countryside of a special type
• little = not very much
• lose = it doesn’t have something any more
• mammal = an animal that drinks milk from its mother’s body when it is young
• moisture = small parts of water that exist in the air or on the ground
• mountain range = a group of mountains
• mud = wet earth that is soft and sticky
• needle =special kind of leaf that is very sharp
• nomad = a person who travels from place to place to find grass and water for animals
• northwards = to the north
• oasis = a place with water and trees in a desert
• path = way
• peak = the sharp top of a mountain
• plains = a large area of flat land
• plant crops =to grow plants like wheat or corn which farmers use as food
• plateau = a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
• protect =defend , guard
• raise = to look after animals
• raw material =things that exist in nature and which we use every day, like coal, oil, water
• reptile = an animal that changes its body temperature, like a snake
• rise = go up
• rocky =stony, full of rocks
• root = the part of a plant or a tree that grows under the ground and gets water there
• sediment = small stones and sand that rivers carry with them
• seed = a small hard object of a plant. A new plant can grow from this
• shade = out of the sunlight
• spot = place, area
• stem = the long, thin part of a plant
• store = to put away until you need it
• stream = a very small river
• surface =the top layer of an object
• tent =a shelter you put up when you go camping; it is covered with cloth and you hang it to the ground with ropes and poles
• threaten =endanger, put at risk
• thunderstorm = a storm with thunder and lightning
• trade wind = a tropical wind that blows to the equator from the northeast or the southeast
• tribe = a group of people who have the same skin colour, language and religion. They live in a small area
• Tropic of Cancer = a line around the world that lies 23 ½ ° north of the equator
• Tropic of Capricorn = a line around the world that lies 23 ½ ° south of the equator
• wandering dunes = mountains of sand that move from one place to another
• water holes = a small place where animals drink
• well = a deep hole in the ground that has water in it
• wheat =a plant that you make white bread from
• wool = the soft thick hair of some animals

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям А22-А28, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа. TEST  17 ( part 3)

Trees Are a Threat

    The mountain town of Canton is surrounded by thick underbrush and pine trees. Because of six years of drought, these plants are a major fire hazard. Thousands of trees and tons of underbrush are going to be removed over the next five years A22 ………………. a minimum cost of $3 million. The brush will be removed first and only then the trees will be toppled and removed. A cleared nonflammable area will then safely surround the town.

    A recent fire burned 4,000 acres and destroyed 11 homes in nearby Hamilton. The fire was raging toward Canton, but a sudden rainstorm A23 ………………. it out. Residents know that they won’t get lucky twice, so they are looking A24 ………………. to this massive clearing operation, because it will help their town survive a future inferno. ‘But there are two problems,’ said one resident. ‘All the extra trucks are going to make traffic pretty bad. Once the area is cleared, we have to make A25 ………………. dirt bikers don’t try to make the cleared area their personal playground.’

    Ninety percent of the cutting and clearing will be paid with federal funds. Unfortunately, if the trees are on private A26 ………………., they must be paid for by the residents themselves. Prices can range as high as $1,000 to cut and remove one tree. Officials say that residents can apply A27 ………………. state and federal loans if necessary.

    ‘Well, what good does that do me?’ asked Thelma, a 65-year-old widow. ‘I’m living on social security and I’ve got four trees. The government’s not going to loan me money as they know there’s no way I can pay it A28 ………………. . So what am I supposed to do? These planners with all their big ideas ought to think of the poor people.’