September mood in england ответы егэ

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Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами, однокоренные слова, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста.

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September Mood in England

It’s Monday morning and Miss Williams walks into her office. Her holiday is over and she __RETURN__ (just) to work.

She looks tanned, relaxed and __HAPPY__ than usual.

The other girls stand round her. ‘Where __GO__ (you)?’ one of the girls asks.

‘Italy, not far from Naples. I enjoyed it very much.’ she answers, __SMILE__ happily.

Her boss, Mr. Wetridge comes in ten minutes later. He looks a bit worried because he __THINK__ about the winter.

Central heating __INSTALL__ in his house five years ago and now it’s time to have it repaired.

Besides, his wife wants him to put in double glazing. But she __NOT UNDERSTAND__ that to double-glaze all the windows will cost quite a lot of money.

September Mood in England

It’s Monday morning and Miss Williams walks into her office. Her holiday is over and she HAS JUST RETURNED to work.

She looks tanned, relaxed and HAPPIER than usual.

The other girls stand round her. ‘Where DID YOU GO?’ one of the girls asks.

‘Italy, not far from Naples. I enjoyed it very much.’ she answers, SMILING happily.

Her boss, Mr. Wetridge comes in ten minutes later. He looks a bit worried because he IS THINKING about the winter.

Central heating WAS INSTALLED in his house five years ago and now it’s time to have it repaired.

Besides, his wife wants him to put in double glazing. But she DOES NOT UNDERSTAND that to double-glaze all the windows will cost quite a lot of money.

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Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А—G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

A Dana has been very successful recently.

B Ken is going to tell Dana some important information.

C Dana is looking for the job at the moment.

D Dana’s promotion came through quite unexpectedly.

E Dana didn’t get a raise in her salary.

F Ken is getting married in two weeks.

G Dana is surprised to hear that her friend is getting married.

Вы услышите рассказ популярной американской певицы о её карьере. В заданиях 3—9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Вы услышите запись дважды.

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The narrator says she started to write songs
1) when she was ten.
2) because she could not talk.
3) because it was the best way to express her feelings.
Ответ: .

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According to the narrator,
1) she could afford to have a recording studio.
2) her family was not well off.
3) she bought Christmas presents for her friends.
Ответ: .

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The narrator returned to Texas because
1) her apartment burnt down.
2) she had got several college music scholarships.
3) a friend told her about the American Idol audition in Dallas.
Ответ: .

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Looking back on the show, the narrator says that
1) few people really believed she could win.
2) the members of the crew were not at all supportive.
3) everyone was supporting her.
Ответ: .

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The narrator thinks that
1) she ought to become thinner.
2) she could serve as a role model for young girls.
3) girls should not live up to their idols.
Ответ: .

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The narrator dreams of
1) touring the world.
2) having a permanent relationship.
3) staying single.
Ответ: .

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The narrator considers herself
1) to be a celebrity.
2) practical and sensible.
3) honest and sincere.
Ответ: .

Раздел 2. ЧТЕНИЕ

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Установите соответствие между заголовками 1—8 и текстами A—G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

A. Young children have a genetic ability to learn language. They come into the world as eager learning machines, and language acquisition is a major aspect of this learning. How children actually learn language is not entirely clear, however. Most linguists believe that they do it primarily by listening to and trying to communicate with adult speakers. Initially, this means that they copy the way adults use words and grammar.

B. Learning a second or third language is easier in early childhood than later. It is particularly important to learn correct pronunciation as young as possible. At any age, learning by constant contact with native speakers in their own society is the quickest and the most effective method. It is superior to taking foreign language classes because it forces you to concentrate on it all of the time.

C. Learning a second language can be affected by the patterns of the first language. There can be some blending of phonemes. For instance, most Americans who learn French in high school or college pronounce French words with a distinctive American accent. Grammar can also be affected. English speakers who learn both French and Spanish sometimes combine grammatical rules of both when speaking either of them.

D. Until just a few years ago, language study was limited to the classroom or personal tutor, or home study by book. In the last few decades technology has given us a much needed audio option — first vinyl records, then cassettes and CDs. Now technology has given us a new format — the Internet. Options to learn a language by Internet are still limited but the potential is not.

E. What is important when learning a language? If you have the desire and persistence, time is the only factor that you may have to work with. How much time you can devote to learning will play a role in how quickly you can learn the language. Just remember how exciting it will be and how rewarding you will feel at the accomplishment.

F. Rather than have businessmen, diplomats, scientists and tourists from every country learning all the major languages that they want to learn or need to learn, Esperantists would have everyone just learn one second language — Esperanto. Then everyone could communicate with everyone, everywhere. The major ‘national’ languages could keep their special characteristics for anyone who wanted to learn them. This is the essence of the ‘Esperanto Movement’.

G. More than half of the world’s 7,000 languages are expected to die out by the end of the century, often taking with them irreplaceable knowledge about the natural world. When a species dies out, sometimes fossils can be found, remains uncovered. But when a human language disappears, there’s rarely any key left behind. Each loss becomes a linguistic black hole, where an entire way of knowing the world disappears.

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Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A—F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1—7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя. Занесите цифру, обозначающую соответствующую часть предложения, в таблицу.

A constitution may be defined as the system of fundamental principles according to A ____________. A good example of a written constitution is the Constitution of the United States, formed in 1787.

The Constitution sets up a federal system with a strong central government. Each state preserves its own independence by reserving to itself certain well-defined powers such as education, taxes and finance, internal communications, etc. The powers B ____________ are those dealing with national defence, foreign policy, the control of international trade, etc.

Under the Constitution power is also divided among the three branches of the national government. The First Article provides for the establishment of the legislative body, Congress, and defines its powers. The second does the same for the executive branch, the President, and the Third Article provides for a system of federal courts.

The Constitution itself is rather short, it contains only 7 articles. And it was obvious in 1787 C ____________. So the 5th article lays down the procedure for amendment. A proposal to make a change must be first approved by two-thirds majorities in both Houses of Congress and then ratified by three quarters of the states.

The Constitution was finally ratified and came into force on March 4, 1789. When the Constitution was adopted, Americans were dissatisfied D ____________. It also recognized slavery and did not establish universal suffrage.

Only several years later, Congress was forced to adopt the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, E ____________. They guarantee to Americans such important rights and freedoms as freedom of press, freedom of religion, the right to go to court, have a lawyer, and some others.

Over the past 200 years 26 amendments have been adopted F ____________. It provides the basis for political stability, individual freedom, economic growth and social progress.

1. which are given to a Federal government
2. because it did not guarantee basic freedoms and individual rights
3. but the Constitution itself has not been changed
4. so it has to be changed
5. which a nation or a state is constituted and governed
6. which were called the Bill of Rights
7. that there would be a need for altering it

That summer an army of crickets started a war with my father. They picked a fight the minute they invaded our cellar. Dad didn’t care for bugs much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few spiders and assorted creepy crawlers living in the basement. Every farm house had them. A part of rustic living, and something you needed to put up with if you wanted the simple life.

He told Mamma: ‘Now that we’re living out here, you can’t be jerking your head and swallowing your gum over what’s plain natural, Ellen.’ But she was a city girl through and through and had no ears when it came to defending vermin. She said a cricket was just a noisy cockroach, just a dumb horny bug that wouldn’t shut up. No way could she sleep with all that chirping going on! Then to prove her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and she paced between the couch and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the hardware store and hurried back. He squirted poison from a jug with a spray nozzle. He sprayed the basement and all around the foundation of the house. When he had finished, he told us that was the end of it.

But what he should have said was: ‘This is the beginning’. For the next fourteen days Mamma kept finding dead crickets in the clean laundry. She’d shake out a towel or a sheet and a dead black cricket would roll across the linoleum. Sometimes the cat would corner one, and swat it around like he was playing hockey, then carry it away in his mouth. Dad said swallowing a few dead crickets wouldn’t hurt as long as the cat didn’t eat too many.

Soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma freaked because she thought they were the dead crickets come back to haunt, but Dad said they were definitely a new batch, probably coming up on the pipes. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed beneath the sink and behind the toilet and all along the baseboard until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the cellar again, and then he went outside and sprayed all around the foundation leaving a foot-wide moat of poison.

For a couple of weeks we went back to finding dead crickets in the laundry. Dad told us to keep a sharp look out. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched and bit for no reason. I hoped the poison might kill him so we could get a puppy. Once in a while we found a dead cricket in the bathroom or beneath the kitchen sink. A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the cellar of junk. He borrowed Uncle Burt’s pickup and hauled a load to the dump. Then he burned a lot of bundled newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.

He stood over that fire with a rake in one hand and a garden hose in the other. He wouldn’t leave it even when Mamma sent me out to fetch him for supper. He wouldn’t leave the fire, and she wouldn’t put supper on the table. Both my brothers were crying. Finally she went out and got him herself. And while we ate, the wind lifted some embers onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.

After the fire trucks left, I made the mistake of volunteering to stay behind while Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt and two men I’d never seen before carry things out of the house and stack them by the road. In the morning we’d come back in Burt’s truck and haul everything away. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, hardly a word about anything that mattered, and Dad didn’t offer any plan that he might have for us now. Uncle Burt passed a bottle around, but I shook my head when it came to me. I kicked and picked through the mess, dumb struck at how little there was to salvage, while all around the roar of crickets magnified our silence.

(Adapted from ‘The Cricket War’ by Bob Thurber)

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A cricket is

Ответ: .

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Mamma threatened to pack up and leave because
1) she had smoked all cigarettes.
2) she had not got used to rustic living.
3) she could not put up with crickets.
4) she was a city girl through and through.
Ответ: .

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After Dad had sprayed the basement and all around the foundation of the house,
1) the family were constantly coming across dead crickets.
2) the family kept seeing live crickets everywhere.
3) the dead crickets came back to haunt.
4) all crickets disappeared.
Ответ: .

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The narrator fed the cat with crickets because
1) the cat was hungry.
2) he would like to have another pet.
3) he wanted to hide crickets from Mamma.
4) Dad told him to do it.
Ответ: .

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Dad borrowed Uncle Burt’s pickup
1) to fight with crickets.
2) to bring new furniture to the cellar.
3) to throw away newspapers and magazines.
4) to get rid of rubbish.
Ответ: .

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The house caught fire because
1) Dad left a garden hose near the fire.
2) the wind lifted some papers onto the wood pile.
3) the fuel tank had gone off.
4) there wasn’t much anyone could do.
Ответ: .

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The narrator was surprised
1) that Dad didn’t offer any plan.
2) when the bottle came to him.
3) that crickets were all around.
4) that there was not much to save from the fire.
Ответ: .

Раздел 3. ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19—25, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19—25.

Обратите внимание, что по правилам ЕГЭ ответы нужно писать без пробелов и других знаков, например, правильный ответ ‘have done’ нужно будет записать как ‘havedone’, иначе ваш ответ не засчитается.

September Mood in England

Junk Food

The Changing World of Computers

Computers are rapidly changing the way we do things. For a technology that is still relatively new, their 32____ on the business and consumer sector has been incomprehensible. As if it was not sufficient to own one computer, many people nowadays have a few of them. We think we need a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a bunch of little computers in our phones and music players, even 33____ they actually do the same thing. Now that everybody has their desktops and laptops, and we are all able to 34____ the Internet anytime we want to, our world has turned into a virtual playground. We can now connect with our foreign neighbours in a matter of seconds, 35____ of how far away they are from us. It’s as if we no longer have borders in this highly digital world of ours.

Desktops have always been a great option, but the problem with them is that they are not mobile. They have all the 36____ of other computers, but it can be annoying at times to have to sit in the same spot while working. For businesses and personal offices, desktop computers are still the favoured option because of their power. But when people have to be connected while travelling, the need for laptops really becomes apparent. The main advantage of laptops is the ability to communicate with people no 37____ where you are. Our society has been converted into one that has to have all the latest gadgets. Some people even 38____ down on others if they still have last year’s model of some gadget. Those people will always be behind the curve just because of how fast technology is advancing now.

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THE WEATHER

The English are famous for their tea and their weather. And the English are always talking about their weather. But English weather is never the same two days running. So everyone notices it. Awful day, isn’t it? Lovely weather for ducks. Did you have good weather? What was the weather like? Nice day. Fine day today. A beautiful day, isn’t it? Isn’t the weather awful? What a dreadful day! It’s pouring outside – raining cats and dogs.

The best time of the year in England is the spring and early summer. Then the cold winds and the fog and the heavy rains have all gone, and the sun is warm for the first time. Of course it rains sometimes then too, and it is often cloudy, but not so often as in winter. It rains quite often all the year round in England. That’s why it is such a green country, with long rich grass for the cattle and sheep, and beautiful lawns in the gardens.

The autumn is sometimes a time of very good waether, with clear blue skies and the sun shining every day. But the spring is better because after the spring comes the summer, the short English summer, when people go to the seaside, to the coast, to bathe in the sea and dig in the sand. But in autumn, even when the sun shines, there is the winter to follow.

Sometimes England has no snow at all in the winter, but the North and Scotland usually have some after Christmas. If there is a long frost and the ice is hard enough, then everyone who has skates gets them out and skates on the rivers and pools. The east wind is cold and blows in from the North sea. Then all England shivers, especially in the east. The Welsh are lucky, because Wales is in the west and is warmer than most of England.

England is a difficult country for people who work out of doors, people like the milkman, people like farmers, and postmen and policemen. In the morning it can be cold, in the afternoon warm and in the evening raining. One day it rains, the next day it may be sunny and the next it can be cold again.

GRAMMAR COMMENTARY

1. If there is a long frost and the ice is hard enough, then everyone who has skates gets them out and skates on the rivers and pools.

NOTE: Often a noun is uncountable when it refers to a phenomenon in general but it becomes countable when it refers to one occurrence, occasion or period of that phenomenon.

We had ten degrees of frost last night.

If there is a long frost, people skate on the rivers and pools.

We usually get forty centimetres of rain a year.

It is spring. The heavy rains have all gone.

2. NOTE: The noun wind is preceded by the definite article or by much, little, etc. when it is uncountable. When it is countable it is usually used with the indefinitre article and a descriptive attribute.

The wind blew my hat off.

We usually get a lot of wind in March.

There is a high wind blowing today.

3. NOTE: Ther is a number of nouns in English denoting objects considered to be unique. They are used with the definite article as reference is always made to the same object. Here are some of them: the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, the world, the stars.

In spring the sun is warm for the first time.

4. NOTE: The collective noun cattle is plural, it has no singular form and always takes a plural verb.

The nouns sheep, swine, deer, fish have the same form for both singular and plural.

England is a green country, with long rich grass for the cattle and sheep.

These are sheep. This is a sheep.

5. NOTE: Present and Past continuous are used with always, forever, continually, constantly to describe frequently repeated or habitual actions. This use of the Continuous tense forms conveys an emotional colouring; very often it is a feeling of disapproval or irritation; sometimes the speaker finds the action unexpected. Compare:

a). He always does his homework. ( This means he does his homework regularly, it is his habit – a good one, the speaker thinks).

b). He is always doing his homework. ( One may be under the impression he never does anything but homework; the speaker is annoyed. The use of the Continuous form implies he does his homework very often, probably too often for the speaker’s taste).

VOCABULARY COMMENTARY

1. English weather is never the same two days running.

“ Running” after a noun in the plural means “in succession”.

I’ve been trying to get tickets to the opera for two weeks running. – Две недели подряд я пытаюсь достать билеты в оперу.

2. The English are always talking about their weather. But English weather is never the same two days running.

Translate:

The weather was fine and we decided to take a walk.

Why do people speak so much about the weather?

What is the weather like today?

What will the weather be tomorrow?

In cold ( wet, hot, rainy, foggy, cloudy, frosty, all sorts of) weather

We go for a wa.k in all sorts of weather.

You never know where you are with the weather.

3. Of course, it rains sometimes then too. Anyhow , it rains quite often all the year round in England.

Translate:

It began to rain heavily ( hard).

Do you think it will rain tommorow?

It was rianing a little in the morning.

The rain has stopped, we can go outside.

It looks like rain. I like to walk in the rain.

We went out in the rain.

We went out in the rain without our coats on.

Don’t stay out in the rain.

NOTE: the definite raticle is used with the noun “rain” when it has a modifier expressed by an adjective.

A pouring rain A drizzling rain Heavy rains

4. NOTE: The noun “time” is a polysemantic noun. In the following sentence it means “a season”, “a period”, associated with good weather. It may be translated into Russian as пора, период, время, сезон.

Spring is a lovely time. There is time for everything. Now was a time for decision.

NOTE the use of the indefinite article with the noun “time” which is used here as a countable noun. It refers not to the phenomenon in general but to one occurrence of this phenemenon.

5 After the spring comes the summer when people go to the seaside, to the coast.

Coast – the land along the sea only, regarded especially as a boundary. “Coast” is used for the division between sea and land, when we see it at a distance, or think of it as a whole ( flat — ровный, steep — крутой, rocky — скалистый coast).

I live ten miles from the coast.

Looking down from the plane, we could see the Dutсh coast.

Shore – stretch of land bordering on the sea or a large body of water.

Seashore – land bordering on the sea. ( foggy, sandy shore).

Beach the pebble or sandy shore washed by the sea or a lake; a place of rest for swimmers and sunbathers.

NOTE: “Beach” and “shore” are both used to mean the land at the edge of the sea ( we also talk about the shore of a lake). A beach is relatively flat, covered with sand or small stones, and suitable for swimming, sunbathing or landing small boats. “Shore” is more general word: it can include not only beaches, but also rocky or steep places.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

1. Impersonal sentences with the formal subject It are used to speak about time, temperature, distance, all kinds of measurements or to express attitude to the present situation.

It’s an awful day. In the morning it may be cold.

It was seven o’clock. It was dinner time.

It’s a long way from here to the station.

Exercise1.

Give a good reason for the following advice or request. ( Impersonal sentences may be of help).

1. Open the window, please. 2. Will you switch on the light. 3. Please hurry up. 4. We’ll have to take a taxi or go by bus. 5. You need’t put on your warm jersey. 6. Don’t make noise! 7. I think you should take your sun glasses. 8. You haven’t forgotten your umbrellas, haven’t you? 9. Let’s go for a swim. 10. I hope we’ll be able to go skiing tomorrow. 11. Very soon we’ll be skating.

NOTE: The state of weather can also be expressed by the construction with the introductory there.

Compare: It was raining ( verb) – There was rain ( noun).

It was frosty ( adj ) — There was frost ( noun ).

Exercise 2.

Describe the weather using the words below ( Impersonal sentences or sentences with there is/ there are may help you ).

1. to rain, rain, rainy. 2. mud muddy. 3. wind, windy. 4. fog, foggy. 5. to snow, snow, snowy. 6. to freeze, frost, frosty.

II. NOTE: The nouns weather, information, advice, money, work, hair, furniture, knowledge, progress, news, are uncountable in English. They have no plural form and are not used with the indefinite article.

Mrs. Bond always gave her children a lot of advice.

Did you have good weather?

Exercise 3.

Answer the following questions using the nouns advice, hair, information, knowledge, money, news, progress, work or the pronoun it.

1. Do you regularly read newspapers, listen to the radio and watch TV? Are you always interested in the news? When is the news on? 2. What do people do when they are not sure of how to behave? Do you always follow the advice you get? Why do you sometimes disregard it? 3. What do you spend your pocket money on? Do you earn your pocket money yourself or do your parents give you some money regularly? 4. Are you satisfied with the progress you are making in English? Why? What helps one make good progress in a subject? Do you think your knowledge of English is good enough to read books in original? To teach others? 5. What kind of weather do we have in our country in winter? What do you like to do in frosty weather? 6. What kind of person would you call learned? 7. What do we say about a person who did not know much but now knows a lot more? 8. What is the meaning of the word blonde? Brunette? When do some women start dyeing their hair? 9. What kind of work do you get tired of? What do you like to do after work?

NOTE: to express that you need or want to give not one advice but more you should use the phrase a bit of, a piece of .

I’ve bought three nice pieces of furniture for my kitchen. She always gave me so good pieces of advice. These two bits of information are very important for me.

Exercise 4.

Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the use of uncountable nouns.

a). 1. Том говорит, что делает очень важную работу. 2. Мне нужен профессиональный совет. 3. Перестань все время говорить о деньгах. 4. Эти новости уже не новости. 5. У тебя слишком длинные волосы. Я думаю, что тебе их надо постричь. 6. В прошлом году Петр сделал большие успехи в языке. Упорная работа помогла ему добиться этого. 7. Если хотите, чтобы мы использовали сведения, присылайте их во время. 8. Разрешите дать вам один совет. Я уверен, что он вам пригодится. 9. Возьмите эти деньги. Они ваши. Вы оставили их вчера на столе. 10. Вчера была очень хорошая погода.

б). 1. Мне хочется купить новую мебель. 2. Я помню, что Анна дала тебе массу советов. Ты последовал хотя бы одному из них? 3. Михаил тратит слишком много денег на пустяки, потому что сам их не зарабатывает. 4. Я очень быстро устаю от скучной работы. 5. Мы получили эти сведения час тому назад. Они очень важны. 6. Сосчитай деньги и положи их в кошелек. Будь осторожен и не потеряй их. 7. Дайте мне другую работу. Мне не нравится эта. Я хочу работу поинтереснее. 8. Спасибо за хорошие новости. Когда вы их узнали? 9. Мне надо вымыть волосы. Они уже грязные. 10. В жаркую погоду в лесу душно.

Exercise 5.

Speak about the same things neutrally and emotionally. The adverbs always, constantly, continually, forever may help you stress your attitude.

e.g. 1. Ann sings in our choir. She has a nice voice.

1. Ann is constantly singing. She says this helps her do things.

Use the following expressions: to tell fairy tales, to come, to buy smth, to forget to do smth, to buy lottery cards, to ask questions.

Exercise 6.

Act out the following situation:

Sally and Peter often quarrel. Today they are quarrelling again. Like all people who are excited they both tend to exaggerate things.

Information about Sally: today she is late; she never comes in time; she is never punctual; today she talked on the phone to her friend and forgot about me; she thinks Peter scolds her too often; he finds fault with her all the time; he very often says unpleasant things to her.

Information about Peter : he thinks he tells Sally nothing but the truth; if he does not like something he says so in plain English; today he wants to know what made Sally late.

Exercise 7.

Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian words and phrases. Group them according to the subject matter:

Пора хорошей погоды, славиться чем-либо, ехать на взморье, дрожать от холода, красивые газоны, ясное голубое небо, два дня подряд, идет дождь круглый год, короткое английское лето.

Exercise 8.

Find in the right hand column English equivalents for the Russian sentences given in the left hand column.

I.

1. Довольно тепло ( прохладно, холодно), 1. A fine morning ( evening), isn’t it? It’s

правда? wonderful out.

2. Стоит прекрасная ( жаркая, чудесная) 2. Rather warm ( cool, cold), isn’t it?

погода. 3. What a clear ( starlit, cloudless) night! Not

3. Какой прекрасный ( хороший, очарова- a cloud in the sky!

тельный, восхитительный) день ( ночь). 4. I expect we’ll have a fine day. The sun is

4. Я думаю, что хорошая погода постоит. coming out.

Я бы сказал, что погода улучшается. 5. What a fine ( nice, most lovely, glorious) Постепенно прояснится. Проясняется. day ( night)!

5. Какая ясная ( звездная, безоблачная) 6. We are having a spell of fine ( wongerful,

ночь! На небе ни облачка! hot) waether.

6. Чудесное утро ( вечер), не правда ли? 7. I thinlk it will continue ( keep) fine. The

На улице чудесно! weather is improving, I should say. It will

7. Я думаю, что день будет чудесный. clear up by and by. It’s clearing up.

Солнце выходит.

II.

1. Небо все в облаках. На небе низко 1. It’s beginning to drizzle. There’s a fine driz-

висят облака. zling rain. The rain is still falling. It’s coming

2. Дождь ( снег) прекратился ( перестал). down hard ( in torrents, in buckets). It’s lovely

Но погода такая неопределенная ( не weather for ducks.

установилась), переменчивая. 2. It seems a dull ( wet, damp, gloomy) day.

3. Начинает моросить. Идет мелкий What a rainy ( cloudy, foggy, windy, stormy)

моросящий дождь. Льет как из ведра. day. It’s hazy ( misty).

Дождливая погода ( шутл.). 3. I expect we’ll have rain ( a thunderstorm, a

4. Кажется, день сегодня пасмурный shower). It will turn out a wet day. It won’t

( серый, мрачный). Какой дождливый keep fine. We are in for bad ( cold, rainy,

( облачный, туманный, ветреный, freezing) weather.

штормовой) день. Туманный день 4. It’s a dull morning (day), isn’t it? Rather

( туманно). nasty out! Beastly weather! What wretched

( frightful, terrible, awful ) weather!

5. Я думаю, что будет дождь ( ливень, 5. The rain is still falling. It’s pouring ( hailing,

гроза). День окажется серым. Хорошая lightning, thundering). There goes a flash of

погода не продержится. Плохой ( холод- lightning! Do you hear the crashing of the

ной, дождливой) погоды не миновать. thunder? What a tremendous clap of thunder!

6. Мрачное утро ( день), правда? На It’s been raining off and on for a week now.

улице довольно пасмурно. Отвратитель- We’ve been having rain for a week now.

ная погода. Какая ужасная ( жуткая, не- 6. The sky is overcast. The clouds are hanging

приятеая) погода! low in the sky.

7. Дождь всё ещё идёт. Идёт сильный 7. Don’t get caught in the rain ( in a shower).

дождь ( сверкает молния, гремит гром, You’ll get wet through and through. I’m

идет град). Сверкает вспышка молнии. drenched ( soaked, wet to the skin). My clothes

Слышишь раскат грома? Какой сильный are soaking wet.

раскат грома! Всю неделю то и дело идёт 8. It has stopped ( ceased, left off) raining

дождь. Дождь идёт уже целую неделю. ( snowing). But the weather is so uncertain

8. Не попади под дождь ( ливень)! Ты ( unsettled, changeable).

промокнешь насквозь. Я вымок ( про-

мок до костей). Моя одежда насквозь

мокрая.

III.

1. Идёт жаркая волна. Установилась 1. There’s hardly a breath of air ( There’s not a

жаркая погода. breath of air ). Not a leaf is stirring. No wonder,

2. Жаркий ( душный, пыльный, зной- with such a blazing ( scorching ) sun.

ный, жаркий и влажный) день. 2. A heat wave is coming on. Hot weather has

Воздух влажный. set in.

3. Дышать нечем ( ни дуновения ветерка). 3. It’s a hot ( close, stifling, dusty, sultry, sticky)

Ни листочек не колышится. Не удиви- day. The air is humid.

тельно, такое палящее ( обжигающее) 4. The heat is unbearable ( oppressive).

солнце. 5. It’s 30 ( degrees) in the shade. The temperatu-

4. 30 тепла в тени. Температура повыша- re is rising ( going up).

ется.

5. Жара невыносимая ( гнетущая).

IV.

1. Река замерзла. Мороз сковал реку. 1. Snow is falling. What soft, fluffy, large

Установилась холодная погода. Термо- snow flakes! They are coming down thick.

метр показывает 0. Я дрожу от холода. There’s a thick ( heavy ) snowfall.

У меня зубы стучат от холода. 2. The river is frozen over. The frost has

2. Становится прохладно. Какой холод- locked the river. Cold weather has set in.

ный ( морозный) день! Ужасно холодно The thermometer is at zero. I’m shivering.

на улице. My teeth are clattering with the cold.

3. Идёт снег. Какие мягкие, пушистые, 3. It is getting chilly. What a cold ( frosty) day!

большие снежинки! Они падают очень It’s extremely ( bitterly, beastly ) cold out.

густо. Сильный снегопад.

4. Была тяжелая ( суровая, мягкая) зима. 4. A strong wind has risen. The wind is

Но в воздухе уже весна. blowing high in the air. It looks as if we’re

5. Морозит. Стоит суровый ( сильный) going to have a snowstorm.

мороз. Неожиданно установился период 5. There’s been a thaw ( it’s thawing ). The

холодной погоды. Я промерз до костей. snow and ice are melting. It’s slushy (muddy,

6. Поднялся сильный ветер. Ветер метет dirty) out. Look out for the slush and mud

снег. Похоже, что будет буран. puddles. It is still very slippery in places.

7. Стоит оттепель. Тают снег и лёд. На 6. It’s been a hard ( severe, mild ) winter. But

улице слякоть (грязно). Иди осторожно, spring is in the air.

вокруг лужи. Местами ещё очень 7. It’s freezing. We’re having a severe ( hard)

скользко. frost. We’re having a sudden spell of cold

weather. I’m chilled to the bone.

Exercise 9.

a). Read for note and then give fluent retelling.

Maintaining small talk: the weather

“Without the topic of the weather, the English would be without one of the most useful weapons in their conversation. Only the English know just how little meteorological cliches really mean. Of course, it is all so much mouth music and you can bet that the English man or woman you are talking to is merely marking conversational time and either planning an escape route or a deadly verbal thrust.

In England, if you do not repeat the phrase ‘Lovely day, isn’t it?’ at least two hundred times a day, you’re considered a bit dull. This is an ever-interesting, even thrilling topic, and you must be good at discussing the If you are a bit slow in picking things up, learn at least one conversation… Just repeat it and you’ll have a fair chance of passing as a remarkably witty person of sharp intellect, keen observation and extremely pleasant manners”.

After A. Miall and G. Mikes

Work in pairs. Take turns to read the parts. Respond as you wish. The response may be in any form ( statement, question, exclamation ) as long as it is appropriate.

1. A – Oh, goodness gracious! Now, do look up at the sky. I’ve never seen such black clouds.

Oh, we’ll get drenched!

B — …

2. A – What does it look like outdoors?

B — …

3. A – The sun is trying to come out. Shall we go to the suburbs?

B — …

4. A – The first snowfall of the season! What a beautiful sight! I’m going out. Are you?

B — …

5. A – I should like to go to the Crimea, but I’m afraid of the heat. How about you?

B — …

6. A – What’s the matter? You are shivering all over! And your clothes are soaking wet!

B — …

7. A – Has it stopped raining?

B – No, not yet. Why?

A — …

8. A – How do you like it here?

B – London is a wonderful city, but your weather is terrible!

A — …

9. A — ….

B – The weather forecast promised a dry, sunny day, didn’t it?

10. A – I must be going now and I wouldn’t like to get wet through and through.

B — …

EXERCISE 10

1. Use the correct forms of the verbs “rain” and “snow”:

1. It ___ again today. It ___ almost every day.

2. We didn’t go to the country on the weekend because it ___ all day long.

3. ___ it ___ when you left home? – Yes, it ___ heavily.

4. – When ___ it last ___? – Two weeks ago.

5. Take an umbrella. It ___.

6. It often ___ last winter, ___ it?

7. ___ it still ___? – Yes, it is.

8. ___ it ___ on Monday morning? – No, it ___.

9. It often ___ here at this time of the year, ___?

Exercise 11.

Fill in the gaps choosing an appropriate word from the list ( sea, shore, beach, seaside, coast )

1. We’ll soon be able to see the French…2. The sea was so rough that the boat was thrown onto the … 3. The … gets very crowded by 11 o’clock. 4. The Crimean … is very beautiful. 5. The children spent hours on the collecting … shells and looking for shrimps in the rock pools. 6. The hotel has its own … 7. Yalta is a … town. 8. The … is always very crowded in summer, so we prefer to stay inland. 9. Great waves were breaking on the … 10. The ship was wrecked on the Kent … 11. We went to the … every morning. 12. There are numerous islands off the … 13. We went for a walk along the … 14. The village is on the South … 15. A lot of Englishmen go to the … in summer. 16. I want to go to the … for a holiday. 17. I wish I lived at the … 18. You are lucky to have a chance of going to the … for your holiday.

Exercise 12.

Give your version of poetic or just humorous translation to the poem:

A man is a fool,

He wants it hot

When it is cool,

He wants it cool

When it is hot

He always wants

That he has not.

Share your thoughts on the idea of the poem. Does the idea only concern the weather?

Exercise 13.

Translate into English.

I. 1. Три дня подряд я пытаюсь тебе дозвониться, но безуспешно. 2. Вот уже два дня подряд идет сильный снег. 3. Сегодня опять очень ветреный день. Вот уже неделю непре­рывно дует ветер. 4. Вот уже три дня подряд я пытаюсь его увидеть, но безуспешно. Он очень занят. 5. Тебе повезло, что три дня подряд стояла сухая и теплая погода.

II. 1. Ты любишь гулять в морозную погоду? 2. Ты не знаешь, какая завтра будет погода? 3. Почему пожилые люди так много говорят о погоде? 4. Очень неприятно оказаться за городом в сырую туманную погоду. 5. В сентябре в нашем городе не всегда бывает хорошая погода. 6. Какая ужасная сегодня погода!

III. 1. Когда мы приехали на вокзал, пошел очень сильный дождь. 2. Думаю, что дождя завтра не будет. 3. Не похоже, что вечером будет дождь. 4. Мой брат очень любит гулять в дождь. 5. Не выходи сейчас. На улице проливной дождь.

IV. 1. Ранняя осень — прекрасная пора. 2. Сентябрь — пре­красная пора в Крыму. 3. Слишком холодно для этой поры. 4. Осень — пора фруктов. 5. Весна — пора чудесных первых цветов: сирени, тюльпанов, нарциссов, крокусов. 6. Ноябрь в Англии — пора дождей, туманов и сильных ветров.

V. 1. Как прекрасно полежать на пляже в жаркий летний день! 2. Мои друзья живут недалеко от побережья. 3. Как бы мне хотелось жить в небольшом курортном городке у моря! 4. Англичане предпочитают отдыхать летом на побережье.

VI. 1. Начинает дуть сильный ветер. Возможно, будет пурга. 2. Какой сильный ветер! 3. Ветер с запада обычно приносит дождь. 4. Вчера весь день дул сильный ветер. 5. Холодный ветер дует с Северного моря.

VII.1. Надень плащ. На улице идет проливной дождь. 2. Зачем ты надела такой теплый свитер? Сегодня совсем не холодно. 3. Снимите пальто. Оно совсем мокрое. Вы попали под дождь. 4. Я советую тебе надеть теплую одежду, чтобы не простудиться. 5. Надень плащ и теплый шарф. На улице моросит, и дует сильный ветер.

Exercise 14.

Translate into English.

1. Осенью погода обычно сырая. Часто идут дожди. Дуют сильные ветры. Дни стоят очень пасмурные. Небо затянуто облаками. Солнца мало. По ночам иногда бывает сильный туман.

2. Какой сырой, ветреный и мрачный день! Время от времени начинает моросить. В такую погоду совсем не хочется выходить на улицу.

3. Началась оттепель. Снег тает. На улицах лужи. На небе ни облачка. В воздухе чувствуется весна.

4. Какая неустойчивая погода! Дождь то шел, то прекращал­ся в течение недели. Со стороны моря идет густой туман. Вчера мы попали под ливень, промокли насквозь и вынуж­дены были вернуться домой.

5. Зима в нашем городе наступает рано, иногда уже в конце ноября все покрывается снегом. Замерзают реки и озера. Часто дуют холодные сильные ветры. Иногда бывает пурга. Дни становятся все короче и короче, а ночи длиннее.

Временами выходит солнце, но оно совсем не греет.

6. Каждый день облачное небо, ливни, грозы. Этот период ненастной погоды продолжается уж слишком долго.

7. На улице +30° в тени, и температура продолжает повы­шаться. Жара невыносимая. Просто нечем дышать! Так душно, что невозможно находиться в помещении.

8. Установилась холодная погода. Со вчерашнего дня моро­зит. Сегодня ужасно холодно на улице. 9. В течение дня погода б Англии меняется несколько раз, гораздо чаще, чем. на континенте.

10. Туман очень густой. Все машины медленно ползут с зажженными фарами.

SPEECH EXERCISES

Exercise 15.

Study the following texts and say what in your opinion the advantages and disadvantages of each season are. (The phrases given below will help you to express an opinion of your own or ask for somebody else’s opinion)

Asking for an opinion

A.— In my opinion the pleasantest season is (the) spring,

In May the weather is finest and all nature is loveliest. The trees put forth little buds and new leaves; the meadows grow green again; the flowers begin to bloom. The collective farmers till the soil and sow the seed. The nightingale, swallow, cuckoo «and other birds come back from Italy or Africa and build their nests, all the while singing their merry songs. Meanwhile the new crop is shooting up, and if there are no sharp frosts during the night, nature looks full of promise, and the corn-fields are made bright by blue cornflowers and red poppies.

Spring flowers! The lilacs unfold their pale hearts. There shines the wild daffodil — soft, slim, yellow, there is the starry narcissus, the hiacinth almost lost in the herbs; among them stand tulips — the red bubbles of dark wine; the yellow, more cup-like; the large parti-coloured gold and red, noble and sombre.

B.— I, for one, like(the) summer, in fact, I prefer it to any other season. By the end of June, when the days become considerably warmer, summer has come. If the heat gets too oppressive, we can go and bathe in running water. And many people enjoy a game of tennis in summer. In the summer the hot sun ripens the corn and fruit, and the farmer gets ready for the harvest. There are plenty of strawberries, cherries, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches, plums and blackberries, which are ripe and afford a treat for the old and the young. And what pleasure can compare with that of watching the glorious sunrise and sunset! Clouds? Rain? Well, well, it isn’t always cloudy, and there is no such thing as perpetual rain.

C.— Strange as if might seem, I like (the) autumn. There are some drawbacks, I admit,— the shorter days and longer nights for instance. The weather also leaves much to be desired. But is there anything more beautiful than an Indian summer — when we have one! We miss the songs of the birds, you say. Well, I can and do enjoy the sparrow, bluebird, crossbill and the few others that remain with us. Oh, I know what you want to say. The November fogs, and mist, and sleet are not pleasant things. But what should we do without apples, pears, walnuts, grapes, which get ripe in September and October and may be picked. I, for one, could not get along without fruits or nuts, and for the sake of these I’m willing to put up with some discomforts.

D —When autumn is over and winter sets in, I dont mind it at all. I know it is the season of snowstorms, and of ice, of frozen rivers and ponds, and of slippery streets. But think of the skating on the ice, or skiing in the country, and the sledging. In snowy weather, tobogganing is my favourate pastime. Then think of the joy of the children. At the first heavy snowfall, they are out making snowmen, building snowhuts, and pelting one another with snowballs. Of course, if the winter is severe, one must take care not to get frost-bitten. To me, winter has its own peculiar interest and beauty, and there is no reason to feel bored to death when there are interesting books, theatres and concerts, and the cinema.

TEXT 2

Exercise 16.

Read the following text and explain why the author compares the weather in Washington with a winning candidate.

The weather in Washington reminds me of a winning candidate who promises everything, but you never know just when to expect it at all.

Sometimes it’s Aprfl in January, and March often behaves like December or May.

Or as Mark Twain found it here: ‘When you arrived (at the station at night) it was snowing. When you reached the hotel it was sleeting. When you went to bed it was raining. During the night it froze hard and the wind blew some chimneys down. When you get up in the morning, it was foggy. When you finished your breakfast at ten o’clock and went out, the sunshine was brilliant, the weather balmy and delicious, and the mud and slush deep and all-pervading. You will like the climate — when you get used to it.’

If you care to follow Mark Twain’s advice, take as umbrella and overcoat, and fan, and go forth.

My advice on what to expect, season by season, regarding the weather is:

Spring — it’s a wonderful, most attractive, liveliest time of the year. Mild weather usually arrives earlier than it does in most northern cities. (Prepare for possible 27°C in March), flowers burst into bloom starting with magnolia, then followed by cherry blossoms, azalea and pansies.

Summer — it can be hot, humid, sticky. Man wear tropical outfits.

Autumn — the best season except for spring; in some ways the best of all. The climate is dry, mild. If you are driving, the colour in the mountains is beautiful.

Winter— unpredictable, some years raw, cold, soggy; others short and mild. You don’t have to bring your umbrella and galoshes, but come prepared to buy them.

(From Washington. A Modern Guide to the Nation’s Capital by M.Frome)

TEXT 3

Exercise 17.

Read the following story and find a topic sentence in each paragraph.

Do the assignments after the text.

September Mood in England

It’s Monday morning. Miss Goodbody walks into the office. Her holiday is over and she has just returned to work. She looks brown and relaxed and happier than usual. The other girls stand round her. «Where did you go?» one asks. «Italy. Little place near Naples^”. «What was the weather like?» «Hot, of course.» «Where did you go?» «Oh, Eastbourne.» «Did you enjoy it?» «Yes, quite. It rained a bit though.»

It’s September. The holidays are over and the girls are restless. Their job-changing season has begun.

Mr. Wetherington comes in ten minutes later. He is not very happy. Every Monday morning since early June he has heard the same conversation in the train on his way to the office in London. Someone is just back from holiday. Everyone else is asking where he went and what was the weather like and did he enjoy himself? A bit tedious really — especially if, like Mr. Wetherington, you had your holiday two months ago.

But it isn’t only holiday talk that is worrying him. He is thinking about the winter. Five years ago he had central heating installed ia his house. Now his wife wants them to put in double glazing. She tells him it will save fuel as well as keep the house warmer.

She’s right of course. But to double-glaze all the windows will cost quite a lot of money. Perhaps he can leave it for the moment. After all, it’s still quite warm. May be October — or even the whole winter — will be mild and they’ll hardly notice the necessity for double glazing. Mr. Wetherington isn’t very good at making decisions.

At home his wife is thinking about all the jobs she has to do at this time of «year, like buying school uniforms for the children, seeing how much of their last year’s winter outfits are still big enough and making sure that winter overcoats, gloves and heavy shoes are clean and ready for use.

Old Mr. Hart, the retired bank manager, who lives opposite the Wetheringtons is busy in his trim and always tidy garden. He’s tying up roses just now and thinking that soon he’ll have thousands of leaves to sweep up and burn and shrubs to be pruned and everything made ready fot the winter. «Autumn’s a fine time», he says to himself. «No worrying now about how the plants will do. That’s all over. There’s lots of colour still left in the garden. The leaves will be showing their autumn colours soon and I’ll see the beechwood on the hill behind all red and yellow and brown like a forest fire in the setting sun. It’s a great time of year».

It’s September and a typical English-autumn is about to begin.

Assignments

1. Make up .situations based on or connected with the story using the suggested vocabulary. You are welcome to enlarge on the story.

to look brown, to go to the seaside for holidays, a crowded beach, lovely weather, to improve (about the weather), uncertain (changeable weather), sultry days, there’s hardly a breath of air, to keep fine, wretched weather, to drizzle, to have occasional showers, lovely weather for ducks, a spell of wonderful (rainy, nasty, wretched) weather, to enjoy oneself, to be annoyed at holiday talk, to be back (fresh) from holiday, to have central heating installed, to put in double glazing, (not) to be good at making decisions, to face a problem, to be ready for use, to make smth ready for the winter, to be busy in one’s trim and tidy garden, to sweep up leaves, to prune shrubs, autumn is a fine time of the year, to set in (about a season or the weather).

2.Dramatize the text.

Role 1. Miss Goodbody returns to work after holidays feeling happier and more relaxed than usual.

Role 2. Mr. Wetherington comes to the office in a gloomy mood. He looks annoyed and worried. Role 3. Mrs. Wetherington is eager to put in double glazing. She is trying to convince Mr. Wetherington of the necessity for double glazing. But the latter isn’t very good at making decisions.

3. Think of a situation around the following sentence. «A typical English autumn is about to begin.»

TEXT 4

WEATHER WORDS

Rain cats and dogs: rain very heavily

Fair-wether friend: A person who is loyal in good times but not when times are difficult.

A whirlwind tour: a very quick and superficial tour without any time to go into or observe details.

To go to someplace like a tornado: to speed through somewhere causing major change and/ or destruction on the way through.

To be cloudy about something: to be unsure of or unfocused about something.

To have one’s head in the clouds: to not have a grasp or undestanding of the reality of a situation.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same spot: a bad incident will not likely happen to the same person(s) twice ( saying which unfortunately is not accurate).

To be full of hot air: to say a lot of empty, meaningless words; to not know what one is talking about.

To be windy: to be very talkative without necessarily saying much that is substantive.

To have a downpour of something: to have a delude or considerable amount of something.

To strike like lightning: to hit hard and fast either physically or verbally.

Save it for a rainy day: to save something, usually money, for possible future ned.

Under a cloud: less than entirely trustworthy, suspected of some wrongdoing.

Under the weather: ill, unwell.

Take ( give someone) a raincheck: to request that an appointment be rescheduled; to accept different time for an appointment.

Take something by storm: to rush in and take something with considerable force, often causing pain and destruction.

Shoot the breeze: to chat or to pass time by chatting, to talk idly.

See which way the wind blows: to determine what actions or words will be popular or acceptable to one’s superior, to the people who control one’s counterparts when one has something to gain by it, even through such actions or words may not be what one sincerely wants to do or say.

Rain on someone’s parade: to spoil or dampen someone’s happy feelings.

Get a second wind: to get a second burst of energy.

Dawn on someone: finally realize something that was perhaps already apparent to others.

Clear the air: to resolve hidden resentment or uncover hidden thoughts.

Brainstorm: to suggest any idea that comes into mind in an attempt to find a solution to a problem.

Give someone a snow job: to give someone a description of something or someone that is overly or unrealistically attractive and positive.

Leave someone (get left) out in the cold: to shun someone; to exclude someone from a place or activity.

Out of the blue ( meaning out of a clear blue sky): unexpectedly, and often suddenly.

Take the wind out of someone’s sails: to deflate someone’s ego or to ruin or destroy someone’s high expectations.

Steal someone’s thunder: to steal someone’s idea or words before he or she can share them.

From “English Teaching Forum”

Exercise 18.

1. Give your own interptretation of the expressions given above.

2. Make up a story using one or more expressions.

3. Make up a dialogue on any subject or occasion using the expression about weather.

4. Make up a “chain” dialogue ( group dialogue – St1 St2 St3, etc.) using given expressions. Begin your talk with the phrase: I can’t believe that I have to accomplish this downpour of work by this evening. Will you go and discover which way the wind blows.

Vocabulary:

Fair weather –хорошая погода. Whirlwind – вихрь, смерч, ураган. Superficial [su:pe`fiSl]- поверхностный. Someplace – куда-нибудь, где-нибудь. Major – значительный. Unfocused –[…`eu…] – несосредоточенный. Grasp of understanding – спосбность быстрого понимания. Substantive – существенный. Downpour [ `daunpo: ] – ливень. Delude [`dеlju:dз] – потоп, лавина, перен. очень много. Wrongdoing – проступок. Raincheck – обещание принять приглашение как-нибудь в другой раз. Reschedule – переносить на другое время. Rush in – врываться. Talk idly – болтать праздно. Determine – решать, определять. Superior – начальник. Counterpart – коллега. Gain – иметь выгоду. Dampen – обескураживать, подавлять. Dawn [ do:n ] – рассвет, осенять (кого-либо), приходить в голову. Apparent – очевидный. Resolve – разрешать (проблему). Resentment – чувство обиды. Brainstorm – внезапная идея. Overly – чрезмерно. Shun – избегать, остерегаться. Exclude – исключать, выгонять. Deflate [,di:`fleit ] – умалять (важность). Ego [`i:geu ] – собственное “я” , собственная персона.

TEXT 5

Pre-reading task:

Exercise 19.

1. Work in pairs, discuss nature signs you know. Read the following nature sings and “weather laws”, give your translation.

2. What sayings about weather do you know?

Wisdom and Sayings

A long time ago when people lived mostly out-of-doors, they were close to nature. They noticed that plants, mammals, insects and birds sensed the coming of storm sooner than people did. All living things have a natural instinct to save their own lives, and so they look for shelter just before a storm. When ancient people saw animals seeking shelter, they acted the same.

Of course, plants and animals do not actually forecast weather, but they are good weather indicators. The elements that make up weather – atmospheric pressure, moisture, temperature, and wind – affect living things in special ways, and their reactions give clues to weather changes. The people of long ago called these clues “weather sign” and those who knew how to read the signs were often just as correct in their predictions as modern meteorologists, the scientists who study weather and collect weather information with special instruments.

Meteorologists tell us that during fair weather the air usually contains very little moisture. But just before a rain the air becomes damp and has a higher relative humidity. Humidity is the amount of moisture in the air compared to how much it could hold. When the air has all the moisture it can hold, it is saturated. You might compare it to a sponge. When a sponge is damp it is wet, but has relatively little moisture in it. When it is dripping wet, it is saturated.

Now meteorologists use special instruments to measure relative humidity, but in earlier times, people relied on nature to tell them when the humidity was high. Spiders were one of their best humidity indicators.

Normally, spiders spin their webs between 6 and 7 p.m. During calm, clear weather they don’t bother to make large webs or to take them in.

But when there is high humidity and a drop in air pressure, spiders work overtime building more and larger dragnets. Somehow they seem to know that insects will be easier to catch when the humidity is high. The moisture in the air soaks the insects’ wings, making it difficult for them to fly. However, since a heavy rain would ruin the net and wash away the bugs caught in it, spiders will take down their nets before a storm. And an old saying warns:

When spiders take in their net,
The ground will soon be wet.

Frogs and toads come out and feast on the easily caught insects when the air is cool and moist. Toads seldom come out when the air is dry. This is also true of frogs, and it is another reason why you can hear more of them before a rain.

Some people watch ants form weather clues. Anytime you see ants industriously building huge mounds around their holes, prepare for rain. About two hours before a downpour, all kinds of ants – but especially large black or red ones – will break up their caravans, scurry into their nests, and begin building dams around the ant hill. These mounds, which are sometimes several inches in height, prevent rainwater from running into the ant hills.

Bees give weather clues, too. They are usually active several hours before a rain, but as the humidity increases, they return to their hives. Some American Indians say that the longer the increased activity lasts, the longer the rain will be.

There is a saying which says:
If bees stay at home, rain will soon come;
If they fly away, fine will be the day.
Other insects are also good humidity indicators.

Butterflies usually flit from flower to flower all day long. When they suddenly disappear and can be found hiding on tree trunks or on the underside of leaves, they are seeking shelter to protect their fragile wings from a hard rain. Fireflies fly very low when there is a high relative humidity. But an old saying states:

When fireflies are about in large numbers,
The weather will be fair for the next three days.

Watching birds people also understand what kind of weather is coming and some sayings prove it well:

Crow on the fence
Rain will go hence.
Crow on the ground
Rain will come down.

When the cuckoo comes to the bat thorn,
Sell your cow and buy your corn,
But when she comes to the full bit,
Sell your corn and buy your sheep.

When the peacock loudly calls,
Then look out for rain and squalls.

When sea birds fly to land,
A storm is at hand.

If chickens roll in the sand
Rain is at hand.

If a rooster crows when he goes to bed
He’ll get up with rain on his head.

If the cock moult before the hen,
We shall have weather thick and thin,
But if the hen moult before the cock,
We shall have weather hard as a block.

Domestic animals and plants are also very good at prompting weather and these sayings prove it:

When a cow tries to scratch her ear,
It means a shower is very near.
When she thumps her ribs with her tail,
Look out for thunder, lightning, and hail.

It is time to cock your hay and corn,
When the old donkey blows his horn.

Onion’s skin very thin,
Mild winter coming in.
Onion’s skin thick and tough,
Coming winter cold and rough.

Plants are especially good at humidity indicators. They are affected in different way. Just before a rain many flowers – like the daisy, tulip – close their blossoms, and clover plants draw their leaves together. It is believed that the absorption of moisture from the air causes a change in the leaf stalk, making the leaves turn over. It may be that the rough underside of the leaf can absorb rain better than the smooth topside.

Almost everyone knows what humidity does to hair. Curly hair gets curlier and straight hair gets limp. The reason is that hair absorbs moisture from damp air. Straight hair actually gets longer.

Some people are very sensitive to humidity. People who have arthritis are, in a sense, “living hygrometers”. High humidity causes the fluids in their tissues and joints to increase, making movement difficult and painful. That is why many older people say, “It’s going to rain. I can feel it in my bones”. They actually can.

By learning to read weather signs, you can get a few hours advance warning if a storm is headed your way. It may keep you from getting your new shoes ruined in the rain, from having a family picnic spoiled, or your garden beaten down by a storm. If you are backpacking, camping, boating or doing similar outdoor activities it might even save your life.

However here are some more sayings which may be taken into account or purely entertain you or can be just used in class activities, especially if your learners have problems with phonetics:

Calm weather in June,
Sets corn in tune.

Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.

If you plant turnips on the 25th of July,
You will have turnips, wet or dry.

St. Swithin’s day, if thou does rain,
For forty days it will remain;
St. Swithin’s day, if thou be fair,
For forty days’ twill rain na mair.

Dry August and warm
Doth harvest no harm.

Warm September brings the fruit;
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Ice in November to walk a duck,
The winter will be all rain and muck.

Pale moon doth rain,
Red moon doth blow,
White moon doth neither rain nor snow.

When the dew is on the grass,
Rain will never come to pass.

A red sky at night is a shepherd’s delight,
A red sky in the morning is a shepherd’s warning.

Evening grey and morning red
Are the signs of a bonny day.
Evening grey and morning red
Bring down rain on the farmer’s head.

• If you kill a daddy longlegs spider, it will rain.

• If you cut your hair during a full moon, it will grow fast.

• When it rains, say, “Rain, rain, go away; little Donald wants to play.”

Vocabulary:

Moisture – влажность, сырость; влага

Saturate [`sэetSэreit]– насыщать, пропитывать

Humidity – влажность, сырость; влага

To spin web – прясть, плести паутину

Toad – жаба

Feast – пир, празнетство, банкет

Ant – муравей

Mound – холмик, горка

Scurry – беготня, суета, быстрое стремительное движение

Bee – пчела

Flit – перелетать, порхать, легко и бесшумно двигаться

Firefly –светляк (летающий)

Crow – ворона

Тhorn – шип, колючка

Tissue [`tiSu:]– ткань

To backpack – нести груз на спине (в походе)

Turnip – репа, репка

Na mair – (from Scot word) no more

Muck – навоз, разг. грязь, дрянь, мерзость

Doth – уст. 3 лицо ед.ч наст. вр.глагола to do

Squall – шквал, волнение, беспорядрк

Rooster – петух, задира, забияка

To crow – кричать, издавать радостные звуки, кричать кукареку

Thump – тяжелый удар; гухой звук (удара); наносить удар

Hail – град

Hay – сено

Limp – хромота, прихрамывать; мягкий, нежесткий; слабый

Post-reading task:

Learn the tongue-twisters by heart and take part in your group contest on the best “Chatterbox”

TEXT 6

23 March – World Meteorologists’ Day.

Weather extremes.

The recording of extremes in weather is made from comparisons of weather observations kept by worldwide weather stations for many years. The following are some established world records for extreme weather.

Longest tornado track: On May 26, 1917 a tornado yraveled from Missouri to Indiana, leaving a track 293 miles long (471 km).

Record winds: were recorded on April 12, 1934 and clocked at 230 miles ( 371 km) per hour as they swept across Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Greatest number of wet days: Mount Wai`ale`ale in Hawaii holds the record for rainfall, 350 days a year.

The driest place in the world: theAtacama Desert in Chile. It has less than 1/250 inches (0.1mm) of annual rainfall.

The coldest place: on July 21, 1983, Vostok Base, Antarctica set the world’s record for the lowest temperature at minus 128.6`F (-89.2`C).

The highest temperature in the world: 136.4`F ( 58`C), was recorded at Al Aziziyah in Libya on Septemeber 13, 1992.

The world’s most extreme temperature range: Verhoyansk, northeast Siberia. Temperatures there can fall to as low as –90`F (-68`C) in winter and rise to as high as 98`F (37`C) in summer.

The greatest measured annual rainfall: 1,1860 to July 31, 1861 in Cherapunji, Meghalya, India.

The largest hailstone: was 2.25lbs (1kg) and fell on Aptil 14, 1986in Gopalganj district, Bangladesh.

The greatest 24-hour rainfall: 73.5 inches (1,869.9mm) on March 15-16, 1952 at Chilaos, La Re`union, Indian Ocean.

Water spout: On May 16, 1898 a waterspout with the heigh of 5,012ft (1,528m) and a diameter of 10ft (3m) was spotted off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Vocabulary:

Clock – показывать время, хронометрировать. Sweep – проноситься. Chile – Чили. F=Farenheit – по шкале Фаренгейта. C.= centigrade – по стоградусной шкале. Libya [`libie] – Ливия. Temperature range – колебания температур. Hailstone – градина. lb=libra – лат. фунт (= 373,2г). La Re`union – о-в Реюньон. Waterspout – водяной смерч, ливень. ft=foot (pl. feet) – фут (=30,48см). Spot – заметить, увидеть.

TEXT 7

Thunderstorms

Moisture, instability and lift are the three main ingredients needed: rain, strong winds, accompanied by bright flashes of lightning and the crack of thunder – a thunderstorm is born. There are more than 40,000 thunderstorms happening around the world everyday. The most severe thunderstorm can produce hail and spawn tornadoes.

The life cycle of a thunderstorm occurs in three stages: developing, mature, and dissipating. In the developing stage, a cumulus cloud (low-level and puffy) begins to grow and vigorous updrafts develop which prevent any precipitation from falling. The mature stage sees downdrafts developing and occurences of lightning, thunder and violent down-drafts called “microbursts”; rain showers or hail may fall also. In the final stage, the cooler downdraft increases cutting off the suply of warm moist air to the thundrestorm. Rains begin to cease and altocumulus (mid-level) and cirrus (high-level) clouds may appear over the shrinking cumulus clouds.

Thunderstorms may last from 15 minutes to sevral hours.

Vocabulary:

Moisture – влажность. Lift – водяной столб. Flash – вспышка. Severe – сильный. Spawn [spo:n] – порождать. Mature [me`tSue]- зрелый, созревший. Dissipate – рассеиваться. Cumulus [`kju:mjules] – кучевое облако. Puffy — набрякший, пышный, пушистый. Vigorous – сильный. Updraft – поток воздуха, направленный вверх. Precipitation – осадки. Occurrence – случай, явление. Violent – сильный, интенсивный. Supply – поступление. Cease [si:s]- прекращаться. Altocumulus – высококучевое облако. Cirrus[`sires] – перистое облако. Shrink – сокращаться, уменьшаться.

TEXT 8

Tornadoes

Part 1

Tornadoes are storms with very strong turning and dark clouds. These winds are perhaps the strongest on earth. They reach speeds of 300 miles per hour. The dark clouds are shaped like a funnel – wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The winds are strongest in the center of the funnel. Tornadoes are especially commomn in the USA, but only in central states. A hot afternoon in the spring is the most likely time for tornadoes. Clouds become dark. There is thunder, lightning, and rain. A cloud forms a funnel and begins to twist. The funnel moves faster and faster. The faster the winds, the louder the noise. Tornadoes always move in a northeastern direction. They never last longer than eight hours. A tornado’s path is narrow, but within that narrow path a tornado can destroy everything. It can smash biuldings and rip up trees. Tornadoes can kill people as well.

The worst tornado swept through the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in 1925, killing 689 people. Modern weather equipment now makes it possible to warn people of tornadoes. People have a much better chance of protecting themselves. But nothing can stop tornadoes from destroying everything in their path.

How do the Totnadoes Start?

Part2

Of course we are all quite accustomed to thunderstorms. These are usually local storms. But there are certain kinds of storms that may cover thousands of square miles. One such type is called a “cyclonic storm” or “cyclone.” In a cyclone, the winds blow toward the center of an area of low pressure.

A curious thing about them is that the winds blow in spiral fashion. In the northern hemisphere such storms turn counterclockwise, in the southern hemisphere they turn clockwise!

A tornado is simply a special kind of cyclone. A tornado arises when the conditions that cause ordinary thunderstorms are unusually violent. There is an updraft of air. There are winds blowing in opposite directions around this rising air. This starts a whirling effect that is narrow and very violent. When this happens, centrifugal force throws the air away from the center. And this leaves a core of low pressure at the center.

This low-pressure core acts like a powerful vacuum on everything it passes. This is one of the destructive things about a tornado. It can actually suck the walls of a house outward in such a way that the house will collapse. The other destructive thing about a tornado is the high winds that may blow around the edges of a whirl. These winds can reach 300 miles per hour and blow anything down.

 Vocabulary:

Destruction – разрушение, уничтожение, разорение

Such – всасывание, всасывать

Outward – внешений, наружный, поверхностный, направленный наружу

Collapse – обвал, разрушение, крушение,крах

Edge – кромка, край

Core – центр, сердцевина, ядро

Counterclockwise – против часовой стрелки

Clockwise – по часовой стрелке

Cyclone [`saiklэun] — циклон

Exercise 20 (on 6, 7, 8 texts).

1. Using the material of the texts # 6, 7, 8 and weather reports from the TV programmes and newspapers make your own report for the programme “Weather Extremes” or “ The Catastrophe of the Week”

Exercise 21.

1. Explain the followng proverbs:

“ After a storm comes a calm”, “ Any port in a storm, “Every cloud has a silver lining”, “If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun”, “ In a calm sea every man is a pilot”, “ It never rains but it pours” ( “ It never rains without pouring’), “ Keep something for a rainy day”, “Make hay while the sun shines”, “ Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind”, “ The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill”.

3. Find other proverbs containing references to the weather.

1. Write a story in which a proverb about weather will be used as a conclusion.

Exercise 22.

1. Listen to the text ( tapescript 11, Headway intermediate ) about the weather forecast.

2. Make up a scheme of districts and weather forecast ( temperature, precipitation, etc.) mentioned in the text.

3. Listen to a weather report in a news programme or other programmes on TV and prepare the weather forecast for the following day.

Exercise 23.

Read the following weather reports published in newspapers and use them while acting out the following situations:

I. April: Saturday: mainly cloudy, occasional rain with sleet or snow over hills slowly dying out, hill fog patches, wind NE fresh or strong, max temp 5C.

(There are some styles in which articles are dropped, for instance in weather reports: Dull day, wind NE strong to gale force).

Outlook for Sunday: Bright weather with sunny intervals showers will spread slowly S during Saturday, replacing the mainly cloudy weather with occasional rain or drizzle. On Sunday all districts will have sunny intervals and showers.

March: Dull misty start with rain at times; becoming dry and brighter, wind SE light, max temp 10C.

Planning an Outing

Role 1. Phone up B. Ask him how he/she is. Comment on the weather. Invite your friend for an outing. Ask him/her If he/she knows the weather forecast. Say that you don’t feel like getting caught in the rain and getting wet through and through. Appoint the date for your outing.

Role 2. A. phones you up. You’re well. Discuss the weather with him/her. Describe the weather forecast to him/her which you’ve heard over the radio. Cheer him/her up. Express your hope that it will clear up and you will have a lot of sunshine. Agree upon the date for your outing.

Here are some useful phrases to express:

a) one’s likes and preferences.

I’d like to; I like to; I’d rather (do smth); I’ve always wanted to; I would love (doing smth); I would much prefer;

b) making suggestions

What about: Why not do (smth); Why don’t you; Listen, let’s

II. December: Sunny intervals, snow showers, chiefly near coasts, wind N light or moderate; max temp 3C.

Outlook for next week: very cold, snow showers, chiefly in the N and E.

Sea passages: wind NE strong to gale force, snow showers, visibility good, sea state rough or very rough. January: Bright at first, rain spreading from W preceded by sleet or snow in places, max temp 6C.

Outlook for next week: Cold, with scattered sleet or showers and sunny intervals.

Sea passages: Wind NW backing 3 moderate, occasionally fresh; mainly fair; visibility good; sea moderate.

Discussing a future business trip to England in December

Role 1. Phone up В., your colleague, who happened to have worked in England as a newspaper correspondent for three years. Ask him/her about the weather in London in December (January), Ask him/her for advice concerning clothes and things which may come in handy there.

Role 2. A. phones you up. Не/she tells you about his/ her business trip to England in December (January). You describe the weather in London in December (January) and give him/her advice concerning clothes and things he/she should take with him/her. Warn him/her about the peculiarities of English winter. Here are some useful phrases to express

a) giving advice

I think you should … (do..,); You’d better (do smth); If I were you I would (do…); Why don’t you …

b) accepting advice, considering advise, rejecting advice politely

Yes, that’s just what I’ll do; Thanks for the advice

Well, I could do that, I suppose. I’ll think about it. No, it’s no good doing that, I’ve tried it before. But thanks for the advice anyway.

c) warning d) askimg for advice

Don’t… Do you think I should … (do smth)

Don’t… otherwise .

1 warn you Would you advise me … (to do…)

Remember that…

Remember not to What do you think I should…

I wouldn’t… Do you think it’s advisable to…

You might find that… If you were in my position would you…

III. Discussing the plans for the forthcoming holidays.

Make use of the language material given in parts I, II.

Role 1. Plone up В., your friend. Ask him/her how he/she is.

Tell him/her you are going to Latvia for уоur holidays in April. You know that your friend has been to Latvia many times in all the seasons. Ask him/her about the weather in Latvia in April.

Role 2. A. phones you up. You are quite well. You’re glad to help your friend. You’ve been to Latvia many times in all the seasons. You describe the weather in April which may be very changeable. You advise your friend not to go to Latvia in April.

TEXT 9

“IT’S NEVER FAIR WEATHER”

I do not like the winter wind The frozen daffodils.

That whistles from the North. Let other poets gaily sing;

My upper teeth and those beneath, I do not like the signs of spring.

They jitter back and forth.

Uh, some are hanged, and some are I do not like the foggy fall

skinned. That strips the maples bare;

And others face in winter wind. The radiator’s mating call,

The dank, rheumatic air.

I do not like the summer sun I fear that taken all in all,

That scorches the horizon. I do not like the foggy fall.

Though some delight in Farenheit,

To me it’s deadly poison. The winter sun of course, is kind,

I think life would be more fun And summer wind’s savour,

Without the simmering summer sun. And I’’ll merrily sing of fall and spring

When they’re on their good behaviour.

I do not like the signs of spring, But otherwise I see no reason

The fever and the chills To speak in praise of any season.

The icy mud, the puny bud,

( by Ogden Nash )

Exercise 24.

Activities:

1. Make the poetic translation of the poem above.

2. Try and compose your own poem about seasons and weather .

Vocabulary:

Jitter [dзite]– дрожать. Hang – висеть. Skin – содрать кожу. Scorn – обжигать. Simmer – кипеть, закипать. Fever – лихорадка. Puny [`pju:ni]– слабый. Bud – почка. Fall = Autumn. Strip – обнажать. Maple – клен. Bare – голый. Mate – зд. дружеский. Dank – прпомозглый. Savior [`seivje]– спаситель. Otherwise – в противном случае. Praise [preiz] – хвала, похвала.

TEXT 10

Great London Fog

Fog! The poetry and the misfortunes of London, its pride and its curse; the bleak fog overloaded with dark gloom, bitter cold and hidden danger. Fog, fog everywhere – down the river where it spreads among the ships, in the streets, creeping into the houses, lingering before the door; fog in the eyes and throats of chance passers-by, its thick veil all around them. Cars move along at snail’s pace but still street accidents are frequent in the fog. People cannot see each other at their arm’s length, they collide in the streets, they creep along the houses touching them with their hands for fear of losing their or for fear of being run over by car.

An old anecdote comes to my mind: in a fog a young man wanted to cross the street, but he was afraid of being run over. At that moment he saw quite near the figure of a man walking with a firm step. The young man eagerly ran up to him, caught his hand and they crossed the street together.

“ How do you manage to find your way in the fog so well?” – asked the young man.

“ My dear sir, fog or not fog, it makes me no difference. I am blind,”- answered the man.

The fog begins with a transparent veil through which you can clearly see the sharp outlines of the Parliament, Big Ben, the Tower; then it becomes thicker and thicker, sometimes coloured yellow by the smoke of innumerable chimneys: a thick yellow suffocating fog of this kind is called “smog” or a “ pea-soup” or a “London particular”. This is a real disaster, especially for people with weak lungs. But smog does not happen very oftern.

If you walk along London streets in the evening, you cannot help noticing that the lamplight in different streets is of different colour; blue, milk-white, yellow, purple or orange, and it is no whim: the Londoners experiment which of the lights is better seen through the fog.

Along some central streets and thoroughfares glaring bits of glass are inserted into the asphalt; we call them “cats’ eyes”; you have most probably seen such “ eyes’ in our country, too, on road signs: “ beware! an engine” or “turn to the right”. They flash as soon as light illuminates them.

In Britain they are invaluable in foggy weather. Fog is often the gloomy background against which the action develops in many English novels or films. Perhaps you can remember some of them? Dickens often used it, and Galsworthy too.

The fog is one of the most typical features of London and the Londoners cannot imagine their capiltal without it.

Comments:

Haze/ hazy – light mist, usually caused by heat

Mist/ misty – light fog, often on the sea, or caused by drizzle

Fog/ foggy — quite thick, associated with cold weather

Smog –mixture of fog and pollution ( smoke + fog )

Exercise 25.

1. Retell the text above. Use your own imagination.

Vocabulary:

Curse – проклятие. Bleak – унылый, мрачный, бесцветный, бледный. Linger – медлить, мешкать, тянуться. Veil – вуаль, занавес. At snail’s pace – со скоростью улитки. Collide – сталкиваться. Run over – переехать ( кого-либо, что-либо). Transparent – прозрачный, просвечивающийся. Suffocate – душить, удушать, задыхаться. Whim – причуда, прихоть, каприз. Thoroughfares — оживленная улица, главная артерия города, проход, проезд. Insert – помещать, вставлять. Invaluable – неоценимый, бесценный.

Exercise 26.

Retell the following text in English:

Раньше я скептически относился ко всем разговорам о лондонских туманах. В конце концов туманы бывают и у нас. Поэтому первый лондонский туман я не воспринял серьезно. «Ну вот и знаменитый английский туман»,— сообщил я своим детям, и они запрыгали: «Туман, туман…» Жена казалась серьезнее: «Как же я в магазин пойду?» Она все-таки пошла и даже вернулась. Но мы ждали ее два часа, хотя до магазина было рукой подать /round the corner/. Туманы останавливают транспорт, даже железные дороги_э закрывают предприятия и… убивают людей. Нет, не только на дорогах, хотя в туманные дни происходит много аварий. Гораздо больше людей убивает «смог» — туман, смешанный с дымом и сажей от каминов и выхлопными газами. Знаменитый «киллер» — «смог» 1952 года унес жизни 435 человек, страдающих астмой /asthma/. Смог в декабре 1962 года убил более 200 человек. Лондонцы надевают в такие дни марлевые повязки /gauze bandages/: они становятся серыми через четверть часа.

Туман приносит много бед. Но не весь год в Англии только туманно, сыро и ветрено. Надоедают дожди и сырость. Но человек ко всему может привыкнуть. Привыкаешь посте­пенно и к английской погоде.

/По В. Осипову, «Британия глазами русского»/.

TEXT 11

To the Top of the World

(extracts)

by Cross Country Skier Mark Jenkins

Up a Sleeping Dragon. Arriving at Greenland, our plane belly-flopped onto an unnamed glacier. Putting on our skis, we took a bearing. We skied off one by one like camels in the desert. Nobody was talking much. It was a time formoving, letting your body talk and your mind walk. By midnight, when the Arctic is still bright as a cloudy summer day in July, we’d been skiing for six hours, and Gunnbjorn was in full view. We stopped, set our tents and fell asleep crawling into our bags.

At 4:30 we crawled out. The sun was happily sweeping around us. The snow was hard and brilliant, like a mirror turned toward the sun. White upon white upon white surrounded us. There was no sound, no movement but us. Here we were skiing up the smooth belly of a sleeping dragon, without a care in the world.

… Sometimes a glacier can be like a wide-awake dragon. It snaps its enomous glacial tail, and ice cracks and a tiny insect-size skier is crushed or impaled or buried alive by ice; or it bares its teeth and a crevasse sudenly opens and skiers die falling into it. But when the world is silent and kitchen-clean and friendly, you tend to forget.

… I climbed – steady, fluid, graceful. I had only feet and fingers. I put cold fingers in snow-filled cracks, feet into holes in the rocks. On all of earth there were only the rocks I touched. Suddenly the world returned. I was on top of a mountain on top of the world. The earth curved away in all directions, rough and white and uneven. Peaks everywhere, unknown, unnamed, unclimbed.

… Rising above the surrounding pinacles were two peaks. The Dome and The Cone. The words flashed through my memory. Journal notes. Members of a 1969 expedition had seen these peaks. But weather so vicious the leader said it “ very nearly cost us our lives” had kept them from exploring the two. I could not believe it. I suddenly felt a world of fear and stress and exhaustion roll on top of me.

… The next morning we chose to attempt The Dome first. The first few hours we made swift progress by walking on our skis. Then, as conditions worsened, we used crampons and ice axes. Metal teeth biting concrete snow, ice axes used more for balance than ascent, we cruised up the snow ridge to a notch that cleft the east ridge cleanly. There was steep snow going down, then steep, possibly unstable snow going back up.

…On the summit side of the notch, the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge. I had our altimeter around my neck. We reached 3790! We were there. What “there” was is still a matter of debate among geologists. Due to heavy snowfalls in the Arctic, summit heights can vary annually.

Vocabulary:

Belly-flop – шлепнуться на брюхо. Glacier [`glэesje]– ледник. Bearing – определять положение, ориентироваться. Smooth – гладкий, ровный. Snap – хлопать, шлепать, цапнуть. Enormous – громадный, огромный. Glacial [`gleisjel] – ледяной. Crack – трещина, трескаться. Impale – прокалывать, пронзать, напороться на что-то. Bare – обнажать, раскрывать. Crevasse [kri`vэеs]- расселина в леднике. Steady – спокойный, равномерный, осторожно. Fluid – подвижный, меняющийся. Curve — изгибаться. Uneven – неровный, шероховатый. Pinnacle – вершина. Vicious – ужасный, норовистый, злобнвй, порочный. Exhaustion [ig`zo:stSэn]– измождение, истощение. Swift – скорый, быстрый. Crampons [krэempэns] – шипы на подошвах обуви или на подковах. Аxe – топор. Ascent – восхождение, подъем. Cruise [kru:z]– “плыть”. Ridge –

гребень горы, хребет, гряда. Notch – выемка, метка, зарубка, амер. горный перевал, теснина, ущелье. Cleave (clove, cleft)– раскалываться, пробиваться, разрезать. Cleft – трещина, расселина. Steep – невероятный, неправдоподобный, чрезмерный. Unstable – неустойчивый, изменчивый, колеблющийся. Summit – вершина. Altimeter [`эeltimi:tэ]– высотомер.

Exercise 27.

1. Pick out the words from the text above describing the weather and nature of the north.

2. Pick out the words describing the difficulties of ascent.

3. What was the aim of Mark Jenkins and his group?

4. What was the result of the expedition?

5. What makes people take such great risk?

TEXT 12

Exercise 28.

Scan the following text for the new words on the topic. Inlarge your vocabulary.

SEASONS AND WEATHER, CLIMATE

As we know the weather, depends on the season and the climate of the country, and the latter depends on the geographical position of the country.

Our country, Ukraine, has a moderate-continental climate. England has a rather damp climate due to the effect of the warm current of the Gulf-Stream. The British Isles are surrounded by the ocean and have an insular climate.

The USA have an equable continental climate, except for Florida and the Mexican coast, where the climate is tropical and subtropical. The weather changes with the changing of the season. Consider autumn, for example. In autumn the sky is ofhen, cloudy, the sun hides behind the clouds and then appears again. Its rays have already lost their strength and the sun is not so bright now as it was in summer. The air is moist. Days get shorter and the nights longer. As autumn is a rainy season, the weather is mostly dull. And, of course, it is not attractive. As a matter of fact, I don’t like rain of any kind even if it just drizzles. But there is a spell of sunny weather in late September, which we call Indian summer, when the sun shines brightly, the sky is rather cloudless and there is a carpet of multicoloured leaves on the ground. Dew glitters in the sun and gossamer is flying in the air, it is left by spiders in the trees, on the grass and bushes. It is really golden autumn, as the poets have sung it. But in any case, nature begins to fade away. Later the frost will cover the ground at night and remind us about winter coming. As for me, I am not fond of autumn, but there are a lot of people trying to look at the reverse side of the medal. Strange as it may seem, they prefer autumn to any other season. As they say, it is the time of harvest, tasty fruit and vegetables, the time of beautiful golden leaves, the time when nature is very attractive. But many men — many minds.

Some people are fond of winter. They consider winter to be the healthiest season. In winter we can go in for winter kinds of sports: skating, skiing, tobogganing. In winter the sun shines rarely, its rays are pale, it sets early and rises late. The air is frosty, hard frost sets in, large snowflakes slowly fall to the ground, the streets are slippery with ice. The rivers and lakes are covered with thick sheet of ice, they are frozen. The icicles glitter in the sun, the temperature falls and the snow may fall thick. Going out in such weather is not pleasant and the old people prefer to stay at home. But children enjoy being out-of-doors. They like to make a snow man and to throw snowballs. Their cheeks are bunting with frost. How bitterly cold it is!

By the end of the winter the temperature rises and the snow begins to melt. Thaw sets in. The sun grows warmer and soon there won’t be any ice but plenty of water. The rivers are in flood.

Nature awakens from its long winter sleep. The birds come back from the warm lands, the trees begin to bud and soon tiny green leaves will appear. Thin new blades of grass come up, the fruit trees begin to blossom. «April showers bring May flowers», as the proverb goes. Everything looks covered with green carpet. The farmers till the soil and sow the seed. We are all welcomed and advent of spring. Nature looks full of promise. Spring is the season of hopes, it’s the season of revival of nature and people’s dreams. It’s my favourite season, I must admit.

After spring the summer comes. As the great Russian poet Pushkin said, «Oh, summer fine! I’d love you, but for the heat, the mosquitos and flies!» In fact, sometimes the heat is oppressive. But people usually like summer, because they have their holidays. It’s a good time for going to the seashore or a river beach, to bask in the sun, to become sunburnt, to swim, to pick berries and mushrooms, to gather flowers. We try to spend much time out-of-doors. But the weather is changeable in summer. It is the time of showers, rains and thunderstorms. The days become longer and the nights shorter. We can enjoy resting after hard work during the whole year.

To cut the long story short, I must confess that every season is beautiful and attractive in its own way. And as one of the famous poets says, «I see no reason to speak in prize of any season».

TEXT 13

Exercise 29.

Read the following extract and explain how the description of the weather helps to bring out the emotional state of the characters.

A Farewell to Arms (extract)

by Ernest Hemingway

Introduction

«A Farewell to Arms» is the story of an American ambulance officer, Frederick Henry, serving with the Italian Army during the 1914-18 war. He falls in love with an English girl, Catherine Barkley. He is wounded. On returning to the front he finds himself part of the desorganized retreat. Henry makes up his mind to desert from the Army. As he runs the risk of being arrested in Italy he and Catherine cross the border and find refuge in Switzerland. Catherine is expecting,

* * *

We had a fine life. We lived through the months of January and February and the winter was very fine and we were very happy. There had been short thaws when the wind blew warm and the snow softened and the air felt like Spring, but always the clear hard cold had come again and the winter had returned. In March came the first break in the winter. In the night it started raining. It rained on all morning and turned the snow to slush and made the mountainside dismal. There were clouds over the lake and over the valley. It was raining high up the mountain. Catherine wore heavy overshoes and I wore Mr. Guttingen’s rubber-boots and we walked to the station under an umbrella, through the slush and the running water that was washing the ice of the roads bare, to stop at the pub before lunch for a vermouth. Outside we could hear the rain.

«Do you think we ought to move into town?»

«What do you think?» Catherine asked.

«‘If the winter is over and the rain keeps up it won’t be fun up here. How long is it before young Catherine?»

«About a month. Perhaps a little more».

«We might go down and stay in Montreux^”.

«Why don’t we go to Lausanne? That’s where the hospital is».

«All right. But I thought maybe that was too big a town¹‘.

«We can be as much alone in a bigger town and Lausanne might be nice»,

«When should we go?»

«I don’t care. Whenever you want, darling. I don’t want to leave here if you don’t want».

«Let’s see how the weather turns out.»

It rained for three days. The snow was all gone now on the mountainside below the station. The road was a torrent of muddy snow-water. It was too wet and slushy to go out. On the morning of the third day of rain we decided to go down into town.

«That is all right, Mr. Henry», Guttingen said. «You do not have to give me any notice. I did not think you would want to stay now the bad weather has come.»

«We have to be near the hospital anyway on account of Madame», I said.

«I understand», she said. «Will you come back some time and stay, with the little one?» «Yes, if you would have room.»

«In the spring when it is nice you could come and enjoy it. We could put the little one and the nurse in the big room that is closed now and you and Madame could have the same room looking out over the lake.»

«I’ll write about coming», I said. We packed and left on the train that went down after lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Guttingen came down to the station on a sled through the slush. They stood beside the station in the rain waving good-bye. «They were very sweet», Catherine said. «They were fine to us».

We took the trian to Lausanne from Montreux. Looking out the window toward where we had lived you could not see the mountains for the clouds. The train stopped in Vevey, then went on, passing the lake on one side and on the other the wet brown fields and the bare woods and the wet houses. We came into Lausanne and went into a medium-size hotel to stay. It was still raining as we drove through the streets and into the carriage entrance of the hotel. The concierge with brass keys on his lapels, the elevator, the carpets on the floor, and the white washbowls with shining fixtures, the brass bed and the big comfortable bedroom all seemed very great luxury after the Guttingens. The windows of the room looked out on a wet garden with a wall topped by an iron fence. Across the street which sloped steeply, was another hotel with a similar wall and garden. I looked out at the rain falling in the fountain of the garden.

Catherine turned on all the lights and commenced unpacking.

Exercise 30.

Retell in English.

I. В первые четыре дня, которые я провел в Англии, там сияло солнце. «У вас здесь не так плохо»,— сказал я своим товарищам-корреспондентам. «Эти четыре дня,— ответили они мне,— англичане будут вспоминать лет десять». «По­мните, летом 1953-го, в июне, четыре дня подряд не было дождя?»

Два года спустя я снова приехал в Англию. В Шереметьеве была снежная вьюга и температура 12° ниже нуля. В Лондоне + 9° и опять солнечно. «Недурно для февраля», подумал я и… сглазил /to overlook smth, to bewitch smth with the evil eye/.

Два дня спустя шел дождь, потом было холодно и туманно, потом снова дождь, потом пасмурно, ветрено м холодно. И я с досадой думал об англичанах: «Что их заставляет жить на этих промокших насквозь островах, когда столько сухих стран на земле…»

II. Зима пришла — весна не за горами /winter heralds the coming of spring/ — говорят англичане. А весна в Британии — чудное время. Она вся цветет /to be in bloom/. Цветет в городах, цветет в пригородах. Нежные /delicate/ розовые цветы вишен. Белые цветы яблонь.

Чтобы по-настоящему увидеть весну в Англии, надо побывать в яблоневых садах графства Кент. На шоссе стоят указатели «дорога в цвету». Вы можете ехать по ним, этим провинциальным, узким и петляющим /winding/ дорогам милю за милей и наслаждаться белыми и розовыми в цвету деревьями.

Англия прекрасна в эти весенние недели. И дождь щадит ее красоту. И солнце делает яркими ее краски.

Нет, думаешь про себя, гуляя по покрытым белыми и желтыми нарциссами лужайкам лондонских парков, англи­чане все-таки знают, где надо жить.

А потом появляются тюльпаны, от которых оторвать взгляд. А впереди — лето, белые свечи каштанов, цветущие розы, с их тонким /delicate/ ароматом, цветущие липовые аллеи /lime-tree alleys/.

Но дождь к тому времени уже потерял терпение. Он начнет напоминать, что это в конце концов Британские острова, а не Сахара. Дождь сделает эту страну прохладной, и даже в июле здесь не пожалуешься на жару. Но дождь сделает еще более красивой английскую зелень /foliage/.

Не повезло англичанам с летом. Море, окружившее их со всех сторон, широкие, мягкие песчаные пляжи Корнуэла, только дразнят. Даже на самом южном из Британских островов Уайте /the Isle of Wight/ не всегда искупаешься. Море и летом остается прохладным. И только закаленные люди /physically fit, hardened/ осмеливаются поплескаться неподалеку от берега. Большинство же отдыхающих просто смотрят на купальщиков.

Сентябрь и октябрь в Англии превосходны. Бабье лето здесь долгое, солнечное, теплое. Трава стала лишь чуть менее яркой. Деревья только слегка пожелтели. В лесу очень много грибов, но англичане их никогда не собирают. Они едят только шампиньоны.

В погожие осенние дни не хочется думать, о надвигающей­ся зиме. Здесь она, как правило, бесснежная, дождливая, ветренная и туманная. На лыжах катаются только в Шот­ландии. В Лондоне всего два закрытых катка. А многочис­ленные пруды, реки и озера замерзают только раз лет в двадцать.

Есть, однако, в таком климате свое преимущество. Он дешев. Можно обойтись без шубы и теплой шапки. В девятнадцати из каждых двадцати домов нет центрального отопления.

Впрочем, мне случилось провести «исключительно суровую» зиму в Англии. В январе 1963 года снег в Лондоне лежал три недели. Температура падала до -5° С. Ничего подобного не случалось в Англии последние… 150 лет или около того. У нас в России такой морозец не назвали бы даже бодрящим /invigorating/. В Англии он вызвал хаос /to cause, a mess/ на транспорте. Только одним железным дорогам эти три снежные недели обошлись в пять миллионов фунтов стерлингов. Но подобные зимы в Англии случаются не чаще, чем раз в полвека.

/По В. Осипову, «Британия глазами русского»/.

Answer the following questions:

1. Why is spring a beautiful time in England?

2. What is «A road in blossom»?

3. What flowers can one see in London parks in spring and in summer?

4. Why are the English unlucky as far as the summer is concerned?

5. What is the Indian summer like in Great Britain?

6. What is the author’s impression of the English winter?

7. What does the author mean by saying that the English climate is cheap?

FOR ADVANCED READING

TEXT 14 Exercise31.

Pre-reading task:

1. Have you ever thought about the reason of the different colour of skin of the people inhabiting different parts of our planet? Try to discuss with your groupmate the following matters:

a). why people of different parts of the world (Africa, Europe, America, etc. ) have different colour and tints of colour of skin, different colour of eyes, hair;

b) whether climate has any influence on this difference; if “yes” — in what way;

b) share your ideas with your group;

2. While r8.ading the following text use the map of the world and try to make a scheme of correlation of climate and tint of peoples’ skin, colour of eyes.

CLIMATE AND EVOLUTION

Climate clearly has put its imprint on the tint of our skin, the size of our noses, and other physical traits.

The study of skin color and racial differences has been a touchy matter in Western science ever since the mid-19th century, when naturalist Louis Agassiz asserted that whites had bigger brains than others, and promptly concluded that they must therefore be more intelligent. Today, scientists differ over what a “race” is. During the late 1960s, for example, anthropologist Grover S. Krantz of Washington State University distinguished between “climatic races” – groups that share traits, such as skin color, which can change over generations in response to climate – and “descent groups”, which share ancient and immutable genetic traits, such as blood type. Climatic races have evolved separately from descent groups, Krantz maintained, and the two should not be considered “inherently connected”.

Amid such discussions, however, a consensus exists that climate has influenced the evolution of the human physique.

Skin color, for example, is determined largely by the amount of melanin, a dark pigment, in the outer layer of the skin. (Carotene imparts a yellow tint.) In sunny climates close to the Equator, natural selection has favored dark, melanin-rich skin, which protects its owner by absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays before they penetrate to lower layers. But some ultraviolet light must penetrate the skin so that the body can produce Vitamin D. Thus, at higher latitudes, where sunlight is less intense, pale skin with little melanin is the norm.

Among dark-skinned people, moreover, there are great variations in skin color. The drawback of dark skin is that, like dark cloth, it absorbs more heat from the sun than does lighter skin. In prehistory, anthropologists explain, those who roamed the savannah “traded off” some protection from ultraviolet rays for the reduced heat retention of lighter skin. For forest-dwellers, living in less extreme heat, a darker complexion was an evolutionary advantage.

Melanin also determines eye color. The human eye appears blue when there is no melanin in the outer iris, and turns darker as melanin increases. In the iris, as in the skin, melanin absorbs light, protecting the eye from glare. Thus, dark eyes are generally favored by nature. In Europe, however, almost 50 percent of the population has blue, green, or gray irises. Such people may see further in dim light, but scientists still do not fathom the evolutionary logic of blue eyes – or blond hair, for that matter.

The eyes of the Chinese, Japanese, Eskimos, and other people of Mongoloid descent – one third of the world’s population – are protected by epicanthic folds. These folds, composed of fatty tissue, probably evolved among their forebears inhabiting the Arctic in order to insulate the eye against freezing, and to provide an additional shield against glare from snow and ice.

Even the human nose adapts to climate. Inside the nose, a series of wet, mucus-lined air chambers “conditions” inhaled air before it reaches the throat and the delicate air sacs of the lungs, warming it to about 95 degrees Fahrenheit and raising its relative humidity to 95 percent. Humans in cold climates – or in hot, dry ones – thus have the greatest need to condition the air they breathe. Natural selection in such climes generally favors larger noses with more mucus lining: flattened, to protect against frostbite, in frigid environments; long and narrow in arid regions.

Over thousands of years, cooler climates tend to produce larger people. The reason: their extra mass helps them retain heat. In a like manner, the size and shape of the human form help the body regulate internal which heat can escape, the tradeoff still works to their advantage. As the body grows larger, mass becomes greater relative to skin area.

The Alakaluf Indians on the frigid southern tip of South America, for example, are 25 percent taller than the Ituri Pygmies of Central Africa. Yet, the Alakalufs are more than two times heavier – and thus store much more body heat.

Variations in body shape complicate the picture. A tall, skinny man has more surface area – and heat loss – than does a shorter, huskier man of the same weight. Thus, cold territories closest to the North and South Poles tend to be populated by stocky folk.

In southern Africa, Pygmies, the world’s shortest people, dwell very near the Nilotic tribes (e.g., the Dinka), the tallest. But the Nilotic tribes live in the dry, open savannahs, the Pygmies, in the shaded forests. The Nilotics’ environment puts a premium on having more skin surface to release heat, thus their extremely tall, slender build. And, occasionally, there appear uniquely adapted humans. A notable example: the Khoikhoi women of the open African savannah, who have thin torsos suited to the hot climate, but also protruding buttocks (steatopygia) containing storehouses of fat to draw upon in times of famine.

Just as it is difficult to prove a correlation between past climatic change, and, say, the demise of an ancient civilization, so today’s anthropologists are not certain that all their inferences about climate and human evolution are well founded. Very few of the world’s peoples in all their variety now inhabit the same territories where, long ago, their ancestors presumably developed certain characteristics in response to climate. Often, notes Grover Krantz, anthropologists resort to “pulling people out of areas where their… traits don’t fit the environment and putting them back where they do fit”.

Wilson Quarterly

Vocabulary:

Imprint – отпечаток

Tint – краска, оттенок, тон; бледный, светлый, ненасыщенный тон

Asserted – утверждать, заявлять

Descent – происхохдение, поколение, передача по наследству

Immutable – неизменный, неприложный

Evolve – эволюционизировать, развиваться

Physique – телосложение

Ultraviolet [ altэ`vaiэlit] – ультрафиолетовый

Latitute – широта

Roam – бродить, странствовать, скитаться

Trade off – обменивать, сбывать

Retention – удерживание, удержание, сохранение

Iris [`aiэris]– радужная оболочка

Glare – яркий свет

Dim – тусклый, неясный, матовый, слабый, туманный

Fathom – вникать, понимать; морская сажень, изобата

Epicanthic folds – a prolongation of a fold of the skin of the upper eyelid over the inner angle or both angles of the eye

Tissue [`tiSu:] – биол. ткань

Forebears – предок

Mucus [`mjukэs]- слизь

Inhale – вдыхать

Sac – биол.мешочек, сумка

Clime – поэт. климат, страна, край

To favo(u)r – благоволить, благоприятствовать, поддерживать, покровительствовать

Frigid [`fridzid] – холодный

Arid [`эerid]– сухой, засушливый, безводный

Retain – удерживать, поддерживать, сохранять

In a like manner – в некотором смысле, в рекоторой сте9ени

Skinny – тощий, кожа да кости

Husky – рослый, сильный, крепкий, здоровяк

Stocky – приземистый, коренастый

Put a premium [`primjэm] – поощрять

Torso [`tosэu] – туловище

Buttocks [`batэks] – ягодицы

Draw upon – черпать, брать

Storehouse – склад, кладовая

Famine – голод

Demise – передавать по наследству

Inference – вывод, заключение, подразумеваемое, предположение

Presumaly – предположительно

To resort – прибегать, обращаться за помощью, (часто) посещать

Steatopygia – an excessive development of fat on the buttocks that occurs esp. among women of the Hottentots and some black peoples

Exercise 32 Post-reading task:

Answer the following questions:

1. Do the white people really have bigger brain? Can you find the grounds “for” and “against”? Can the climate be the reason for bigger or smaller brain?

2. What are the factors to form the blood type? ( Here is the classification of people according to their blood type, given by some scientists: 1 – “hunters”, 2 – “agrarians”, 3 – “nomads”, 4 – mixture of “ agrarians” and “nomads”. Use this classification to answer the question ).

3. What can you say about your iris and skin ( peculiarities, substance ), using all possible information of the text?

4. What is an “epicanthic fold”? What is it composed of? What for?

5. Describe the functions of mucus-lined air chambers. Why are the people of cold and cool areas larger? Give examples.

6. What information of the text seems to be the most interesting for you?

7. Write out the biological terms as “natural selection” and give the translation.

8. Write down a plan of the text. Retell the text according to your plan.

9. Now, after reading the text, discuss the matter of “beauty”. Can a Khoinkhoi woman win “Miss Universe” contest or other contest of beauty? Are there any standards of beauty? Who creates them?

10. Write an essay on the topic “Beauty and Climate”.

TEXT 15

Pre-reading task:

Work in pairs. Discuss the influence of weather and climate changes on people’s health.

HEAT, COLD, AND THE HUMAN BODY

Although most climatologists are reluctant to draw broad conclusions about climate’s effects on human societies, the study of its impact on individuals has flourished since World War II. “Human health, energy, and comfort are affected more by climate than by any other element of the physical environment”, observes Howard Critchfield of Western Washington University.

“Bioclimatology” attracts researchers from a variety of specialties, with markedly different interests – industrial psychologists, physicians, space scientists. They have linked climate to everything from homicide to human fertility to mental acuity.

At the extremes of hot and cold, climate’s effects are relatively easy to measure – and to avoid. In the United States, heat stroke and hypothermia together claim only about 325 lives each year. Yet W. Moulton Avery, of the Center for Environmental Physiology, contends that it “would be front page news” if federal researchers has actually collected data on the thousands of heat-related deaths (e.g., from stroke) among elderly Americans last summer.

Climate exerts its influence in subtler ways. According to one study, for example, “excessive aggressiveness” begins to manifest itself between 82.4 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit, when the relative humidity is 100 percent. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) lists climate as one of a dozen factors that influence crime rates.

Some researchers have tried to link climate-induced physiological changes to physical and intellectual performance. As temperatures rise above 86 degrees, they note, the body cools itself by increasing blood flow to the skin and reducing the flow to the brain and muscles. One result: a loss of energy and ability to concentrate. When the thermometer drops below 68 degrees, the body conserves warmth by restricting blood flow to the skin. Yet, some groups, such as Eskimos, may have developed different tolerances through evolution; individuals undergo short-term adaptations to harsh climates.

Most studies suggest that comfort and mental vigor are not entirely synonymous. Andris Auliciems of the University of Toronto found that English schoolchildren performed best on a variety of tests at temperatures of 58.5 to 62.9 degrees. Some bioclimatologists have put the optimum temperature as high as 82 degrees; others dismiss such correlations as worthless.

Science does confirm much folk wisdom. Winter in the temperate zones of the world means more flu, partly because the cold depresses the body’s immune system, but mostly because it drives people indoors, where microbes spread easily. Other sicknesses plague the tropics because certain disease-bearing organisms flourish in heat and humidity.

Climate has other, unexpected, effects. Wolf H. Weihe, a Swiss biologist, reports that the fertility rate of women in Bombay, India, drops by more than 50 percent during the monsoon season. In the United States, he says, statistics indicate that fertility is lowest during the winter – except, for some reason, in Kansas, where it jumps when the temperature drops to 18 degrees below zero.

Vocabulary:

Reluctant – неохотно

Markedly – заметный, отмеченный

Homicide – убийца, убийство

Acuity [э`kju: ti]– острота, острый характер ( болезни)

Contend – бороться, соперничать, состязаться; утверждать, заявлять

Exerts – напрягать (силы), оказывать давление, влиять

Subtler – тоньше

Climate-induced – вызванные климатом

Blood flow – приток крови

Harsh – грубый, жесткий, резкий, неприятный

Vigor – сила, энергия; законность

Dismiss – отпускать; отделываться

Confirm – подтверждать, утверждать

Plague – разг. беспокоить, досаждать; зачумлять, насылать бедствие

Monsoon [ mon`su:n] – муссон, дождливый сезон

Fertility – плодородиe

Post reading task:

1. Express the topic of the text.

2. Give the title to every paragraph of the text.

3. What does “bioclimatology” study?

4. Can we, judging by climate and weather changes, determine less criminal and the most criminal area in the world, in the country? Why not predicting the increase or decrease of the level of criminality, then?

5. In pairs discuss every paragraph.

TEXT 16

WHY DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT SEASONS?

Pre-reading task:

Give your own idea on the matter in the title of the text.

Since earliest times, man has been curious about the changing of the seasons. Why is it warm in summer and cold in winter? Why do the days gradually grow longer in the spring? Why are the nights so long in winter?

We all know the earth revolves around the sun, and at the same time it revolves on its own axis. As it moves around the sun, it’s also spinning like a top. Now if the axis of the earth (the line from the North Pole through the South Pole) were at right angles to the path of the earth around the sun, we would have no such thing as different seasons, and all the days of the year would be of equal length.

But the axis of the earth is tilted. The reason for this is that a combination of forces is at work on the earth. One is the pull of the sun, the other is the pull of the moon, and the third is the spinning action of the earth itself. The result is that the earth goes around the sun in a tilted position. It keeps that same position all year, so that the earth’s axis always points in the same direction, toward the North Star.

This means that during part of the year the North Pole tilts toward the sun and part of the year away from it. Because of this tilt, the direct rays of the sun sometimes fall on the earth north of the Equator, sometimes directly on the Equator, and sometimes south of the Equator. These differences in the way the direct rays of the sun strike the earth cause the different seasons in different parts of the world.

When the Northern Hemisphere is turned toward the sun, the countries north of the Equator have their summer season, and the countries south of the Equator have their winter season. When the direct rays of the sun fall on the southern hemisphere, it is their summer and it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The longest and shortest days of each year are called “the summer solstice” and “winter solstice”.

There are two days in the year when night and day are equal all over the world. They come in the spring and fall, just halfway between the solstices. One is the autumnal equinox, which occurs about September 23, and the other is the spring equinox, which occurs about March 21.

Vocabulary:

Revolve – вращаться, крутиться

Pull of the sun (moon) – сила притяжения солнца ( луны)

Tilt – наклон, положение, наклонять

Winter ( summer) solstice [`solstis] – зимнее ( летнее) солнцестояние

Autumnal (spring) equinal [`ikwinэl]– осеннее ( весеннее) равноденствие

Post-reading task:

1. Simplify the language of the text and retell it to your little sister or brother.

2. Present the information of the text for your “ teacher of geography”.

TEXT 17

Pre-reading task:

Give your own idea on the matter in the title of the text

WHAT MAKES THE WEATHER?

What is the weather anyway? It is simply what the air or atmosphere is like at any time. No matter what the air is – cold, cool, warm, hot, calm, breezy, windy, dry, moist, or wet – that’s weather. Weather may be any combination of different amounts of heat, moisture, and motion in the air. And it changes from hour to hour, day to day, season to season, and even from year to year.

The daily changes are caused by storms and fair weather moving over the earth. The seasonal changes are due to the turning of the earth around the sun. Why weather changes from year to year is still not known, however.

The most important thing to “cause” weather is the heating and cooling of the air. Heat causes the winds as well as the different way in which water vapour appears in the atmosphere.

Humidity, the amount of water vapour in the air, combined with the temperature, causes many weather conditions. Clouds are a kind of weather condition, and they are formed when water vapour condenses high above the ground.

When the cloud droplets grow larger and become too heavy to be held up by the air currents, they fall to the ground and we have the weather known as rain. If the raindrops fall through a layer of air which is below freezing, the drops freeze and our weather is snow.

One of the ways the weather forecaster studies the weather is to look at the “fronts” that exist. Fronts are boundary lines between the cold air moving southward from the north, and the warm air moving from the tropics. Most of the severe storms which cause rain, snow, and other bad weather are in some way related to these fronts.

Vocabulary:

Vapour – пар. Boundary – граница. Droplet — капелька

Post-reading task:

1.Make a list of factors to cause weather changes and give the explanation to these factors.

 2. What is ‘front’?

TEXT 18

WHAT MAKES WIND?

Pre-reading task:

Give your own idea on the matter in the title of the text

Sometimes when we are outdoors, a sudden and mysterious thing takes place. A wind begins to blow. We cannot see it, but we feel it, and we have no idea what started it.

A wind is simply the motion of air over the earth. What causes the air to move? All winds are caused by one thing – a change in temperature. Whenever air is heated it expands. This makes it lighter, and lighter air rises. As the warm air rises, cooler air flows in to take its place. And this movement of air is wind!

There are two kinds of winds, those that are part of a world-wide system of winds, and local winds. The major wind systems of the world begin at the equator, where the sun’s heat is greatest.

Here the heat rises to high altitudes and is pushed off toward the North and South poles. When it has journeyed about one-third of the distance to the poles, it has cooled and begins to fall back to earth. Some of this air returns to the equator to be heated again, and some continues on to the poles.

These types of winds, which tend to blow in the same general direction all year round, are called “prevailing winds.” But these world-wide winds are often broken up by local winds which blow from different directions.

Local winds may be caused by the coming of cold air masses with high pressure, or warmer air masses with low pressure. Local winds usually do not last long. After a few hours, or at most a few days, the prevailing wind pattern is present again.

Other local winds are caused by the daily heating and cooling off of the ground. Land and sea breezes are examples of this kind of wind. In the daytime, the cool air over the ocean moves inland as the sea breeze. At night, the ocean is warmer than the ground, so the cooler air moves out to sea as the land breeze.

 Exercise 32

Complete the following sentences:

1.The local winds are caused by … 2. The “prevailing winds are … 3. There are two kinds of winds, they are … 4. …. Are caused by daily heating and cooling off of the ground. 5. The heat rises to high … and is pushed off toward the… 6. Local winds usually …. Long. 7. The world-wide winds …. By local winds. 8. At night the air is … and moves … 9. A wind is simply … 10. The major wind systems begin at …., where the … is the greatest.

TEXT 19

WHAT CAUSES HAIL?

Pre-reading task:

Answer the questions:

1. What is “hail”? 2. Is hail typical for our town, peninsular, region? 3. Have you ever seen or got into hail? What are you impressions? 4. Can you imagine what causes hail?

One of the most unusual weather conditions we can experience is a hailstorm. It is quite a thing to see and hear hailstones coming down, sometimes with such force that great damage is done. Animals, and even men, have been killed by hail! A hailstorm usually occurs during the warm weather and is accompanied in many cases by thunder, lightning, and rain. Hail is formed when raindrops freeze while passing through a belt of cold air on their way to earth.

Single raindrops form very small hailstones. But an interesting thing can happen to such a raindrop. As it falls as a hailstone, it may meet a strong rising current of air. So it is carried up again to the level where raindrops are falling. New drops begin to cling to the hailstone. And as it falls once more through the cold belt, these new drops spread into a layer around it and freeze, and now we have larger hailstones.

This rising and falling of the hailstone may be repeated time after time until it has added so many layers that its weight is heavy enough to overcome the force of the rising current of air. Now it falls to the ground.

In this way hailstones measuring three or four inches in diameter and weighing as much as a pound are sometimes built up. Snow, too, freezes around hailstones when they are carried into regions where it is forming. So the hailstones are frequently made up of layers of ice and snow.

Frozen rain is sometimes called hail, but it is really “sleet”! And soft hail which sometimes falls in winter is only a form of snow.

Vocabulary:

Layer – слой

Inch – дюйм

Hailstone – градина

Sleet – снег с дождем, крупа

Cling – цкпляться, прилипать

Build up – наращивать, накоплять

 Exercise 33

Choose the right answer:

1. A hailstorm usually occurs in _________________ weather.

a) cool b) warm c) cold

2. The raindrops __________ while passing through the belt of cold air.

a) fall down b) evapourate c) freeze

3. Very small hailstones are formed from ______________

a) a single raindrop b) a single snowflake c) crystal of ice

4. New drops clung to the hailstone spread into ___________ around it.

a) another hailstone b) double hailstone c) a layer

5. The raindrops freeze on their way ___________.

a) up to the sky b) westward c) through the cold belt

6. A hailstone is carried up again when it meets _________.

a) another hailstone b) raindrops that cover it c) rising current of air

7. Only when hailstone is __________ enough it can overcome the rising air current.

a) light b) heavy c) solid

8. Yhe hailstones can even be _____________ in diameter.

a) several pounds b) several inches c) several pints

9. The hailstones are frequently made up of layers of _____________ and snow.

a) water b) sleet c) ice

10. A hailstone is closer to _________.

a) ice b) snow c) sleet

TEXT 20

WHY DON’T ALL CLOUDS PRODUCE RAIN 

Pre-reading task:

1. Give your own explanation on why don’t all the clouds produce rain.

Have you ever flown through clouds in the airplane, or perhaps been high up on a mountain where the clouds swirled all about you? Then you must have got a pretty good idea of what a cloud is: just an accumulation of mist.

As you know, there is always water vapour in the air. During the summer there is more of this vapour in the air because the temperature is higher. When there is so much water vapour in the air that just a small reduction in temperature will make the vapour condense (form tiny droplets of water), we say the air is saturated.

It takes only a slight drop in temperature to make water vapour condense in saturated air. So when saturated warm air rises to an altitude where the temperature is lower, condensation takes place and we have a cloud. The molecules of water have come together to form countless little droplets.

What happens if all these water droplets in a cloud meet a mass of warm air? They evaporate — and the cloud disappears! This is why clouds are constantly changing shape.

The droplets of water in a cloud have weight, so gravity gradually pulls them down and they sink lower and lower. As most of them fall, they reach a warmer layer of air, and this warmer air causes them to evaporate. So here we have clouds that don’t produce rain.

But suppose the air beneath a cloud is not warmer air? Suppose it’s very moist air? Naturally, the droplets won’t evaporate. Instead, the droplets will get bigger and bigger as more and more condensation takes place.

Pretty soon, each tiny droplet has become a drop and it continues falling downward and we have rain!

Vocabulary:

Swirl [swэ:l] – водоворот

Reduction – уменьшение, сокращение

A slight drop – небольшое снижение (температуры)

Evaporate — испариться

Exercise

Find the word which is used in a wrong way. Give your comments.

1. A cloud is just a meeting of mist. 2. There is always water vapour beside the air. 3. During the summer there is less of this vapour in the air because the temperature is higher. 4. A small reduction in temperature will make thewater condense. 5. The molecules of water have come together to form a couple of little droplets. 6. If all these water droplets in a cloud meet a mass of warm air they grow bigger and the cloud disappears! 7. The water in them is changing again and again from water to liquid. 8. They evaporate long ago the drops can reach the earth as rain. 9. The droplets will get bigger and bigger as more and more acceleration takes place. 10. So, the cloud in the sky doesn’t always mean that it will fall down.

TEXT 21

Origins of Calendar Words

EXERCISE 34.

This exercise deals with calendar words which come from Roman and Norse mythology. For each group of sentences, fill in the blanks with the three best words from the set at the left.

THE MONTHS

readjusted
reassured
reestablished
reinforced
represented

January was named after the Roman god Janus, the god of beginnings and of doors and gateways. Janus was ___________ as having two faces so that he might guard both entrances and exits. This has ___________ the mistaken belief that January was so named because it was the first month of the year. In fact, however, when the ten-month Roman calendar was ____________ about 700 B.C., January was added as the eleventh month and so named because it contained a feast day in honor of Janus. In 153 B.C. it began to be counted, as the first month and January 1 quickly became a popular festival.

denoted
denounce
deprived
derived
desist

February is ___________ from the Latin februo which means “to purify.” February 15th ___________ an important festival for the Romans. On this day priests ran through the streets, touching or striking everyone they met with strips of skin from sacrificed goats. Women prayed that the priests would not ___________ from this activity until they had been touched or struck, for the goat skins were thought to be charms against childlessness. It lost a day to the newly-created August.

incomparable
inconsistent
inconvenient
indefinite
indisputable

March was the first month of the year according to the ancient Roman calendar which contained only ten months. Beginning the new year in the spring is ____________ with the calendar we use, but the Romans started the new ___________ year in the spring because it was the beginning of the planting season. It is an ____________ fact that the very early Italians worshipped Mars as the god of agriculture, and they dedicated the coming of spring to him and to the ___________ blessings of planting and rebirth.

believed
befall
beside
besides
beyond

April’s name is ___________ to come from the Latin word aperire to open. Spring is, indeed, a time of openings for military adventures ___________ the northern borders where the winter was longer and harsher than in Italy. ___________, the Romans were thinking of the opening of the buds on the trees and flowers in warm spring weather.

intend
increase
instrumental
intense
inadvisable

May is thought to have been named after the goddess Male. This goddess was __________ to growth and represented spring. The custom of holding May Festivals probably dates back to pagan times when ___________ celebrations were held to beg protection from the gods for thе ___________ of the new crops.

protegee
proposed
protectress
prospective
proclaimed

June may have been so ___________ in honor of another goddess, Juno, who was the wife of Jupitar and, therefore, queen. Though her marriage was not a happy one, her month was associated with ___________ young brides, since Juno was the __________ of women. May and June may have been months which honored age and youth from the Latin “Maiores” (elders) and “iuniores” (youths).

predominant
prevailed
previously
predecessor
preference

July and August commemorate two great Roman emperors, Julius and Augustus Caesar. _________ these two months were called “Quintilis” (5th month) and “Sextilis” (6th month) originally being counted from March. In the year of Julius Caesar’s assasination, Mark Anthony persuaded the Roman Senate to make the change. Nephew and heir of Julius, Augustus Caesar changed the name of the following month himself, based on his title “Augustus”. This was a lucky one for Augustus Caesar. In it he ___________, winning a number of victories, celebrating three triumphs, and put an end to the civil wars. In boosting his position, Augustus wouldn’t have a shorter month than his __________, Julius, so he added a day to his month borrowed from February.

enumerate
numerals
numinous
nominally
numerable

September, October, November and December are the remaining four months which retain their original names based, on ___________. Interestingly, Nona and Decima (ninth and tenth) were Roman gods of a special function, here watching over the critical months preceding childbirth. Both Caesars made __________ changes in the lengths of these months in their balancing acts. December was the traditional month for great festivals among both the Roman and Teutonic (Germanic) peoples and some of these traditions mixed with later Christmas symbols and activities and are accepted as _________ Christian today.

Answer Key:

January: represented, reinforced, reestablished
February: derived, denoted, desist
March: inconsistent, indisputable, incomparable
April: believed, beyond, besides
May: instrumental, intense, increase
June: proclaimed, prospective, protesters
July & August: previously, prevailed, predecessor
September, October, November & December: numerals, numerous, nominally

APPENDIX

POETRY

Exercise 35.

Read the poems written by a famous American poet Robert Frost.

Learn the poem your like most of all by heart.

Translate the poem you want into Russian.

Pay special attention to new lexical material, enlarge your vocabulary.

NOTE: R. Frost loved and felt nature. Both readers and critics think that never has there been such a fine understanding of nature in the works of any other American poet. In describing nature, Frost may be compared only with the British poets, with Robert Burns and Keats, though his poetry is American to the core.

This is the way he describes spring:

Nothing Gold Can Say

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can say.

(The decription of summer):

A Tuft Flowers

I went to turn the grass once after one

Who mowed it in the dew before the sun.

The dew was gone that made his blade so keen

Before I came to view the levelled scene.

I looked for him behind an isle of trees;

I listened for his whetstone on the breeze.

But he had gone his way, the grass all mown,

And I must be as he had been, — alone.

‘As all must be,’ I said within my heart,

‘Whether they work together or apart.’

But as I said it, swift there passed me by

On noiseless wing a bewildered butterfly,

Seeking with memories grown dim o’er night

Some resting flower of yesterday’s delight.

And once I marked his flight go round and round,

As where some flower lay withering on the ground.

And then he flew as far as eye could see,

And then on tremulous wing came back to me.

I thought of questions that had no reply,

And would have turned to toss the grass to dry;

But he turned first and led my eye to look

At a tall tuft of flowers by a brook,

A leaping tongue of bloom the scythe had spared

Beside a reedy brook the scythe had bared.

The mower in the dew had loved them thus,

By leaving them to flourish, not for us,

Nor yet to draw one thought of our’s to him,

But from sheer morning gladness at the brim.

The Butterfly and I had lit upon,

Nevertheless, a message from the dawn,

That made me hear the wakening birds around,

And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground,

And feel a spirit kindred to my own;

So that henceforth I worked as with no more alone;

But glad with him, I worked as with his aid,

And weary, sought at noon with him the shade;

And dreaming, as it were, held brotherly speech

With one whose thought I had not hoped to reach.

‘Men work together,’ I told him from the heart,

‘Whether they work together or apart.’

(From “A Boy’s Will”)

Vocabulary:

Mow ( mowed, mown) – стог, скирда, скирдовать. Dew – роса. Blade – лист, былинка, тонкий росток. Whetstone – точильный камень. Swift – скорый, быстрый. Bewildered – смущенный, в недоумении. Dim – тусклый, туманный, потускневший, неясный. Tremulous – дрожащий, робкий, трепетный. Toss – подбрасывать, кидать, метать, подниматься и опускаться. Tuft – пучок. Brook – ручей. Scythe [sai -]– коса, косить. Spare – жалеть. Reedy – тростниковый, камышёвый. Bare – голый, обнаженный, простой, неприкрашенный. Sheer – полнейший, легкий, прозрачный. Brim – край. Kindered [`kindrid] – кровное родство, родственники, родственный. Henceforth – с этого времени, впредь. Weary – утомленный, уставший, утомительный. Seek (sought, sought) — искать, разыскивать.

My November Guest

My Sorrow, when she’s here with me,

Thinks these dark days of autumn rain

Are beautiful as days can be;

She walks the sodden pasture lane.

Her pleasure will not let me stay.

She talks and I am fain to list;

She’s glad the birds are gone away,

She’s glad her simple worsted grey

Is silver now with clinging mist

The desolate, deserted trees,

The faded earth, the heavy sky,

The beauties she so truly sees,

She thinks I have no eye for these,

And vexes me for reason why.

Not yesterday I learned to know

The love of bare November days

Before the coming of the snow,

But it were vain to tell her so,

And they are better for her praise.

(From “A Boy’s Will”)

Vocabulary:

Wither – вянуть, сохнуть, осдабевать, уменьшаться. Sodden – промокший. Fain – принужденный. Worsted – [-э:-] самое худшее, [-u-] — ткань из гребенной шерсти. Clining – цепляющийся, удерживающийся. Desolate – заброшенный, необитаемый, покинутый, одинокий. Vex – досаждать, раздражать, сердить.

Dust of Snow

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hеmlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

Vocabulary:

Crow – ворона. Hemlock – тсуга ( американское хвойное дерево)ю Rue – раскаиваться, сожалеть, печалиться, горевать.

Looling for a Sunset Bird in Winter

The West was getting out of gold,

The breath of air had died of cold,

When shoeing home across the white,

I thought I saw a bird alight.

In summer when I passed the place

I had to stop and lift my face;

A bird with an angelic gift

Was singing in it sweet and swift.

No bird was singing in it now.

A single leaf was on a bough,

And that was all there was to see

In going twice around the tree.

………

( From the book “New Hampshire”)

Vocabulary:

Alight – спускаться, садиться ( о птицах), освещщенный. Angelic – ангельский. Bough [bau]– сук.

TEXT 22 Prepreading task:

1. What do you know about a famous American poet Henry Wordsworth Longfellow? (prepare information about him).

WOODS IN WINTER When winter winds are piercing chill, And through the hawthorn blows the gale, With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale. O’er the bare upland, and away Through the long reach of desert woods, The embracing sunbeams chastely play, And gladden these deep solitudes. Where, twisted round the barren oak, The summer vine in beauty clung, And summer winds the stillness broke, The crystal icicle is hung. Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs Pour out the river’s gradual tide, Shrilly the skater’s iron rings, And voices fill the woodland side. Alas! how changed from the fair scene, When birds sang out their mellow lay, And winds were soft, and woods were green, And the song ceased not with the day! But still wild music is abroad, Pale, desert woods! within your crowd; And gathering winds, in hoarse accord, Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud. Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year, I listen, and it cheers me long. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Note:

1. The following essays were written by the 3d year students of Moscow State Pedagogical University. This is the way the students feel the poem of Longfellow “Woods in Winter”. Read the essays and try to do your best in describing a winter ( spring, summer, autumn) day. Prepare the pictures as illustrations to the essays.

2. Make the list of new words and expressions on the essays below.

I. A dark and misterious winter forest was waking up. A grey sky was hanging over it. The trees stood terribly tired carrying heavy snow lying on them. A virginal white snow was having a rest at the feet of the trees. The tree tops greeted each other after a deep sleep. Everything became alive looking at the smiling sun. The snow-flakes were dancing with the wind giving joy to everything around. Birds ware singing a wonderful song. That was the beginning of a new unbelievably beautiful day.

Zlata Shangina

II. It was a chilly winter morning when we entered the forest. The path led us among the sleeping trees. We looked around us as though we entered a fairy tale. The trees were dressed in white magic clothes. The snow was crunching under foot and the air was so fresh the crunching sounds were scattered everywhere.
The sky was so crystal clear that I thought that if I touched it with a stick it would jingle like a vase. But suddenly it started to snow. The snowflakes were flying and falling to the ground like petals of white roses.

Alexandra Peterson

III. When in the rays of bright but not hot sun every drop, every snowflake shines as a diamond. And My favourite season is winter, I especially like the winter forest. It is an unimaginable sight, trees like little children at rest-time, covered with white warm counterpane, have fallen asleep till the coming of spring.
What beautiful little fir-trees and bullfinches with red breasts stand out against the background of snow as white as a lily.
Every twig, every root – everything has gone into a deep sleep, only snow underfoot sings a melody of winter and snowflakes dance in the fresh, frosty air.
Winter has smothered everything with a white veil. The brushes of the trees shoot out on the bushy branches.
The forest alertly keeps silent, but sometimes whispers with the wind. Under the blue heavens, magnificent carpets, shining in the sun, the snow lays.

Olga Lebedeva

IV. How beatiful winter forest it is. The snow is falling in large blotches as if to cover the carpets and bridge a river. The flecks of snow as light as air fly wanton in the wind and alight on the paths through the woods. The trees stripped of their leaves are wrapped by powder as if by circlet. The old trees crack from the ringing frost. The snowdrifts glare like diamonds. The bullfinches sit in the trees like rose apples. The clouds are drifting across the sky. A wizard forest is in repose waiting for the spring.

Natalya Sinyagina

V. My blue dream is to walk in a winter forest. To see the eternal pinetrees with their snow hats. I imagine that I touch the branch of one of these giants and snow rains crash on me. A gust of wind carries a new wave of snow. Everything is covered by this downy and silver snow and it looks like a white desert. Feet are swamped in this cold and tender carpet. The tile revives on my eyes. The silence is so impressive, that it rings in my ears.

Tatyana Sadykhova

VI. The whole forest sleeps in winter at the end of a long year. Trees stand still and silent. They guard all inhabitants of the forest. The earth lies still under the silver carpet of snow waiting for the coming of spring.
On frosty quiet days the golden merry sun looks out of the fluffy clouds and lights the motionless sleeping forest, and at once red-breasted bullfinchs start to chatter. A white fluffy hare appears from behind the snow-drift, sits for a while listening attentively and runs away. And when the night comes everything gets quiet and still and only the lonely moon producing no sound examines the dumb forest below.

Olga Korzsh

VII. A flight of imagination makes me burn with desire to visit the winter forest.
Marvellous foxes and lovely squirrels are running around. The air is sparkling fresh. I have a triumphant smile on my face. This is my golden opportunity to take a picture of this beauty, and I don’t let it turn to brass. “Oh, heavy lightness!” Said my friend. I was so impressed that asked my friend: “Is life worth living?”
And she answered me: “It depends on the liver”. She dropped a tear and her handkerchief. Then we saw a hunter. He was as drunk as a lord. “Oh, damn your eyes!” said my friend and threw a snowball at the hunter.
He looked at us and began to approach us. “A thousand pardons”, I told him, frightened to death. He stopped. His grey face was so long that he could wind it twice around his neck. With his presence we continued to admire the beauty of the winter forest.

Tatyana Shaporeva

VIII. The winter forest always played jokes with him. It covered him with its spidery kind and calm hands of big trees. He always pictured and even saw the damp (for him, I was snow) laying on the ground as if some goblin has been crying there all night or he saw the damp laying on the bare bushes like a coarser sort of spiders’ web; draping itself from twig to twig. So, all that seemed to run at him at once. The forest was high and the fourth was broad and the forest was the entire world forever and forever. Sounds like music and sounds like flying tents filled the sky.
He spent his green years in the winter forest. He always called it “my wonderful, passionate, sensible, frightening and terribly charming friend”. He forgot all misfortunes there. His soul coincided with the soul of the winter forest. When he was at a mass, had some troubles, he came there and a cry of pain escaped him, the forest screamed in return, only screamed in silence. His life was like the past of this old forest, full and deep. It was as remote as his own life yet such a baby of a thing, hopelessly ignorant and innocent. He used to say that trees in the forest rose sheer from the blue green plain, as if out of a sea. The winter forest was the only place where he could be happy.

Ludmila Orekhova

IX. Through the blinding brightness of the sunlight reflecting from the mirror of snow there can be seen the naked leafless trees. The birds sitting in Hell-freeze don’t even make a move like small feathered toys. There is no food in this glittering white wilderness. A lonely woodpecker hollows the trees and echoes overflow the sound of the winter forest. Beside it, there are a lot of sounds, practically a wall of noise, including the howling of wind, the creaking and moaning of trees bowing to the earth, the distant sound of civilization and happy shouting of children sledding all day long. A small river that by wonder hasn’t been trapped under ice bears her currents to unknown lands, gathering forces to overflow in spring. But now it is calm, shy, hidden and can be found only by hearing the quiet warbling of the stream. The thick blanket of snow covers everything. Nature is sleeping like a child in its bed.

Denis Golovatch

X. The winter forest is surprisingly beautiful. Winter decorates trees with white sparkling lace. Silver snow looks marvellous on the tops of the trees and makes them look like crowned heads.
First the forest greets you silently. Snowflakes fly slowly as small butterflies. The playful rays of sunlight penetrating through the majestic crowns of the trees try to involve you in their mystery.
The huge dazzlingly white snow-drifts stand guard protecting the peace of their master – the kingly winter snowy forest.
Then sudden wind makes the silent brunches dance and tell their secrets.

Oksana Bayuk

XI. The face of any forest is very beautiful in winter. There are a lot of wonderful snow caps on the trees. Bright threads of light came through the firs. Snow-flakes fall on the earth like shooting stars. When it’s fine and the eye of heaven shines the snow plays like jewels, but when the weather is bad you see an angry gloomy sky and feel a gusty wind. The silence in a winter forest is so deafening that it rings like a bell in your ears. On any day you can have a walk between the firs and enjoy the best faces of the winter forest with admiration. Here you can see a red-breasted bullfinch, a whiter-tailed hare, a red fox and a smart squirrel. In this soundless and lonely place you feel calm and peaceful.

Olga Ivlieva

XII. The dark gloomy forest looks at me with widely opened eyes. The trees whisper something frightening in their language. I try to understand what they tell but the only thing I can hear is the roaring of the wind. The wind cries as hysterical as a child, then his cry changes to a hysterical laughter of a crazy old woman. I just stand inside the forest and fear fills me from hand to heals. But the only thing I can do is to go straight on. I carefully step on the snow and it creaks like a rusty wicket. The forest seems to be an unfriendly old castle disturbed by an uninvited guest. All his nature is against me. But I try to be as careful as a mouse running near a cat. I go through the invisible paws of the darkness and they embrace me cold and terribly. But now I have no strength to go – I lay in the snow-drift. It is the only creature who understands me here in the forest – it is always ready to serve as a bed for a tired traveller. I close my eyes and fall asleep waiting for the sunlight.

Ksenia Bessonova

XIV. The snow blanketed the ground, wrapping the earth for a long winter nap. A sleepy winter wood calls to show its mysterious beauty. The trees have lost their dresses, and now silver covers their branches. The grass is captured by the snow. The white trunks of birches disappeared in the pearl snow of the morning light. The silent pines are missled up in winter greatcoats. Nothing breaks the magic silence of winter wood. The sun rays touched the ground and a flying snow played sparkles with cheerful stars.

Katya Menshova

XV. Especially in deep night, a winter forest looks like a magic kingdom. Trees, proud and solemn, are dressed in white soft fur coats and the cold, lonely and silent moon is blaping with light, which falls unreal on the shrubberies and makes thin elongated glints upon a fluffy counterpane, covering the land. Falling snowflakes, as light as feathers, are like twinkling stars and it seems that it’s a silver rain. Not a breath of wind is heard; nature is sleeping like an innocent child.

Margaret Souproun

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Difficult landing

One airline had a policy that required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited. He smiled and thanked them for __________________ the airline.

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Who really discovered America?

Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Was he really the first to reach the continent? The great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal believed that ancient people were able to build boats that ______ cross oceans.

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Excuses, excuses …

For years my husband, Tom, and I had complained bitterly about the lack of sidewalks in our village. We didn’t have enough exercise but we ______ jog because there were no sidewalks.

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Astronomers

People who study the sun, moon, planets and stars are called astronomers. Cave people were some of the __________________astronomers.

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International Summer School in London

Each summer the UK welcomes children to international summer schools. They come from more than 45 different ______ and many of them come to Dean Close year after year.

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Two Friends

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were friends. But most people believe that after the Beatles ______ up in 1970, the friendship between them was over.

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Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace is a rare surviving example of a 13th century building. Built between 1207 and 1229, the palace __________________ the residence of the archbishops of Canterbury for almost 8 centuries now.

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The invention of video games

Do you know the story behind the invention of video games? Here is the story of the __________ video game.

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A phone call

В4 Among the e-mails waiting for me at work one morning was one from a member of my staff. It was sent from his personal e-mail address and there was only his home phone number. Thinking something was wrong, I immediately called ______ .

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Kid inventions

Becky Schroeder was only 10 years old when she came up with the idea of the glo-paper. Two years __________, in 1974, her invention was patented.

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Strange but true

Everybody knows Walt Disney, a person who invented many cartoon characters such as Donald Duck and Pluto. But it’s Mickey Mouse that __________________ by children all over the world.

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Where did basketball come from?

Basketball is now a major sport in the USA. Basketball __________________ by Dr. James Naismith at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players, in which each team tries to win points by throwing a ball through a net.

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The name of Alaska

Do you know the origin of the place name Alaska? The name Alaska comes from the Aleut word alaxsxaq, __________________ “object toward which the action of the sea is directed” – that is, the mainland.

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Zanzibar history

In 1896, Said Khalid seized power in Zanzibar. A British fleet soon arrived at the port of Zanzibar and ordered him out of the royal palace. Khalid refused to leave. At 9:02 on the morning of August 27, British ships started a fire on the palace, a war between Britain and Zanzibar__________.

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SPORTS DAY

Our school used to have a ritual day of torture, embarrassment and humiliation for the less athletic pupils at the school. It ______ Sports Day.

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New Seven Wonders of the World: Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan is an enormous archaeological site in Mexico. It contains some of the ______ pyramids in America.

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Can fish hear?

То divers, the underwater world is silent, and we call the ocean the «silent deep.» But to a fish, the underwater world isn’t silent at all. Fish can «hear» other fish ___________ through the water.

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What country has no rivers?

Hard to believe it, but there is such a country! Libya ____________ in North Africa and borders on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Who really discovered America?

Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America. However, America ______ after Amerigo Vespucci who explored the eastern coast of South America.

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Alaska flag

Do you know any kids’ inventions? One of them is 13-year-old Bennie Benson from the USA, who designed the state flag of Alaska in 1926. His design _____________ in a flag-designing contest.

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The popsicle

Not all new things are created by wise old scientists. Frank Epperson invented the popsicle, fruit ice cream without milk, in 1905 when he was only 11 years old. Frank ___________ his drink outside on the porch overnight with the stir stick in it.

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Scottish Castle

For more than 800 years the castle was a fortress against the English and rival Scottish clans. For the most part it was in a state of neglect since then. About 150 years ago it became a luxurious farm house and then in the early part of the ______ century it became a hunting and fishing lodge.

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Natural Wonders: Meteor Crater

Some of the natural wonders are known for their beauty. The Meteor Crater is not one of them. It looks like a big hole in the desert. It ______ by a meteorite hitting the earth thousands of years ago.

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New Seven Wonders of the World: Teotihuacan

Long ago Teotihuacan was an important religious and economic centre. However, after there _____ a great fire, for some unknown reason all the population decided to leave the city. This happened in 650AD.

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The Sydney Opera House

For many years there was no good opera house in Australia. In 1954, Jorn Utzon from Denmark __________________ a competition organized by the Australian government to build an opera house. The construction lasted for fourteen years until 1973.

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The ‘All Blacks’

Rugby is the most popular sport in New Zealand. The country even has a Rugby Museum. The game ______ there as early as the 1860s.

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New Zealand: geography

New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the Antarctic. New Zealand __________________ about 2,012 km southeast of Australia.

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A Smart Boy

Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. Their ______ were good friends. One day Mr. Jones invited Mr. Brown to a small party.

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The Emperor’s Seed

Once there lived an old emperor who had no children. He ______ choose his successor for a long time.

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Global warming

In northern Québec and Labrador, temperatures __________________ two degrees Celsius since the mid-1990s. That rise has helped more trees grow in the area which was previously too cold for trees.

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Souvenirs From the Past

The lands of southern England have always been associated with mystery. Pre-historic sites like Stonehenge are souvenirs from the past ______by civilizations we still know very little about.

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The Roses Parade

On January 1, many Americans watch the Tournament of Roses parade and then a football game in Pasadena California over TV. It may be difficult for ______ to believe it, but January in California is a warm sunny month with a lot of flowers.

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New Seven Wonders of the World: the Great Wall of China

Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall runs up and down deserts, mountains and grasslands for 6,700 kilometers from east to west of China. It is one of the ______ wonders of the world with more than 2,000 years of history.

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Holidays in the USA

What do you know about holidays in the USA? They can be divided into two groups: national and popular holidays. There __________________ ten national holidays in the USA.

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How old is Coca-Cola?

Do you know how old this popular drink is? In 1886 a chemist from Atlanta, John Pemberton, _________ a syrup from cola-nut extract, cocoa leaves, some vegetable extracts, caffeine, and sugar.

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Singing in the car

My elder brother likes all kinds of music. He prefers jazz but also listens to pop music and sometimes goes to classical music concerts. But when driving ______ in his car, he insists on listening to heavy-metal music.

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California Summer Camp for Children

When it comes to California summer camps for kids, Sky lake Yosemite Summer Camp is the very best. This year the camp is celebrating ______ 66th season.

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Was he really the first to reach the continent? The great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal believed that ancient people ______ able to build boats that could cross oceans.

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It was taking a long time for the waiter to arrive, but I was in no hurry. I was sure that the waiter __________ soon.

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______ summer school provides a safe, stimulating environment for international students aged 11 to 16 to learn English, experience life in the UK and make strong friendships.

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141

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BRING так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 2009 an amazing discovery near a village called Damerham ______ to life a whole complex that archaeologists did not even know existed. At first scientists believed that they were crop circles.

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142

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He ran the ____________ advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the same year in the Atlanta Journal.

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143

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DESTROY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The palace __________ very quickly. At 9:40 that morning, Said Khalid surrendered and the war ended.

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144

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FIFTEEN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It’s the ___________ largest country on Earth. But more than 90 percent of Libya is desert, and there’s not a single permanent river in Libya!

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145

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A pilot on this airline landed his plane into the runway really hard. He thought that passengers __________________ angry comments.

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146

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CELEBRATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Independence day is a public holiday. It __________________since July 4, 1776 when the thirteen colonies of America declared Independence from England. For many families this is the most important festival of the year.

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147

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was taking a long time for the waiter to arrive, but I was in no hurry. I was sure that the waiter __________ soon.

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148

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FORM так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is also known as Alyeska, the “great land”, an Aleut word __________________ from the same root.

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149

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово STRONG так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Wealthy visitors paid good money trying to catch Atlantic salmon  — the Scotland’s ______ sporting fish.

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150

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The queen of the parade rides on a special float which ______ from over 250,000 flowers. The first Tournament of Roses took place in 1890.

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151

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово YOUNG так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

She became the ____________ female to ever receive a patent in the United States.

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152

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The climate is continental; however, the fluctuations in temperature are ______ than in other European countries.

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153

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was taking a long time for the waiter to arrive, but I was in no hurry. I was sure that the waiter __________ soon.

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154

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SEE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then Teotihuacan _____ the Aztecs, the Spanish invasion and many other people and events.

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155

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово READ так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

If you _________ this article in 2013, you probably imagine video games as we know them now. Nowadays we are used to online games full of colour and action.

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156

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall ______ by several Chinese dynasties in order to protect the Chinese Empire from different aggressors.

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157

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A sleepy female voice answered and told me he was at work and ______ home late in the evening.

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158

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the building __________________ the symbol of Australia.

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159

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CAN NOT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But once she and Mr. Wolf and their son and daughter were out in the summer woods, they ______ find the right spot.

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160

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LOOK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

If you ______ for a summer camp your kids will love, we invite you to consider Sky lake.

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161

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of the ancient Egyptian boat and sail across the Atlantic. On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra left a port in Morocco and headed across the ______ part of the Atlantic.

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162

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GROW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Then he called all the young people in the kingdom together and said, «I’ll give each one of you a seed today. I want you to go home, plant it, water it and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed.» A boy named Ling also got a seed. He came home and told his mother that he ______ the best plant.

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163

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT HAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Fish _________ ears, but they do have a structure inside their head that is very much like our own inner ear.

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164

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The __________________ met a state senator. She showed them around the capitol building. They even got to listen to the senators discuss a new law!

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165

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SEPARATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The North Island and the South Island __________________ by Cook Strait. The North Island is 829 km long and volcanic in its south-central part.

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166

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WARM так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

And the more trees that grow, the __________________ the region becomes.

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167

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SURPRISE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

J Mr. Brown went into the other room and telephoned. He ______ very much by his telephone conversation.

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168

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LARGE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The crater is 4,145 feet across, and 570 feet deep. It is the ______ impact crater in the entire world.

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169

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THREE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Basketball is a very spectator-oriented sport. It is the __________________ most popular game in the USA. People enjoy both watching and playing it.

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170

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WRITE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1947, Samuelson ______ “Foundations of Economic Analysis” in which he used the language of mathematics to explain the world of economics.

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171

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово I так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Tom had often told ______ , «If only we had sidewalks, we would jog or walk daily and become models of fitness».

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172

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово TAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

«What’s wrong, Mom?» Jordie asked. I explained that when I was his age, my parents had taken my picture standing in exactly the same spot, and I was feeling rather nostalgic. I added that perhaps one day he ______ his son’s picture here.

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173

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SEE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Millions of kids worldwide __________________ this cartoon since it was made.

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174

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово TAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The festival __________________place in Bristol, a world centre for ballooning and is called the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. People enjoy both watching and riding balloons.

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175

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Also, the archaeological site of Teotihuacan ______ for the so-called ‘street of the dead’ and its colourful frescos.

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176

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INCLUDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

That night the temperature dropped and froze things, __________ Frank’s drink. That didn’t stop him from tasting it.

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177

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They drew the different shapes of the moon on walls of __________________caves. Long ago, sailors studied the stars to help them travel. The ancient Greeks discovered many of the planets.

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178

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

_______________, in 1959, it became the official flag of Alaska. The blue background is for the sky and the forget-me-not, the state flower.

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179

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FIT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There were many spectators: parents, teachers and classmates were all there to cheer and applaud the ______ , fastest and most successful athletes in the school.

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180

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT CAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For a long time I ______ understand why he was doing it.

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181

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MURDER так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, Paul has always maintained that he remained on good terms and that he still misses Lennon, who ______ tragically in 1980. What is even less well-known is that Paul and John played together again long after The Beatles had played their last song.

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182

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COVER так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The island has an area of 49 square kilometres, the biggest part of which _____by a glacier.

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183

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The game spread quickly. Soon New Zealand’s national team appeared. It ______ the “All Blacks” and not because of the colour of the players’ skin.

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184

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Throughout those centuries, many successive occupants of Lambeth Palace __________________ numerous alterations to the building.

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185

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BURY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The extreme north is a cold bare region  — the tundra. For more than six months it ______ in snow.

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186

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

So we were thrilled when a community sidewalk project was announced, and watched eagerly as paving neared completion. Then the ______ thing happened: wishful thinking and reality collided.

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187

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IMPORTANT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1948 he published “Economics” which is considered to be the ______ economics text of our time.

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188

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The flag also has the Big Dipper (a symbol of strength) and the North Star (also ____________ Polaris), which represents Alaska’s northern location.

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189

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SWIM так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The inspiration to restore the castle came to John Faulkner when he ______ in the sea on an unusually warm August afternoon.

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190

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, the story about the invention of video games dates back to the 1940s and to a patent registered by the US patent office. The invention patent _______________: «The cathode ray tube amusement.»

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191

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The ______ moment was when I remembered that I had recently asked staff members to give me their home numbers. I went right down to the employee’s office to apologize for my call.

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192

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT FORGET так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After the tour they had so many questions for the senator! I could not help smiling at the interesting topics they raised. I’m sure they __________________ this great experience for a long time…

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193

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SMALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This huge country, more than four times the size of California, has a ____________ population than a number of cities in California.

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194

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Between 1AD and 250AD Teotihuacan ______ an important religious and economic centre when the construction of the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon had been finished.

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195

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They got their name because all the ______ in the team wore black shorts, shirts, socks and shoes when they play rugby.

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196

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THINK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When Europeans discovered it in 1871, they ______ it was the top of a volcano.

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197

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SMALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This huge country, more than four times the size of California, has a __________________ population than a number of cities in California.

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198

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GOOD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For useless athletes like me, these were the worst days of our school lives. However, I eventually developed a strategy that made it a little ______ . I took up throwing the hammer.

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199

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WALK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The best way to visit the Sydney Opera House is to see a show. In sunny weather visitors can take a picnic basket and enjoy __________________ around the Botanic Gardens near the Opera House.

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200

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SPOT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The island _____ on 1 January 1739. It is home to different sea creatures.

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201

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MOUSE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, few people know about the following fact. The funny thing is that Walt Disney, its creator, had a strong phobia – he was very much afraid of __________________!

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202

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BLOOM так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“In New York, people are buried in snow,” said Professor Charles F. Holder. “Here our flowers ______ now. Let’s hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise”.

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203

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When he came back Mr. Jones asked him, “Have you spoken to your wife already?” “No, she ______ there when I phoned. My small son answered the phone. I asked him, “Is your mother there?” And he said, “She is somewhere outside”.

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204

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CONSIDER так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Its nicknames are the Land of the Midnight Sun and America’s Last Frontier. Its first nicknames were “Seward’s folly” and

“Seward’s icebox” to laugh at the secretary of state who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, which __________________ foolish at the time.

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205

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This structure is sensitive to vibrations in the water, ___________ by other fish.

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206

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово RECORD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It happened in 1974. John ______ music in the studio when Paul turned up with his wife Linda. They sang classic rock-and-roll songs from the 1950’s. Some of it was recorded but the tapes are missing.

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207

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

She helped ______ plant the seed. Every day he watered it but nothing grew.

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208

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“The cold landscape that we are accustomed to in northern Canada __________________ a thing of the past soon,” specialists predict.

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209

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GET так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The idea came to her when she tried to do her homework in the family car, while her mother shopped for groceries. It ____________ dark gradually, and she couldn’t see her notebook very well.

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210

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He started ___________ the syrup diluted with soda-water to customers in his drugstore. That’s how the

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211

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PROVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On May 17, 1970 Ra successfully crossed the Atlantic, ______ that ancient civilizations had enough skill to reach America long before Columbus.

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212

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово I так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Puzzled, he looked several times from the brontosaurus to ______ .

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213

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HIGH так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

South Island has the Southern Alps along its west coast, with Mount Cook being the __________________ point. Other inhabited islands include Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and Great Barrier Island.

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214

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THREE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One picnic spot was too shady, another was too sunny and hot. The ______ had no wild flowers around it.

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215

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CLOSELY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When they investigated the circles _______ , they found that the circles had been cut into the land.

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216

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But finally, becoming impatient, I turned to signal for service and saw the neon sign. That was the __________________ moment … I discovered that I was sitting outside a store selling garden furniture.

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217

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REMAIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays Teotihuacan is visited by millions of people every year. Archeologists are sure that it _____ popular in the future being a must-see if you’re in Mexico City.

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218

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But finally, becoming impatient, I turned to signal for service and saw the neon sign. That was the __________________ moment … I discovered that I was sitting outside a store selling garden furniture.

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219

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The building of the Wall of stone and earth ______ in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 16th century AD.

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220

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DECORATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Usually on this day parades and outdoor picnics with friends and families take place. Most houses________ with flags and flowers.

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221

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LOCATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“We ______ in the California Sierra National Forest, on Bass Lake, just a few miles from the south gates of Yosemite National Park. Sky lake Yosemite is the kind of summer camp kids love.

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222

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT CHANGE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Modern astronomers are much better equipped. But some of the questions that they ask themselves __________________, like, for example, whether there has ever been life on Mars.

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223

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LEAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of an ancient Egyptian boat. On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra ______ a port in Morocco.

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224

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REBUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most of the archbishops were consecrated in the little chapel. It __________________ almost entirely after World War Two.

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225

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, it seemed that all of __________________ were too shocked to say anything. Finally, everyone got off except for a little old lady. She said, ‘Can I ask you a question?’ ‘Yes, Madam,’ said the pilot. ‘What was it?’ the lady asked, ‘Did we land or were we shot down?’

Ответ:

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226

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FOUND так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The festival__________________ 30 years ago and has an amazing history.

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227

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There__________________ many basketball centers in cities and towns of every state. They do not often produce sportsmen or sportswomen who are successful in world basketball championships but they help young people to keep fit and look athletic.

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228

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Every student receives 15 hours of lessons each week from qualified and imaginative teachers. Evening activities give students the opportunity to relax after a long day and get ______ one another in a relaxed, multi-national environment.

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229

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

18 years ______________ Frank started his business.

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230

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But finally, becoming impatient, I turned to signal for service and saw the neon sign. That was the __________________ moment … I discovered that I was sitting outside a store selling garden furniture.

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231

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He knew very well that for me it was the ______ kind of music.

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232

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SHORT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This «war» was the _____________ in history. It lasted a total of 38 minutes!

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233

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FREEZE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This region can be called the land of ______ rivers.

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234

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Alhambra

The Alhambra is a palace and fortress in Granada. It __________________ between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain. Despite the development that followed the Christian conquest, it still looks like a medieval Moorish settlement.

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235

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Samuelson ______ the 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics for doing “more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory.”

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236

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INCLUDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Dr Who

“Dr Who” is the longest running science fiction TV show in the world. It is broadcast in 42 countries around the world, ______ Russia, but it is in the UK that it has made the biggest impact.

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237

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The circles existed 6,000 years ago, before Stonehenge ______ had been built.

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238

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I And then came the ______ moment of my life. My son said, «But … when you were a girl … it was alive then, right?»

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239

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Avalanche Horror

Avalanches, also known as snowslides, are not a rare occasion in the mountains. A British family had a lucky escape in the Alps when an avalanche missed _____________ by 20 metres.

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240

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Libya ____________ an independent nation in 1951.

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241

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FIGHT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Enough is enough

A woman came to President Abraham Lincoln and told him with a commanding air: “Mr. President, you must make my son a general. Sir, I demand it not as a favor, but as a right. My grandfather __________________ at Lexington.

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242

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China runs for 6,700 kilometers from east to west of China. It is one of the __________________ wonders of the world.

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243

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

______ , however, he thanked me. I had awakened his daughter, who had an exam that morning but had forgotten to set her alarm. Thanks to my call, she hadn’t missed the exam.

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244

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUSY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Celebrating Christmas in Chicago in 1893

The Glessner home glowed as the family welcomed its guests on Christmas night. This was the __________________ and the most exciting day in the whole year!.

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245

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

At that time as many as 200,000 people lived in Teotihuacan in ______ 2,000 houses.

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246

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVENT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

That’s how the world famous drink __________.

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247

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize Winner in physics

Albert’s interest in science began when he was five years old. His father ______ him a magnetic compass and the boy wanted to know why the needle was moving.

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248

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVITE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Sense of humour

There are many funny stories about Will Rogers, a famous American actor and humorist. Once he __________________ to the White House to meet President Calvin Coolidge.

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249

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A Long School Year

How would you like to go to school on Saturdays? If you lived in Japan, that’s just where you _____________ each Saturday morning. Japanese students attend classes five and a half days a week. The half day is on Saturday.

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250

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SHOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Research ___________ that some fish are sensitive to ordinary sounds, too. Catfish can probably hear everything we hear!

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251

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The island _____ a nature reserve since 1971.

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252

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It ______ that from 2 to 3 million Chinese people died during its construction.

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253

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LISTEN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One day I decided to ask him why he always chose this type while driving. “Well, sister,” he reluctantly replied, “to be frank, it’s mainly so you can’t sing along.” He added that he ______ to anything else if only I promised not to sing along.

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254

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SEAMAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On May 17, 1970 Ra with two ______ on board successfully crossed the Atlantic, proving that ancient civilizations had enough skill to reach America long before Columbus.

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255

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It __________________ in 1978 when Don Cameron decided to create an event that would help balloonists from all over the world to get together. It was a great idea.

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256

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WOMAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Greek myths: Apollo and Cassandra

In ancient Greece there were many temples built for Apollo. He was the god of youth, beauty, music and poetry. Besides, Apollo had one very special skill  — he could see the future. One day Apollo came to the temple in Troy. Among other ______ he saw Cassandra, a young and beautiful priestess, who worked at the temple.

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257

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Not quite a musician

Albert Einstein, the famous scientist, liked to play the violin very much. Once he found himself in the company with Hans Eisler, a composer and a pianist. They met for the __________________ time.

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258

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My job in a restaurant

I was seventeen, when I __________________ a job in a local fast food restaurant.

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259

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EXPLORE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, scientists ______ the crater for many years, but there are still many secrets and mysteries hiding inside it.

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260

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REALISE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Now, ten years after that summer swim, he is in the mood for celebration as he finally ______ his biggest ambition. All the difficult and expensive restoration is finished and his first guests are due to arrive this evening.

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261

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China runs for 6,700 kilometers from east to west of China. It is one of the __________________ wonders of the world.

Ответ:

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262

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INCLUDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Our dock on Bass Lake offers a variety of fun-packed waterfront activities, ______ warm-water swimming, waterskiing and tubing, and canoes and kayaks. All staff members are First Aid Certified and have Water Safety Certifications.

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263

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GOOD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

And when at last they found one with all those things, Mrs. Wolf cried, ‘Oh, but here there’s no water. Surely we can find a ______ spot than this one.’

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264

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China runs for 6,700 kilometers from east to west of China. It is one of the __________________ wonders of the world.

Ответ:

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265

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THREE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Amazingly I became quite good at it. Finally, on my last Sports Day  — two days before my last ever school day  — I came ______ in the Hammer Throw, stood on a podium and was presented with a bronze medal!

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266

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was very primitive by today’s standards but has given the inspiration for many video games created __________.

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267

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LOCATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A landmark for the new millennium

Have you seen the photos of the London Eye? The London Eye is a giant observation wheel __________________ in the Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank of the river Thames.

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268

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1884 they went to New South Wales, Australia to play and won eight games! It was the ______ international competition for them.

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269

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THINK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

«Well, dear,» Tom said. «What’ll we use as an excuse for not walking now?» I said I ______ of some excuse.

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270

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово RULE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

New Seven Wonders of the World: the Forbidden City

Today, the Forbidden City is a public museum visited by millions of tourists from around the world. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China had to leave the palace, twenty four emperors of the two dynasties _____ here.

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271

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Just over 1 billion popsicles __________ in the US each year. Out of the 30 flavors to choose from, orange has been the favorite for many years.

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272

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The British ____________ requested money from the people of Zanzibar to pay for the shells the British warships had used to win the war.

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273

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT HAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

She __________ a flashlight and imagined how nice it would be to have a paper that glows in the dark and allows you to write effortlessly without light. A year of research and experiment and she did it!

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274

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A year passed and Ling took his empty pot to the palace while all the rest brought some beautiful plants. The emperor said, «Lying is the ______ thing in the world. I gave you all spoilt seeds. Nothing grows from spoilt seeds.» So Ling became the new emperor.

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275

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For a prize Bennie _____________ a $1000 scholarship and a watch.

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276

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Thanksgiving is also a national holiday. The __________________ Thanksgiving was observed by the early settlers in Massachusetts in 1629, in gratitude for their successful harvest.

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277

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PLAY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Basketball __________________ by men and women at all levels, from the professional level to high schools and clubs.

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278

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVOLVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A Typical School Day

9.00 am is Assembly time. This ______ us being counted, told to be good and fifteen minutes of mind numbing boredom.

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279

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LOOK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“Why is she outside?” I asked. “She ______ for me”, he answered.

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280

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A palace with 1,300 rooms

It was King Louis XIV of France who ordered a palace with 1,300 rooms in the 1600s. Louis wanted a bigger palace than any other king. In 1661, the French started ____________ this new palace.

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281

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LONG так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is also interesting to know that the Japanese school year is one of the ______________ in the world – over 240 days. It

begins in the month of April.

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282

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

International Summer School Cultural Programme

Even if you come to our Summer school only to study English, your visit to the UK would not be complete without a trip to London. Our students will have time to see the sights and absorb the atmosphere as they spend ______ last night in this fabulous city.

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283

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово OLD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One of the __________________ and the most famous basketball teams is the Harlem Globetrotters, formed in 1926. It has a lot of fans in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

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284

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SOCIETY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After School Clubs

Last year I started a new school. We have lots of clubs and ______ at our school and we are supposed to be involved in quite a few after school.

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285

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово OLD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

College life

We are a family of five. My ______________ sister, Heather, is in her second year in college. This year she could not find a book she needed.

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286

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHOOSE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Victory Day

On this day, Russia celebrates the victory over Nazi Germany and honours 20 million Soviet people who died in the war. May 9 ______ , since on the night of the 8th/9th of 1945, the Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union and the Allies in Berlin.

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287

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In English-speaking countries they celebrate Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. In Russia we celebrate the International Women’s Day. Though it ______ ‘International’, it is observed only in Russia and some CIS countries.

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288

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PACK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was simple

I One day last summer my nine-year-old daughter went off to the camp. All her things ______ in a small bag.

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289

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Labor Day

Â8. Labor Day is a holiday in honor of workers. On September 5, 188 8 the______ Labor Day parade was held in New York.

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290

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULAR так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

New Seven Wonders of the World: the Forbidden City

Today, the Forbidden City is a public museum that draws the attention of millions of travellers and tourists from around the world. Some people think that it is one of the ______ sights in the world.

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291

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Camping

This year we decided to go on a camping trip. It was our _____________ experience.

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292

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Restaurant with a Difference

The Rapid River Camp is a huge family style restaurant. Food ______ and even the cooking is done by staff in period costume.

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293

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

St. Patrick’s Day, March 17

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. On March 17 there is a great celebration with the major parade in Dublin and smaller parades all over Ireland. In New York the ______ St. Patrick’s Day celebration took place in 1762.

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294

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULAR так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Maslenitsa

Have you ever celebrated Maslenitsa? It is one of the ______ festivals in Russia. It signals the end of winter and welcomes the coming of spring.

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295

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NAME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl, a famous British writer, was Norwegian by birth. Dahl ______ after the Polar explorer Roald Amundsen, a national hero in Norway at the time. During the Second World War Dahl served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot.

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296

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово TWELVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My dream house

I live in a block of flats in one of the residential areas of my town. My flat is on the _____floor. When the lift is faulty, it is very hard to get to the flat on foot.

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297

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DISCUSS так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Dan and Sue Bright, with their children Billy and Jemma, ______________ their future plans, when they heard an

enormous roaring noise and tons of snow slid past. ‘We all love skiing, and this is such a beautiful place. We come here every year,’ said Dan Bright, ‘and we

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298

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT WANT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Grandma

My grandma often comes to us to babysit my sister, Ann. Yesterday she was tired after a full day of looking after an active five-year-old, but she _____________ to upset Ann and agreed to play ball in the backyard after supper.

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299

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Training was for three days. During the __________________ two days I watched videos about my job. During the last day of orientation, I had to be at the restaurant to see how things got done.

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300

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When it was lunchtime, everyone was very hungry. At last the ______ cried:

‘Please hurry up and choose a picnic place.’

‘Yes, please, do.’ Mr. Wolf said. ‘This basket is so heavy.’

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301

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall __________________ in order to protect the country from different aggressors.

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302

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SURVIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since the Middle Ages, the Alhambra __________________ as a remarkable example of a Spanish-Moorish town. As most fortresses of that time, it has a surrounding wall, but it looks fairly weak.

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303

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DECLARE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In the USA, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May. Memorial Day ______ a national holiday in 1971.

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304

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REFLECT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Candles flickered in the heavy silver candelabra. The warm light from the fireplaces __________________ in the richly waxed furniture.

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305

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVEST так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Chinese people _____ a lot of time and money in the Forbidden City lately and it is now a fantastic place to walk and dream of the past centuries.

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306

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COOK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They __________________ wild turkey as one of the main dishes two centuries ago.

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307

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NAME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A lesson on efficiency

I remember my last year at school very well. There were three boys ____________ William in my class.

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308

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COOK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Mother’s Day

We are a family of four: my mom, my dad, my brother and I. One morning my dad started ___________ breakfast.

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309

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LEARN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On Tuesdays we begin with double biology. This means 90 minutes instead of 45. You feel as if you actually ______ something.

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310

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IMPRESS так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Apollo ______ by her grace.

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311

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DESIGN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The structure __________________ by the architectural team of David Marks and Julia Barfield, husband and wife.

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312

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Moab Mountain

Moab Mountain in Utah, the USA, is a breathtaking place to visit. Desert land and the canyons _______ of hard, red rock.

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313

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall __________________ in order to protect the country from different aggressors.

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314

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT SINK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In May the temperature begins to rise. The gloomy night is succeeded by continuous daylight, when the sun ______ below the horizon for several months.

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315

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Rogers was cautioned not to try to be funny because the President had no sense of humour. Rogers bet that he __________________ Coolidge laugh within 20 seconds.

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316

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GREAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Samuelson says that he finds the ______ pleasure in solving problems of economics and it is the mathematical work.

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317

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1909 Einstein began his academic career. 12 years ______ he got the Nobel Prize in physics.

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318

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT RUN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My father was the only man who __________________ away at Bladensburg.

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319

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ONE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On the 7th of September a small group of balloonists got together to celebrate the __________________ Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

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320

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the Great Wall of China ______ a symbol of wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people and a monument of the Chinese nation for many hundreds of years.

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321

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The White House

The White House, in Washington, DC, is one of the world’s most recognized buildings. It is the home of the president of the United States. The original house ___________ in the 1790s.

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322

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT MEAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Before a rugby match, the “All Blacks” dance a special Maori war dance. The Maories are the New Zealand aborigines. It ______ that all the players in the team are Maori but they all perform the dance.

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323

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUPPOSE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A white flag

It’s always a problem for me to find my car in a huge parking lot. After reading an article with a piece of advice for people like me, I decided to follow it one day. I attached a tissue to the car’s antenna with a rubber band. The little white flag waving in the breeze ___________ to help me spot my car easily.

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324

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Everybody began asking __________________ to play together, so they agreed.

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325

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Although the show is called “Dr Who” the hero ______ simply as “The Doctor”. He (there has never been a lady doctor) is a travelling “Time Lord” who constantly rescues planet earth from alien attack.

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326

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Great Wall __________________ in order to protect the country from different aggressors.

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327

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

‘All right,’ agreed Mrs. Wolf. ‘Let_______ just go round the next turn in the path  — and there we will eat.’

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328

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It ______ as the Chinese imperial palace by one of the emperors. It was also the ceremonial and political centre of the Chinese government for almost five centuries.

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329

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT CAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Einstein tuned in his violin but every time Eisler started a musical piece, Einstein __________________ get it right.

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330

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was burnt down in 1814, and rebuilt ___________.

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331

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово QUESTION так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When the formal introduction was made and the words “Mr. President, may I introduce my friend, Mr. Will Rogers,” were pronounced, Rogers held out his hand with a __________________ look and said, “Pardon me, I didn’t quite get the name.”

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332

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today people invite their relatives and families__________________ near to dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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333

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT HAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When the professor assigned reading from a hard-to-find book, 150 hands shot in the air to inform him they __________ it. He told them it had arrived at the bookstore that morning.

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334

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DO так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But while he ______ it, he thinks about the real-world problems.

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335

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PACK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

We started ___________ a month before the trip.

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336

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GOOD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Two weeks later, Anna came back home and I unpacked her things. Everything was clean and well folded. “Camp sure has changed you. Your things look much ______ than usual.”

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337

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BRING так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays, a visit to the Great Wall is like a tour through history backwards; it ______ tourists great excitement to walk on the Great Wall of China, to stand on a watchtower and view the wall disappearing in the distance.

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338

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The minute Apollo saw Cassandra, he ______ in love. It was love at first sight. Apollo offered her a deal. He would give Cassandra the gift of being able to see the future, if she gave him a kiss. Cassandra agreed.

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339

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Then follows a 20 minute break and two single periods on History and French. Lunch lasts an hour. We spend about 10 minutes on ______ and then have 50 minutes for football.

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340

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Moab is a popular venue for mountain biking, half marathons and Jeep Safari. In recent years, it _______ an unicycling playground too.

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341

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SHOP так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

So I went ____________.

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342

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT EXPERIENCE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

‘We all love skiing, and this is such a beautiful place. We come here every year,’ said Dan Bright, ‘and we

__________________ anything like this before.’

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343

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But the tradition of honoring those who died in defense of ______ country goes back to the Civil War. The tradition to hold memorial services, visit the cemeteries, decorate the graves with flowers and wreaths originated in Waterloo, New York, in 1866.

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344

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT DEFEND так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Later it __________________ the kings of Granada and was just supposed to offer nice views.

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345

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The construction of the Wall __________________ in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 16th century AD.

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346

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово TAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In Russia, almost every family has at least one person who ______ part in the war.

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347

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today the most popular player is Jonah Lomu. He is a ______ legend of New Zealand rugby.

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348

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KEEP так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

People from all over the world can see the traditional palace architecture, enjoy the treasures _____ in the palace, and learn of the legends and anecdotes about the imperial family and the court.

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349

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CARRY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

20,000 workers marched up Broadway, ______ banners “Labor creates all wealth”. After the parade, there were picnics all around the city.

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350

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово KILL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My husband __________________ at Monterrey.”

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351

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The construction of the Wall __________________ in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 6th century AD.

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352

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUSY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I began work on Saturday, which was the __________________ day of the week.

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353

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BAD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some of them are pretty boring but it could be ______ . At least there is a lot of choice and it can make a nice change from the unnatural quantities of homework or even from natural quantities of computer games and TV!

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354

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CELEBRATE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On March 15, 1992 St. Patrick’s Day ______ in Moscow. Thousands of delighted Muscovites gathered at Novy Arbat to watch the parade of marching bands, Cossack horsemen and floats of Russian and Irish companies.

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355

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I often think about a big ideal house in the suburbs I ______ in without noisy neighbours to disturb me.

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356

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Students in Japan get __________________ vacation in late July and August. School then begins again in September and ends in March.

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357

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BLOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The better part of Russia is not influenced by the warm winds of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. There are no mountains in the north to form a barrier against the cold winds ______ from the Arctic Ocean.

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358

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ATTRACT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This team __________________ crowds of fans especially for final or championship matches. One can see photos of its members in newspapers and magazines all over the USA.

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359

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Dahl became well-known in 1940s with works for both ______ and adults.

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360

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WEAR так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

So far there have been 11 Doctors and each has made an impact on British style and fashion. Frock coats and cravats, stylish hats and over long scarves ______ by Time Lords and copied by teenagers.

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361

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VISIT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

All our students enjoy two day trips each week, ______ cultural sites as well as much more cheerful attractions. All of the trips last a full day, so there is plenty of time for the students to experience everything.

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362

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT NEED так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One ______ to choose one of the big, high calorie dishes loved by real forest workers. In fact there is a large menu to suit all tastes and appetites.

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363

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The construction of the Wall __________________ in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 6th century AD.

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364

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Boys and ______ bring flowers and small presents to girls and women they work or study with.

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365

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They submitted their idea for a large observation wheel as part of a competition to design a landmark for the new millennium. None of the entrants __________________the competition.

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366

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Miss Fisher, one of the teachers, called them all William, and we ____________ which one she was talking to.

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367

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LAST так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This year the Balloon Fiesta has celebrated its 30th anniversary. The show__________________ for 4 days started on the 7th of August.

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368

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

During the party the guests talked of the amazing new buildings __________________ “skyscrapers” that were rising downtown. Yes, Chicago is a wonderful place to live, they all agreed.

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369

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово YOUNG так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Ben, my __________ brother, asked him: «Why are you making Mommy breakfast? Is she sick?»

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370

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WARN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Shortly before his death he wrote the manifesto ______ the people of the world about the danger of nuclear catastrophe.

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371

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EAT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Russian pancakes blini  — are very important in the celebration of Maslenitsa. Blini ______ with jam, sour cream, and ofcourse, lots of butter.

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372

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SIT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After 5 minutes, she __________ down on a patio chair and said, «Grandma is too old for this.»

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373

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CALL так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was located at a place outside Paris, ______________ Versailles.

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374

Задания Д25 № 875

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FAR так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The extreme west of Russia has a temperate climate. Thus, the summers in the Baltic are cool and the winters mild. If we go ______ east, the climate will become more continental.

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375

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Alongside traditional round shape balloons there __________________ also so called “special shapes” which are balloons in the form of different objects and characters such as cartoon characters and cars.

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376

Задания Д25 № 1519

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WOMAN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Doctors have always been accompanied by glamorous young ______ assistants some of who also made their mark on fashion.

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377

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIN так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Coolidge roared with laughter, and Rogers __________________ the bet.

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378

Задания Д25 № 277

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово YOUNG так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He was just 19 when he started playing for the “All Blacks” in 1994 and became the ______ player in rugby history.

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379

Задания Д25 № 829

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHILD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“It was simple, Mom,” she answered. “I didn’t unpack. Many ______ did the same.”

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380

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GOOD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most Americans consider Independence Day and Thanksgiving to be the__________________ public holidays of the year.

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381

Задания Д25 № 1657

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ORGANISE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One time a tournament ______ between two classes. We got so involved in the game we failed to notice the bell and got into terrible trouble for being late for class.

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382

Ответ: Ответ: Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Ann came over, put her arm around Grandma’s neck and said, «Grandma, I wish you _____________ newer.»

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383

Задания Д25 № 691

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHANGE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the tradition ______ . Nowadays, on Memorial Day Americans honor not only soldiers who perished in wars but those loved ones who have died.

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384

Задания Д25 № 93

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SEE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

This treasure is protected by UNESCO and future generations ______ the Great Wall with the same wonder and amazement as we do now.

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385

Задания Д25 № 1013

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PUBLISH так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One of his highly popular tales was ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Since 1945 his books ______ in almost 50 languages.

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386

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It had to be big  — Louis’s court had 20,000 people, and Versailles _____________ the centre of court life.

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387

Задания Д25 № 2439

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово STAND так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Beyond Prairie Avenue, where the Glessner house was located, were the factories, the railroad yards and the slaughterhouses of a great industrial city. Beyond, too, were the neighborhoods where homeless, hungry people __________________ in line for food. For many, times were hard in December 1893.

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388

Задания Д25 № 47

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VISIT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Protected by UNESCO, the Palace Museum _____ by millions of tourists every year.

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389

Задания Д25 № 1197

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MANY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The next year even ______ people took part in the celebration. In 1894, Congress made it a national holiday. Today most Americans consider Labor Day the end of the summer. They enjoy the last three-day weekend on the beaches and in the parks.

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390

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MAKE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, various presidents ____________ changes to it over the years. The White House has 132 rooms, including the President’s Oval Office.

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391

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово STAND так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After several attempts Eisler __________________ up from the piano and said: “I don’t understand why the whole world thinks this is a great scientist! He isn’t able to count to three!”

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392

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the Great Wall of China __________________ a symbol of wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people and a monument to Chinese nation for many hundreds of years.

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393

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The name of the team __________________ a symbol of a fast and furious play.

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394

Задания Д25 № 1611

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT INCLUDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

We also offer a wide range of fun activities with our English PLUS program, but these ______ in the basic course price, but can be a great way to learn new skills while practicing English.

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395

Задания Д25 № 737

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EASY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Older citizens who did not fight during the war worked in factories to make weapons, which was not ______ than fighting. They, too, are honoured on Victory Day.

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396

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When I ______________ out, I quickly spotted a little white flag … and about ten others.

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397

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THEY так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, the couple pressed on and eventually got the backing of British Airways, who sponsored __________________ project.

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398

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

«No, dear,» replied her father, «it’s Mother’s Day.» Immediately the boy had another question. «Oh,» he said, «then __________ every other day Father’s Day?»

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399

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CONSIDER так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today, the Alhambra __________________ to be one of the greatest examples of Islamic architecture.

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400

Задания Д25 № 645

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HOLD так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, St. Patrick’s Day parades ______ in Moscow every year.

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401

Задания Д25 № 783

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово GET так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Warm, round, and golden  — blini are the symbol of the sun! Ancient Russians actually believed that when eating a pancake, they ______ a part of the Sun’s life energy.

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402

Задания Д25 № 1703

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FAST так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My favourite is the Drama Society. It is currently the ______ growing as our next production is “Much Ado About Nothing” and someone will get the chance to kiss Kim White on stage.

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403

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHEW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

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.»

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404

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT KNOW так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When our neighbor saw the assortment of boxes, bins and gear strapped to our car’s roof rack, she came rushing over. «Oh!» she exclaimed. «I ___________ you were leaving! I’m so glad I got to see you before you moved!»

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405

Задания Д25 № 323

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LOOK так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

So they went around the turn and soon came into their own back yard! Mr. Wolf quickly put down his basket. ‘It’s a perfect spot for a picnic,’ he said ______ around with a smile.

‘Chairs, and a table, and a pool  — and a beautiful flower garden!’ And they decided to have picnics there all summer long.

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406

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DO так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“I guess, madam,” said Lincoln, “your family __________________ enough for the country. It is time to give somebody else a chance.”

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407

Задания Д25 № 3309

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Around 150,000 riders come here throughout the year. If you _______ a cycling fan, Moab will provide you with a challenge.

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408

Задания Д25 № 2486

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The family agreed that they _____________ back to the Alps to ski.

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409

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NOT CONNECT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

My present job __________________ with cooking. I work for a computer company. I like it, but I miss communicating with people.

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410

Задания Д25 № 369

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the Great Wall of China __________________ a symbol of wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people and a monument to Chinese nation for many hundreds of years.

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411

Задания Д25 № 1473

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHANGE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Albert Einstein is remembered as the greatest theoretical physicist in the world. His ideas ______ science forever.

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412

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When the class was over, Heather sprinted to the bookstore, grabbed a copy and rushed to the cashier. The cashier saw Heather and began ringing the bell for assistance, a look of panic on her face. «How many ___________ there behind you?» she demanded.

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413

Задания Д25 № 921

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DREAM так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

With a laugh, Apollo gave her the gift, ______ about the reward. Instantly, Cassandra could see the future. She saw Apollo, in the future, helping to destroy Troy.

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414

Задания Д25 № 1565

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CUT так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

On Tuesdays and Fridays you can also see demonstrations of a steam powered saw, ______ up the wood just as it did 100 years ago.

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415

Задания Д25 № 185

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INCLUDE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Now it is known as the Palace Museum that covers 74 hectares ______ over 900 buildings with 9 999 rooms.

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416

Задания Д25 № 415

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It ______ a tradition for husbands to do all house work on that day. There are many jokes about it being the only day of the year when they do this.

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417

Задания Д25 № 1381

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DO так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Samuelson’s life work has been to use economics in the service of humanity. He ______ more than anyone of his time to influence government policy at the highest level.

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418

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BECOME так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since then, the Great Wall of China __________________ a symbol of wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people and a monument to Chinese nation for many hundreds of years.

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419

Задания Д25 № 3248

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REQUIRE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The people of Japan believe that a good education is very important. Children _____________ to attend school from the age of six to the age of fifteen. Then most students go on to high school for another three years.

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420

Задания Д25 № 2931

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово I так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I would like to have a green house with rare plants from all over the world. I could take care of them _____.

In the future when I grow up, graduate from university and get a well-paid job, I’ll definitely buy the house I’m

dreaming about now.

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421

Образуйте от слова BUILD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The heart of Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. Its numerous high-rise __________________, heavy traffic congestion, intense heat and naughty nightlife may not immediately give you the best impression.

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422

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The World’s Language

The English language is famous for the richness of its vocabulary. Webster’s New International Dictionary lists 450,000 words, and the new Oxford English Dictionary has 615,000, but that is only part of the total. Technical and ______ terms would add millions more.

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423

Образуйте от слова WIDE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury is a US writer of fantasy, horror, science fiction and mystery. He is _________ considered to be one of the 20th century’s greatest and most popular writers of science fiction.

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424

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово MARVEL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Opening Night

The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Mamma Mia… They are all stage musicals. The opening night of a new musical is always a ________________ event.

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425

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

UK: Conservation and Environment

Going for a walk is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. Despite its high __________________ density and widespread urbanization, the UK has many unspoilt rural and coastal areas.

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426

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VARY так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Looking after the environment

Protecting the environment is now a major concern in Britain. But, despite many efforts, __________________ threats to the environment remain.

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427

Образуйте от слова USUAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Invention of Bubble Gum

Bubble gum is a type of chewing gum that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. It is ______ pink in colour and has a particular flavour.

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428

Образуйте от слова ENVIRONMENT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Tourism in Australia

The growth of tourism infrastructure related to the base of Ayers Rock, or Uluru began in the 1950s. Soon it started to produce adverse ______ impacts.

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429

Образуйте от слова NATURAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Robots of the future

Robotic engineers are designing the next generation of robots to look, feel and act more human, to make it easier for us to warm up to a cold machine.

Realistic looking hair and skin with embedded sensors will allow robots to react __________ in their environment.

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430

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CONSERVE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Cyberspace communication

Nowadays most of us go to our computers to connect with friends instead of using our phones. Cyberspace relationships have become the norm for many people, even the most ____________ ones.

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431

Образуйте от слова REAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Why do we sleep?

A recent study may have an answer to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in science  — what is the purpose of sleep? The work suggests it’s ______ about making animals function more efficiently in their environments.

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432

Образуйте от слова EXPENSIVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Invention of Potato Chips

The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum who was a chef at a restaurant in New York. Fried potatoes were popular at the restaurant because they were rather ______ , but one day a visitor complained that the slices were too thick.

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433

Образуйте от слова NECESSARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Advantages of a regular homework

What is homework? Should it always be done in writing, or can it be oral? Is it ______ connected with the information and tasks from the text books?

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434

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово THANKFUL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When was the parachute invented?

Have you ever felt like jumping out of a plane? Plenty of people have, but _____________ most of them did it after parachutes had been invented.

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435

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVENT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Morse Code

Before phones, computers, and telegraphs were invented, messages would take months or even years to reach their destination. Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in April 1791, not knowing that he would be a famous ____________.

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436

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DOMINATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

2012 London Olympics

How has London 2012 changed the sporting map of the world? The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place on the medals table after unprecedented _____________ at their home Olympics in Beijing four years ago.

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437

Образуйте от слова SUDDEN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Victoria Falls

Before you even see the falls, you hear and feel them. As you walk along the trail to the entrance, the sound of rumbling water sounds in the background and __________________ your face is hit with a breeze of humidity and mist.

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438

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Old Theatre

For years the old town theatre was a failure. It was very expensive but not comfortable, and most of the plays performed were ______ .

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439

Образуйте от слова DARK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Least Successful Explorer

Thomas Nuttall spent many years studying the plants and trees in north-west America. He was different from most other explorers because he was almost always lost.

One night he did not come back and a group went out to search for him. When Nuttall heard them in the ______ , he was frightened.

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440

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Future population

The United Nations (UN) has published its prediction about the size and age of the world’s population three hundred years from now. This report can help environmental ______ and policy-makers to understand dramatic changes in the world’s population in the future.

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441

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Chicago from above

Following a recent renovation, the new Hancock Observatory invites you to enjoy Chicago’s best views from the city’s highest open-air Skywalk. It has quickly gained ______ with both Chicagoans and visitors of the city.

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442

Образуйте от слова TROPIC однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. This __________________ metropolis is also one of the most traveller-friendly cities in Asia. Bangkok was not the first capital of Thailand, in fact it has taken that role comparatively not long ago.

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443

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUCCESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics

This is certainly the greatest Games for Britain in more than a century, and realistically the greatest ever. The British were more ______________ only once in 1908, in London, when a third of all the competitors were from the UK.

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444

Образуйте от слова AMERICA однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

English Heritage

Today children love to buy pens and pencils which come in all shapes and colours in stationary shops. But in early

_______________ schools students used a quill pen and ink to write. Since these schools did not have many supplies, children often had to make their own ink at home.

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445

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SCIENCE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Chemistry or no chemistry

I was planning a career in biology but was not looking forward to taking chemistry in my first year at Carleton University in Ottawa. However, the professor of chemistry was a famous ____________.

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446

Образуйте от слова GREAT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

New Tourism in France

France is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. To most people perhaps, the ______ of France lies in her art and culture.

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447

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A Typical Day

My job would probably rank as one of the most ______ but I really like it. I am an accountant and I work from 9 am until 6 pm (although it takes an hour by train to reach my office in the City).

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448

Образуйте от слова USUAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Entertaining guests

The most usual way to entertain friends at home is to invite them for a meal, either in the evening or at lunch-time on a Sunday. When guests are invited for a meal, they often sit and chat while they have a drink before the meal, and coffee is ______ served afterwards.

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449

Образуйте от слова CALCULATE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Invention of Computer

Many encyclopedias say that the first computer was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and his team) in America between 1939 and 1944. It was a large-scale, programme-controlled machine which could make a very complex _____ .

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450

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

UK: Conservation and Environment

Going for a walk is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. Despite its high __________________ density and widespread urbanization, the UK has many unspoilt rural and coastal areas.

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451

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

UK: Conservation and Environment

Going for a walk is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. Despite its high __________________ density and widespread urbanization, the UK has many unspoilt rural and coastal areas.

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452

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BEGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Famous inventions stories

Have you ever wondered how the most famous inventions were created? From the ____________ of time, humans everywhere have been inventing.

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453

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DARK так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

The main emergency telephone number in Britain is 999. The number 999 was chosen because, on the old dial phones, it was considered to be the easiest to dial in __________________ or smoke.

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454

Образуйте от слова COUNT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Animals

The importance of animals in British life is reflected in many ways. In the past, landowners liked to be portrayed with their dogs and horses. ______ pictures of this kind can be seen in art galleries and private residences.

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455

Образуйте от слова ROME однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

English Heritage

English Heritage is a public body within the British Government that looks after historic sites. History is all around us  — not just in museums, beautiful castles, stately homes or __________________ ruins.

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456

Образуйте от слова BUILD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

St. Basil’s Cathedral

St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow was built between 1555 and 1561. According to legends, Ivan the Terrible blinded its

__________________ so that they could never build such a magnificent structure again.

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457

Образуйте от слова DISCOVER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

California

Nicknamed the “Golden State”, California is the third largest state in area after Alaska and Texas. The ______ of gold

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458

Образуйте от слова REAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Invention of Crossword Puzzle

Crossword puzzles are the most popular word puzzles in the world. However, their history is ______ short.

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459

Образуйте от слова TRAVEL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bath

“Bath is the finest place on earth for you may enjoy it without getting tired”. These are the words of the 18th century __________________ James Boswell upon his first visit to the place.

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460

Образуйте от слова ABSOLUTE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Pronunciation is important

Some learners of English think that pronunciation is not very important. That is __________________ wrong.

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461

Образуйте от слова MASS однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

City Living

Humans have lived together in cities since ancient times, but even in 1800 urban areas were home to just 3 per cent of the world’s population.

The __________________ explosion of urbanization that accompanied the Industrial Revolution saw that figure rise 15 per cent in the space of 100 years.

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462

Образуйте от слова EXPENSE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The King’s New Dress

Many years ago, there was a King who spent all his time and money on dressing up. He loved riding round in his ______ garments so that everybody could see him.

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463

Образуйте от слова DEFENSE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Castle Clinton

Castle Clinton was built in the times of Napoleonic wars and great tension between Britain and the US. New York was almost ______ and in a short time five new forts, Castle Clinton among them, were built.

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464

Образуйте от слова APPEAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

National Symbols

Britain is often represented by national symbols. There are two personifications of Britain: John Bull and Britannia. John Bull represents the typical Englishman, supposed to have a ‘bullish’ _________ and characteristics.

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465

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FINAL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

History of animated cartoons

Cartoon animation has a long history. A cartoon is made by drawing many pictures and showing them one after another so quickly that the pictures ______________ seem to move. The most prominent of animated cartoons were made by Walt Disney.

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466

Образуйте от слова APPRENTICE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Repin

Ilya Yefimovich Repin was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1844. Aged 22, after an ______ that covered icon painting and portraiture, he was admitted as a student to the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg.

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467

Образуйте от слова MOVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Migrating Birds

In autumn you can see large flocks of birds flying from Russia to warmer countries. In spring, they come back to us. Migration is the periodic seasonal ______ of birds.

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468

Образуйте от слова ACHIEVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

To the north lie the ancient capitals Ayuthaya and Sukothai.The __________________ of Sukothai in the arts, literature and law were considerable.

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469

Образуйте от слова RESERVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was decided in the early 1970s to remove all accommodation-related tourist facilities and re-establish them outside the park. In 1975, a ______ of 104 square kilometres of land beyond the park’s northern boundary was chosen as the site for a new resort.

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470

Образуйте от слова VOLCANO однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

At 2 km wide and 100 m tall, Victoria Falls is the world’s largest curtain of falling water, and is twice the width and height of Niagara Falls. Victoria Falls was formed from intense __________________ activity almost 200 million years ago.

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471

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CREATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Walt Disney, the ____________ of Mickey Mouse, is a legend of the 20th century.

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472

Образуйте от слова CREATE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There were many _______________ ways to make ink. One of the most common ways was to use berries such as

blackberries, cherries or strawberries, depending on the color of ink a student wanted.

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473

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The main routes connect Europe and Africa, Europe and South-Eastern Asia and Australia, North and South America. How do we know about these routes? ______ study birds. They catch birds, place small bands with numbers on the birds’ legs and then let the birds fly away. Some of these banded birds are caught again. The band tells about the route.

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474

Образуйте от слова ACTIVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Homework refers to any work or ______ that students are asked to do outside the classroom, either on their own or with other students or parents.

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475

Образуйте от слова GLOBE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The report suggests that if the birth rates stay the same, there’ll be a huge expansion of the ______ population.

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476

Образуйте от слова SPEAK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The wealth of existing synonyms means that ______ of English have two words for something denoted by one word in a different language. The French, for instance, do not distinguish between house and home, between mind and brain. The Spanish cannot differentiate a chairman from a president.

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477

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

______ from the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a study of the sleep times of a broad range of animals. They discovered much variation.

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478

Образуйте от слова TRUE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He was right, of course. This is a __________________ glorious Georgian city with its well-preserved Roman remains and famous baths.

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479

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EXPECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The third place for Great Britain exceeded all ____________.

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480

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NATURE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Twelve National Parks are freely accessible to the public and were created to conserve the __________________ beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage they contain.

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481

Образуйте от слова NERVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Crum made thinner slices, but the ______ customer was still dissatisfied.

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482

Образуйте от слова APPEAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They were created in the 19th century in England, but the ______ of the first published crossword puzzle took place in 1913 in the New York World newspaper.

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483

Образуйте от слова FRANCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For more than 3 years, supported by the Academy, Repin lived in Italy and France where he was exposed to ______ Impressionist painting. This influenced his use of light and colour but he never became an impressionist.

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484

Образуйте от слова NOTICED однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For example, a robot that senses your touch on the shoulder turns to greet you.

Subtle actions by robots that go _______ between people, help bring them to life and can also relay non verbal communication.

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485

Образуйте от слова BELIEVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The cause of the _______________ growth of cities from the 19th century onwards is the ascendancy of industry over agriculture.

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486

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IMPRESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Gold medals came from 13 different sports as several made ___________ breakthroughs, including in canoe slalom, road cycling, triathlon and taekwondo.

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487

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POLLUTE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Unfortunately, there have been many cases of environmental __________________in Britain.

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488

Образуйте от слова FAIR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

These may be seen as strong, loyal, upright or stubborn, ______, cruel and mean.

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489

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHEMISTRY так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He made the course interesting with his many small ___________ explosions and crazy quizzes.

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490

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово IMPRESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

By looking into our past and bringing invention stories to life, we are all reminded that regular people, like you and me, were able to come up with _____________ ideas that ended up having a great impact.

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491

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

You may think it was ______ , but he believed that they were Indians and tried to escape.

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492

Образуйте от слова EXTEND однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Even if you have an acceptable grasp of the English language, with good grammar and an __________________ vocabulary, native English speakers may find you very difficult to understand you if you don’t work on your pronunciation.

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493

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DRAW так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480s. He had over 100 ___________ that illustrated his theories on flight.

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494

Образуйте от слова VALUE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

and the immigration in 1849 of thousands of gold diggers in search of the ______ metal helped California’s admittance into the Union in 1850.

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495

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PREPARE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After years of __________________ and weeks of rehearsals the production has to be ready for the public and the critics.

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496

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold tens of millions of copies in different countries. His ______ continues in the 21st century.

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497

Образуйте от слова WIDE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Animals are ______ used in advertising in magazines and on television.

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498

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EFFECTIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The convenience and ______________ of the Web is amazing. If we want to see a movie, find a place to eat or get in touch with a friend, we go to the Web before we call on the phone.

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499

Образуйте от слова CERTAIN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Skywalk is Chicago’s highest open-air viewing area. It is 1,000 feet in the air! Everyone here can feel the strong wind and hear the dynamic buzz of the city below. The friendly staff will ______ tell the real story behind Chicago’s “Windy City” nickname.

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500

Образуйте от слова LEAD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Don’t let that __________________ you.

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501

Образуйте от слова ENTERTAIN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, it was never used as a fortress. In 1824, it became a place of public ______ .

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502

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NATURE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Twelve National Parks are freely accessible to the public and were created to conserve the __________________ beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage they contain.

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503

Образуйте от слова DISCOVER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, after World War II an important _____ was made that the first computer was, in fact, made in Germany in 1941 by Konrad Zuce.

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504

Образуйте от слова TRUE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, these legends seem __________________. Old documents say that the same Russian architect built another

cathedral in Vladimir later.

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505

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово NATURE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Twelve National Parks are freely accessible to the public and were created to conserve the __________________ beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage they contain.

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506

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COMMON так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The number 999 calls the fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service, a coastguard rescue service or a mountain rescue party. The first three services are the most __________________used.

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507

Образуйте от слова ACHIEVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Several close friends are sometimes invited at once to make a small party to celebrate a birthday, a child’s coming of age or some special ______ .

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508

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово DRAW так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since the age of four, Morse had been interested in ___________ and he wanted to become a painter. Mr. and Mrs. Morse were afraid that he couldn’t make a living as a painter, so they made him a bookseller. He worked as a bookseller but at night he would paint.

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509

Образуйте от слова DIFFER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1928 it was invented by Walter E. Diemer who worked for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia. In his spare time Diemer was trying new gum recipes and, by accident, invented a ______ gum.

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510

Образуйте от слова DIFFER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

His wardrobes contained clothes of ______ patterns and designs.

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511

Образуйте от слова EXPECTED однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

You can find it in __________________ places too  — an 18th century milestone that still points the way to the village or the dusty remains of an old factory can be just as important for a historian.

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512

Образуйте от слова COMMERCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

People think that accountancy involves working all day long with numbers and that it is really boring. But they could not be more wrong. My work is exciting, challenging, varied and both personally and professionally rewarding. Being involved with the ______ world is also, at times, really good fun.

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513

Образуйте от слова COMMERCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In an attempt to make it more ______ , they began putting on more comedies and well known, successful dramas.

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514

Образуйте от слова ADVENTURE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But for the more ______ tourists there is a different side to France that will reward all who make the journey.

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515

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FINAL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

___________, his parents realized how he loved art, so they found the money for Morse to study art in London.

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516

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово OPERATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The procedure is to dial the emergency number (the call is free), to tell the __________________which service is needed and to give the address or location where help is needed.

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517

Образуйте от слова VARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

During his long writing career, Bradbury has written almost 600 short stories, eleven novels, as well as ______ poems and plays.

Ответ:

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518

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VISIT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most of the land in National Parks is privately owned, but administered by an independent National Park Authority which works to balance the expectations of _________________ with the need to conserve these open spaces for future generations.

Ответ:

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519

Образуйте от слова PSYCHOLOGY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Instead he developed «a realist» style of painting. His works often revealed great ______ depth and exposed tensions within the existing social and political order. In his old age he was celebrated within the USSR.

Ответ:

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520

Образуйте от слова BUILD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bath is one of the easiest cities to explore with a compact centre of broad main streets lined with numerous historic __________________ and pretty shops.

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521

Образуйте от слова PREVENT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Royal Society for the ______ of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is one of the largest charities in Britain.

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522

Образуйте от слова JOURNAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The author of the puzzle was Arthur Wynne, a ______ born in Liverpool, England.

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523

Образуйте от слова HONEST однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

One day two ______ men appeared at the palace and said they could make beautiful clothes which had magical properties.

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524

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SWIM так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

_____________, however, brought no gold medals in the Aquatics Centre.

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525

Образуйте от слова ESSENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Correct, clear pronunciation is __________________ if you really want to improve your level of English.

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526

Образуйте от слова COLLECT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The character was popularized (but not invented) by John Arbuthnot’s _______ of satirical pamphlets The History of John Bull, published in 1712.

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527

Образуйте от слова DEVELOP однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A year or two later, the ______ of a tourist facility and an associated airport, to be known as Yulara, started.

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528

Образуйте от слова MOVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Artificial eyes can move and blink. Slight chest ________ simulate breathing.

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529

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PERFORM так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

First nights usually start earlier than the regular __________________ so that the critics can write their reviews in time to include them in the next morning’s newspapers.

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530

Образуйте от слова MAIN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Because the audiences were made up of ______ young people with low incomes and students, discounted tickets were introduced.

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531

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VISIT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most of the land in National Parks is privately owned, but administered by an independent National Park Authority which works to balance the expectations of _________________ with the need to conserve these open spaces for future generations.

Ответ:

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532

Образуйте от слова IMPRESS однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is one of Asia’s most cosmopolitan cities with __________________ temples and palaces, authentic canals, busy markets and a vibrant nightlife that has something for everyone.

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533

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово VISIT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most of the land in National Parks is privately owned, but administered by an independent National Park Authority which works to balance the expectations of _________________ with the need to conserve these open spaces for future generations.

Ответ:

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534

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ORIGIN так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He invented the special camera which was used in his studios during the thirties and forties to create __________ animated pictures.

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535

Образуйте от слова IMPORTANCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Surprisingly enough, old factories and plants have become ______ to French tourism. In France, every year, no fewer than 1400 companies, heritage museums or industrial sites draw 20 million visitors.

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536

Образуйте от слова EMPLOY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The mechanization of agriculture and the abolition of serfdom in Europe left an excess of labour in rural areas, and that labour force flooded into the cities when the Industrial Revolution provided a new form of __________________ in the shape of factories and workshops.

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537

Образуйте от слова MARVEL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today, California, land of ______ redwoods, has the highest population of any state in the country.

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538

Образуйте от слова DAY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I deal mainly with new, start-up businesses and typically I see about three clients ______ . Either I go out to their offices or they visit me and I often have lunch with a client. Over the years some of them have become friends and I know their wives and families.

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539

Образуйте от слова PRACTICE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In Russia, there are no native words for efficiency, challenge and engagement ring. Of course, every language has areas in which it needs, for ______ purposes, to be more expressive than others.

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540

Образуйте от слова FORMAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

These parties are almost always ______ , there is no dress code and in summer, when the weather is fine, people may hold a barbecue in the garden.

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541

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

You may think it is _____ but some migrating birds can fly non-stop for up to 90 hours.

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542

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CHEMISTRY так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

These include the dumping of __________________and other waste on the land, the emission into the air of smoke and other toxic substances from factories, and the discharge of industrial effluents into rivers.

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543

Образуйте от слова SERVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Getting more and more angry, Nuttall’s ______ chased him for three days through the forest and across rivers until he accidentally arrived back at their tents.

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544

Образуйте от слова COMFORT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For those who feel ______ about such a great height there are more relaxing indoor audio Sky Tours.

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545

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Later Konrad Zuce founded a company in order to build computers that could be used by an engineer or a _____ .

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546

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUCCESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Previously, 2008 Beijing Olympics were considered the most _____________ for the British with only the fourth place.

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547

Образуйте от слова FAME однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

As you approach Victoria Falls from the nearby town of Livingstone, you first have to pass a larger-than-life statue of Livingstone, one of the most __________________ explorers.

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548

Образуйте от слова COLOUR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There is a deep contrast between the __________________ exterior of the church and its modest interior.

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549

Образуйте от слова WOOD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Berries were gathered and then crushed with the help of a __________________ spoon. Their juice was strained into a bowl, after which salt and vinegar were added to it.

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550

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CORRECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Once, he posed the question: «What in the world isn’t chemistry?» and offered a prize to the student who answered ____________.

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551

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово USE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Critics, however, say that cyberspace communication loses some important factors of the social atmosphere. Most Web __________ don’t understand that when we talk to someone, we get many messages from them just by their tone of voice and body language.

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552

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EDUCATION так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Knowing the past can help you create the future. If you are looking for invention inspiration, background for an __________ project, or just have a curious mind  — read about famous inventions. The stories of great inventions are fascinating.

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553

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

You may think it is______ but three centuries from now there may be over one hundred and thirty trillion people.

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554

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVENT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He designed a parachute in the 1480s, though he didn’t try it out. Another ____________, Faust Vrande, jumped using a similar design in 1617.

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555

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A newspaper described it as a «fanciful garden, tastefully ornamented with shrubs and flowers». The garden was the setting for band concerts, fireworks and demonstrations of the latest ______ achievements.

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556

Образуйте от слова STICK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was less ______ than regular chewing gum and it stretched more easily.

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557

Образуйте от слова ARCHAEOLOGY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Professional historians, __________________ and architects look at historic remains all over Britain and recommend how to protect them.

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558

Образуйте от слова HIGH однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Sometimes it is based on comparatively simple drill exercises, sometimes it involves ______ challenging tasks, project or research work aimed at integrating skills and knowledge from different subject areas.

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559

Образуйте от слова IMPRESS однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The ruins are __________________.

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560

Образуйте от слова EXTREME однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Crum finally made fries that were too thin to eat with a fork, hoping to annoy the ______ difficult customer.

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561

Образуйте от слова QUICK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some birds fly very ______ and they can feed on the wing. They migrate in the daytime.

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562

Образуйте от слова FINANCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They provide __________________ support to help maintain cathedrals and churches, gardens and battlefields, as well as to improve towns and cities.

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563

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ORGANIZE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Where a specialized service is required, the call for help is often made to a branch of a voluntary __________________ or charity.

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564

Образуйте от слова WEAK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He first became famous for his Martian Chronicles, a collection of short stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars. In it, Bradbury portrayed the strengths and ______ of human beings as they encountered a new world.

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565

Образуйте от слова DECORATE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

People can see very few __________________ and very narrow corridors inside.

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566

Образуйте от слова PROBABLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The heart of Bangkok is __________________ its magnificent Grand Palace, which is one of the architectural wonders of the world.

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567

Образуйте от слова COURAGE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The fact that in the Soviet Union he was eventually identified with the school of “Socialist Realism” may have harmed his reputation in the West. This is a pity because western prejudice may have ______ many art lovers from looking closely at Repin’s work.

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568

Образуйте от слова EXCITE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Everything you could want to see is within walking distance but you can spend several days in Bath each day doing something different and something __________________.

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569

Образуйте от слова AGRICULTURE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is also America’s main ______ state which is especially known for its avocados and grapes.

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570

Образуйте от слова EUROPE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“Livingstone was the first __________________ to see Victoria Falls and then spread the word about them,” said Dr. Lawrence.

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571

Образуйте от слова ROUTINE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Research indicates that schools in which homework is ______ assigned and systemically assessed tend to have higher achieving students, as learning is not confined to the schoolroom environment.

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572

Образуйте от слова DIFFER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Wynne’s crossword puzzle looked much ______ from the crosswords used today and had no black squares.

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573

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERIOUS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The UK also works to improve the global environment and has taken global warming __________________ ever since scientists discovered the hole in the ozone layer.

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574

Образуйте от слова SLEEP однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Pythons and bats are among the longest ______ at over 18 hours a day.

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575

Образуйте от слова REMARK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Many ______ people were honored at the Garden, President Andrew Jackson among them.

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576

Образуйте от слова SCIENCE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Another day the ______ was lost again. He was walking for many hours, he felt very tired, so he lay down to rest.

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577

Образуйте от слова ADD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The main task is to check their financial figures are correct and it is true that this part is tough work. But in ______ my job is to advise and help them.

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578

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERIOUS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The UK also works to improve the global environment and has taken global warming __________________ ever since scientists discovered the hole in the ozone layer.

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579

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SIMPLE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some great inventions were created ____________ by mistake, others by trial and error.

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580

Образуйте от слова MAIN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Britannia is a female personification of Britain. She is _______ depicted on coins leaning on a shield and holding a trident in one hand.

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581

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FRIGHT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The critics are the most __________________ people on the first night because their opinions will either help make the show a hit or force it to close.

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582

Образуйте от слова INVENT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But the customer was happy  — and that was the ______ of potato chips!

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583

Образуйте от слова FAMILIAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Pay particular attention to any sounds that you are __________________ with or that do not exist in your native tongue.

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584

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EXPRESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A tender ____________ and eye contact cannot possibly be experienced over the Internet.

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585

Образуйте от слова INVITE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Formal occasions, official receptions for foreign visitors, when written ______ are sent, rarely take place in people’s homes, although they did in the past.

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586

Образуйте от слова FINAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

__________________, the juice was stored in a small jar with a tight-fitting lid.

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587

Образуйте от слова GOVERN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The camp ground within the park was closed in 1983 and the motels closed in late 1984, coinciding with the opening of the luxurious resort. In 1992, the majority interest in the Yulara resort held by the Northern Territory ______ was sold and the resort was renamed Ayers Rock Resort.

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588

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово TRAIN так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They won just one silver and two bronze medals and a review was launched into their ____________.

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589

Образуйте от слова REMARK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

These 30-minute personal audio tours give a unique “overview” of Chicago’s wonderful sights and ______ history! Sky Tours are available in English, Spanish and German.

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590

Образуйте от слова FAME однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I visited Sukothai recently, during the __________________ Thailand festival of lights, when tiny vessels are set to float in rivers and lakes as offerings to the river goddess.

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591

Образуйте от слова FACE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Man-made muscles are able to change _______ expressions.

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592

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

When Walter Diemer, who was 23 years old at that time, saw the bubbles, produced by his new gum, he saw the ______ of making money.

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593

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIN так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 2008, Russia took the third place. This year, Russia fell out of the top three ___________ for the first time since the end of the Soviet era.

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594

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FINAL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

A couple of weeks passed. ____________, he announced in class that the contest was over. A student had gone to his office to ask if she could try her hand at the question. «What in the world isn’t chemistry?» she asked.

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595

Образуйте от слова DARK однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Swallows and swifts do this. Cuckoos fly during the night and rest and feed during the day. Swimming birds can fly both during the day and night, in complete ______ .

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596

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERIOUS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The UK also works to improve the global environment and has taken global warming __________________ ever since scientists discovered the hole in the ozone layer.

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597

Образуйте от слова SIMILAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Konrad Zuce also developed the first real programming language, which shows an amazing _____ to today’s most advanced computer languages.

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598

Образуйте от слова VISIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Only clever people would be able to see them  — but they would be ______ to anyone who was stupid or not good at their job. The King thought this was an excellent opportunity to find out who was wise and who was foolish in his kingdom.

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599

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUCCESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After a ___________ artistic career (first painting historical scenes and then portraits), Morse built the first American telegraph around 1835.

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600

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUCCESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1783, around the same time as the first hot-air balloon, Sebastien Lenormand invented a parachute, which he demonstrated by jumping from a tree, but it was only four meters high. A few years later, having refined his design, he B14 made a ____________ jump from a taller tower.

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601

Образуйте от слова SIGNIFICANT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The report says that the world’s population is likely to be ______ older. The average age will be fifty while today it is twenty six.

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602

Образуйте от слова MOVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

RSPCA is a part of a more general ______ in support of animal rights that has emerged recently in Britain and the USA.

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603

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово HAPPY так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Through his work he brought joy, _____________, and a universal means of communication.

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604

Образуйте от слова NATURAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Eskimos have fifty words for types of snow, though there is no word for just plain snow. ______ , African languages have no native word for snow.

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605

Образуйте от слова GENERAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is ______ the giants of the food and agricultural industry together with the traditional crafts that have the most appeal.

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606

Образуйте от слова ADD однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In ______ , there was the issue of the uncomfortable seating. Despite the huge cost, the old seats were ripped out and new ones installed.

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607

Образуйте от слова MAJOR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

By 1900, nine European cities had more than a million inhabitants: London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St Petersburg, Manchester, Birmingham, Moscow and Glasgow. However, the __________________ of people – even in industrialized nations – still lived in the country.

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608

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SIMPLE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The British have earned the unsavoury reputation of being Europe’s ‘litter louts’. Although there are a lot of litter bins in most towns and public places, many people __________________drop unwanted cans, wrappers etc on the ground.

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609

Образуйте от слова TOUR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is during Thailand’s festivals that it becomes most obvious to any __________________ that despite the country’s recent modernization, its culture, its spiritual heritage, is as real to Thai people as it has ever been.

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610

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SERIOUS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Optimists may also conclude from London 2012 that the British team came within a whisker of at least five or six more Olympic titles. However, nobody can ________________ suggest second place for the UK at the next Olympics.

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611

Образуйте от слова TERRIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Several times throughout its history, the cathedral suffered __________________ from fires and enemy attacks.

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612

Образуйте от слова MISERY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For many people life in cities was often _________________.

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613

Образуйте от слова ACCESS однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Their sites are __________________ to everyone.

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614

Образуйте от слова VISIT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1896 Castle Clinton became the city Aquarium and thousands of ______ rushed to see fish that came from the waters around New York.

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615

Образуйте от слова ANXIETY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

All of these measures made the theatre’s new owner rather ______ . Would there be enough new customers to make up for all the money invested?

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616

Образуйте от слова DEPEND однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Homework appropriately designed and well balanced is able to enhance self-discipline and good study habits; to develop students’ ______ and initiative.

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617

Образуйте от слова VICTORY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

She represents Britain as a ______ maritime nation.

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618

Образуйте от слова VARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The host often provides ______ kinds of entertainment,or at least entertains guests with interesting stories and merry jokes.

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619

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COMPARATIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

South Korea improved to the fifth, their best finish since hosting the Games in Seoul 24 years ago. For Australia it was a _____________ miserable Olympics, where it took the tenth place.

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620

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

At first, only the New York World published such puzzles every week. But in 1924 the first collection of World puzzles was printed in book form and crossword puzzles immediately gained ______ .

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621

Образуйте от слова DEMONSTRATE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

He took the gum, which he had given the name Bubble Bubble, to the nearby grocery store and made a ______ to the salesmen to show the extraordinary features of his gum.

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622

Образуйте от слова VARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Animal rights organizations use ______ tactics: picketing stores that sell furs, harassing hunters in the wild, or breaking into laboratories to free animals.

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623

Образуйте от слова WONDER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The two men were given gold and silver thread and two ______ weaving machines and they started to work.

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624

Образуйте от слова COLLECT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is a __________________ of highly decorated holy temples and monuments.

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625

Образуйте от слова COUNT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bradbury won ______ literary awards, the most important of them coming from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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626

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово RELATION так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

«My ___________ with my last boyfriend  — that wasn’t chemistry.»

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627

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово BUSY так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Morse patented a working telegraph machine in 1837, with help from his __________ partners, Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail.

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628

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово INVENT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some _____________ of the most well-known products have incredible stories of innovation to tell.

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629

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REAL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1785, Jean Pierre Blanchard used a dog to test his parachute design. The dog was fine, and so was Blanchard when he used the parachute in 1793 to escape a balloon accident. These early parachutes didn’t catch on because there weren’t any flying machines around to make them ___________ useful.

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630

Образуйте от слова KNOWN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Unfortunately, the role of this man, who was years ahead of his time, is still _____ to many people.

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631

Образуйте от слова INDUSTRY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

With attractions such as the 17th century Strasbourg breweries and the Millau Viaduct (the highest road bridge in the world) ______ tourism has become a flourishing sector.

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632

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PROTECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1997, the UK subscribed to the Kyoto Protocol binding developed countries to reduce emissions of the six main greenhouse gases. The Protocol declares environmental __________________.

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633

Образуйте от слова DEVELOP однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays, globalization influences the ______ of languages.

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634

Образуйте от слова RUSSIA однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

For example, __________________ have difficulty pronouncing the “th” sound, as it does not exist in their native language.

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635

Образуйте от слова INHABIT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Almost a quarter of all the ______ of the planet will live in Africa.

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636

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово COMFORT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

As with anything we do, without regular practice the act can become unfamiliar and __________.

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637

Образуйте от слова COLOUR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Bright and __________________ inks were not the only kinds of ink that students made.

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638

Образуйте от слова ANXIETY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Many new businesses have a rather ______ time trying to build up customers and make profits. They are encouraged and even relieved when I explain to them that it is not normal to make profits immediately. It can take years before a business is functioning correctly.

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639

Образуйте от слова EXCITE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

“Part of the reason the news of great waterfalls in central Africa was so __________________ in the middle of the 19th century was that many people thought that the centre of the continent was a desert,” he added.

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640

Образуйте от слова MYSTERY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Don’t forget that nearby is the ancient and __________________ Stonehenge, a circle of enormous rocks on the edge of the Salisbury Plain.

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641

Образуйте от слова DEVELOP однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Human babies need 16 hours and their health and intellectual ______ depends on sleeping properly.

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642

Образуйте от слова AMBITION однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The fact is that Repin painted some of the most exciting, original and ______ paintings of his age. “Party”, “They Did Not Expect Him” and “Reply of the Zaporochian Cossacks” are just a few of his many masterpieces.

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643

Образуйте от слова BUSY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It is also the home of Hollywood, the center of America’s movie ______ .

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644

Образуйте от слова POWER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

How long can birds fly for without a stop? The tiny hummingbird weighs only about as much as a small coin. But it has ______ wings.

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645

Образуйте от слова POWER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

An Indian found him lying there.

Nuttall did not look dangerous. In fact, he looked quite helpless. The Indian felt sorry for him and decided not to kill him. Instead, the strong-built, ______ man picked the explorer up and carried him three miles to the river.

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646

Образуйте от слова ACCEPT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

These are all must have attributes for the socially _________ robots of the future.

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647

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POLITICS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Many people regard environmental issues to be of social importance and make __________________ pay greater attention to their “green” policies.

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648

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PROTECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1997, the UK subscribed to the Kyoto Protocol binding developed countries to reduce emissions of the six main greenhouse gases. The Protocol declares environmental __________________.

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649

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PROTECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In 1997, the UK subscribed to the Kyoto Protocol binding developed countries to reduce emissions of the six main greenhouse gases. The Protocol declares environmental __________________.

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650

Образуйте от слова VISIT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since listing the park as a World Heritage Site, the annual number of ______ rose to over 400,000 people by the year 2000.

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651

Образуйте от слова ATTRACT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

History Wall is another popular ______ . More than 100 photos on a great 80-foot display show Chicago’s rise from a small settlement to a great city.

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652

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CRUEL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Their numbers are listed separately in the local telephone directory and include such bodies as Alcoholics Anonymous, the Society for the prevention of ______________ to children, etc.

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653

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PHOTOGRAPH так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The rest of the audience on the first night is usually made up of friends of the cast and famous celebrities. The celebrities attract newspaper __________________ and help give the musical maximum publicity.

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654

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово POPULAR так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Walt Disney’s worldwide ____________ is based upon the ideas his name represents: imagination, optimism, and self-made success in the American tradition.

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655

Образуйте от слова INDUSTRY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

______ manufacturing of potato chips began in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895.

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656

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SCIENCE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays British __________________ are taking part in one of the largest international projects that is undertaken to protect endangered species.

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657

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово CREATE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some of them were not aware at the time of their inventions that their ___________ would have a great impact on the world, while others realised immediately that they had a winner.

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658

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EFFECTIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The invention of airplanes has made parachutes important. Since then, their ___________ has been proved many times.

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659

Образуйте от слова PATRIOT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Her name is familiar from the _______ song Rule Britannia, composed in 1740.

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660

Образуйте от слова TASTE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The ______ meal is often followed by party games or dances which are intended to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasure and make them enjoy the party.

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661

Образуйте от слова DIFFER однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Probably my biggest contribution is to advise them of the most efficient way to invest in their businesses. Very often, a small change can make a big ______ in business. When they take my advice and I see a new company or business begin to succeed  — it is really satisfying. I feel as if I was part of the success story and a member of their team.

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662

Образуйте от слова VISIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

They also made __________________ and glow-in-the-dark inks.

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663

Образуйте от слова POPULAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The chips gained even more ______ in 1926 when a wax paper potato chip bag was invented that helped to keep them fresh and crisp.

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664

Образуйте от слова USE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It may be less pleasant to work in the company of robots but definitely one of the main reasons is the high efficiency of the process of work as not much time will be spent on _______ talks.

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665

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

А major breakthrough in crossword puzzle development came with the personal computer. Although many computer specialists used to say that it was ______ for a computer to create a crossword puzzle, software was developed which allows any person to construct their own crossword puzzles.

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666

Образуйте от слова DEVELOP однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Its asymmetry and eclectic styles are due to its organic __________________, with additions and rebuilding being made by successive reigning kings over 200 years of history. It is worth spending at least a full morning or afternoon there. At night the palace is lit up and glows in vivid colour.

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667

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SCIENCE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays British __________________ are taking part in one of the largest international projects that is undertaken to protect endangered species.

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668

Образуйте от слова REAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But in ______ everything has worked out pretty well. Audiences are on average three times larger than before. The theatre is now an outstanding success.

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669

Образуйте от слова DIFFICULT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Most of us probably feel we need around eight hours sleep to function well. Some people have ______ in getting enough sleep and this may lead to serious health problems.

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670

Образуйте от слова CERTAIN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

After several weeks the King decided to send an old and honest minister, who was ______ clever and good at his job, to visit the two men. Can you guess what he saw?

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671

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EFFECTIVE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Morse used a dots-and-spaces code for the letters of the alphabet and for numbers. It was later improved to use dashes with dots and spaces. Since then, it has proved its ___________ many times.

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672

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SCIENCE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Nowadays British __________________ are taking part in one of the largest international projects that is undertaken to protect endangered species.

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673

Образуйте от слова REAL однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Whether it is sugared almonds or cast iron dishes, Reblochon cheese, beer making or sparkling French crystal  — many people are fascinated by the ______ of how things are made.

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674

Образуйте от слова RESEARCH однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

______ think that India, China and the United States will continue to be countries with the biggest population.

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675

Образуйте от слова SAFE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The least successful explorer was ______ brought back to his camp in a boat.

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676

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово WIN так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

By default, she became the ___________.

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677

Образуйте от слова RELATIVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Food supply and sanitation were often so bad that the high mortality rate kept city growth __________________ slow.

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678

Образуйте от слова MYSTERY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

In one legend, Napoleon even wanted to take the church back to France with him. As he couldn’t do this, he ordered his army to destroy the church. The soldiers had already lit up the gunpowder, but a __________________ rain prevented the fire.

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679

Образуйте от слова SUCCESS однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The new gum was very ______ and popular with customers. Although Diemer never received a patent for his invention, he sold the recipe to his company and became a senior vice president.

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680

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово EXPECT так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

If funding levels are maintained and progress continues for the next four years, the defense of third place could be a realistic _____________.

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681

Образуйте от слова ACHIEVE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Millions of science fiction readers all over the world are grateful to Ray Bradbury for his outstanding ______ in the field of fantasy and science fiction.

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682

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово FRIEND так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Children who feel that they are in danger from adults can now call the fund Childline, using the number 0800 1111. This fund offers advice and __________________in such cases and operates on a regional basis.

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683

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово SUCCESS так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Today moving images are created with the help of computers. The first fully computer-animated feature film, «Toy Story», was very ____________ and since then almost all animated cartoon films have moved to computer graphics, including films such as the «Shrek» series.

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684

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PROBABLE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There will also be some admirers there who will __________________ be more nervous than the performers.

And then after the curtain has come down and the show is over, there’s the opening night party.

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685

Образуйте от слова APPEAR однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Some native words ______ , giving way to international terms.

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686

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It flies 1,000 km across the Gulf of Mexico to the southern coast of the United States in 24 hours without a stop! You may think it’s ______ , but other small birds can fly non-stop for up to 90 hours!

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687

Образуйте от слова CULTURE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Increased tourism provides regional and national economic benefits. It also presents an ongoing challenge to balance conservation of _________ values and tourists’ needs.

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688

Образуйте от слова HOME однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, not everyone wants to move to California. In recent years forest fires, floodings and earthquakes have left thousands of people ______ .

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689

Образуйте от слова LARGE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Thailand may have become assimilated into the modern world but its soul is __________________ untouched.

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690

Образуйте от слова VARY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Later exotic fish from around the world were brought to the Aquarium and the collection grew in number and ______ .

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691

Образуйте от слова COUNT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

As a tour guide I have been to the Skywalk ______ times and still I can’t help admiring it.

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692

Образуйте от слова ACADEMY однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It can also provide an opportunity to revise or complete classroom work, thus reinforcing what has been taught, to provide regular feedback on the students’ progress in learning and raise ______ skills and standards. Parents who are concerned with their kids’ homework get an opportunity to become engaged in the education of their children.

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693

Образуйте от слова POSSIBLE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Maybe for the ‘official’ history of computers it is _____ to accept that Konrad Zuce was on the wrong side of World War II.

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694

Образуйте от слова GREAT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Remember that the pronunciation of certain English words varies depending on the part of the world it’s spoken in. For example, American English differs __________________ from British English.

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695

Образуйте от слова OWN однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Their main aim is to ban the cruel treatment and killing of animals both in laboratory experiments and in factory farming. The irresponsible and neglectful treatment of animals by some zoo and pet ______ is also their concern.

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696

Образуйте от слова ABILITIES однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

All of them have well-stocked shops and cafes, as well as help for visitors with __________________.

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697

Образуйте от слова EXPLORE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Dr. Lawrence is a lecturer at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh who specialises in the history of science and __________________ in Africa.

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698

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово PERFORM так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

It was their worst _____________ in two decades.

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699

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово REAL так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

There is a possibility that much can be ___________ lost when we communicate via the Internet.

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700

Образуйте от слова DIRECT однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Perhaps Bath and its surroundings have some greatest sights in Britain. A trip to this city or in any __________________ from it will lead you to a wonderful day.

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701

Образуйте от слова TENSE однокоренное слово так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

But his greatest contribution to the history of art lies in his fabulous portraits. They are filled sometimes with ______ , sometimes with humour and tell stories with the hint of a smile and amazing contrasts of shades.

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702

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово ORGANIZE так, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Department of the Environment works with the support of a number of voluntary _________________ which encourage young people to fight for a better environment. The success of the environmental movement often depends on people between 18 and 30, statistics say.

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703

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  attend

2)  visit

3)  go

4)  enroll

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704

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  about

2)  almost

3)  already

4)  approximately

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705

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  application

2)  admission

3)  entrance

4)  request

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706

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  dealings

2)  actions

3)  procedures

4)  events

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707

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  cost

2)  charged

3)  priced

4)  spent

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708

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stimulated

2)  motivated

3)  inspired

4)  encouraged

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709

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  struggling

2)  preserving

3)  securing

4)  supporting

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710

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  incident

2)  occasion

3)  event

4)  accident

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711

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  wondered

2)  wandered

3)  guessed

4)  informed

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712

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  viewed

2)  glanced

3)  looked

4)  watched

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713

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  bring

2)  fulfill

3)  create

4)  do

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Ответ:

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714

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  after

2)  for

3)  out

4)  on

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Ответ:

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715

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stoppеd

2)  pushеd

3)  pullеd

4)  turnеd

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716

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  bеsidеs

2)  apart

3)  though

4)  morеovеr

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717

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  captured

2)  took

3)  achieved

4)  required

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718

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  extended

2)  lengthened

3)  prolonged

4)  doubled

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719

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  by

2)  in

3)  with

4)  for

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Ответ:

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720

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  worshiped

2)  admired

3)  beloved

4)  fancied

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Ответ:

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721

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  insisted

2)  suggested

3)  encouraged

4)  persuaded

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722

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  amounts

2)  numbers

3)  quantities

4)  figures

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Ответ:

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723

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Archaic

2)  Prehistoric

3)  Antique

4)  Ancient

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724

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  say

4)  talk

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Ответ:

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725

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  kept

2)  held

3)  used

4)  took

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Ответ:

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726

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  gave

2)  took

3)  made

4)  did

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Ответ:

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727

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  discovered

2)  invented

3)  opened

4)  explored

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Ответ:

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728

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  of

2)  in

3)  up

4)  on

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Ответ:

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729

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  over

2)  into

3)  through

4)  down

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Ответ:

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730

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  accept

2)  admit

3)  agree

4)  adopt

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Ответ:

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731

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  waved

2)  nodded

3)  bowed

4)  bent

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Ответ:

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732

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  clear

2)  unfilled

3)  blank

4)  vacant

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Ответ:

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733

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spread

2)  extended

3)  divided

4)  covered

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Ответ:

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734

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  separate

2)  single

3)  only

4)  sole

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Ответ:

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735

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  housework

2)  homework

3)  household

4)  housekeeping

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736

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  working

2)  official

3)  company

4)  business

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Ответ:

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737

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  discover

2)  research

3)  explore

4)  analyze

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738

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  discuss

2)  debate

3)  quarrel

4)  argue

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Ответ:

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739

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  for

2)  at

3)  on

4)  in

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Ответ:

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740

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  beyond

2)  behind

3)  besides

4)  below

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Ответ:

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741

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  contained

2)  included

3)  held

4)  enclosed

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Ответ:

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742

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  suggested

2)  advised

3)  offered

4)  intended

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Ответ:

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743

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  generous

2)  rich

3)  luxurious

4)  multiple

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744

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  full

2)  complete

3)  total

4)  whole

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Ответ:

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745

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  realise

2)  consider

3)  have

4)  believe

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Ответ:

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746

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  borrow

2)  pay

3)  rent

4)  lend

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Ответ:

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747

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  charge

2)  fee

3)  pay

4)  cost

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Ответ:

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748

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  longest

2)  biggest

3)  hugest

4)  tallest

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749

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  assured

2)  comfortable

3)  thoughtful

4)  confident

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Ответ:

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750

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  for

2)  during

3)  at

4)  to

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Ответ:

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751

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  deal

2)  agree

3)  handle

4)  cope

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Ответ:

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752

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  incident

2)  accident

3)  event

4)  occasion

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Ответ:

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753

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  producing

2)  making

3)  trying

4)  doing

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Ответ:

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754

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  piece

2)  lump

3)  bunch

4)  pinch

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Ответ:

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755

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  heard

2)  touched

3)  tasted

4)  smelled

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Ответ:

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756

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  way

2)  road

3)  path

4)  method

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Ответ:

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757

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Do

2)  produce

3)  make

4)  have

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Ответ:

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758

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hold

2)  feel

3)  keep

4)  help

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Ответ:

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759

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  decreased

2)  increased

3)  developed

4)  improved

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Ответ:

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760

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  fulfilled

2)  did

3)  made

4)  conducted

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Ответ:

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761

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  curious

2)  questioning

3)  surprised

4)  puzzled

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Ответ:

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762

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  disclosed

2)  opened

3)  discovered

4)  exposed

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Ответ:

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763

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  put

2)  plant

3)  deliver

4)  lay

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Ответ:

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764

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  feed

2)  food

3)  provide

4)  nourish

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Ответ:

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765

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  gardening

2)  cropping

3)  cultivation

4)  farming

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Ответ:

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766

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  friend

2)  teammate

3)  partner

4)  opponent

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Ответ:

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767

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  clear

2)  neat

3)  exact

4)  careful

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768

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  feeling

2)  emotion

3)  reason

4)  sense

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769

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  explore

2)  analyze

3)  teach

4)  learn

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770

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  lead

2)  spend

3)  hold

4)  waste

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771

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  keep

2)  waste

3)  spare

4)  pass

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Ответ:

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772

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  escape

2)  leave

3)  retreat

4)  retire

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Ответ:

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773

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  although

2)  therefore

3)  moreover

4)  however

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Ответ:

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774

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  off

2)  into

3)  out

4)  over

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Ответ:

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775

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  until

2)  unless

3)  during

4)  while

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Ответ:

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776

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  event

2)  occasion

3)  case

4)  point

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Ответ:

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777

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  offered

2)  proposed

3)  suggested

4)  presented

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778

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  take

2)  hold

3)  keep

4)  make

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779

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  talk

4)  say

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780

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Much

3)  Little

4)  Many

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781

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  reach

2)  enter

3)  arrive

4)  come

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782

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  fulfilled

2)  achieved

3)  managed

4)  succeeded

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783

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  approached

2)  proposed

3)  offered

4)  suggested

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784

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  fond

2)  interested

3)  involved

4)  keen

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785

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  remarking

2)  observing

3)  noticing

4)  looking

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Ответ:

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786

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  came

2)  brought

3)  went

4)  got

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787

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  watched

2)  stared

3)  looked

4)  gazed

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788

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  took

2)  used

3)  held

4)  kept

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789

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  seek

2)  ask

3)  pose

4)  search

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790

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  agreed

2)  admitted

3)  accepted

4)  adopted

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Ответ:

---

791

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  say

2)  tell

3)  speak

4)  talk

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Ответ:

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792

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  paid

2)  brought

3)  turned

4)  took

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793

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  of

2)  at

3)  in

4)  on

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794

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  glimpse

2)  view

3)  sight

4)  look

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795

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  reached

2)  arrived

3)  completed

4)  achieved

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796

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Little

3)  Much

4)  Many

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797

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  disappointed

2)  apologized

3)  regretted

4)  dissatisfied

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798

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  rarely

2)  hardly

3)  nearly

4)  merely

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799

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  went

2)  got

3)  came

4)  fell

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Ответ:

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800

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  nevertheless

2)  although

3)  however

4)  therefore

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Ответ:

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801

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  used

2)  kept

3)  did

4)  made

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802

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  say

2)  speak

3)  tell

4)  talk

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Ответ:

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803

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  achieved

2)  succeeded

3)  managed

4)  fulfilled

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Ответ:

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804

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  on

2)  in

3)  up

4)  to

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Ответ:

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805

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  glanced

2)  looked

3)  watched

4)  saw

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Ответ:

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806

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  down

2)  after

3)  back

4)  into

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Ответ:

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807

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  apologize

2)  disappoint

3)  dissatisfy

4)  regret

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Ответ:

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808

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  keeps

2)  puts

3)  turns

4)  makes

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Ответ:

---

809

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tells

2)  speaks

3)  says

4)  talks

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Ответ:

---

810

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  sight

2)  opinion

3)  mind

4)  view

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Ответ:

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811

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  else

2)  so

3)  even

4)  such

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812

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  all

2)  least

3)  times

4)  last

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Ответ:

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813

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  replacing

2)  recalling

3)  reminding

4)  reflecting

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Ответ:

---

814

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  fulfilled

2)  managed

3)  succeeded

4)  achieved

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Ответ:

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815

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  used

4)  kept

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Ответ:

---

816

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looked

2)  gazed

3)  stared

4)  watched

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Ответ:

---

817

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  take

2)  do

3)  make

4)  give

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Ответ:

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818

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  worry

2)  trouble

3)  bother

4)  mess

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Ответ:

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819

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  on

3)  in

4)  of

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Ответ:

---

820

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  say

4)  talk

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Ответ:

---

821

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  turning

2)  paying

3)  drawing

4)  bringing

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Ответ:

---

822

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  used

4)  kept

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Ответ:

---

823

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looked

2)  gazed

3)  stared

4)  watched

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Ответ:

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824

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  take

2)  do

3)  make

4)  give

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Ответ:

---

825

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  worry

2)  trouble

3)  bother

4)  mess

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Ответ:

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826

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  on

3)  in

4)  of

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Ответ:

---

827

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  say

4)  talk

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Ответ:

---

828

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  turning

2)  paying

3)  drawing

4)  bringing

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Ответ:

---

829

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  provide

2)  supply

3)  afford

4)  allow

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Ответ:

---

830

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  offer

2)  charge

3)  suggest

4)  propose

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Ответ:

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831

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  leases

2)  lends

3)  hires

4)  rents

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832

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  lessons

2)  classes

3)  tuition

4)  education

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833

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  costs

2)  fees

3)  expenses

4)  payments

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834

Ответ: Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  thief

2)  cheater

3)  burglar

4)  bandit

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835

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  undermining

2)  disobeying

3)  breaking

4)  ruining

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Ответ:

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836

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  view

2)  sight

3)  look

4)  glimpse

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Ответ:

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837

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  after

3)  into

4)  for

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Ответ:

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838

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  nearly

2)  closely

3)  merely

4)  hardly

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Ответ:

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839

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Little

3)  Much

4)  Many

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Ответ:

---

840

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Nevertheless

2)  Although

3)  However

4)  Therefore

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Ответ:

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841

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  admired

2)  pleased

3)  enjoyed

4)  approved

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Ответ:

---

842

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  telling

2)  saying

3)  speaking

4)  talking

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Ответ:

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843

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  meeting

2)  greeting

3)  keeping

4)  holding

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Ответ:

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844

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  depression

2)  stress

3)  trouble

4)  worry

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Ответ:

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845

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  caught

2)  had

3)  received

4)  appeared

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Ответ:

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846

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  turned

2)  seemed

3)  appeared

4)  was

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Ответ:

---

847

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  out

2)  up

3)  on

4)  off

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Ответ:

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848

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  up

2)  for

3)  after

4)  at

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Ответ:

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849

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  curing

2)  treating

3)  inhaling

4)  prescribing

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Ответ:

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850

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  specialized

2)  focused

3)  concentrated

4)  devoted

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Ответ:

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851

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  managed

2)  achieved

3)  succeeded

4)  fulfilled

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Ответ:

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852

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  used

2)  held

3)  kept

4)  took

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Ответ:

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853

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  disappointed

2)  displeased

3)  regretted

4)  dissatisfied

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Ответ:

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854

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  along

2)  apart

3)  away

4)  among

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Ответ:

---

855

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  therefore

2)  moreover

3)  although

4)  however

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Ответ:

---

856

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spoke

2)  told

3)  said

4)  talked

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Ответ:

---

857

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  watching

2)  looking

3)  staring

4)  gazing

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Ответ:

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858

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  adopt

2)  accept

3)  admit

4)  agree

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Ответ:

---

859

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  say

2)  talk

3)  speak

4)  tell

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Ответ:

---

860

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  used

3)  took

4)  kept

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Ответ:

---

861

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  among

2)  between

3)  besides

4)  along

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Ответ:

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862

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  observe

2)  note

3)  spot

4)  remark

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Ответ:

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863

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Nevertheless

2)  Nevermore

3)  Although

4)  Therefore

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Ответ:

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864

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  scare

2)  disturb

3)  worry

4)  fear

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Ответ:

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865

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  failed

2)  broke

3)  ruined

4)  fell

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Ответ:

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866

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look at

2)  look to

3)  look after

4)  look for

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Ответ:

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867

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  search

2)  investigation

3)  exploration

4)  study

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Ответ:

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868

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stay

2)  keep

3)  put

4)  take

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Ответ:

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869

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  dumb

2)  cool

3)  still

4)  silent

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Ответ:

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870

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  dull

2)  tired

3)  angry

4)  boring

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Ответ:

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871

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  open

2)  find

3)  discover

4)  invent

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Ответ:

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872

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  general

2)  addition

3)  contrast

4)  comparison

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Ответ:

---

873

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  inspired

2)  involved

3)  impressed

4)  included

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Ответ:

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874

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  confirmed

2)  earned

3)  defended

4)  deserved

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Ответ:

---

875

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Besides

2)  Instead

3)  Despite

4)  Because

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Ответ:

---

876

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  made

3)  kept

4)  turned

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Ответ:

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877

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hardly

2)  merely

3)  nearly

4)  really

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Ответ:

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878

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  carried

2)  acted

3)  made

4)  done

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Ответ:

---

879

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  similar

2)  same

3)  like

4)  alike

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Ответ:

---

880

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  to

2)  at

3)  of

4)  in

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Ответ:

---

881

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  talks

2)  tells

3)  says

4)  speaks

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Ответ:

---

882

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  feature

2)  type

3)  way

4)  means

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Ответ:

---

883

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looking

2)  seeing

3)  watching

4)  observing

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Ответ:

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884

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  please

2)  attract

3)  appeal

4)  enjoy

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Ответ:

---

885

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  kept

4)  used

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Ответ:

---

886

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  talk

2)  tell

3)  say

4)  speak

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Ответ:

---

887

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  into

2)  of

3)  out

4)  over

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Ответ:

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888

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  gesture

2)  agree

3)  movement

4)  signal

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Ответ:

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889

Ответ: Ответ: Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  admit

2)  on

3)  accept

4)  adopt

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Ответ:

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890

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  on

3)  of

4)  in

Показать

Ответ:

---

891

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  see

3)  watch

4)  gaze

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Ответ:

---

892

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  However

2)  Although

3)  Moreover

4)  Therefore

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Ответ:

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893

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  managed

2)  achieved

3)  succeeded

4)  fulfilled

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Ответ:

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894

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Much

3)  Little

4)  Many

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895

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  glimpse

3)  view

4)  sight

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896

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  nearly

2)  hardly

3)  simply

4)  merely

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897

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  lacked

2)  lost

3)  failed

4)  missed

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898

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Familiar

2)  Like

3)  Similar

4)  Alike

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899

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  about

2)  to

3)  off

4)  on

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900

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  compartment

2)  cabin

3)  carriage

4)  suite

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901

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  travel

2)  trip

3)  journey

4)  voyage

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902

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  keep

2)  help

3)  stay

4)  get

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903

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  reached

2)  went

3)  arrived

4)  came

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904

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  path

2)  road

3)  way

4)  line

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905

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  in

2)  for

3)  to

4)  at

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906

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  rose

2)  raised

3)  started

4)  lifted

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907

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  occasion

2)  possibility

3)  case

4)  chance

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908

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  above

2)  along

3)  under

4)  behind

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909

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  managed

2)  waited

3)  expected

4)  made

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910

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  did

2)  took

3)  held

4)  put

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911

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  down

2)  at

3)  in

4)  out

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912

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  routine

2)  manner

3)  road

4)  way

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913

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  used

4)  kept

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914

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looked

2)  gazed

3)  stared

4)  watched

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915

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  take

2)  do

3)  make

4)  give

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916

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  worry

2)  trouble

3)  bother

4)  mess

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917

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  at

2)  on

3)  in

4)  of

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918

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  say

4)  talk

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919

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  turning

2)  paying

3)  drawing

4)  bringing

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920

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  daily

2)  common

3)  average

4)  traditional

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921

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  discussing

2)  debating

3)  talking

4)  saying

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922

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  bit

2)  part

3)  parcel

4)  piece

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923

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  also

2)  altogether

3)  although

4)  thus

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924

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Nevertheless

2)  Nevermore

3)  Although

4)  Therefore

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925

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  common

2)  familiar

3)  aware

4)  acquainted

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926

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  through

2)  along

3)  around

4)  across

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927

Выберете цифру подходящего по смыслу слова:

1)  remind

2)  commemorate

3)  recollect

4)  remember

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928

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  took

2)  kept

3)  held

4)  was

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929

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  above

2)  along

3)  under

4)  behind

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930

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  in

2)  up

3)  out

4)  of

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931

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  crew

2)  class

3)  command

4)  staff

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932

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  went

2)  reached

3)  arrived

4)  came

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933

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  for

2)  from

3)  in

4)  on

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934

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  brought up

2)  grew up

3)  went up

4)  got up

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935

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  blocks

2)  houses

3)  groups

4)  sets

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936

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  covered

2)  held

3)  loaded

4)  filled

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937

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  knowledge

2)  information

3)  education

4)  training

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938

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looked after

2)  looked for

3)  looked through

4)  looked at

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939

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hard

2)  rough

3)  strange

4)  heavy

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940

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stay out

2)  take out

3)  move out

4)  go out

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941

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  took

3)  used

4)  kept

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942

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  achieved

2)  arrived

3)  entered

4)  reached

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943

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  feeling

2)  emotion

3)  reason

4)  sense

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944

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Little

3)  Much

4)  Many

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945

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looked after

2)  looked for

3)  looked through

4)  looked at

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946

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Do

2)  produce

3)  make

4)  have

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947

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  undermining

2)  disobeying

3)  breaking

4)  ruining

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948

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  help

2)  make

3)  give

4)  take

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949

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  agree

2)  suit

3)  fit

4)  match

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950

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  kept

3)  used

4)  took

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951

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  speak

2)  talk

3)  say

4)  tell

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952

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  pay

2)  draw

3)  bring

4)  turn

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953

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  admit

2)  adopt

3)  decide

4)  promise

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954

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  in

2)  on

3)  at

4)  of

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955

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  obliged

2)  demanded

3)  required

4)  compelled

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956

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  recall

2)  remember

3)  recollect

4)  remind

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957

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tell

2)  speak

3)  talk

4)  say

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958

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  glimpse

2)  look

3)  sight

4)  view

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959

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  few

2)  little

3)  much

4)  many

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960

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  took

2)  made

3)  held

4)  done

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961

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  disappointed

2)  dissatisfied

3)  apologized

4)  regretted

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962

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  for

2)  to

3)  on

4)  from

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963

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  held

2)  kept

3)  took

4)  grabbed

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964

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  do

2)  make

3)  have

4)  get

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965

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  over

2)  on

3)  in

4)  out

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966

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  as

2)  as if

3)  like

4)  alike

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967

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  only

2)  quite

3)  almost

4)  just

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968

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  viewed

2)  stared

3)  glimpsed

4)  saw

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969

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  sight

3)  glimpse

4)  view

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970

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  for

2)  after

3)  into

4)  at

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Ответ:

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971

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Many

2)  Much

3)  Little

4)  Few

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972

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  achieved

2)  managed

3)  fulfilled

4)  succeeded

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973

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  took

2)  did

3)  made

4)  held

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974

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  regretted

2)  disappointed

3)  apologized

4)  dissatisfied

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975

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  next

2)  close

3)  near

4)  nearby

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976

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  tournament

2)  competition

3)  test

4)  race

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977

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  pronounced

2)  revealed

3)  broadcasted

4)  declared

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978

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  between

2)  among

3)  within

4)  amongst

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979

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  situation

2)  sight

3)  location

4)  destination

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980

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  put

2)  place

3)  set

4)  build

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981

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  took

2)  received

3)  gave

4)  paid

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982

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  posture

2)  positioning

3)  posing

4)  pose

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983

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  inventing

2)  designing

3)  scheming

4)  doing

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984

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  exploration

2)  expenditure

3)  expedition

4)  exhibit

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985

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  like

2)  alike

3)  likely

4)  likable

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986

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  as a result

2)  because

3)  on account

4)  thanks

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987

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  eat

2)  feed

3)  food

4)  cooking

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988

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  decrease

2)  distract

3)  dissolve

4)  increase

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989

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hurting

2)  harming

3)  injuring

4)  wounding

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990

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  managed

2)  fullfilled

3)  achieved

4)  described

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991

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  nearly

2)  closely

3)  merely

4)  hardly

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Ответ:

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992

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Therefore

2)  Moreover

3)  However

4)  Although

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Ответ:

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993

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Few

2)  Little

3)  Much

4)  Many

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Ответ:

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994

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spoke

2)  talked

3)  said

4)  told

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Ответ:

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995

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  remind

2)  remember

3)  recollect

4)  repeat

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Ответ:

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996

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  on

2)  off

3)  out

4)  over

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Ответ:

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997

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  used

2)  kept

3)  held

4)  took

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Ответ:

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998

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  on

2)  at

3)  in

4)  of

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Ответ:

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999

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  looking

2)  staring

3)  watching

4)  gazing

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Ответ:

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1000

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  admitted

2)  adopted

3)  agreed

4)  accepted

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Ответ:

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1001

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  searching

2)  posing

3)  asking

4)  seeking

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Ответ:

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1002

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  falling

2)  heaving

3)  rising

4)  raising

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Ответ:

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1003

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  say

2)  tell

3)  speak

4)  talk

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Ответ:

---

1004

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  gaze

3)  view

4)  stare

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Ответ:

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1005

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  made

2)  held

3)  kept

4)  did

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Ответ:

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1006

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  saying

2)  speaking

3)  telling

4)  talking

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Ответ:

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1007

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  raising

2)  bringing

3)  rearing

4)  growing

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Ответ:

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1008

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  comfortable

2)  relaxing

3)  convenient

4)  suitable

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Ответ:

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1009

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Although

2)  Unlike

3)  Instead

4)  Despite

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Ответ:

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1010

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  wanted

2)  longed

3)  wished

4)  willed

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Ответ:

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1011

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  surprises

2)  treats

3)  presents

4)  souvenirs

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Ответ:

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1012

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  getting

2)  going

3)  putting

4)  lying

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Ответ:

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1013

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hesitated

2)  suspected

3)  mistrusted

4)  doubted

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Ответ:

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1014

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  only

2)  yet

3)  even

4)  still

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Ответ:

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1015

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  Vague

2)  Elaborate

3)  Complete

4)  Formless

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Ответ:

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1016

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hold

2)  stay

3)  keep

4)  remain

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Ответ:

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1017

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  reasons

2)  defenses

3)  motives

4)  excuses

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Ответ:

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1018

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spoke

2)  said

3)  talked

4)  told

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Ответ:

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1019

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  out

2)  back

3)  off

4)  down

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Ответ:

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1020

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  equal

2)  near

3)  similar

4)  alike

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1021

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  hold

2)  take

3)  keep

4)  make

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Ответ:

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1022

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  attached

2)  influenced

3)  related

4)  impressed

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Ответ:

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1023

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  enjoyed

2)  preferred

3)  amused

4)  pleased

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Ответ:

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1024

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  against

2)  towards

3)  besides

4)  within

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Ответ:

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1025

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  chance

2)  advantage

3)  option

4)  preference

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Ответ:

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1026

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  allowed

2)  let

3)  provided

4)  gave

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Ответ:

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1027

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  over

2)  on

3)  ahead

4)  through

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Ответ:

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1028

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  charge

2)  fare

3)  tuition

4)  expense

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Ответ:

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1029

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  step

2)  walk

3)  speed

4)  pace

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Ответ:

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1030

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spend

2)  have

3)  enjoy

4)  take

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Ответ:

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1031

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  realize

2)  become

3)  come

4)  get

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Ответ:

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1032

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  solid

2)  heavy

3)  hard

4)  difficult

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Ответ:

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1033

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  achieved

2)  arrived

3)  entered

4)  reached

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Ответ:

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1034

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  to

2)  on

3)  in

4)  off

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Ответ:

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1035

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stared

2)  gazed

3)  looked

4)  glanced

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Ответ:

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1036

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  inert

2)  static

3)  quiet

4)  still

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Ответ:

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1037

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  set

2)  sank

3)  moved

4)  dropped

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Ответ:

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1038

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  keep

2)  hold

3)  take

4)  give

Показать

Ответ:

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1039

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  look

2)  see

3)  watch

4)  gaze

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Ответ:

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1040

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  spoke

2)  told

3)  said

4)  talked

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Ответ:

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1041

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  attend

2)  visit

3)  go

4)  enroll

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Ответ:

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1042

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  about

2)  almost

3)  already

4)  approximately

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Ответ:

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1043

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  application

2)  admission

3)  entrance

4)  request

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Ответ:

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1044

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  dealings

2)  actions

3)  procedures

4)  events

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Ответ:

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1045

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  cost

2)  charged

3)  priced

4)  spent

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Ответ:

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1046

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  stimulated

2)  motivated

3)  inspired

4)  encouraged

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Ответ:

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1047

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  struggling

2)  preserving

3)  securing

4)  supporting

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Ответ:

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1048

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  provide

2)  supply

3)  afford

4)  allow

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Ответ:

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1049

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  offer

2)  charge

3)  suggest

4)  propose

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Ответ:

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1050

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  leases

2)  lends

3)  hires

4)  rents

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Ответ:

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1051

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  lessons

2)  classes

3)  tuition

4)  education

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Ответ:

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1052

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  costs

2)  fees

3)  expenses

4)  payments

Показать

Ответ:

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1053

Ответ: Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  thief

2)  cheater

3)  burglar

4)  bandit

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Ответ:

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1054

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1)  undermining

2)  disobeying

3)  breaking

4)  ruining

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Ответ:

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1055

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Bill who writes:

…I don’t think it will be a problem for me to choose a good job in the future as I’m really interested in foreign languages, cultures and countries and I hope I’ll work as a translator or teacher of foreign languages some day. Have you already decided on your career? What job are you going to choose? Why? What do your parents think about your choice?

I’ve lived in the USA my whole life but I’d really love to travel to other countries…

Write a letter to Bill. In your letter answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his plans for travelling. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1056

You have received a letter from your New Zealand pen-friend Ann who writes:

…We are going to visit Moscow in September. What’s the weather like then? Do we need to bring our warm coats? My mum is a vegetarian, she eats lots of fruit. What sort of fruit will she find in Russia? My dad would like you to tell us what we could visit in a week.

By the way, yesterday I bought the necessary vegetables and cooked Russian borsch. Thank you for the recipe. Everyone liked it very much…

Write a letter to Ann. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her favourite food. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1057

You havе just rеcеivеd a lеttеr from your English-spеaking pеn-friеnd, Paula.

My friend and I have just decided to enter the «Go Green in the City» competition. We are going to create a project on the energy management. Have you ever taken part in green projects? What alternative forms of energy are developed in Russia? Do you prefer using public transport or a private car and why?

Last week I visited Granny who lives in Edinburgh…

Writе a lеttеr to Paula.

In your lеttеr

– answer her questions

– ask 3 questions about her trip

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1058

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Mary who writes

… Summer is coming and I want to look my best: healthy, energetic and physically fit. So I’m trying to eat plain, simply cooked natural food, have enough sleep at night and I have recently joined our local fitness club. Do you do anything special to stay healthy? What makes people healthy and strong? What do you think about a healthy lifestyle?

By the way, I’m going to spend a month at the seaside this summer…

Write a letter to Mary. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her coming summer holidays. Write 100-140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1059

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend David who writes:

…Thank you for the book you sent me about the Lyceum years of Pushkin and his friends. I’m glad it was in English. My elder sister is reading it now. Isn’t it amazing that all the 10-year-old boys could read, write and speak French before they got to the Lyceum?! Was home education typical for all kids under 10 in Russia in the 19th century? Would you like to study in a boarding school like Pushkin’s Lyceum?

Next week I am planning to apply to a University…

Write a letter to David . In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about the University he is going to apply to. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1060

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Mike who writes:

… Next week we’re presenting orally the results of our individual projects in science. My project is good, but I hate oral assessment in general and I’m afraid I won’t present my project well orally. Do you have projects? How often do your teachers ask you to do projects in different subjects? What do you prefer: written reports or oral presentations? … Imagine my brother Dan will have no homework for the whole term! His class’s been chosen for the experimental group by his school administration!!! …

Write a letter to Mike. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about the Dan’s reaction to the experiment. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1061

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Andrea who writes:

… My Mum often complains that I spend too much money on shopping. To tell you the truth, I like to buy beautiful things and spend all my pocket money on small souvenirs. I collect souvenirs. Do you or your friends collect anything? What do you and your friends do with your pocket money and why? What’s your parents’ attitude towards it?

As for the latest news, I have just entered courses…

Write a letter to Andrea. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her courses. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1062

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Tom who writes:

Last month our class went to Washington to visit the National Museum of American History. It was my first visit there and it was fun! How often do you go to museums with your class, if at all? Which museum is your favorite or what museum would you like to visit? Why do you think people should go there? This summer we plan to go hiking with my parents.

Write a letter to Tom. In your letter answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his summer plans. Write 100–140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1063

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Richard who writes:

…I’m currently studying for my exams and hope to do well at my finals. I wish I could have more free time now as I love going out with my friends, meeting new people, making new acquaintances. Do you like hanging out with friends in your free time or are you a stay-at-home type? How do you usually spend the weekend? What are your hobbies or interests?

A friend of mine is coming to see me this weekend…

Write a letter to Richard. In your letter answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his friend’s visit. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1064

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Jane who writes:

…Last month our class went to Washington. It was my first visit there and it was fun! Have you travelled much around Russia? Where would you like to go if you had a chance? Why would you like to go there, what places of interest would you like to see? Is there anything interesting in the region where you live?

This summer we plan to go to the mountains with my parents…

Write a letter to Jane. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about the trip to the mountains. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1065

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Jeremy who writes:

…I change hobbies at least twice a year. Maybe I haven’t found the one I really like yet. What kinds of hobbies do you and your friends have? What hobbies do you think are expensive and why? Why do you think people need hobbies?

I’ve just finished redecorating my room…

Write a letter to Jeremy. In your letter

− answer his questions,

− ask 3 questions about his room.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1066

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Ann who writes:

… More and more young people get involved in environmental protection. Could you tell me what measures young people in your country take to save the environment? What kind of support do you get from your local community and family? Is there any Green Party/Movement where you live? Wouldn’t you like to start one, if there isn’t? I am very happy now because I have just passed my last exams.

Write back soon, Ann…

Write a letter to Ann. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her plans for the coming holiday. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1067

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Nаncy who writes:

… My older brother worked as a volunteer translator during the Economical Summit in London. Would you like to participate as a volunteer in such sort of events? Is it hard to take part as a volunteer in high level events in Russia? What kind of activities would you like to do and why?

…Last Monday I returned from my trip to Austria…

Write а letter to Nаncy.

In your letter

— аnswer her questions;

— аsk 3 questions аbout her trip.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1068

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Robert who writes:

… We’ve moved to a new town. It’s small and green. My neighbours say that it hasn 7 changed a bit for the last two centuries. Have you noticed any recent changes in your city? What are they? Do you like or dislike them? Why? Yesterday my mum won a cooking competition…

Write a letter to Robert. In your letter answer his questions, ask 3 questions about his summer plans. Write 100–140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1069

You have received a letter from your New Zealand pen-friend Sheila who writes:

…You know, my idea of a perfect weekend is to do absolutely nothing, just read a book. A walk in the park is not bad if the weather is nice. I don’t understand people who spend Sunday in a gym or a fitness centre.

What is your idea of a perfect weekend? What do you like to do in your free time after the lessons? What is your hobby?.

Soon I’m going on vacation and I can’t decide what books to take with me…

Write a letter to Sheila. In your letter ask his questions, ask 3 questions about her favourite books. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1070

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some of my friends say there’s nothing better than reading a good book while others would rather watch its film version.

2.  It’s more enjoyable to live in a big family.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1071

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  The Internet is the greatest time-waster.

2.  Some people think that in the future traditional shops will disappear and all shopping will be online with home delivery.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1072

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Childhood is the safest period of human life.

2.  Many people watch soap operas because they find them enjoyable and realistic.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1073

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that extreme sports help to build character.

2.  Some people think that learning foreign languages is a waste of time and money.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1074

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Good clothes open all doors.

2.  Exams motivate students to study harder.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1075

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  It’s easier to make friends than to keep them.

2.  Education polishes good natures and corrects bad ones.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1076

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that you can master the language only if you study it abroad, in the native speaking environment.

2.  The Internet is the biggest evil of our time.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1077

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some students think that the most important thing for a teacher is to make studying enjoyable for students.

2.  Life in the countryside is not for young people.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1078

Comment on the following statement: Some people think that extreme sports help to build character. What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

— make an introduction (state the problem)

— express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

— express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

— explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

— make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1079

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some parents think that having a computer at home will help their children to get a better education.

2.  The best holidays and weekends are with national traditions.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1080

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Education polishes good natures and corrects bad ones.

2.  Playing videogames is a complete waste of time.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1081

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  It’s reported that billions of dollars are spent on space exploration projects every year. Some people believe that this money should be used to solve problems on Earth.

2.  Children study worse without computers.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1082

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter.

2.  Some students think that the most important thing for a teacher is to make studying enjoyable for students.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1083

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that to be a success you need talent; others believe that hard work can compensate for the lack of it.

2.  Virtual Internet communication results in losing real-life social skills.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1084

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Public libraries are becoming less popular and they will soon disappear.

2.  Some people think that you can master the language only if you study it abroad, in the native speaking environment.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1085

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  It’s reported that billions of dollars are spent on space exploration projects every year. Some people believe that this money should be used to solve problems on Earth.

2.  A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily teach it.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1086

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  It’s not right to be strict with little children.

2.  It is wrong to make pupils read a lot in summer.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1087

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that boys and girls should study separately at different schools.

2.  Good books are only those books that everyone likes and understands.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1088

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Reading fiction is becoming less and less important for teenagers.

2.  It’s reported that billions of dollars are spent on space exploration projects every year. Some people believe that this money should be used to solve problems on Earth.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1089

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  It’s more enjoyable to live in a big family.

2.  Some parents think that having a computer at home will help their children to get a better education.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1090

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that extreme sports help to build character.

2.  Some people think that learning foreign languages is a waste of time and money.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1091

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Nature is powerful enough to oppose any harmful human interference.

2.  Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1092

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some parents think that if there is a computer at home their children will waste much of their time on videogames and social networking.

2.  It’s easier to make friends than to keep them.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1093

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Virtual Internet communication results in losing real-life social skills.

2.  Some people prefer to eat out. However, many people still like to cook meals at home.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1094

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Life in the countryside is not for young people.

2.  It’s reported that billions of dollars are spent on space exploration projects every year. Some people believe that this money should be used to solve problems on Earth.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1095

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that in the future traditional shops will disappear and all shopping will be on line with home delivery.

2.  Central parts of big cities should be closed to private transport.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1096

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people prefer to eat out. However, many people still like to cook meals at home.

2.  A pupil cannot study effectively without a computer.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1097

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some of my friends say there’s nothing better than reading a good book while others would rather watch its film version.

2.  A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1098

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people believe that English should be the only foreign language taught at our schools. Others think that German, French and Spanish should continue.

2.  Nature is powerful enough to oppose any harmful human interference.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1099

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that young people should follow in their parents’ footsteps when choosing a profession.

2.  Teenagers should be allowed to read whatever books they like.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1100

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that learning foreign languages is a waste of time and money.

2.  It’s not right to be strict with little children.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1101

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Many people watch soap operas because they find them enjoyable and realistic.

2.  Many people would prefer to work from home.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1102

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some of my friends think it’s important to do sports regularly while others would rather watch a sporting event on TV.

2.  Childhood is the safest period of human life.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1103

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1. Some young people believe that while at school we should concentrate on studying; others think that working part-time has many advantages.

2. Reading fiction is becoming less and less important for teenagers.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1104

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think boys and girls should study separately at different schools. Others think that they should be taught together.

2.  In any occupation discipline is more important than talent.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1105

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily teach it.

2.  Some people think that young people should follow in their parents’ footsteps when choosing a profession.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1106

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  The best things in life are free.

2.  Space exploration was the greatest achievement of the 20th century.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1107

Comment on the following statement: Childhood is the safest period of human life. What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1108

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some students believe that homework should be optional.

2.  Good clothes open all doors.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1109

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  The Internet is the biggest evil of our time.

2.  Some of my friends say there’s nothing better than reading a good book while others would rather watch its film version.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1110

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that you can have only one true friend.

2.  The Internet is the greatest time-waster.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1111

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  In any occupation discipline is more important than talent.

2.  Some people think that boys and girls should study separately at different schools.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1112

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Reading poetry is becoming less and less important for young people nowadays.

2.  The best things in life are free.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

Comment on the following statement.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? rite 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1113

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Many people watch soap operas because they find them enjoyable and realistic.

2.  Public libraries are becoming less popular and they will soon disappear.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1114

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

2.  Modern TV series are better than blockbuster films.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1115

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Teenagers should be allowed to read whatever books they like.

2.  Science is the first thing to be financed in the modern world.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1116

Выберите только ОДНО из двух предложенных высказываний и выразите своё мнение по предложенной проблеме согласно данному плану.

Comment on one of the following statements.

1.  Some people think that to get a good education one should go abroad.

2.  Some students believe that homework should be optional.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement? Write 200–250 words. Use the following plan:

− make an introduction (state the problem)

− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion

− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion

− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion

− make a conclusion restating your position

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1117

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Nelson never wore an eye-patch. He didn’t wear anything at all over his damaged right eye. Though he had an eye-shade built into his hat to protect his good left eye from the sun. Nelson didn’t have a blind eye. His right one was badly damaged at the siege in 1794. A French cannon ball threw sand and debris into it, but it still looked normal – so normal, in fact, he had difficulty convincing the Royal Navy he was eligible for a disability pension.

There is no contemporary portrait of Nelson wearing an eye-patch, and despite what most people recall having seen, the prominent column shows him without an eye-patch. It was only after his death that the eye-patch was used to add pathos to portraits. He used the damaged eye to his advantage. At the battle of Copenhagen, he ignored the recall signal issued by his superior.

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1118

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Cobras in snake-charming acts are responding to the sight of the flute, not its sound. Snakes don’t really hear music though they are certainly not deaf. They have no external ears or eardrums, but can sense vibrations transmitted up from the ground into their jaw and the belly muscles. They also seem to be able to detect airborne sounds via an inner ear. It used to be thought that snakes could not hear at all because they don’t respond to loud noises but research at Princeton has shown that they have acute hearing.

The key discovery was how the snake’s inner ear functions. It appears that their hearing is tuned to the frequency range of noises and vibrations made by the movement of larger animals, so music would be meaningless to them. Charmed cobras stand upright if threatened and sway in response to the movement of the instrument. If they strike at the flute, they hurt themselves, so they don’t do it again.

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1119

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The ostrich is the bird that lays the smallest egg for its size. Although it is the largest single cell in nature, an ostrich egg is less than 2 per cent of the weight of the mother. A wren’s egg, by comparison, is 13 per cent of its weight. The largest egg in comparison with the size of the bird is that of the Little Spotted kiwi. Its egg accounts for 26 per cent of its own weight.

An ostrich egg weighs as much as twenty-four hen’s eggs; to soft-boil one takes forty-five minutes. Queen Victoria tucked into one for breakfast and declared it among the best meals she had ever eaten. The largest egg laid by any animal – including the dinosaurs – belonged to the elephant bird of Madagascar, which became extinct in 1700. It was ten times the size of an ostrich egg, nine litres in volume and the equivalent of 180 chicken’s eggs.

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1120

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Who invented the steam engine? Heron from Egypt. Heron lived in Alexandria and is best known as a mathematician and geometer. Unfortunately for Heron, no one was able to see its practical function, so it was considered nothing more than an amusing novelty. Amazingly, had Heron but known it, the railway had already been invented 700 years earlier.

The principle of railways was then completely forgotten about for almost another 500 years, until people had the idea of using them in mines in the fourteenth century. The historian Arnold Toynbee wrote a brilliant essay speculating what would have happened if the two inventions had been combined to create a global Greek empire, based on a fast rail network. Heron also invented the vending machine – for four drachmas you got a shot of holy water – and a portable device to ensure that no one else could drink the wine you brought along to a bottle party.

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1121

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Nicotine is colourless. In theory, cigarettes can be made out of potato or tomato leaves. Some programmes designed to help people stop smoking also advise giving up potatoes and tomatoes in order to eliminate low-level nicotine intake completely. In small doses, the nicotine compound that is present in all these plants produces feelings of pleasure. That’s why tobacco is more addictive than either cocaine or heroin. But it’s also why we sometimes find ourselves craving chips or pizza.

In large doses, however, nicotine is as deadly as the nightshade whose relative it is. The nicotine in a single cigarette, if taken direct into the bloodstream, would be fatal. Eating one cigarette could make you severely ill. Swallowing a packet of ten would definitely kill you. In 1976, the Department of Health urged pregnant mothers to wear rubber gloves when peeling potatoes. More than a kilogram of potatoes eaten at a single sitting would be certain death.

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1122

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Silver is the best conductor. The best conductor of both heat and electricity is also the most reflective of all the elements. Its drawback is that it is expensive. The reason we use copper wire in our electrical equipment is because copper – the second most conductive element – is much cheaper. As well as its decorative uses, silver is now mostly used in the photographic industry.

Silver has the curious property of sterilising water. Only tiny amounts are needed – just ten parts per billion. Both the Romans and Greeks noticed that food and drink put in silver containers did not spoil so quickly. Silver’s strong antibacterial qualities were made use of for many centuries before bacteria were discovered. This may also explain why silver coins are often found at the bottom of ancient wells. While silver will certainly kill bacteria in the lab, whether or not it will do so in the body is controversial. Many of the supposed advantages are unproven.

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1123

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No ostrich has ever been observed to bury its head in the sand. It would suffocate if it did. When danger threatens, ostriches run away like any other sensible animal. The myth about ostriches may have arisen because they sometimes lie down in their nest with their necks stretched out flat and scan the horizon for trouble. If the predator gets too close they get up and leg it. The ostrich is the largest bird in the world.

The head-burying myth was first reported by the Roman historian, who also thought ostriches could hatch their eggs by looking at them aggressively. He didn’t mention their ability to swallow odd things. As well as the stones they use to aid digestion, ostriches will eat iron, copper, brick or glass. One ostrich in London Zoo was found to have eaten a metre-length of rope, a spool of film, a watch and a number of coins.

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1124

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The hippopotamuses are most dangerous for humans. Unfortunately hippos like to hang out near slow-moving fresh water. Most accidents occur because people are out walking at night, just the time when hippos leave the water to graze. Being trampled by a startled hippo is not a dignified way to die. Hippopotamuses, once believed to be members of the pig family but now shown to be most closely related to whales, are divided into two species. The common hippo is the third largest land mammal after the African and Asian elephants.

They are very irritable beasts, especially when they have young. They dispose of lions by plunging them into deep water and drowning them, crocodiles by biting them in half, and sharks by dragging them out of the water and trampling them to death. However, they are strict vegetarians, so their aggression is mostly to do with self-defence. Hippos mainly eat grass.

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1125

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As well as mercury, gallium and francium can all be liquids at room temperature. Gallium was discovered by French chemist in 1875. It was the first new element to confirm Dmitri Mendeleev’s prediction of the periodic table. Gallium is used chiefly in microchips because of its strange electronic properties. Compact disc players also make use of it because when mixed with arsenic it transforms an electric current directly into laser light.

Francium is one of the rarest elements. It has been calculated there are only ever thirty grams of it present on Earth. This is because it is so radioactive it quickly decays into other, more stable elements. So it is a liquid metal, but not for very long – a few seconds at most. It was the last element to be found in nature. These elements are liquid at unusually low temperatures for metals because the arrangement of electrons in their atoms makes it hard for them to get close enough to each other.

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1126

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

All diamonds are formed under immense heat and pressure beneath the earth and are brought to the surface in volcanic eruptions. They are formed between 100 miles underground. Most are found inside a volcanic rock and mined in areas where volcanic activity is still common. Any other diamonds are found loose.

Twenty countries in the world produce diamonds. South Africa is now the fifth largest. Diamonds are made of pure carbon. So is graphite, the stuff that the lead in pencils is made from, but with the carbon atoms arranged differently. Diamond is one of the hardest naturally occurring substances on earth, but graphite is one of the softest with a score of one and a half. The largest known diamond is 2,500 miles across and measures ten billion trillion trillion carats. Found directly above Australia the diamond sits inside the star Lucy.

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1127

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For crocodiles an ordinary rubber band should be sufficient for you to make your escape. The muscles that close the jaws of a crocodile or alligator are strong. They have the same downward force of a truck falling off a cliff. But the muscles that open their jaws are weak enough for you to hold their mouths shut with one hand. The technical difference between alligators and crocodiles is that crocs have a longer, narrower snout, eyes further forward.

Also, some crocodiles live in salty water. Alligators generally live in fresh water. Crocodile means lizard. Neither animal cries as it savages you to death. Crocodile tears are a myth from medieval times. The origin of the legend may be in the proximity of the throat to the glands which lubricate the eye. These can cause the eye to water a little from the effort of swallowing something large or reluctant. They can’t smile either: crocodiles and alligators have no lips.

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1128

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Only seven prisoners were freed by the storming of the Bastille. In France, 14 July, Bastille Day, is a national holiday and a glorious national symbol. From the rousing paintings of the scene, you might think hundreds of proud revolutionaries flooded into the streets waving tricolours. In fact, only just over half a dozen people were being held at the time of the siege.

One hundred lives were lost in the attack, including that of the governor, whose head was carried through Paris on a pike. Soldiers invalided out of regular service – and conditions were fairly comfortable for most inmates, with relaxed visiting hours and furnished lodgings. The painter Jean Fragonard’s sketch of visiting day in 1785 shows fashionable ladies promenading around the courtyard with the prisoners, who were given a generous spending allowance, plenty of tobacco and alcohol, and were allowed to keep pets.

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1129

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Celebrating New Year’s is a universal tradition, but countries see the New Year in with different customs. You are probably familiar with the New Year’s Eve traditions of your own country, but do you know what the holiday looks like elsewhere around the globe? While many countries have fireworks, some also have their own unique traditions and customs. Here’s a taste of some of the ways different countries usher in the New Year. Spanish New Year’s Eve usually starts with a traditional family dinner, but perhaps the most notable tradition is the countdown to midnight. Just before the clock strikes midnight, 12 grapes should be eaten as quickly as possible. In Russia a popular tradition is to bid farewell to the last year and welcome in the new one. Shortly before midnight, many Russians tune in to watch the president’s speech on TV or watch popular New Year shows.

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1130

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Some paintings found in different caves around the world are recognized as the work of Stone Age artists. But what was the purpose of the paintings? Why were they hidden in a dark room where there is no evidence that cave people lived?

No one really knows, but there is one theory that makes great sense. It is called the theory of Sympathetic Magic. According to this, the cave people believed that if they could make a likeness of an animal, they could put a spell over it. This spell would give the tribe power over the live animal.

Stone Age existence depended on killing animals – for food, clothing, and even weapons and tools. The animals were large and fierce; the cave people had only the most simple weapons. Hunters had to be brave and fearless. They needed more than a spear or club; they needed all the magic they could get. The magic could help the hunters catch the animals.

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1131

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Spencer was an engineer, philosopher and psychologist, who in his day was as famous as Darwin. He first coined the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’. Darwin paid him the compliment of using it himself. Herbert was the eldest of nine children, all the rest of whom died in infancy. Trained as a civil engineer, he became a philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, economist and inventor. He sold more than a million books in his lifetime and was the first to apply evolutionary theory to psychology, philosophy and the study of society.

He also invented the paperclip. The device was called Spencer’s Binding Pin and was produced on a modified hook-and-eye machine. It did well in its first year, but demand dried up. During the Second World War, paperclips were an emotive symbol of Norwegian resistance to the German occupation. A giant paperclip was later erected in Oslo.

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1132

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You are considering going to the mountains and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

1)  departure dates

2)  duration of the trip

3)  size of the group

4)  accommodation

5)  price

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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1133

Study the advertisement.

You are considering using the real estate agent services and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  if there are any special offers

2)  all services that he provides

3)  online consulting service

4)  duration of the meeting

5)  number of clients per day

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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1134

Study the advertisement.

You are considering staying one night at the hotel and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  local museums and theatres

2)  special offers

3)  number of available rooms

4)  quality of the staff

5)  if they have TV in hotel rooms

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1135

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the Cesky Krumlov city and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  the most popular sights of the city

2)  price for the family of three

3)  recommendations

4)   services that they provide during the trip

5)  number of people in the trip

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1136

Study the advertisement.

This summer you will study in France for three months and you want to attend a school dance.

In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  dance school address

2)  the hours of opening

3)  the three-month subscription fee

4)  the rate for young people

5)  the possibility of the online subscription

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1137

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting Universal Studios while travelling to Los Angeles with a group of friends of yours, and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

1)  working hours

2)  ticket cost for a group of teenagers

3)  discounts on the weekdays

4)  chance to meet famous actors

5)  getting to Universal Studios by public transportation

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1138

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the gift shop and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  if they have gifts for anniversary

2)  availability of discount cards

3)  size of the shop

4)  if they have lunch hours

5)  website

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1139

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the city and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  dates for departures

2)  hotel facilities

3)  if breakfast is included

4)  number of city tours

5)  discounts

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1140

Study the advertisement.

You are considering using an engineering service and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  services that they provide

2)  if you can get a discount card

3)  if they work at weekends

4)  number of clients per day

5)  guarantees they provide

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1141

Study the advertisement.

You are considering staying one night at the hotel and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  if they have available rooms

2)  services they provide

3)  sights near the hotel

4)  special offers

5)  discount for regular customers

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1142

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the fitness club and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  membership card

2)  personal trainings

3)  working hours

4)  if they have muscle gain programs

5)  guest passes

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1143

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting London transport museum and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  location of the museum

2)  discounts for children

3)  working hours

4)  the most popular exhibit in the museum

5)  tours that they have

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1144

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the coffee shop and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  special offers

2)  discounts for regular customers

3)  most popular coffee

4)  if they have a parking lot

5)  free Wi-Fi

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1145

Study the advertisement.

You are considering staying one week at the resort and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  discounts for regular customers

2)  special offers

3)  entertainment programs

4)  multilingual staff

5)  if you can pay with a credit card

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1146

Study the advertisement.

You are considering visiting the coffee room and you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:

1)  price list

2)  discounts

3)  online booking

4)  diversity of desserts

5)  entertainment programs

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1147

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1148

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1149

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1150

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1151

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1152

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1153

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1154

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1155

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1156

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes ( 12-15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number…»

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1157

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number… «

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1158

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1159

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1160

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1161

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1162

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1163

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1164

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1165

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1166

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1167

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1168

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1169

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1170

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1171

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1172

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1173

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1174

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1175

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
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1176

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1177

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1178

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1179

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1180

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1181

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with:

«I’ve chosen photo number… «

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1182

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1183

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number… «

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1184

These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken

• what/who is in the photo

• what is happening

• why you keep the photo in your album

• why you decided to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: «I’ve chosen photo number … «.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1185

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of job presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1186

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of sleep presented in the photos you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1187

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of transport presented on the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1188

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of work presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1189

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say where you’d like to read

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1190

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which photo is more attractive for you

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1191

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what pet presented in the photo you’d like to have more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1192

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which game presented in the pictures you’d prefer to play

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1193

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of the sport presented in the photos you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1194

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of the activities presented in the pictures you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1195

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of transport presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1196

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of the disasters presented in the photos is more scary

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1197

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say how you prefer listeningto the music (according to the pictures)

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1198

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say in which audience presented in the pictures you would like to be

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1199

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which teacher presented in the photos you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1200

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what you prefer more: working or doing homework

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1201

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what extreme sport presented in the pictures you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1202

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of activities presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1203

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of job presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1204

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of thе profеssions presented in the pictures you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1205

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which pair presented in the photos you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1206

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of time spending presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1207

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of fishing presented in the photos you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1208

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which orator presented in the photos you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1209

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say in which group of students you´d like to be

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1210

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which team presented in the photo you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1211

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which car, presented in the photos you’d like to ride

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1212

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which picture is more attractive for you

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1213

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of help presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1214

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of running presented in the photos you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1215

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of fighting presented in the photos you like more

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1216

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which photographer presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1217

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say in which scene presented in the photos you’d like to take part

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1218

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which kind of activities presented in the photos you’d like to do

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1219

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of the concerts presented in the pictures you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1220

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say which of the activities presented in the pictures you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1221

Look at the two pictures. In 1 min 30, you will have to compare:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what lifestyle presented in the photos you prefer

• explain why

You should speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.

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1222

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

• say what the pictures have in common

• say in what way the pictures are different

• say what kind of reading presented in the photos you’d prefer

• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Решения заданий с развернутым ответом не проверяются автоматически.
На следующей странице вам будет предложено проверить их самостоятельно.