6. Вставьте подходящее по смыслу слово

a. royal, b. pelicans, c. Guards, d. among, e. shrubbery, f. residence, g. accession,

h. views, i. over.

1. One of the … parks is St James` s Park in The Mall.

2. It offers fine … of Buckingham Palace, St James`s Palace and Horse … Parade.

3. This beautiful space contains a delighted array of flowers, … and trees, and a large lake that attracts many varieties of bird, including … .

4.There are many beautiful parks and gardens in London … which Hyde Park is well known all … the world.

5. Buckingham Palace has been the London … of the royal family since the … of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Keys: 1-a; 2- h, c; 3- e, b; 4- d, i; 5- f, g.

7. Найдите лишнее слово

1. a. Planetarium, b. Madame Tussaud`s, c. the House of Commons, d. St James` s Park;

2. a. waxwork exhibits, b. recording studio, c. paintings, d. works of art;

3. a. science, b. technology, c. digital age, d. mammals;

4. a. delight, b. enjoyment, c. exotics, d. pleasure.

Keys: 1- c, 2- b, 3- d, 4- c.

8. Найдите синонимы

1.	ornate	a.	event
2.	execution	b.	distension
3.	byword	c.	stand
4.	stretching	d.	elegant
5.	stall	e.	starting from
6.	episode	f.	torture
7.	accommodate	g.	saying
8.	dating from	h.	sobriquet
9.	nickname	i.	contain
10.	cover	j.	hold

Keys: 1- d, 2- f, 3- g, 4- b, 5- c, 6- a, 7- j, 8- e, 9-h, 10- i.

9. Выберите правильное по смыслу и форме слово.

1. London is certainly very old and full of (a. historical, b. history, c. historic) associations.

2. The (a. stating, b. state, c. statement) apartments are open to the public from May to October.

3. London suffered two (a. awful, b. awfully) tragedies.

4. Westminster Hall remains the (a. old, b. older c. oldest) surviving part of the original Palace of Westminster

5. London consists of many parts and they are all very (a. differently, b. different, c. differ) from each other.

6. The unusual nickname was (a. original, b. originally, c. originate) given to its enormous bell.

Keys: 1- c, 2- b, 3- a, 4- c, 5- b, 6- b.

10. Сопоставьте слова и дефиниции.

1.	to miss	a.	an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality
2.	plague	b.	a combination of several different kinds
3.	blue-eyed	c.	to fail to perform or attend
4.	mixture	d.	containing nothing
5.	to happen	e.	a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy
6.	empty	f.	having blue eyes
7.	duke	g.	to occur by chance
8.	civilisation	h.	to move along steadily usually with a rhythmic stride and in step with others
9.	to march	i.	to form an image
10.	to represent	j.	a relatively high level of cultural and technological development

Keys: 1- c, 2- a, 3- f, 4- b, 5- g, 6- d, 7- e, 8- j, 9- h, 10- i.

Тест 2 Вариант 2

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