Раздел з. Грамматика и лексика
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What is the oldest university in Britain?
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The University of Oxford was the first university to be |
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established in the Britain. Dating from the 12th century |
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it is being organized as a federation of colleges which |
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are governed by their own teaching staff is known as |
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‘Fellows’. The most oldest college, University College, |
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was founded in 1249. Other notable colleges include |
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All Souls (founded in 1438), Christ Church (founded |
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in 1546 by Cardinal Wolsey), the college chapel of |
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which is also Oxford Cathedral, and the Lady Margaret |
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Hall (founded in 1878), which was now the first women’s |
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college. Today Oxford University is made up of 39 |
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separate colleges, of which one is for women of students |
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only, and the rest take out both men and women.. |
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In 1209, scholars running away from riots in Oxford |
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set it up the first academic community in Cambridge. |
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The University is also organized as a federation of |
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their colleges; the oldest, Peterhouse, dates from 1284. |
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В12—В18. California
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Nicknamed the "Golden State", California is the third largest state after Alaska and Texas. The B12_____________ of gold and the immigration in 1849 of thousands of gold diggers in search of the B13___________ metal helped California’s admittance into the Union in 1850. |
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Today, California, land of B14________________ redwoods, has the highest population of any state in the country. |
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It is also America’s main B15___________________ state, which is B16__________________ known for its avocados and grapes. |
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It is also the home of Hollywood, the center of America’s movie B17________________. |
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However, not everyone wants to move to California. In recent years forest fires, floodings and earthquakes have left thousands of people B18__________________. |
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А21 — А28. The Great Discovery
In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people A21____________ in numbers, they had to wander and search for wild fruits and seeds of will plants or hunt for small animals.
Then one of these early people A22___________ a great discovery. A great genius discovered the meaning of seeds. He may have noticed that where some seeds had fallen on theground, new plants grew. Perhaps he was A23_________ enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen. No one knows how it happened, but man A24___________ that if he put a seed into the soil it could grow into a plant which might yield hundred: or even thousands of seeds!
He was free of the need to be in a constant A25___________ of his food!
Early man could now A26__________ seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow In the fall he could gather a harvest of seeds. There would be enough to A27__________ himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting where spring came.
This discovery was the beginning of A28__________ and the most important change that ever happened to people on earth.
A21. 1) decreased 2) increased 3) developed 4) improved
A22. l) fulfilied 2) did 3)made 4) conducted
A23. 1) curious 2) questioning 3) surprised 4) puzzled
A24. 1) disclosed 2) opened 3) discovered 4) exposed
A25. 1) investigation 2) exploration 3) look 4) search
A26 l) put 2) plant 3) deliver 4) lay
A27 l) feed 2) food 3) provide 4) nourish
A28. 1) gardening 2) cropping 3) cultivation 4) farming