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Грамматика и лексика (базовый уровень)
Задание 1
Meeting a Stranger
I was coming home at about three o’clock
on a black winter night, when suddenly I saw two people.
The 1________________ was a short man who
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ONE
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2________________ along the street,
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WALK
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and the 3________________ was a little girl who
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TWO
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4________________ as fast as she could.
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RUN
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Well, the two crashed into each other and the child
5________________ down.
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FALL
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But the man calmly walked on and left the 6________________
child on the ground.
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CRY
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I ran after the man and brought 7________________ back.
There was already a small crowd around the child.
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HE
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The man was perfectly cool, but he gave
me a very cruel look, which 8________________ me feel
sick.The child’s family then arrived, and also the
doctor. I had taken a violent dislike to the short man. So
had the child’s family – that was only natural.
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MAKE
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Задание 2
Mr Utterson
Mr Utterson, the lawyer, was a quiet,
serious man. He was shy with strangers and afraid of
1________________ his feelings.
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SHOW
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Among friends, however, his eyes 2________________ with
kindness and goodness.
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SHINE
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And, although this goodness never found 3________________
way into his conversation, it showed itself in his way of
life.
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IT
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He 4________________ himself many enjoyable things in life.
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NOT ALLOW
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He ate and drank simply and, although he 5________________
the theatre,
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ENJOY
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he 6________________ a play for twenty years.
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NOT SEE
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However, he was gentler towards other 7________________
weaknesses, and was always ready to help people rather than
criticize them.
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MEN
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As a lawyer, he was often the last good person that
criminals 8________________ on their way to prison. These
people often carried memories of his politeness and
fairness with them.
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MEET
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Задание 3
A Walk in London
I knew that my 1________________ best friend
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COUSIN
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was a man 2________________ Richard, who was well-known as
a fun-loving person.
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CALL
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Nobody could understand why they were
friends, as they 3________________ from each other in every
way.
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DIFFER
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They often went for long walks together, 4________________
through the streets of London.
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MARCH
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One of these walks 5________________ them down a narrow
side-street in a busy part of London.
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TAKE
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A dark, mysterious, windowless building 6________________
near the end of this street. Dirty children played on the
doorstep, and nobody ever opened the door to drive them
away.
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STAND
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As the two friends passed the building, Richard
7________________ to it.
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POINT
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“Have you ever noticed that
place?” he asked. “It is connected with a strange
story.”
“Really?” said my friend. “Tell
8________________ about it”. And Richard began his story.
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I
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Задание 4
Paul Anthony Samuelson, a Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
Paul Samuelson was born on May 15, 1915,
in Gary, Indiana. He 1________________ at the University of
Chicago in Illinois and at Harvard University.
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EDUCATE
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In 1947, Samuelson 2________________ “Foundations of
Economic Analysis” in which he used the language of
mathematics to explain the world of economics.
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WRITE
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In 1948 he published “Economics” which is considered to
be the 3________________ economics text of our time.
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IMPORTANT
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“Economics” 4________________ in new editions
today.
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PUBLISH
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Samuelson 5________________ 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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GIVE
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Samuelson says that he finds the 6________________ pleasure
in solving problems of economics and it is the mathematical
work.
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GREAT
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But while he 7________________ it, he thinks about the
real-world problems.
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DO
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Samuelson's life work has been to use
economics in the service of humanity. He 8________________
more than anyone of his time to influence government policy
at the highest level.
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DO
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Задание 5
Albert Einstein, a Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm,
Germany. His interest in science 1________________ when he
was only five years old.
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BEGIN
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His father gave him a magnetic compass.
Looking at it, the young Albert wanted to know why the
needle 2________________.
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MOVE
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In 1902, after graduating from the university, Einstein
took a job in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1909, at
the age of thirty, Einstein 3________________ his job at
the Patent Office and began his lifelong career in the
academic world.
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LEAVE
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His genius was recognized, and in 1921 he 4________________
the Nobel Prize in physics.
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GIVE
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In 1933, when Adolf Hitler came into power, Einstein and
his 5________________ wife moved to the USA.
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TWO
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He 6________________ a professor at Princeton University
where he remained until his death in 1955.
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BECOME
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Shortly before his death he wrote and
signed the
Russell-Einstein Manifesto,
7________________ the people of the world about the danger
of nuclear catastrophe. Albert Einstein is remembered as
the scientist in the world. His theories have
changed science forever.
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WARN
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It is generally thought that Albert
Einstein is the greatest theoretical physicist who ever
8________________.
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LIVE
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Задание 6
Albert Schweitzer, a Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Albert Schweitzer is known throughout
the world for his missionary work in Africa. He was born on
January 14, 1875 in Alsace, which was part of Germany and
1________________ Part of France after World War I.
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LATE
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He was a talented person and by the age of thirty,
2________________ as an author, a lecturer, and a musician.
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KNOW
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It was at this time that he learned of the great need of
medical doctors in Africa. He decided to become a doctor of
medicine. In 1913, Doctor Schweitzer and his wife
3________________ for Africa.
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LEAVE
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The morning after the Schweitzers arrived, they started to
treat their patients in an old farmhouse. However, a new
hospital building 4________________ with the help and the
trust of the African people.
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BUILD
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Their work was interrupted by World War I. Only in 1924,
Dr. Schweitzer was finally able to return to Lambarene to
rebuild the hospital. When Mrs. Schweitzer came back to
Africa in 1929, the hospital was much 5________________.
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LARGE
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There was a 6________________ staff of doctors and nurses.
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GROW
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In 1953 Dr. Schweitzer 7________________ the Nobel Peace
Prize.
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GIVE
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He was grateful, but said, “No man has
the right to pretend that he 8________________ enough for
the cause of peace or declare himself satisfied.”
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WORK
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Задание 7
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman is a true Hollywood star. She is also one of
the 1________________ Australian actresses of her time.
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FAMOUS
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Nicole was born in Hawaii, where her
father 2________________.
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STUDY
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Five years 3________________ the family moved to Sydney.
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LATE
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Her 4________________ stage performance was in her school’s
Christmas show when she was six.
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ONE
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Nicole 5________________ appearing on Australian television
during her teens and at the age of 17 she was voted the
‘Actress of the Year’ by the Australian Film Institute.
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BEGIN
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She 6________________ to Hollywood to make her first
American film in 1989.
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INVITE
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Tom Cruise was her partner in the next
film and during 7________________ the couple fell
deeply in love.
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FILM
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It was a whirlwind courtship and they 8________________ on
Christmas Eve in 1990.
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MARRY
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Задание 8
An Accident
That morning, the ‘Swinging Four’
group had set out from Derby, full of hope for the evening.
They were on their way to Sheffield where they hoped
1________________ at a dance in the Three Kings Pub that
night.
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PLAY
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The shopkeeper where they had bought their guitars and
drums was getting very angry with them. Mick, the leader of
the group, 2________________ a letter last Monday from the
shop. They still had fifty pounds left to pay for their
instruments. If they didn’t pay within two weeks, they
would have to give the instruments back.
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RECEIVE
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Now they 3________________ at the side of the road just
outside Sheffield
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STAND
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4________________ unhappily at the steaming bonnet of the
old car that had just exploded.
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LOOK
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Mick looked at the car again and turned to Peter who
5________________ all about cars.
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KNOW
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‘Come on, Peter. What’s the matter
with it?’ Peter lifted the bonnet and examined the
engine. ‘I’ve no idea,’ he said. ‘It
6________________ only a month ago. I think it’s
time we bought another car.
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REPAIR
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I’ll try and get a lift to the
7________________ garage and ask them to come and look at
the car. We must get to Sheffield in time.’They all
looked at the road.
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NEAR
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Задание 9
Waking Up
He hated the way his wife woke him up in
the morning. It showed that she was angry with him and it
1________________ like that every day.
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DO
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But it was really dangerous
2________________ an artist like that! It made him
feel bad for hours – simply hours.
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WAKE
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She came into the room in her working clothes, with a
handkerchief over her head, just to show him that she
3________________ up much earlier
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GET
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and now she 4________________ about the house.
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WORK
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She called in her low warning voice: ‘Jerry!’
‘What!
What’s the matter?’
‘It’s time to get up. It’s
half-past eight.’ And then she left the room,
5________________ the door quietly behind her.
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CLOSE
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He supposed that she 6________________ very pleased with
herself.
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FEEL
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What was the matter with her? What did she want? He earned
lots of money. She didn’t have any money, but he never
said that to her. His heart was heavy. She seemed to enjoy
making life 7________________ for him than it was already.
She made an artist’s life impossible. She wanted to make
him like herself.
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DIFFICULT
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Задание 10
Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered
America. However, America 1________________ after Amerigo
Vespucci who explored the eastern coast of South America.
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NAME
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Was he really the first to reach the
continent? The great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal
2________________ it wasn’t true.
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THINK
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He believed that ancient people were able to build boats
that 3________________ cross oceans.
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CAN
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To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of the
reed boats, which 4________________ in ancient Egyptian
paintings and sail across the Atlantic.
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PICTURE
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On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra left a port in Morocco
and headed across the 5________________ part of the
Atlantic.
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WIDE
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Before reaching Barbados, Ra
6________________ but all the members of the expedition
survived and wanted to try again.
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BREAK
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So, on May 17, 1970 Ra II successfully crossed the
Atlantic, 7________________ that ancient civilizations had
enough skill to reach America long before Columbus.
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PROVE
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Критерии оценивания задания 1
Ответы: 1 – first
2 – was walking
3 – second
4 – was running
5 – fell
6 – crying
7 – him
8 – made
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Критерии оценивания задания 2
Ответы: 1 – showing
2 – shone<или>would shine
3 – its
4 – did not allow<или>didn’t
allow
5 – enjoyed
6 – had not seen<или>hadn’t
seen
7 – men's
8 – met
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Критерии оценивания задания 3
Ответы: 1 – cousin’s
2 – called
3 – differed<или>were
different
4 – marching
5 – took
6 – stood
7 – pointed
8 – me
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Критерии оценивания задания 4
Ответы: 1 – was educated
2 – wrote
3 – most important
4
– is published<или>is
being published
5 – was given
6 – greatest
7 – is doing
8
– has done
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Критерии оценивания задания 5
Ответы: 1 – began
2 – was moving<или>moved
3 – left
4 – was given
5 – second
6 – became
7 – warning
8 – has ever lived<или>has
lived
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Критерии оценивания задания 6
Ответы: 1 – later
2 – was known
3 – left
4 – was built
5 – larger
6 – growing
7 – was given
8 – has worked
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Критерии оценивания задания 7
Ответы: 1 – most
famous
2 – was
studying
3 – later
4 – first
5 – began
6 – was
invited
7 – filming
8 – were
married<или>married
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Критерии оценивания задания 8
Ответы: 1 – to
play
2 – had
received
3 – were
standing
4 – looking
5 – knew
6 – was repaired
7 – nearest<или>nearby
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Критерии оценивания задания 9
Ответы: 1 – was
done
2 – to
wake
3 – had
got<или>had
gotten
4 – was
working
5 – closing
6 –
felt<или>was
feeling
7 – more
difficult
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Критерии оценивания задания 10
Ответы: 1 – was
named<или>is named
2 – thought
3 – could
4 – were
pictured
5 – widest
6 – had
broken
7 – proving
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Грамматика и
лексика (повышенный уровень)
Задание
1
A Strange Housekeeper
I explained the latest development to Poirot and suggested
making inquiries at Mr. Smith's 1________________ .
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AGENT
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Poirot replied it was 2________________ as
he was sure they had never heard about Mrs. Middleton there.
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USE
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Later we found out that a car brought the 3________________
housekeeper to her new post.
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MYSTERY
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The agent’s answer confirmed Poirot’s 4________________.
Mrs. Middleton had never been on their books.
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PREDICT
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They had received Mrs. Havering’s 5________________ for a
housekeeper,
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APPLY
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and had sent her 6________________ applicants for the post. But
Mrs. Middleton was not among them.
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VARY
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Задание
2
Making
Inquiries
Mrs.
Todd hurried in, her face alight with curiousity.
Poirot was 1________________ enough
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CARE
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to calm the woman 2________________.
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TACTFUL
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“It is difficult,” he explained, “for
a person of exceptional 3________________ such as yourself,
Madame, to have patience with methods that
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INTELLIGENT
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a poor 4________________ has to use”.
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DETECT
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He brought the conversation to her husband and got the
5________________ that he worked with a firm in the City.
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INFORM
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“Certainly he is very worried by this 6________________,”
declared Mrs. Todd.
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BUSY
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Задание
3
BRITISH
THEATRE
The
theatre has always been very strong in Britain. Its centre is, of
course, London, where successful plays can 1
____ without a break for many years. London has several dozens of
theatres, most of them not 2 ____ from
Trafalgar Square. 3 _____ London even some
quite big towns have no public theatre at all, but every town has
its private theatres. British theatre is much admired. There you
can 4 ____ the best of everything – an
excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated actors and a
well-dressed 5 ____.
Choose
a good play, and you’ll enjoy yourself throughout from the
moment the curtain 6 ____to the end of the
last act. Get your seats beforehand, either at the box-office or
at the theatre itself. You’ll probably want to sit as near to
the 7 ____ as possible.
1.
А) show Б)
perform В) run
Г) produce
2.
А) far Б)
remote В)
distant Г) close
3.
А) Inside Б)
Outside В) In
Г) Out
4.
А) take Б)
give В)
hold Г)
get
5.
А) audience Б)
auditorium В)
authority Г)
publicity
6.
А) puts up Б)
sets up В)
makes up Г) goes up
7.
А) scene Б)
stage В)
scenery Г)
performance
Задание
4
A CHINESE VASE
When I was a
child I loved visiting my grandmother. I thought her house was as
beautiful as a palace. As I grew older the house and garden seemed
smaller, but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so
many lovely things to look 1 _____ in the
house.
I loved her
paintings and the old clock, but 2 _____
all I loved a big Chinese vase which stood in the hall. It was
3 _____ than me, and I couldn’t see
4 _____ it. I walked round and round it
looking at the beautiful ladies and the birds and flowers and
trees, and Grandmother often 5 _____ me
stories about these ladies. She said that her grandfather had
brought the vase with him when he returned from a long 6
_____ to China.
We live in a
modern house, and I’m afraid my husband and I often nag at the
children. “Don’t make the new carpet dirty, Paul!” “Be
careful with the new table, Philip!”
Before she died,
Grandmother gave me the vase I loved so much. It 7
_____ beautiful in our modern hall.
One day I came
home from the shop. The boys met me at the door. “I’m as
strong as George Bes, Mummy,” said Paul. “I got a goal and I
broke the vase.” Philip tried to be more diplomatic than Paul,
“It doesn’t really matter, does it? You told us it wasn’t
new. You aren’t cross, are you?”
1.
А) out Б)
at В) into
Г) about
2.
А) mostly Б)
great of В) greatly
Г) most of
3.
А) higher Б)
larger В) taller
Г) greater
4.
А) about Б)
around В) inside
Г) outside
5.
А) said Б)
spoke В) talked
Г) told
6.
А) voyage Б)
tour В) hike
Г) excursion
7.
А) looked Б)
viewed В) appeared
Г) seemed
Задание
5
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
1________________ garments so that everybody could see him.
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EXPENSE
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His wardrobes contained clothes of 2________________ patterns
and designs.
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DIFFER
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One day two 3________________ men appeared at the palace and
said they could make beautiful clothes which had magical
properties.
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HONEST
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Only clever people would be able to see them - but they would
be 4________________ to anyone who was stupid or not good at
their job.
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VISIBLE
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The King thought this was an excellent opportunity to find out
who was wise and who was foolish in his 5________________.
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KING
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The two men were given gold and silver thread and two
6________________ weaving machines and they started to work.
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WONDER
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After several weeks the King decided to send
an old and honest minister, who was 7________________ clever
and good at his job, to visit the two men. Can you
guess what
he saw?
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CERTAIN
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Задание
6
Tourism in Britain
Every year more than eleven million tourists visit Britain. In
fact, tourism is an 1________________ industry, employing
thousands of people.
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IMPORTANCE
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Most 2________________ come in the summer
months when they can expect good weather.
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VISIT
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Tourists 3________________ spend a few days in London, then go
on to other well-known cities.
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USUAL
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Perhaps the least visited places in England are old
4________________ towns.
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INDUSTRY
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But many people think that nineteenth-century cities show the
5________________ of Britain.
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REAL
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The 6________________ of the past is to be still seen in their
old streets.
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GREAT
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The cheap, concrete buildings of the 1960s
look old and dirty, but for the 7________________ tourists
these cities are full of life and colour.
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ADVENTURE
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Задание
7
California
Nicknamed the “Golden State”, California
is the third largest state in area after Alaska and Texas. The
1________________ of gold and
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DISCOVER
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the immigration in 1849 of thousands of gold
diggers in search of the 2________________ metal helped
California’s admittance into the Union in 1850.
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VALUE
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Today, California, land of 3________________ redwoods, has the
highest population of any state in the country.
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MARVEL
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It is also America’s main 4________________ state,
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AGRICULTURE
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which is 5________________ known for its avocados and grapes.
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SPECIAL
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It is also the home of Hollywood, the center of America’s
movie 6________________.
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BUSY
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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 7________________.
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HOME
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Задание
8
Oldest Road
The M1 road is the grandfather of the
British motorway system. The southern section celebrated its
silver Jubilee in November 1984. Nowadays it is a mass of
traffic with large numbers of trucks, and you need all your
1________________ on the road.
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ATTENTIVE
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Not that this matters too much. This part follows a
2________________ route north from the capital, and the sights
here are not at all special.
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TRADITION
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Only when you reach Bedfordshire, and the pace relaxes
slightly, it is worth considering turning off. From there on
you can find a lot of 3________________ things to do.
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VARY
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The countryside isn't spectacular, but it is almost always
lovely and 4________________ typical English shire country,
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ENJOY
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with rolling hills, good walks and views, interesting churches
and 5________________ country houses.
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BEAUTY
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Further north, there is an interesting mixture of handsome
market towns and industrial sites and 6________________ country
in the foothills of the Pennines.
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PLEASURE
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Задание
9
Self-care
We live in the era of 1________________ advances in
“self-care”.
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IMPORTANCE
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What you need is new information. There is
so much you can learn to have a 2________________ life. Then
you can fulfil your needs in health easily and routinely as
part of your normal way of life.
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HEALTH
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It is more and more obvious that 3________________ kinds of
treatment and cures in the world cannot bring lasting health if
you are not willing to live an existence without diseases.
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VARY
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Years of physical damage – smoking, drinking, overeating, the
wrong food, lack of rest or exercise – can only interfere
with good health. Emotional instability is also incompatible
with good health. And when the result is ill health, drugs are
only 4________________ aids.
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ADDITION
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To repair the damage of disease, or more to the point, to
prevent it, you must live more 5________________
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HEALTHFUL
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It is possible that you know this already. But you must also
know how to use that instinctive 6________________
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KNOW
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Задание
10
Castle Clinton
Castle Clinton was built in the times of Napoleonic wars and
great tension between Britain and the US. New York was almost
1________________ and in a short time five new forts, Castle
Clinton among them, were built.
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DEFENSE
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However, it was never used as a fortress. In 1824, it became a
place of public 2________________.
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ENTERTAIN
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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 3________________ achievements.
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SCIENCE
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Many 4________________ people were honored at the Garden,
President Andrew Jackson among them.
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REMARK
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In 1896 Castle Clinton became the city Aquarium and thousands
of 5________________ rushed to see fish that came from the
waters around New York.
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VISIT
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Later exotic fish from around the world were brought to the
Aquarium and the collection grew in number and
6________________.
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VARY
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