Задание №6704.
Чтение. ЕГЭ по английскому

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A — F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1 — 7. Одна из частей в списке 1—7 лишняя.

The Times
Newspapers have been in existence since the first one, the German newspaper Relation, was printed in 1605. Thousands of newspaper companies have sprung up since then, but The Times, a British newspaper, is one of the most famous. Although not the oldest paper, ___ (A).

Founded in 1785, The Times has other interesting distinctions as well. Originally entitled The Daily Universal Register, its name was changed three years later to The Times, ___ (B). Other leading newspapers of the world, such as The New York Times, The Irish Times and The Times of India, all take their names from this publication.

The typeface that many readers are familiar with, Times Roman, was commissioned by The Times. Under pressure to print the news in letters that were easier to read, in 1931 the newspaper asked a consultant, Stanley Morison, and a graphic artist, Victor Lardent, ___ (C).

The Times was also the first newspaper to send journalists to cover armed conflicts, a common practice for any serious publication today. This began when correspondents from the newspaper travelled to Crimea in the 1850s ___ (D).

Today, the content of The Times covers a broad range of topics and includes opinions and comments from editors. Also included in the paper is a supplemental newspaper, times2, ___ (E).

As with all newspapers, sales of The Times have been challenged by the advent of the internet, which often offers the news free of charge. While The Times has a website featuring daily updated news, the site has a pay wall ___ (F). Both the online and paper editions of The Times are still read by hundreds of thousands of readers.

1. which forces readers to purchase a subscription to read full articles
2. to write reports about the events that were unfolding in the region
3. it holds the record for publishing the most issues, over 70,000
4. to invent a typeface, which then became widely used in global publications
5. and it became the first newspaper to ever use that name
6. it established its reputation by breaking a number of high-profile stories
7. which features various lifestyle columns and a puzzles section

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Пояснение:
Пропуску A соответствует часть текста под номером 3.
Пропуску B соответствует часть текста под номером 5.
Пропуску C соответствует часть текста под номером 4.
Пропуску D соответствует часть текста под номером 2.
Пропуску E соответствует часть текста под номером 7.
Пропуску F соответствует часть текста под номером 1.

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Источник: Тесты для подготовки к ЕГЭ по английскому языку, 2019. Вербицкая М., Манн М., Тейлор-Ноулз С.
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