1) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Pelmeni Pelmeni is a popular Russian dish. There are many different kinds of pelmeni, so everyone will find something to their liking. This dish ______ (PREPARE) from minced meat and dough. You can boil, bake or fry pelmeni.

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2) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

It is interesting to mention that many regions of Russia claim that it was there where the tradition to cook pelmeni once ______ (COME) from.

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3) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Izhevsk, for instance, even has a monument to pelmeni. Tourists enjoy ______ (TAKE) photos of it.

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4) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa is a very famous building which is situated in Dubai. Its height is 829,8 metres. It ______ (BE) the tallest building in the world ever since 2009. The number of floors in Burj Khalifa is so huge as there are a total of 2909 stairs from the ground floor to the 160^th floor.

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5) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

However, in the future the building ______ (LOSE) its title to Dubai Creek Tower which is expected to be taller.

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6) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Burj Khalifa is a beautiful construction with some observation decks, hotels, offices and residences ______ (LOCATE) there.

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7) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

A blogger’s audience A beginning blogger can make some mistakes while making the first steps online. ______ (PROBABLE), the biggest of them is when beginner bloggers do not know their audience.

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8) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Bloggers think about their content without thinking about their potential ______ (READ).

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9) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Still, there’s a big ______ (VARY) of them. Let’s say you are going to write about yoga. Are you going to do it for yoga enthusiasts or yoga studio owners?

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10) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

If you are unsure about the audience of your future blog, you will not be able to produce ______ (EXCITE) content, because your audience should define it. Write down some of their interests and needs.

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11) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически и лексически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Based on what you know about their ______ (PERSONAL), brainstorm what subjects will interest them or what issues they might be facing.

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12) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

A new family It took Peter time to get used to living alone, without Fiona. He made it a weekly ritual to come to lunch with Steve and Ann on Sundays, and he had asked Paul to call him Grandpa as ______ as he could talk.

1) soon
2) prompt
3) fast
4) quick

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13) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

The young family and he filled a need for each other. They had created a family without a connection by blood, but their ______ for each other was deep and heartfelt.

1) admission
2) addition
3) affection
4) application

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14) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Steve was ______ well in the diamond business under Peter’s tutelage. He had learned his lessons well and his knowledge of banking and finance helped too.

1) holding
2) keeping
3) doing
4) making

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15) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

He made sensible decisions and gave Peter good advice, which he valued. And with the commissions he earned, his savings were ______.

1) advancing
2) raising
3) heightening
4) growing

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16) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

When Paul was four, they moved into a two-bedroom apartment in the same building and felt as though they had moved into a palace compared to their tiny studio. They bought secondhand furniture and Ann upholstered it herself. The apartment they moved into became ______ when one of the old tenants left.

1) available
2) obtainable
3) accessible
4) permissible

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17) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Steve and Ann painted it themselves. The neighborhood had ______ slightly in the five and a half years they’d been there.

1) implied
2) promoted
3) progressed
4) improved

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18) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

The building was no better, but they knew everyone in it, and it felt like home to them. The rents were incredibly cheap and what they could easily ______. Ann never liked spending too much money. Peter was about to turn seventy by then, and had had some health issues, but nothing serious. He had been thinking of making Steve a partner, since he had no son or other relatives to leave the business to.

1) present
2) afford
3) allow
4) provide