Тест 14. Грамматика и лексика. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


1) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I Wish I Had Learned as a Child
I grew up in New York City. When I was six, my family moved to a new apartment not far from Coney Island. Although I had been to different summer camps with swimming pools, I still ___ (NOT KNOW) how to swim.



2) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I ___ (REQUIRE) to take swimming as part of my PE class in high school but



3) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I failed to learn how to swim there either. I could only float on my back. During my ___ (ONE) summer after graduating from high school I was invited to spend a day with a radio club friend on board his father’s boat in Sheepshead bay.



4) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

We dropped anchor off shore of an island where there were picnic grounds. We had lunch and then started to play Frisbee in the ocean. While we ___ (PLAY), I suddenly stepped off an underwater ledge and fell in over my head.



5) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

I panicked for a second and swallowed some sea water which only made things ___ (BAD).



6) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Finally, a lifeguard ended up towing me ten additional ___ (FOOT) towards the shore where I could just walk out. I was a bit embarrassed over the incident being the only one of my friends not knowing how to swim.



7) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Since that incident, I ___ (NEVER FEEL) comfortable swimming in the ocean. That is why I only swim in pools. Sometimes I wish I had learned swimming as a child.



8) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Summer Olympics
The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games took place in the Olympic Stadium in London. The proceedings combined the formal and ___ (CEREMONY) opening of this international sporting event with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation’s culture.



9) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The Games were ___ (FORMAL) opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.



10) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The spectacle was entitled ‘Isles of Wonder’ and designed by film director Danny Boyle, with musical ___ (DIRECT) by electronic music group ‘Underworld’.



11) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Prior to London 2012 there had been ___ (CONSIDER) apprehension about Britain’s ability to stage an opening ceremony that would reach the standard set by the Beijing Summer Games. Boyle acknowledged that the extravagance of the opening ceremony for



12) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Beijing 2008 made it an ___ (POSSIBLE) act to follow.



13) Вставьте слово, чтобы оно грамматически и лексически соответствовало содержанию текста.

However, the 2012 ceremony was generally seen as a success, praised by numerous publications and ___ (SPECTATE) as a ‘masterpiece’ and ‘a love letter to Britain’.



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

Buying Gloves in Gibraltar
A very handsome young lady in the store ___ me a pair of blue gloves. I did not want blue, but she said they would look very pretty on a hand like mine.

1) proposed
2) suggested
3) put forward
4) offered



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

The remark touched me tenderly. I ___ furtively at my hand, and somehow it did seem rather a comely member. I tried a glove on my left hand and blushed.

1) saw
2) glanced
3) studied
4) watched



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

Obviously, the size was too small for me. The lady said, ‘Oh! I see you are accustomed ___ wearing kid gloves while some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on.’

1) at
2) by
3) with
4) to



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

It was the last compliment I had expected. I only understand about putting on the buckskin article perfectly. I ___ another effort, and tore the glove from the base of the thumb into the palm of the hand, and tried to hide the tear.

1) made
2) did
3) took
4) gave



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

She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to ___ them or die.

1) take
2) give
3) deserve
4) reserve



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

I was hot, vexed, confused, yet still happy, but I hated the other boys for taking such an absorbing interest in the proceedings. To ___ the truth, I felt exquisitely mean...

1) tell
2) speak
3) say
4) talk



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

...when I said cheerfully, ‘This one does very well; it ___ elegantly. No, never mind, ma’am, never mind, I’ll put the other one in the street. It is warm here.’ I paid the bill, and, as I passed out with a fascinating bow, I thought I detected a light in the woman’s eye that was gently ironical, and when I looked back from the street, she was laughing to herself about something. I tried to remember why I had entered the store in the first place, and whether I should return tomorrow to complete my initial mission.

1) corresponds
2) is
3) sits
4) fits