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

A Smart Boy Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. Their ___ (WIFE) were good friends. One day Mr. Jones invited Mr. Brown to a small party.

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

Mr. Brown went into the other room and telephoned. He ___ (SURPRISE) very much by his telephone conversation.

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

When he came back Mr. Jones asked him, “Have you spoken to your wife already?” “No, she ___ (NOT BE) there when I phoned. My small son answered the phone. I asked him, “Is your mother there?” And he said, “She is somewhere outside”.

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

“Why is she outside?” I asked. “She ___ (LOOK) for me”, he answered.

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

Maslenitsa Have you ever celebrated Maslenitsa? It is one of the ___ (POPULAR) festivals in Russia. It signals the end of winter and welcomes the coming of spring.

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

Russian pancakes — blini — are very important in the celebration of Maslenitsa. Blini ___ (EAT) with jam, sour cream, and of course, lots of butter.

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

Warm, round, and golden — blini are the symbol of the sun! Ancient Russians actually believed that when eating a pancake, they ___ (GET) a part of the Sun’s life energy.

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

Future population The United Nations (UN) has published its prediction about the size and age of the world’s population three hundred years from now. This report can help environmental ___ (SCIENCE) and policy-makers to understand dramatic changes in the world’s population in the future.

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

The report suggests that if the birth rates stay the same, there’ll be a huge expansion of the ___ (GLOBE) population.

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

You now may think it is ___ (POSSIBLE) but three centuries from there may be over one hundred and thirty trillion people.

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

The report says that the world’s population is likely to be ___ (SIGNIFICANT) older. The average age will be fifty while today it is twenty six.

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

Almost a quarter of all the ___ (INHABIT) of the planet will live in Africa.

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

___ (RESEARCH) think that India, China and the United States will continue to be countries with the biggest population.

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

Margaret Old Margaret was just the kind of cook that we wanted. Lots of cooks can do rich dishes well. Margaret couldn’t. But she ___ to cook simple, everyday dishes in a way that made our mouths water. Her apple-pies were the best pies I’ve ever tasted.

1) held
2) took
3) kept
4) used

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

But to ___ the truth, even Margaret sometimes miscalculated.

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

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

A large, royal-looking steak would be set before Father, which, upon being cut into, would turn ___ to be underdone.

1) into
2) of
3) out
4) over

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

Father’s face would darken with disappointment. He would raise his foot and stamp slowly and heavily three times on the rug. At this solemn ___, we would hear Margaret leave the kitchen below us and come up the stairs to the dining-room door.

1) gesture
2) sign
3) movement
4) signal

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

“Margaret, look at the steak.” Margaret would peer with a shocked look at the platter. She would then seize the platter and make off with it. Father and Margaret were united by the intense interest they both took in cooking. Each understood the other instinctively. I have to ___ that they had a complete fellow-feeling.

1) admit
2) agree
3) accept
4) adopt

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

Mother’s great interest was in babies. She loved her children and her happiness depended ___ them. She wanted to keep Father pleased somehow, and if it was too difficult or impossible she didn’t always care about even that.

1) at
2) on
3) of
4) in

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

At table it was Father who carved the fowl, or sliced the roast lamb or beef. I liked to ___ him take the knife and go at it. And usually the cooking had been as superb as the carving. Sometimes it was so perfect that Father would summon Margaret and say in a low voice, “You are a good cook”.

1) look
2) see
3) watch
4) gaze