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

New Seven Wonders of the World: Teotihuacan Long ago Teotihuacan was an important religious and economic centre. However, after there ___ (BE) a great fire, for some unknown reason all the population decided to leave the city. This happened in 650AD.

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Since then Teotihuacan ___ (SEE) the Aztecs, the Spanish invasion and many other peoples and events.

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Nowadays Teotihuacan is visited by millions of people every year. Archeologists are sure that it ___ (REMAIN) popular in the future being a must-see if you’re in Mexico City. New Seven Wonders of the World: the Forbidden City

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Today, the Forbidden City is a public museum visited by millions of tourists from around the world. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China had to leave the palace, twenty four emperors of the two dynasties ___ (RULE) here.

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Chinese people ___ (INVEST) a lot of time and money in the Forbidden City lately and it is now a fantastic place to walk and dream of the past centuries.

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People from all over the world can see the traditional palace architecture, enjoy the treasures ___ (KEEP) in the palace, and learn of the legends and anecdotes about the imperial family and the court.

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Protected by UNESCO, the Palace Museum ___ (VISIT) by millions of tourists every year.

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

Invention of Computer Many encyclopedias say that the first computer was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and his team) in America between 1939 and 1944. It was a large-scale, programme-controlled machine which could make a very complex ___ (CALCULATE).

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However, after World War II an important ___ (DISCOVER) was made that the first computer was, in fact, made in Germany in 1941 by Konrad Zuce.

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Later Konrad Zuce founded a company in order to build computers that could be used by an engineer or a ___ (SCIENCE).

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

Konrad Zuce also developed the first real programming language, which shows an amazing ___ (SIMILAR) to today’s most advanced computer languages.

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

Unfortunately, the role of this man, who was years ahead of his time, is still ___ (KNOWN) to many people.

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Maybe for the ‘official’ history of computers it is ___ (POSSIBLE) to accept that Konrad Zuce was on the wrong side of World War II.

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

Busy Day Let me tell you what happened once when my dear Uncle Podger decided to hang a picture on the wall. He told us not to ___ and just watch him do it. He said he would do it by himself.

1) scare
2) disturb
3) worry
4) fear

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

Well, he came up to the picture which was waiting to be put up in the dining room and took it. But suddenly it fell down and the glass ___ into pieces and he cut his finger.

1) failed
2) broke
3) ruined
4) fell

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

He started to ___ his handker- chief but couldn’t find it because he had put it in his coat and none of us knew where his coat was.

1) look at
2) look to
3) look after
4) look for

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

‘Six of you!’ Uncle Podger exclaimed, ‘and you cannot find the coat that I put down only five minutes ago!’ But then he got up from his chair and found that he had been sitting on his coat the whole time. ‘Oh, you can stop your ___. I’ve found it myself!’

1) search
2) investigation
3) exploration
4) study

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

Then after an hour was spent in tying up his finger Uncle Podger wondered where the hammer had disappeared to. And while everybody was trying to get the hammer he was standing on the chair saying: ‘Well, I want to know if you are going to ___ me here all evening!’

1) stay
2) keep
3) put
4) take

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

Finally the hammer was found, but we noticed that the nail which he had prepared was lost. And, of course, Uncle Podger didn’t keep ___ while he was waiting for another nail to be brought. We heard all he had to say about our habit of losing all the things he needed.

1) dumb
2) cool
3) still
4) silent

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

When the picture was hanging on the wall at last, everybody looked very ___, all except Uncle Podger, who was lively as ever. Aunt Maria remarked that if Uncle Podger wanted to do a job like that again, she would spend a week with her mother until it was over.

1) dull
2) tired
3) angry
4) boring