Тест 58. Грамматика и лексика. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


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

How old is Coca-Cola?
Do you know how old this popular drink is? In 1886 a chemist from Atlanta, John Pemberton, ___ (MAKE) a syrup from cola-nut extract, cocoa leaves, some vegetable extracts, caffeine, and sugar.



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

He ran the ___ (ONE) advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the same year in the Atlanta Journal.



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

He started ___ (SERVE) the syrup diluted with soda-water to customers in his drugstore.



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

That’s how the world famous drink ___ (INVENT).



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

College life
We are a family of five. My ___ (OLD) sister, Heather, is in her second year in college. This year she could not find a book she needed.



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

When the professor assigned reading from a hard-to-find book, 150 hands shot in the air to inform him they ___ (NOT HAVE) it. He told them it had arrived at the bookstore that morning.



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

When the class was over, Heather sprinted to the bookstore, grabbed a copy and rushed to the cashier. The cashier saw Heather and began ringing the bell for assistance, a look of panic on her face. “How many ___ (BE) there behind you?” she demanded.



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

Chemistry or no chemistry
I was planning a career in biology but was not looking forward to taking chemistry in my first year at Carleton University in Ottawa. However, the professor of chemistry was a famous ___ (SCIENCE).



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

He made the course interesting with his many small ___ (CHEMISTRY) explosions and crazy quizzes.



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

Once, he posed the question: “What in the world isn't chemistry?” and offered a prize to the student who answered ___ (CORRECT).



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

A couple of weeks passed. ___ (FINAL), he announced in class that the contest was over. A student had gone to his office to ask if she could try her hand at the question. “What in the world isn't chemistry?” she asked.



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

“My ___ (RELATION) with my last boyfriend – that wasn't chemistry.”



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

By default, she became the ___ (WIN).



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

William and Philippa
William and Philippa were students. Some people, it is said, fall in love at first ___, but that was not what happened to them.

1) look
2) glimpse
3) sight
4) view



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

They hated each other from the moment they met. This mutual hatred began at the first tutorial of their freshman term. Both had ___ with major scholarships to read English language and literature.

1) achieved
2) arrived
3) reached
4) completed



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

Each had been reliably assured by their schoolteachers that they would be the star pupil of their year. ___ students had such prospects.

1) Many
2) Much
3) Little
4) Few



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

Their tutor, Simon Jakes of New College, was amused by the competition that so quickly developed between his two brightest pupils. He skillfully used their hatred to bring out the best in both of them. He never ___ it. By the end of their first year, they were far ahead of other students.

1) dissatisfied
2) disappointed
3) regretted
4) apologized



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

In their second year, they became even more hostile. When they were both awarded A-plus for their essays on Shakespeare, it didn’t help. Simon Jakes told his colleagues that he had never had a brighter pair up in the same year. They taught each other most of the time and he ___ acted as a referee.

1) rarely
2) merely
3) nearly
4) hardly



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

It ___ as no surprise to anyone that, as the examiners felt unable on this occasion to award the prize to just one person,...

1) came
2) got
3) fell
4) went



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

...they ___ decided that it should be shared by William and Philippa.

1) however
2) nevertheless
3) therefore
4) although