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

Alaska flag Do you know any kids’ inventions? One of them is 13-year-old Bennie Benson from the USA, who designed the state flag of Alaska in 1926. His design ___ (CHOOSE) in a flag-designing contest.

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

___ (LATE), in 1959, it became the official flag of Alaska. The blue background is for the sky and the forget-me-not, the state flower.

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

The flag also has the Big Dipper (a symbol of strength) and the North Star (also ___ (CALL) Polaris), which represents Alaska's northern location.

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

For a prize Bennie ___ (WIN) a $1000 scholarship and a watch.

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

Camping This year we decided to go on a camping trip. It was our ___ (ONE) experience.

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

We started ___ (PACK) a month before the trip.

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

When our neighbor saw the assortment of boxes, bins and gear strapped to our car’s roof rack, she came rushing over. “Oh!” she exclaimed. “I ___ (NOT KNOW) you were leaving! I’m so glad I got to see you before you moved!”

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

Famous inventions stories Have you ever wondered how the most famous inventions were created? From the ___ (BEGIN) of time, humans everywhere have been inventing.

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

By looking into our past and bringing invention stories to life, we are all reminded that regular people, like you and me, were able to come up with ___ (SUCCESS) ideas that ended up having a great impact.

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

Knowing the past can help you create the future. If you are looking for invention inspiration, background for an ___ (EDUCATION) project, or just have a curious mind – read about famous inventions. The stories of great inventions are fascinating.

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

Some great inventions were created ___ (SIMPLE) by mistake, others by trial and error.

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

Some ___ (INVENT) of the most well-known products have incredible stories of innovation to tell.

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

Some of them were not aware at the time of their inventions that their ___ (CREATE) would have a great impact on the world, while others realised immediately that they had a winner.

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

My company In 1978 I was chairman of Cooper’s, a company which ran 127 vehicles of various weights and sizes. We ___ in transporting goods by road.

1) concentrated
2) focused
3) specialized
4) devoted

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

My father had founded the firm in 1931, starting out with three vehicles – two of them driven by horses. By the time we became Cooper & Son in 1967, the company had ___ in obtaining seventeen big trucks and delivered goods all over the north of England.

1) achieved
2) succeeded
3) managed
4) fulfilled

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

My father insisted that I leave school the moment I passed my O levels. “I’ll teach you more about the real world in a month than you’d learn from any of those university types in a lifetime,” he ___ to say.

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

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

I followed his advice and never ___ it. I left school a few weeks after my sixteenth birthday.

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

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

The next morning I joined Cooper’s as an apprentice, and spent my first three years at the depot under the watchful eye of Buster Jackson, the works manager. He taught me how to take the company’s trucks ___ and, more important, how to put them back together again.

1) away
2) apart
3) along
4) among

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

After graduating from the workshop, I spent five years in different departments. When my father retired in 1977 – at the age of seventy – I took over as chairman. Then I began to set in motion some ideas I’d been working on for the past decade, ___ I knew my father didn’t approve of them.

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

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

I never ___ him, but Europe was only the beginning of my plans for the company’s expansion.

1) spoke
2) said
3) told
4) talked