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

Difficult landing One airline had a policy that required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited. He smiled and thanked them for ___ (FLY) the airline.

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

A pilot on this airline landed his plane into the runway really hard. He thought that passengers ___ (HAVE) angry comments.

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

However, it seemed that all of ___ (THEY) were too shocked to say anything. Finally, everyone got off except for a little old lady. She said, ‘Can I ask you a question?’ ‘Yes, Madam,’ said the pilot. ‘What was it?’ the lady asked, ‘Did we land or were we shot down?’

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

Alhambra The Alhambra is a palace and fortress in Granada. It ___ (BUILD) between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain. Despite the development that followed the Christian conquest, it still looks like a medieval Moorish settlement.

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

Since the Middle Ages, the Alhambra ___ (SURVIVE) as a remarkable example of a Spanish-Moorish town. As most fortresses of that time, it has a surrounding wall, but it looks fairly weak.

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

Later it ___ (NOT DEFEND) the kings of Granada and was just supposed to offer nice views.

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

Today, the Alhambra ___ (CONSIDER) to be one of the greatest examples of Islamic architecture.

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

Victoria Falls Before you even see the falls, you hear and feel them. As you walk along the trail to the entrance, the sound of rumbling water sounds in the background and ___ (SUDDEN) your face is hit with a breeze of humidity and mist.

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

At 2 km wide and 100 m tall, Victoria Falls is the world’s largest curtain of falling water, and is twice the width and height of Niagara Falls. Victoria Falls was formed from intense ___ (VOLCANO) activity almost 200 million years ago.

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

As you approach Victoria Falls from the nearby town of Livingstone, you first have to pass a larger-than-life statue of Livingstone, one of the most ___ (FAME) explorers.

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

“Livingstone was the first ___ (EUROPE) to see Victoria Falls and then spread the word about them,” said Dr. Lawrence.

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

“Part of the reason the news of great waterfalls in central Africa was so ___ (EXCITE) in the middle of the19th century was that many people thought that the centre of the continent was a desert,” he added.

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

Dr. Lawrence is a lecturer at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh who specialises in the history of science and ___ (EXPLORE) in Africa.

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

After the war When the war ended I returned to Trinity College and was granted an extra year to complete my degree. ___ my father and mother considered my grant at Trinity the highlight of the year, I thought Dad’s receiving an award from the Queen was more important.

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

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

The ceremony turned ___ to be a double delight, because I was able to witness my old tutor,...

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

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

... Professor Bradford, receive his award for the role he had played in the field of breaking German military codes ___ the war. I was proud of our little team working under Professor Bradford – as Churchill stated in the House of Commons, we had probably cut the length of the war by a year.

1) while
2) until
3) unless
4) during

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

We all met up afterwards for tea at the Ritz, and not unnaturally at some ___ during the afternoon the conversation switched to what career I proposed to follow now the war was over.

1) event
2) occasion
3) point
4) case

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

To my father’s credit he had never once ___ that I should join him at the family company,...

1) offered
2) suggested
3) proposed
4) presented

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

... especially as I knew how much he had longed for another son who might eventually ___ his place.

1) take
2) make
3) hold
4) keep

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

In fact, during the summer vacation I became even more conscious of my good fortune, as Father seemed to be preoccupied with the business and Mother was unable to hide her own anxiety about the future of the company. But whenever I asked if I could help all she would ___ was, “Don’t worry, it will all work out in the end.”

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