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

The legends of ancient Greece tell us about the half man-half bull called the Minotaur. People were afraid of this strange and terrible beast ___ (LIVE) in a deep, dark Labyrinth on the island of Crete.

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The Labyrinth ___ (DESIGN) by the cunning and ingenious mind of Daedalus.

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Daedalus was a brilliant architect and inventor – in fact, he was so brilliant that King Minos of Crete ___ (NOT WANT) to let him go back to his home in Athens.

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Instead, he ___ (KEEP) him as a prisoner.

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Daedalus lived with his son Icarus in a tower of the palace, and King Minos made him invent weapons of war that would make his army and navy even ___ (POWERFUL) than they already were.

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Although Daedalus and Icarus had every comfort that they ___ (CAN) ask for, the father longed to return home to Athens. Icarus hardly remembered his city, but he too wanted to leave, because he longed to run and play in the open, rather than be in a tower all day.

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Daedalus looked out over the waves of the sea, and he realised that even if they managed to slip out of the tower and find a little boat, they would not be able to sail far. One of King Minos’s ___ (SEAMAN) would spot and catch them very soon.

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

The Great Discovery In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people ___ in numbers, they had to wander and search for wild fruits and seeds of wild plants or hunt for small animals.

1) decreased
2) increased
3) developed
4) improved

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

Then one of these early people ___ a great discovery. A great genius discovered the meaning of seeds. He may have noticed that where some seeds had fallen on the ground, new plants grew.

1) fulfilled
2) did
3) made
4) conducted

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

Perhaps he was ___ enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen.

1) curious
2) questioning
3) surprised
4) puzzled

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

No one knows how it happened, but man ___ that if he put a seed into the soil it could grow into a plant which might yield hundreds or even thousands of seeds!

1) disclosed
2) opened
3) discovered
4) exposed

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

He was free of the need to be in a constant ___ of his food!

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

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

Early man could now ___ seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow.

1) put
2) plant
3) deliver
4) lay

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

In the fall he could gather a harvest of seeds. There would be enough to ___ himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting when spring came.

1) feed
2) food
3) provide
4) nourish