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

Singing in the car My elder brother likes all kinds of music. He prefers jazz but also listens to pop music and sometimes goes to classical music concerts. But when driving ___ (I) in his car, he insists on listening to heavy-metal music.

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

For a long time I ___ (NOT CAN) understand why he was doing it.

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

He knew very well that for me it was the ___ (BAD) kind of music.

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

One day I decided to ask him why he always chooses this type while driving. “Well, sister,” he reluctantly replied, “to be frank, it's mainly so you can't sing along.” He added that he ___ (LISTEN) to anything else if only I promised not to sing along.

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

Honesty is the best policy To learn more about her students, my younger brother's teacher sent home a lengthy questionnaire at the beginning of the school year. She asked ___ (THEY) about their likes and dislikes and about many other things.

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

She asked what they ___ (THINK) about their school in twenty years time.

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

Some of the questions were so difficult that I ___ (NOT CAN) answer them offhand though I was 6 years his senior.

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

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury is a US writer of fantasy, horror, science fiction and mystery. He is ___ (WIDE) considered to be one of the 20th century’s greatest and most popular writers of science fiction.

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

His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold tens of millions of copies in different countries. His ___ (POPULAR) continues in the 21st century.

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

During his long writing career, Bradbury has written almost 600 short stories, eleven novels, as well as ___ (VARY) poems and plays.

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

He first became famous for his Martian Chronicles, a collection of short stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars. In it, Bradbury portrayed the strengths and ___ (WEAK) of human beings as they encountered a new world.

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

Bradbury won ___ (COUNT) literary awards, the most important of them coming from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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

Millions of science fiction readers all over the world are grateful to Ray Bradbury for his outstanding ___ (ACHIEVE) in the field of fantasy and science fiction.

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

The First Day at School Do you remember your first day at school? It was probably ___ confusing.

1) enough
2) rarely
3) rather
4) equally

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

Now, to ___ this confusion, many primary schools in England have a special teacher who welcomes new pupils.

1) escape
2) defeat
3) beat
4) avoid

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

She is ___ a reception class teacher.

1) named
2) called
3) said
4) told

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

The children are ___ with the idea of school and if they have been good, they can’t understand why they have to go to school.

1) afraid
2) threatened
3) endangered
4) risked

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

They imagine that school is optional. When the child goes to school on his first day and watches his mother leaving he thinks that she is deserting him. The teacher must ___ him that at the end of the day his mother will be back and take him home.

1) convince
2) prove
3) explain
4) announce

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

The children are not the only people that are disturbed by going to school. The teacher sometimes has as much difficulty in ___ with the mothers. They hang around and dislike leaving the child without their protection.

1) managing
2) guiding
3) coping
4) handling

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

The best way to ___ with the situation is to get the child used to the idea of school.

1) face
2) deal
3) touch
4) consider