Тест 128. Грамматика и лексика. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


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

Music lessons
It was a hard winter for Mother. She sometimes pleaded with Father but no one could ever tell Father anything. He continued to stand like a rock against stopping my music lessons. To ___ the truth, Father had certain natural gifts for debate.

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



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

In the first place his voice was powerful and stormy, and he ___ to let it out at full strength. As a second gift, he was convinced at all times that his opponents were wrong.

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



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

Hence, even if they won a point or two, it ___ them no good, for he dragged the issue to some other ground then, where he and Truth could prevail.

1) made
2) gave
3) took
4) did



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

When Mother said it surely was plain enough that I had no ear for music, what was his reply? Why, he said that the violin was the noblest instrument ___ by man.

1) discovered
2) explored
3) invented
4) opened



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

Having silenced her with this solid premise he declared no boy should expect to learn it immediately. It required persistence. Everything, he had found out, required persistence. His motto was, “Never give ___ ”.

1) up
2) of
3) in
4) on



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

He said that Mother should be stricter with me, if necessary, and make me try harder. He also said that none of us realized what he had had to go ___. Mother started to cry and said, “But you’re downtown, you don’t have to hear it”.

1) over
2) into
3) down
4) through



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

Father was outraged. His final argument, I remember, was that my violin had cost twenty-five dollars, if I didn’t learn it, the money would be wasted, and he couldn’t afford it. But it was put to him that my younger brother Julian could learn it instead. Father was defeated, though he didn’t ___ it, and I was set free.

1) agree
2) admit
3) adopt
4) accept



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

Popular destination
Barcelona offers an exciting mixture of Catalan history and architecture. It is a regionally dominant city and it ___ (NOT HAVE) to compete with its neighbours.



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

Barcelona ___ (BE) popular since the city hosted the 1992 Olympics. At present this metropolis welcomes millions of tourists every year.



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

___ (WOMAN) make up the majority of the city’s visitors. It’s not surprising because Barcelona’s shops offer a wide variety of fashionable clothes.



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

Bears
There are many kinds of bears. The polar bear lives mostly in the Arctic North, often on drifting masses of floating sea ice ___ (CALL) ‘floes’.



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

Brown bears, once widespread in Europe and Asia, are now rare. The American black bear is ___ (SMALL) than the brown bears.



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

The spectacled bear, which gets its name from the light-coloured rings around its eyes, is the only bear of the Southern Hemisphere. It ___ (FIND) in the Andes Mountains.