Тест 130. Грамматика и лексика. ЕГЭ по английскому языку


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

Henry Thompson
Henry was the most talented child in the Thompson family. The whole family were really proud ___ him. Henry’s mother Mrs.

1) by
2) to
3) of
4) at



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

Linda Thompson never tired of ___ everybody what fine letters and essays he could write when he studied at school. She bought a lot of different books to help Henry develop his skills.

1) saying
2) talking
3) telling
4) speaking



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

Just as his mother hoped, when Henry ___ up, he decided to be a writer. To begin with, he taught at school a while and gave lectures which people did not understand very well, for he had strange ideas for those times.

1) grew
2) got
3) came
4) rose



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

___, Henry didn’t give up his philosophy and devoted his time to writing his thoughts down.

1) Otherwise
2) However
3) Moreover
4) Therefore



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

No ___ how tired or busy he was, he wrote page after page, sitting in the woods, as he liked that activity better than anything else. It helped Henry to express his ideas and understand the world around him. He first wrote a report on a week's trip on the Concord and Merrimac rivers.

1) chance
2) wonder
3) problem
4) matter



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

This book did not sell very well, and one time he carried home from the publishers seven hundred copies that no one would buy, saying: “Well, I have quite a respectably sized library now — all my own writing, too!” His sense of humour never ___ him.

1) ruined
2) failed
3) turned
4) spoiled



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

Henry’s mother Linda was always by his side supporting him, reading his books. Mrs. Thompson often kept ___ Henry of his wonderful talent. She had no doubt that her son would succeed one day; it was only a question of time. And she was absolutely right.

1) recovering
2) realizing
3) reminding
4) remembering



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

Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. Located along historic trade routes, it ___ (BE) an important city in the Middle East for thousands of years.



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

It is also the ___ (LARGE) city in the country.



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

In 1991 and again in the early 2000s it was the scene of heavy fighting during U.S. led attacks on Iraq. Parts of the city ___ (DESTROY).



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

Barbados
What do you know about Barbados? This island country is located on an island group in the Caribbean Sea ___ (LIE) to the east of the West Indies.



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

It ___ (THINK) to have received its name from the Portuguese word for ‘bearded’ because of the bearded fig trees that grow on the island.



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

Bridgetown is the capital, ___ (LARGE) city and only seaport.