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

Two years in a hut Henry Thompson, a writer, built a hut on the shore of the pond and lived there all alone for two years. He did this for two reasons: because he wanted to ___ that people spend too much time and money on food and clothes and because he wanted a perfectly quiet chance to write more books.

1) agree
2) secure
3) ensure
4) prove

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

___ to the writer, he spent only one hundred dollars a year while he lived in this hut. He raised beans on his land, ate wild berries, caught fish and “went visiting” his friends and neighbours now and then. To buy his woodsman’s clothes and a few necessities, he planted gardens, painted houses, and cut wood for his friends.

1) According
2) Including
3) Regarding
4) Concerning

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

This period influenced Henry’s creative work a lot. He wrote a book called “The Wood” which ___ all about these seven or eight hundred days he lived in his hut.

1) says
2) talks
3) tells
4) speaks

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

Several other books also describe the time when he ___ to live all by himself. These sold very well. In all of them Henry was boasting that he had found the only sensible way to live.

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

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

“I am for simple living, and I ___ being alone!” he would declare in his books.

1) amuse
2) please
3) enjoy
4) satisfy

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

He ___ you feel, when you read his books, that it is fine to walk around the fields, sniffing the wild grape and the green grass, and that no one can find pleasure like the man who rows, and skates, and swims.

1) turns
2) makes
3) gives
4) takes

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

___, people passing by the pond used to hear him whistling old ballads, or playing very softly and beautifully on a flute, and they thought he sounded lonely and sad.

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

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

Traffic lights Have you ever wondered about the origin of the green, yellow, and red colour scheme for traffic lights? In 1920, in Detroit, the USA, a policeman ___ (NAME) William L. Potts invented the four-way, three-colour traffic signal.

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

It ___ (BASE) on the colours used in the railroad system.

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

Thus, Detroit ___ (BECOME) the first city to use the red, green, and yellow lights to control road traffic.

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

The Beatles The Beatles were one of the most successful pop-music groups of the 1960s. Also ___ (CALL) the Fab Four, this quartet of British musicians created songs and recordings that many people still enjoy.

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

The group ___ (BEGIN) in the working-class neighbourhoods of Liverpool.

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

The Beatles’ first ___ (RECORD) song was ‘Love Me Do’ (1962).