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

Snakes Snakes are beautiful but dangerous animals. That is why there are a lot of myths about them and their behaviour. Many people think snakes enjoy ______ (LISTEN) to music.

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

People ______ (BELIEVE) this myth for a long time.

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

In fact, snakes ______ (NOT HEAR) music or sounds and react only to your movements. Isn’t it amazing?

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

A lucky chance Everybody knows Sofia Kovalevskaya. She was the ______ (ONE) woman to become the professor of mathematics.

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

However, few people know that Sofia ______ (GET) interested in mathematics at a very early age.

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

There ______ (NOT BE) enough wallpaper for her room and her parents put some sheets of paper instead.

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

______ (THIS) sheets turned out to be notes of lectures of a famous Russian mathematician.

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

Anton Shipulin Anton Shipulin is an outstanding retired Russian biathlete. In his long career he won ______ (VARY) international competitions and was considered to be among the strongest biathletes of his time.

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

In 2010 he was even awarded an order by the Russian President. Among his best achievements is ______ (CERTAIN) the gold medal in the men’s relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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

His sister Anastasia Kuzmina is also a ______ (SUCCESS) biathlete. She lives in Slovakia.

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

She is also an Olympic gold ______ (MEDAL).

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

In December 2018 Shipulin announced his ______ (RETIRE) from sports after the World Team Challenge, which is also called the Christmas Race.

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

He is now a ______ (POLITICS) serving in the State Duma. He has been serving there since 2019. Russia is really proud of Anton Shipulin and his victories and hopes that there will be many more sportsmen like him in the future.

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

A girl from Uganda It was a special day for the girl from Uganda, a country in Africa. She was ______ to meet the world’s greatest living chess player, which was a great honour for her.

1) supposed
2) supplied
3) suspected
4) succeeded

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

The girl was a chess player herself. She had been invited to ______ her story by a committee that had organized a conference in Moscow. That story was one of triumph.

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

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

It was a story of her childhood in Katwe, Uganda. She would describe how the skills nourished by the principles of the game of chess had ______ her to come to that conference.

1) approved
2) allowed
3) admitted
4) afforded

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

There is no word for chess in the girl’s native language. ______, the game had taken her far from home, first to Sudan and Turkey, and finally to Russia. Chess had given her the opportunity to take her first flight above the clouds.

1) However
2) Despite
3) Otherwise
4) Likewise

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

Over the years, she had become the best female chess player in Uganda. Though the girl was only 17 years old, she had long competed at the highest level of the game. Her talent and ______ made her one of the most promising young players in the world. The girl’s story was the subject of a book, documentaries, and magazine articles.

1) reservation
2) admiration
3) appreciation
4) determination

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

The girl still couldn’t believe she was visiting the conference in Moscow. She was very ______ about meeting the world champion, the person she had idolized in her childhood.

1) enthusiastic
2) abandoned
3) controversial
4) sympathetic

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

He had ______ her to push herself so that one day she might achieve the rank of Grand Master, the highest honour in the game.

1) involved
2) intended
3) impressed
4) inspired