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

Wallpaper Many people prefer to decorate their rooms with wallpaper. It ______ (SELL) in rolls and is relatively inexpensive.

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

Wallpaper is ______ (GOOD) than paint because it comes in all sorts of patterns and colours.

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

You can even buy wallpaper with a photo of a landscape and enjoy ______ (LOOK) at beautiful views every day.

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

For instance, Niels Bohr ______ (HAVE) an idea about the atomic structure while sleeping.

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

Some great musical pieces of Richard Wagner ______ (HEAR) by him in his dreams.

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

There are ______ (MANY) examples of it than you can imagine, so next time you have a hard problem to solve, just have a good night’s sleep!

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

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He is considered to be one of the greatest ______ (PLAY) of all time.

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

Karpov started playing chess when he was only four. Recognizing his talent, Karpov’s parents did everything possible to help him master this ______ (EXCITE) game.

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

Karpov quickly became the national master and went on to receive the title of a grandmaster at the age of 19. It may sound ______ (POSSIBLE) but Karpov successfully combined playing chess with being an excellent student.

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

He proceeded to win a series of ______ (NATIONAL) tournaments, becoming the official world champion in 1975. His reign as the world champion came to an end only when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov in 1985.

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

The two men then had many more matches at various ______ (CHAMPION), proving to be equally good chess masters. Karpov is now actively involved in humanitarian activities.

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

My uncle I didn’t like my uncle Conrad. When he rose in the morning, he somehow ______ to wake the entire household.

1) resulted
2) achieved
3) managed
4) succeeded

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

No one complained, as he was the breadwinner in the family, and in any ______, he was cheaper and more reliable than an alarm clock.

1) case
2) view
3) way
4) sense

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

The first noise I would hear was the bedroom door slamming. This would be followed by my uncle tramping along the creaky wooden landing and down the stairs. Then another door would slam as he ______ into the bathroom.

1) departed
2) digressed
3) distracted
4) disappeared

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

If anyone was still asleep, the rush of water, followed by two more slammed doors before he returned to the bedroom, served to ______ them that my uncle expected his breakfast to be on the table by the time he walked into the kitchen.

1) review
2) remind
3) revise
4) remember

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

He only had a wash and a shave on Saturday evenings before going to the cinema. He ______ a bath four times a year on quarter-day. No one was going to accuse him of wasting his hard-earned cash on soap.

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

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

My mum would be next up, leaping out of bed moments after the first slammed door. There would be a bowl of porridge on the stove by the time my uncle came out of the bathroom. Grandma followed shortly afterwards, and would ______ her daughter in the kitchen before my uncle had taken his place at the head of the table.

1) add
2) link
3) fit
4) join

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

I had to be down within 5 minutes of the first slammed door if I hoped to get any breakfast. This daily ______ in the household never varied.

1) plan
2) topic
3) routine
4) theme