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

Animal sleep Sleep is as important for animals as for human beings. Ferrets, for instance, can sleep the ______ (BIG) part of the day – about 20 hours.

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

Snakes may sleep for three years without ______ (WAKE) up to get some food.

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

Dolphins always sleep with one eye open whereas sharks ______ (NOT STOP) moving during their sleep as they breathe only while moving.

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

Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. In his lifetime he ______ (NOT CAN) sell any pictures.

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

People often made fun of him and his works. They used to tell him that he ______ (NOT BECOME) a real painter.

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

However, van Gogh never stopped painting. He preferred to listen to his heart and follow his dream. Now his pictures ______ (CONSIDER) masterpieces and cost a lot of money.

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

Denis Matsuev Denis Matsuev is a Russian classical pianist. Born in Irkutsk in 1975, Matsuev is the only child of two musicians. His mother is a piano teacher and his father is a pianist and a ______ (COMPOSE).

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

Matsuev’s talent became obvious in his early childhood. He was only three years old when he managed to ______ (PRODUCE) on his piano at home a melody which he had heard on television.

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

In 1990 young Denis won a prize at the New Names Charitable Foundation ______ (COMPETE) in Irkutsk and got a scholarship from the foundation to study music in Moscow.

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

Matsuev toured the world with other young gifted musicians from Russia discovered by the foundation. In 1994 he took part in his first ______ (NATIONAL) piano contest in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was awarded the Grand Prix.

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

His musical career quickly progressed. He is now a world-famous pianist with ______ (VARY) awards and a massive fan base.

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

Good news Barbara was doing a course in the traditional Hawaiian dancing, which is called hula. She and her groupmates were sitting at the meeting in their dance school when their teacher announced the final preparations for the graduation ceremony. The girls and boys ______ at one another in excitement – they had been training hard in order to graduate and become professional hula dancers.

1) saw
2) noticed
3) looked
4) watched

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

They were all waiting ______ this moment.

1) on
2) for
3) at
4) to

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

“That means that you all must stay in the school unless you have a very good reason to leave. I don’t want you to ______ out of energy now, so we’ll only practice once a day in order to give your bodies rest,” the dance teacher told her students.

1) keep
2) turn
3) put
4) run

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

Barbara and her friends all let out a sigh of relief. They expected to practice more than usual before their big graduation performance. ______, their teacher had a different plan.

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

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

After the meeting the girls and boys got up to eat breakfast. They walked to the kitchen where fresh fruit was already scattered across the table. Barbara picked up a mango and a knife and began to cut. As she passed around juicy mango slices to her friends, they ______ their excitement for graduation with each other.

1) filled
2) linked
3) joined
4) shared

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

“I can’t wait to see my family!” a boy named Keanu said. Everyone nodded their heads in ______.

1) achievement
2) agreement
3) argument
4) arrangement

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

It had been a month since everyone had seen their family and friends. Although they loved living in the dance school, it was sort of a boarding school and they could not go home ______ they wanted to. They couldn’t wait to celebrate graduation with their friends.

1) whoever
2) whatever
3) whenever
4) wherever