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

The bank job When Emma started working in a big bank, she was always afraid someone might rob her. On the ___ (THREE) day, a man who looked suspicious entered the bank.

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

He walked straight to Emma who was sitting behind bulletproof glass. Then he placed a note under her window. Being very scared, Emma ___ (FALL) on the floor under the counter and hit the alarm button.

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

The guards came and the man ___ (ARREST). Then Emma read the note. It said, “Would you have lunch with me?”

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

Memories As people get older, the part of the brain responsible for helping record new memories becomes less efficient. New information ___ (HAVE) more difficulty getting in, but memories that were stored in the past do not disappear.

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

This is one of the reasons why elderly people often remember details about ___ (THEY) youth but sometimes forget what they had for dinner the night before.

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

One lady said, “Things ___ (CHANGE) a lot since I retired. But I try to keep in touch by sharing life stories with others.

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

For example, I talk with friends about the plot of a book or a good movie. It makes me organize information and strengthens my memory. Isolation is the ___ (BAD) thing”.

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

The smartphone Nowadays smartphones define the way people connect to the rest of the world. How did it start? On the 16th of August 1994, IBM released a personal ___ (COMMUNICATE), which became the modern smartphone.

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

It was capable of making phone calls, faxing, text messaging and e-mailing. It was a prized ___ (POSSESS) because this device also included a touch screen.

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

It had a clock, calendar and some games. But this ___ (WONDER) device was just too advanced for its time.

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

The market was not yet ready for such a ___ (TECHNOLOGY) innovation. Faster networks, browsers and applications were needed to release its full potential.

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

In 2000, Ericsson was the first to introduce the word “smartphone” for its ___ (AMAZE) R380 mobile phone. This device was a modification of a lightweight flip phone.

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

The magazine Popular Science called the Ericsson R380 smartphone one of the most important ___ (ACHIEVE) in science and technology.

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

Annie Soon everything was back to normal. Annie and her father David were both ashamed of themselves, they went out of their ___ to be kind to one another.

1) road
2) path
3) way
4) pattern

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

David even told himself that he would try to like Sean O’Connell, if that could make his daughter happy. Since Sean’s visit Annie had bloomed, but it was three days now since she had ___ the Irishman and David hoped he had not forgotten her.

1) seen
2) looked
3) watched
4) glanced

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

As the days passed, Annie ceased looking out of the window every ten seconds in the hope of seeing Sean come to her door. Now Annie and David decided to reopen the club for their regular customers. She felt this would be the best thing for her dad, and he thought it would be the best thing for her. Both of them needed to be busy for their own ___.

1) causes
2) reasons
3) motives
4) purposes

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

Annie was hurt, she had found Sean again only for him to leave her again. She went ___ their evening together and tried to see what she could have done to make him ignore her like this.

1) in and on
2) round and round
3) on and on
4) over and over

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

They had laughed, ___ of their childhood, and their lives since.

1) said
2) talked
3) told
4) chatted

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

She thought that he was the only man she could ever love. He liked to ___ his remarks as outrageous as possible.

1) make
2) do
3) keep
4) hold

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

He liked to shock people, and ___ he knew that Annie was one of the few people who saw through him. She knew that he was lonely, unhappy and unable to change his way of life.

1) even
2) yet
3) just
4) once