Mobile Phones: Good or Bad?

Задание 5 № 3

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The Dog and the Donkey

Once in a small town there lived a baker. He had two pets — a dog and a donkey. The dog kept watch over the house. The donkey carried the bread and the cakes that the baker made. One night a thief A____ into the house. The baker B____ soundly. The dog too was fast asleep, he did not bark at the thief. The donkey saw the thief and wanted to awaken C____ master, so he began to bray loudly. The thief ran away. The baker could not sleep. He came out. He could not understand why the donkey brayed so loudly and he beat the stupid but dutiful donkey very badly. But the D____ house was saved. It was the duty of the dog to keep watch and not of the donkey. However, the donkey turned out to be a E____ guard than the dog.

A 1) broken 2) was breaking 3) broke 4) was broken

B 1) sleeps 2) was sleeping 3) slept 4) has slept

C 1) him 2) her 3) he 4) his

D 1) baker 2) bakers’ 3) baker’s 4) bakers

E 1) good 2) more good 3) best 4) better

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Задание 5 № 81

Halloween

I remember my first Halloween. It was a cold evening, 31 October, 1988. I was A____ far from my home country, B____ my British neighbours whose kids were very C____ about that day. I was thinking about my family when, suddenly, there was an energetic knock at the door. I opened the door wondering who was there knocking D____ loudly. To my surprise I saw a group of kids, dressed up as ghosts, witches, queens and cowboys. Two of them were carrying a E____ with cut out eyes, a nose and a mouth. There was a candle inside, and the holes were shining. “Trick or treat!” they shouted. I was surprised. I didn’t know what to do. My son Tom, told me, “Give them some sweets, Mummy, or they will play a trick on us.” “Like what?” I asked. “They can throw water on the windows, put a pin into the front door keyhole or break an egg on the windscreen of your car”, he explained.

A 1) lived 2) live 3) lives 4) living

B 1) among 2) between 3) behind 4) with

C 1) tired 2) excited 3) tiring 4) exciting

D 1) such 2) such a 3) so 4) so a

E 1) potato 2) pumpkin 3) carrot 4) cabbage

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Задание 5 № 82

A Big Party

Mr Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his job, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did not have A____ friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often B____ to dinner or to parties at other people’s houses.

Then Mrs Harris C____ to her husband, “We’ve been to a lot of other people’s houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn’t we?” “Yes, certainly,” answered her husband. “A big party will be the easiest, won’t it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.” D____ Mrs Harris said, ”Yes, I’ll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.” “How many will that be?” Mr Harris asked. “Don’t invite too many.” Mrs Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband E____ that she was writing, “Party: 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.” “That isn’t very polite is it?” he said. “You’re telling our guests that they must go home at 8.30.” So Mrs Harris just wrote, “Party: 6.30 p.m.” A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at 8.30. In fact, they were still there at midnight when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has complained.”

A 1) much 2) a lot 3) many 4) little

B 1) invited 2) went 3) arrived 4) walked

C 1) spoke 2) told 3) asked 4) said

D 1) So 2) Soon 3) But 4) After

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

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Задание 5 № 83

The Pig and the Pencil

Pig was looking at A____ on the ground. Turtle came by. “What did you find, Pig?” she said. “What is that thing on the ground?” “Don’t you know?” said Pig. “I’ll show you what it is!” Pig put the pencil on his hat. “Oh, now I see!” said Turtle. “It looks B____ on your hat. You are so smart, Pig.” “I know, I know,” said Pig. Frog came by just then. “Oh, Frog! Look what Pig put on his hat,” said Turtle. “I see,” said Frog. “That C____ your hat look good, Pig. What a smart thing to do!” “Being smart is what I do best,” D____ Pig. “Now I’ll show you something more!” Pig put the pencil on his nose. “What a good place for it!” said Frog. “I think that’s the best place,” said Turtle. “You are E____ smart, Pig.”

A 1) anything 2) something 3) nothing 4) anywhere

B 1) better 2) worse 3) best 4) good

C 1) making 2) maked 3) makes 4) make

D 1) said 2) asked 3) answered 4) talked

E 1) such 2) such a 3) so a 4) so

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Задание 5 № 84

I am your mother

Joyce is 24 years old. She has a baby daughter, but she can ’t take A____ of her baby. The government takes Joyce’s baby and gives her to B____ family. Joyce never forgets her daughter. For 20 years Joyce looks C____ her. She can ’t find her. She doesn’t know her daughter’s new name. She doesn’t know her daughter’s D____. When Joyce is 44 years old, she gets a E____ at a small store.

A young woman works with Joyce at the store. The young woman’s name is Tammy. Tammy and Joyce are friends. One day at work Tammy begins to cry. “What’s the matter?” Joyce asks Tammy. “I’m looking for my birthmother and I can’t find her. I have only this photo. See? This is me when I was a baby.” Tammy shows Joyce the photo. Joyce looks at the photo for a long time. “Tammy,” Joyce says. “I think I'm your birth mother.”

A 1) love 2) care 3) kindness 4) attention

B 1) other 2) another 3) others 4) through

C 1) for 2) forward 3) after 4) his

D 1) school 2) country 3) address 4) character

E 1) place 2) work 3) department 4) job

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Задание 5 № 85

A Lawn Chair Pilot

Larry Walters wants to be a pilot. He wants to A____ an airplane. But Larry is not a B____ man. He doesn’t have an airplane. He has only a lawn chair.

Larty ties 45 big balloons to his lawn chair and then sits C____ the chair. The lawn chair goes up. For a few minutes everything is fine. The view from the lawn chair is beautiful. Larry can D____ houses and trees below him.

He is happy. He is flying! The lawn chair goes up very E____. Larry is afraid. “I don’t want to go very high,” Larry thinks. “I want to go down a little.” With a small gun Larry shoots 10 balloons. Unfortunately, Larry drops the gun, and it falls to the ground. The chair goes up and up. “I’m flying in a lawn chair and I want to come down!”

Larry flies in the lawn chair for 45 minutes. Then the balloons begin to lose air. Slowly the lawn chair comes down, and Larry is back on the ground. Larry says, “For 45 minutes I was a pilot — the pilot of a lawn chair.”

A 1) drive 2) ride 3) fly 4) lead

B 1) rich 2) famous 3) misery 4) popular

C 1) down 2) on 3) into 4) in

D 1) watch 2) see 3) notice 4) look

E 1) far 2) high 3) slow 4) tall

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Задание 5 № 86

Maid Marian

Maid Marian was the pretty A____ lady Robin wanted to marry. She lived in Nottingham with her family. Marian helped B____ people too and often went to the forest to tell Robin about the C____ things the Sheriff did. The Sheriff sent his soldiers to arrest Maid Marian. “Do you know the outlaw called Robin Hood?” D____ the Sheriff. “No, I don’t,” said Marian. “I think you know him very E____ said the Sheriff. “Take her to the dungeon!” Robin received a secret message from Marian saying she was a prisoner in Nottingham Castle. “We must save her,” said the men. ’’Tomorrow is Nottingham Fair and the archery contest. Then tomorrow we will go and save Maid Marian and win the contest!” “We can dress as jugglers and clowns,” said Little John. They wore unusual suits for clowns and jugglers. The men looked so funny that everybody laughed!

A 1) little 2) tiny 3) young 4) small

B 1) happy 2) poor 3) excited 4) rich

C 1) wicked 2) kind 3) funny 4) boring

D 1) told 2) promised 3) called 4) asked

E 1) good 2) well 3) badly 4) long

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Задание 5 № 87

The Tribe’s King

For three days we walked, the land on either side of Solomon’s road was rich and well cared for. We saw farms and A____, with people planting crops and young boys looking after the animals, they were raising long B____ high above their heads and bringing them down on the animals’ backs, to drive them along. During the trip I was able to C____ to the older warrior, whose name was Infadoos. He told me all about Twala, their king, as well as their D____ and cultural systems. By the time we arrived at the king’s E____ was already something of an expert in their tribe’s affairs. I knew that their king was unpopular, as he was a man, who had killed his elder brother to gain the throne. When the king came, we could see that he was a fat, sweaty man, with only one eye. He looked at us and walked around us.

A 1) lakes 2) fields 3) rivers 4) towns

B 1) stones 2) flags 3) balloons 4) sticks

C 1) speak 2) ask 3) answer 4) tell

D 1) sports 2) foreign 3) political 4) traditional

E 1) garden 2) capital 3) house 4) palace

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Задание 5 № 88

Tornadoes

Tornadoes are storms with very A____ turning winds and dark clouds. These winds are perhaps the strongest on B____. They reach speeds of 300 miles per hour. The dark clouds are shaped like a funnell — wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The winds are strongest in C____ centre of the funnel. Tornadoes are especially common in the United States, but only in certain parts. They occur mainly in the D____ states.

A hot afternoon in the spring is the most likely time for a tornado. E____ become dark. There is thunder, lightning and rain. A cloud forms a funnel and begins to twist. The funnel moves faster and faster. The faster the winds, the louder the noise. Tornadoes always move in a northeastern direction. They never last longer than eight hours.

A 1) angry 2) weak 3) cruel 4) strong

B 1) space 2) earth 3) ground 4) planet

C 1) the 2) that 3) this 4) a

D 1) unknown 2) central 3) foreign 4) farther

E 1) sun 2) sky 3) clouds 4) winds

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Задание 5 № 89

My favourite room

Му favourite room is our kitchen. Perhaps the kitchen is the most important room in many houses, but it is particularly so in our house because it’s not only where we cook and eat but it’s also the main meeting place for family and friends. I have so many happy A____ of times spent there: special occasions such as homecomings or cooking Christmas dinner; troubled times, which B____ to comforting cups of tea in the middle of the night; ordinary daily events such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter mornings for sleepy children before sending them off to school, then sitting C____ to read the newspaper with a steaming hot mug of coffee. Whenever we have a party, people gravitate with their drinks to the kitchen. It always ends up the fullest and noisiest room in the house.

So what does this special room D____ like? It’s quite big, but not really huge. It’s big enough to have a good-sized oval table in the centre, E____ is the focal point of the room.

There is a large window above the sink, which looks out onto two apple trees in the garden. The cooker is at one end. At the other end is a wall with a large notice-board, which tells the story of our lives, past, present, and future, in words and pictures. All our world is there for everyone to read! Without doubt some of the happiest times of my life have been spent in our kitchen.

A 1) memorials 2) memoirs 3) souvenirs 4) memories

B 1) take 2) lead 3) drive 4) guide

C 1) up 2) down 3) on 4) around

D 1) glance 2) watch 3)see 4) look

E 1) what 2) who 3) which 4) where

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Задание 5 № 90

Living in a city

Living in a city has both advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side, it is often easier to find job, and there is usually a choice of public transport, so you don’t need to own a car. Also, there are a lot of interesting things to A____ and places to see. For example, you can eat in good restaurants, visit museums, and go to the theatre and to concerts. What is more, when you want to relax, you can usually find a park where you can B____ the ducks or just sit on a park bench and read a book. All in all, city life is full of bustle and variety and you need never feel really bored.

However, for every plus there is a minus. For one thing, you might have a job, but unless it is very well-paid, you will not be able to C____ many of the things that there are to do, because living in a city is often quite expensive. It is particularly difficult to find good, cheap accommodation. What is more, public transport is sometimes crowded and dirty, particularly in the rush D____, and even the parks can become very crowded, especially on Sundays when it seems that every city dweller is looking E____ some open space and green grass.

In conclusion, I think city life can be particularly appealing to young people, who like the excitement of the city and don’t mind the noise and pollution. However, many people, when they get older, and particularly when they have young children, often prefer the peace and fresh air of the countryside.

A 1) make 2) do 3) create 4) produce

B 1) eat 2) feed 3) provide 4) give

C 1) make 2) spend 3) bear 4) afford

D 1) second 2) minute 3) hour 4) day

E 1) for 2) after 3) at 4) up

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Задание 5 № 91

The inuit people

The lives of the Inuit people of North America have changed a lot in 50 years. First, their name: people called them Eskimos, but now they are called Inuits, A____ means “the people”. They lived in igloos in the winter but today many of them live in houses in small towns. They hunted seals — they ate the meat and B____ clothes from the fur. Many of the people still wear seal-skin clothes today because they are very warm. Remember, the weather is extremely cold for many months of the year. 80-year-old Inuit, Mariano Tagalik, C____ us a little about her early life. “Our winter igloos were very warm. We cooked inside so sometimes it got too hot. When I was a child I took D____ most of my clothes when I was in our igloo. In the short summers we lived in seal-skin tents, but I spent as much time as possible playing outside.” To move over the snow, they wore special snowshoes on their feet, but today many Inuits E____ snowmobiles. These machines can travel long distances in a short time. In the past it took them days or weeks to travel the same distance.

A 1) who 2) what 3) which 4) when

B 1) did 2) made 3) fashioned 4) created

C 1) talked 2) told 3) said D) spoke

D 1) out 2) on 3) off 4) after

E 1) drive 2) lead 3) take 4) go

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Задание 5 № 92

Christmas

Christmas is a joyful religious A____ when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. To people all over the world, Christmas is a season of giving and receiving presents. In Scandinavian and other European countries, Father Christmas, or Saint Nicholas, comes B____ houses in the night and leaves gifts for the children. Saint Nicholas is represented as a kindly man with a red cloak and long white beard. He visited houses and left gifts, bringing people happiness in the coldest months of the year. Another character, the God Odin, C____ on a magical flying horse across the sky in the winter to reward people with gifts. These different legends D____ across the ages to make the present-day Santa Claus.

Although Santa Claus has origins in Norse and pre-Christian mythology, he took shape in the United States. Americans gave Santa Claus a white beard, E____ him in a red suit and made him a cheery old gentleman with red cheeks and a twinkle in his eye. American children believe that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole with his wife. All year he lists the names of children, both those who have been good and those who have been bad. He decides what presents to give to the good children. Santa Claus supposedly gets his list of toys from the millions of children who write to him at the North Pole.

A 1) leave 2) holiday 3) day off 4) rest

B 1) in 2) into 3) out of 4) to

C 1) came 2) controlled 3) went 4) rode

D 1) went 2) moved 3) passed 4) put

E 1) wore 2) gave 3) provided 4) dressed

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Задание 5 № 93

Three families

In a small village in North Yorkshire, there’s a big old farmhouse where three families live together: Alice and George and their three children, John and Pamela and their two children, and Sarah and her baby daughter.

The adults A____ up the work between them. George does the cooking, Joe and Sue do most of the housework, Pam looks after the shopping and B____ the repairs, and Alice takes care of the garden. Alice, George and Sue go out to work; Joe works at home designing computer systems, and Pam, who is a painter, looks C____ the baby during the day.

Two of the children go to school in the village, but the three oldest ones go by bus to the secondary school in the nearest town, ten miles away. The three families get on D____, and enjoy their way of life.

There are a few difficulties, of course. Their biggest worry at the moment is money — one of the cars E____ replacing, and the roof needs some expensive repairs. But this isn’t too serious — the bank has agreed to a loan, which they expect to be able to pay back in three years. And they all say they would much rather go on living in their old farmhouse than move to a luxury flat in a big city.

A 1) sort 2) unite 3) classify 4) divide

B 1) makes 2) takes 3) puts 4) does

C 1) up 2) after 3) at 4) forward

D 1) well 2) good 3) nice 4) fine

E 1) gets 2) has 3) needs 4) likes

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Задание 5 № 94

The painter

Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from a very young age. He learned to draw before he could talk. His father worked as a drawing teacher at a college. He was an amateur A____. Pablo often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help him. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to B____ the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture, and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes. Pablo was just 13. From then onwards there was no stopping him. Many people realized that he was a genius but he disappointed those C____ wanted him to become a traditional painter. He was always D____ the rules of artistic tradition and shocked the public with his strange and really powerful pictures. He is probably best known for his “Cubist” pictures, which used only simple geometric E____. His paintings of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong place. His work changed our ideas about art, and to millions of people modem art means the work of Picasso.

A 1) expert 2) actor 3) artist 4) performer

B 1) leave 2) live 3) go 4) come

C 1) which 2) what 3) who 4) whom

D 1) braking 2) breaking 3) doing 4) becoming

E 1) profiles 2) conditions 3) states 4) shapes

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Задание 5 № 95

Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a legendary hero who lived in Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham, with his band of followers. Stories about him and his adventures began to A____ in the fourteenth century.

Everyone knows that Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. He chose to be an outlaw, that is, someone B____ lives “outside the law”, but he had his own ideas of right and wrong. He fought against injustice, and tried to give C____

people a share of the riches owned by people in authority and the Church. He had many D____ — he was a great sportsman, a brave fighter, and was very good with his bow and arrow.

He dressed in green, lived in the forest with his wife, Maid Mary, and his men. For food, they killed the King’s deer, and many days were spent eating, drinking, and playing games. He robbed the rich by capturing them as they E____ through the forest and inviting them to eat with him. During the supper, someone looked in their bags to see how much money they had. When it was finished, Robin asked them to pay for the meal, and of course, he knew how much to ask for! His main enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham, who was always trying to capture Robin but never managed to do it. Some stories say that he probably killed Robin by poisoning him. In his dying moments, he shot a final arrow from his famous bow, and asked his men to bury him where the arrow landed.

A 1) become 2) look 3) move 4) appear

B 1) which 2) who 3) what 4) whose

C 1) ordinary 2) usual 3) normal 4) typical

D 1) aspects 2) standards 3) qualities 4) quantities

E 1) entered 2) arrived 3) crossed 4) traveled

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Задание 5 № 96

St. Valentine’s day

St. Valentine’s Day has roots in several different legends that have A____ their way to us through the ages. One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid, the Roman god of Love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow. Three hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Roman emperors still demanded that everyone believe in the Roman gods. Valentine, a Christian priest, had been thrown in B____ for his teachings. On February 14, Valentine was beheaded, not only because he was a Christian, but also because he had performed a miracle. He supposedly C____ the jailer’s daughter of her blindness. The night before he was executed, he wrote the jailer’s daughter a farewell letter, signing it, “From Your Valentine”. Another legend D____ us that this same Valentine, well-loved by all, wrote notes from his jail cell to children and friends who missed him. February, 14 was also a Roman holiday, held in E____ of a goddess. Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivities. The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, and then to the early American colonies. Whatever the odd mixture of origins, St Valentine’s Day is now a day for sweethearts in Russia,too.

A 1) founded 2) found 3) looked 4) met

B 1) danger 2) punishment 3) court 4) prison

C 1) effected 2) cured 3) provided 4) corrected

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

E 1) pleasure 2) respect 3) honour 4) feeling

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Задание 5 № 97

A Clever Answer

Susan was seventeen years old. She left school and went to a college for a year to learn typing. She A____ B____ two exams and got good marks. The fact was that she C____ with her parents. So she started looking for work. Many people needed typists at that time, so she D____ a few jobs. Susan chose one of them. So on Monday morning she hurried to the office and spoke to the manager, «I want to work here, but I expect you E____ me how much money you will pay me».

«The money is not really big», the manager answered, «you may get thirty pounds now, and thirty pounds after three months». Susan didn't think for a long time and replied, «Well, if you don't mind, then I’ll start working in three months' time».

A 1) must 2) had 3) could 4) has

B 1) take 2) took 3) to take 4) takes

C 1) is still 2) was still living 3) still lives 4) still has lived

D 1) was offered 2) is offered 3) offered 4) has offered

E 1) inform 2) informed 3) informing 4) to inform

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Задание 5 № 98

A School for Geniuses?

Theodore Tally is thirteen. He is from London. He A____ lessons at school boring. He always finishes his schoolwork first. His report card B____ perfect. When the teacher asks the class questions, she C____ «Ok, Tyrone, you know the answer but D____ someone else a chance». Tyron thinks that all this is frustrating. Though he has friends, others E____ him a nerd*. Tyrone’s parents want to find a school for gifted children. They are sure their son will be better there.

* a nerd (informal, usually insulting) — a person who studies very hard and only thinks of school work.

A 1) find 2) is finding 3) found 4) finds

B 1) is 2) was 3) are 4) will be

C 1) said 2) say 3) says 4) is saying

D 1) give 2) to give 3) gave 4) gives