18. According to legend, the giant Finn McCool…
1) was a talented musician.
2) worked hard to build the Causeway.
3) used to play the organ only when the sea roared
4) never played his organ.
Ответ:
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Раздел 3. Грамматика и лексика
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The Bald Eagle
19. In 1782, soon after the United States won its independence, the bald eagle ……………… as the national bird of the new country. American leaders wanted the eagle to be a symbol of their country because it is one of the strongest birds. CHOOSE
20. Today the bald eagle almost ……………… from the country. DISAPPEAR
21. In 1972 there ……………… only 3,000 bald eagles in the entire United States. BE
22. The reason for the bird’ s ……………… population is pollution, especially pollution of the rivers by pesticides. DECREASE
23. Pesticides poison the fish. Eagle eat these fish and then the eggs eagles lay have very thin shells and ………………. NOT HATCH
24. Today, the American government and the American people ……………… to protect the bald eagle. TRY
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Music in schools
25. Primary schools in London are trying out an ambitious plan through which young children get an introduction to serious music. The idea comes from a group of famous musicians who are concerned about the ……………………… of certain types of classical music. SURVIVE
26. They see the plan as one possible ……………………… to the problem of declining audiences at classical concerts. SOLVE
27. Their ……………………… is that an interest in classical music should be developed in early childhood..
ARGUE
28. They reject the idea that children are ……………………… in serious music or necessarily find it boring. INTEREST
29. The group goes into a school and gives a live ……………………… of a short classical piece and then this is followed by an explanation of how the instruments work. PERFORM
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The Guest
«The landscape seen from our windows is certainly charming,» said Annabel; «those cherry orchards and green meadows, and the river winding along the valley. However, nothing ever happens here. Rather dreadful, isn’t it?»
«On the 30 …,» said Matilda, «I find it soothing and restful; but then, you see, I’ve lived in countries where things do happen, especially when you’re not ready for them happening all at once.»
«That, of course, makes a 31 …,» said Annabel.
«I’ll never forget,» said Matilda, «the occasion when the Bishop of Bequar 32 … us an unexpected visit.»
«I thought that out there you were always prepared for emergency guests turning 33 …,» said Annabel.
«I was quite prepared for half a dozen Bishops,» said Matilda, ’but it was rather disconcerting to find out that this particular one was a distant cousin of mine, belonging to a branch of the family that had quarrelled bitterly and offensively with our branch about a Crown Derby dessert service. To make 34 … worse, my husband was away, talking sense to a village community that fancied one of their leading men was a were-tiger.»
«A what tiger?»
«A were-tiger; you’ve heard of were-wolves, haven’t you, a mixture of wolf and human being and demon? Well, in those parts they have were-tigers, or think they have, and I must say that in this case they had every ground for thinking so. However, as we gave 35 … witchcraft prosecutions about three hundred years ago, we don’t like to have other people keeping on our discarded practices.»
«I hope you weren’t unkind to the Bishop,» said Annabel.
«Well, of course he was my guest, so I had to be outwardly polite to him, but he was tactless enough to rake up the incidents of the old quarrel, and from that moment we were scarcely on speaking 36 ….
30. 1) contrast. 2) contrary. 3) inside. 4) opposite
Ответ _____
31. 1) statement. 2) splash. 3) move. 4) difference
Ответ _____
32. 1) paid. 2) sent. 3) made. 4) gave
Ответ _____
33. 1) to. 2) over. 3) up. 4) in
Ответ _____
34. l) issues. 2) matters. 3) problems. 4) situation
Ответ _____
35. l) in. 2) up. 3) away. 4) out
Ответ _____
36. 1) conditions. 2) relationships. 3) relations. 4) terms