Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанных заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 25–29, однокоренные слова, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 25–29. Пример ответа: foundation Morse Code Before phones, computers and telegraphs existed, messages sometimes took months or even years to arrive. Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in April 1791, without knowing that one day he would become a famous (25)__________ (INVENT). From the age of four, Morse had been interested in (26)__________ (DRAW) and dreamed of becoming a painter. His parents worried that he would not be able to earn a living through art, so they encouraged him to work as a bookseller. (27)__________ (FINAL), his parents understood how strongly he loved art and found the money for him to study in London. After a (28)__________ (SUCCESS) career as an artist, first producing historical paintings and later portraits, Morse built the first American telegraph around 1835. In 1837 he patented a working telegraph machine with the help of his (29)__________ (BUSY) partners, Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail.

Перед существительным partners требуется определение, показывающее тип партнёров: business partners — «деловые партнёры». Поэтому busy → business.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Пример ответа: 1 Alexander Sir Alexander Heathcote was an extremely exact man. (30)__________ people were like him. He was precisely six feet three-and-a-quarter inches tall and followed the same carefully timed morning routine every day. He left his home in Cadogan Gardens at exactly 8:20 and would (31)__________ at the Foreign Office at precisely 8:59, returning home again exactly at six. Sir Alexander had been exact from an early age. As the only son of a general, discipline came naturally to him. Unlike his father, however, he chose a diplomatic career and (32)__________ in progressing from a shared desk at the Foreign Office to posts in Calcutta and Peking. He was delighted when Mr Gladstone (33)__________ him the opportunity to represent the government in China. For some time Sir Alexander had been (34)__________ in the art of the Ming dynasty. The new appointment gave him the ideal opportunity of (35)__________ in their natural surroundings some of the magnificent statues, paintings and drawings that he had previously seen only in books. When he arrived in Beijing, Her Imperial Highness wished him success in his new position, and then the audience (36)__________ to an end. 30. 1) Many 2) Little 3) Few 4) Much

Few people означает «мало людей», что соответствует смыслу: Александр был необычайно пунктуальным человеком, и таких людей было немного. Many даёт противоположное значение, а little/much используются с неисчисляемыми существительными, тогда как people — исчисляемое во множественном числе.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Пример ответа: 1 Alexander Sir Alexander Heathcote was an extremely exact man. (30)__________ people were like him. He was precisely six feet three-and-a-quarter inches tall and followed the same carefully timed morning routine every day. He left his home in Cadogan Gardens at exactly 8:20 and would (31)__________ at the Foreign Office at precisely 8:59, returning home again exactly at six. Sir Alexander had been exact from an early age. As the only son of a general, discipline came naturally to him. Unlike his father, however, he chose a diplomatic career and (32)__________ in progressing from a shared desk at the Foreign Office to posts in Calcutta and Peking. He was delighted when Mr Gladstone (33)__________ him the opportunity to represent the government in China. For some time Sir Alexander had been (34)__________ in the art of the Ming dynasty. The new appointment gave him the ideal opportunity of (35)__________ in their natural surroundings some of the magnificent statues, paintings and drawings that he had previously seen only in books. When he arrived in Beijing, Her Imperial Highness wished him success in his new position, and then the audience (36)__________ to an end. 31. 1) reach 2) arrive 3) come 4) enter

После пропуска стоит at the Foreign Office, а глагол arrive употребляется именно с at/in. Reach и enter не требуют at, а come at здесь не означает «прибыть».

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Пример ответа: 1 Alexander Sir Alexander Heathcote was an extremely exact man. (30)__________ people were like him. He was precisely six feet three-and-a-quarter inches tall and followed the same carefully timed morning routine every day. He left his home in Cadogan Gardens at exactly 8:20 and would (31)__________ at the Foreign Office at precisely 8:59, returning home again exactly at six. Sir Alexander had been exact from an early age. As the only son of a general, discipline came naturally to him. Unlike his father, however, he chose a diplomatic career and (32)__________ in progressing from a shared desk at the Foreign Office to posts in Calcutta and Peking. He was delighted when Mr Gladstone (33)__________ him the opportunity to represent the government in China. For some time Sir Alexander had been (34)__________ in the art of the Ming dynasty. The new appointment gave him the ideal opportunity of (35)__________ in their natural surroundings some of the magnificent statues, paintings and drawings that he had previously seen only in books. When he arrived in Beijing, Her Imperial Highness wished him success in his new position, and then the audience (36)__________ to an end. 32. 1) fulfilled 2) achieved 3) managed 4) succeeded

Устойчивая конструкция — succeed in doing something: succeeded in progressing. Manage употреблялось бы как managed to progress, а achieve/fulfil требуют прямого дополнения.

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30–36. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям 30–36, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Пример ответа: 1 Alexander Sir Alexander Heathcote was an extremely exact man. (30)__________ people were like him. He was precisely six feet three-and-a-quarter inches tall and followed the same carefully timed morning routine every day. He left his home in Cadogan Gardens at exactly 8:20 and would (31)__________ at the Foreign Office at precisely 8:59, returning home again exactly at six. Sir Alexander had been exact from an early age. As the only son of a general, discipline came naturally to him. Unlike his father, however, he chose a diplomatic career and (32)__________ in progressing from a shared desk at the Foreign Office to posts in Calcutta and Peking. He was delighted when Mr Gladstone (33)__________ him the opportunity to represent the government in China. For some time Sir Alexander had been (34)__________ in the art of the Ming dynasty. The new appointment gave him the ideal opportunity of (35)__________ in their natural surroundings some of the magnificent statues, paintings and drawings that he had previously seen only in books. When he arrived in Beijing, Her Imperial Highness wished him success in his new position, and then the audience (36)__________ to an end. 33. 1) proposed 2) approached 3) offered 4) suggested

Конструкция offer somebody an opportunity означает «предложить кому-то возможность». Suggest/propose требуют другой структуры, а approach означает «приблизиться / обратиться к».