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 A busy day The January sales started and when the girls arrived at Browns department store, where they worked, there were a lot of people queuing along the street. (30)__________ the time before Christmas had been very busy for shop assistants, they were shocked by such a big crowd outside the shop. “I’ve never (31)__________ such a queue! Do they think we’re going to be giving the stuff away or something?” Anna asked her friend Lucy. “Well, you know what they say – the early bird catches the worm, and (32)__________ to the radio, some people have been queuing all night in London to get the best bargains,” Lucy said. On her (33)__________ to the cosmetics department Anna was wondering if they would even have time for their breaks or lunch-hours. And she was quite right as there was no chance of a morning break but at last the girls were given (34)__________ to go for a shortened lunch break and they met up in the staff dining room. “My God,” Lucy said as they stood at the counter. “I’ve actually had two ladies almost come to fight over a dress. I could (35)__________ calm them down.” “It hasn’t been much better in the perfume and cosmetics department,” Anna remarked. “I ran out of Chanel perfume within an hour and the customers got angry with me, as if it was my (36)__________! I’ll tell you, at one point I was ready to walk out!” 34. 1) promise 2) proposal 3) permission 4) possibility

Устойчивое сочетание be given permission to do something означает «получить разрешение сделать что-либо». Почему не остальные: promise — «обещание»; proposal — «предложение»; possibility — «возможность» — ни одно не подходит по смыслу.

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 A busy day The January sales started and when the girls arrived at Browns department store, where they worked, there were a lot of people queuing along the street. (30)__________ the time before Christmas had been very busy for shop assistants, they were shocked by such a big crowd outside the shop. “I’ve never (31)__________ such a queue! Do they think we’re going to be giving the stuff away or something?” Anna asked her friend Lucy. “Well, you know what they say – the early bird catches the worm, and (32)__________ to the radio, some people have been queuing all night in London to get the best bargains,” Lucy said. On her (33)__________ to the cosmetics department Anna was wondering if they would even have time for their breaks or lunch-hours. And she was quite right as there was no chance of a morning break but at last the girls were given (34)__________ to go for a shortened lunch break and they met up in the staff dining room. “My God,” Lucy said as they stood at the counter. “I’ve actually had two ladies almost come to fight over a dress. I could (35)__________ calm them down.” “It hasn’t been much better in the perfume and cosmetics department,” Anna remarked. “I ran out of Chanel perfume within an hour and the customers got angry with me, as if it was my (36)__________! I’ll tell you, at one point I was ready to walk out!” 35. 1) sharply 2) hardly 3) roughly 4) nearly

В предложении: “I could ______ calm them down.” подходит hardly — «едва, с трудом»: I could hardly calm them down — «Я едва могла их успокоить». Почему не остальные: sharply — «резко, остро», не подходит по смыслу; roughly — «грубо, приблизительно», не подходит; nearly — «почти». Фраза could nearly calm them down означала бы «почти смогла успокоить», но здесь по смыслу говорится о том, что успокоить их было очень трудно

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 A busy day The January sales started and when the girls arrived at Browns department store, where they worked, there were a lot of people queuing along the street. (30)__________ the time before Christmas had been very busy for shop assistants, they were shocked by such a big crowd outside the shop. “I’ve never (31)__________ such a queue! Do they think we’re going to be giving the stuff away or something?” Anna asked her friend Lucy. “Well, you know what they say – the early bird catches the worm, and (32)__________ to the radio, some people have been queuing all night in London to get the best bargains,” Lucy said. On her (33)__________ to the cosmetics department Anna was wondering if they would even have time for their breaks or lunch-hours. And she was quite right as there was no chance of a morning break but at last the girls were given (34)__________ to go for a shortened lunch break and they met up in the staff dining room. “My God,” Lucy said as they stood at the counter. “I’ve actually had two ladies almost come to fight over a dress. I could (35)__________ calm them down.” “It hasn’t been much better in the perfume and cosmetics department,” Anna remarked. “I ran out of Chanel perfume within an hour and the customers got angry with me, as if it was my (36)__________! I’ll tell you, at one point I was ready to walk out!” 36. 1) harm 2) shame 3) blame 4) fault

Устойчивое выражение it was my fault означает «это была моя вина».

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст / приведённые ниже тексты. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 19–24, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текстов. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы 19–24. Пример ответа: did not know Strange but true When President Lincoln was ready to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, his hands (19)__________ (SHAKE) because he was very nervous. So he (20)__________ (PUT) the pen down. He decided to wait to sign the document until he could do this with a steady hand. He was afraid that his critics would accuse (21)__________ (HE) of hesitating if they saw a shaky signature. The camera The camera is a miraculous invention. Some people treat it as a time machine. It helps people capture any moment in history and in the present. Alexander Walcott (22)__________ (CONSIDER) to have invented it. The (23)__________ (ONE) camera appeared in 1840. The improvement in the camera technology has helped bring motion pictures. Today, we enjoy our (24)__________ (GOOD) images and get time to interact with our own past.

Действие происходило в определённый момент в прошлом, когда Линкольн готовился подписать документ. Поэтому используется Past Continuous: were shaking.