Прочитайте 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 The driest place in the world Many people think that the Sahara Desert is the driest place in the world. However, this place (19) __________ (SITUATE) in Antarctica. Snow and ice (20) __________ (NOT LIE) there because the winds are too strong. There (21) __________ (BE) no rain here for two million years. Can you imagine that? New Year postcards People love New Year. They enjoy (22) __________ (SPEND) this time with their family and friends. It is also one of the (23) __________ (GOOD) occasions to give somebody a present or send a card. In fact, the tradition to send New Year cards (24) __________ (BEGIN) only in the 19th century in England. Now everybody sends New Year cards. Children love making New Year cards and giving them to their parents.

Конструкция there has been используется, когда говорится о существовании чего-либо в течение периода времени. Сочетание for two million years требует Present Perfect: has been.

Прочитайте 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 The driest place in the world Many people think that the Sahara Desert is the driest place in the world. However, this place (19) __________ (SITUATE) in Antarctica. Snow and ice (20) __________ (NOT LIE) there because the winds are too strong. There (21) __________ (BE) no rain here for two million years. Can you imagine that? New Year postcards People love New Year. They enjoy (22) __________ (SPEND) this time with their family and friends. It is also one of the (23) __________ (GOOD) occasions to give somebody a present or send a card. In fact, the tradition to send New Year cards (24) __________ (BEGIN) only in the 19th century in England. Now everybody sends New Year cards. Children love making New Year cards and giving them to their parents.

После глагола enjoy используется только форма с окончанием -ing: enjoy spending.

Прочитайте 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 The driest place in the world Many people think that the Sahara Desert is the driest place in the world. However, this place (19) __________ (SITUATE) in Antarctica. Snow and ice (20) __________ (NOT LIE) there because the winds are too strong. There (21) __________ (BE) no rain here for two million years. Can you imagine that? New Year postcards People love New Year. They enjoy (22) __________ (SPEND) this time with their family and friends. It is also one of the (23) __________ (GOOD) occasions to give somebody a present or send a card. In fact, the tradition to send New Year cards (24) __________ (BEGIN) only in the 19th century in England. Now everybody sends New Year cards. Children love making New Year cards and giving them to their parents.

После конструкции one of the требуется превосходная степень. От good образуется неправильная форма best.

Прочитайте 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 The driest place in the world Many people think that the Sahara Desert is the driest place in the world. However, this place (19) __________ (SITUATE) in Antarctica. Snow and ice (20) __________ (NOT LIE) there because the winds are too strong. There (21) __________ (BE) no rain here for two million years. Can you imagine that? New Year postcards People love New Year. They enjoy (22) __________ (SPEND) this time with their family and friends. It is also one of the (23) __________ (GOOD) occasions to give somebody a present or send a card. In fact, the tradition to send New Year cards (24) __________ (BEGIN) only in the 19th century in England. Now everybody sends New Year cards. Children love making New Year cards and giving them to their parents.

Речь идёт о начале традиции в XIX веке, то есть о завершённом действии в прошлом. Используется Past Simple: begin → began.

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 jazz evening Jessica was talking about jazz music with her mother. Her mom was telling her about one song that was a revolutionary piece of music in the last century. Jessica was surprised to (30) __________ out that it was still listened to by jazz audiences all around the world. “Well, it sounds like you’re interested (31) __________ jazz history all of a sudden. What’s making you ask all these questions?” Jessica’s mom asked. The girl explained that she wanted to learn something new. She had learned enough classical music and wanted to move on to something else. “Then start improvising!” Jessica’s mom told her. “Jazz is all about improvising.” Jessica thought about improvising. She could (32) __________ imagine just sitting down at the piano and playing anything that came to her mind. She (33) __________ silent for a while, concentrating on what she could possibly play off the top of her head. Her mom noticed Jessica’s hesitation. “The only way you’re going to learn how to improvise is if you try,” she told her daughter. She (34) __________ quickly at Jessica, walked over to the piano and pulled out the bench. “Let’s start now!” she said with excitement in her eyes. (35) __________ Jessica had never done it before, she decided to give it a try. She was full of inspiration. The girl didn’t say anything; she just nodded her head in (36) __________ and sat down at the piano. 30. 1) sort 2) find 3) turn 4) look

Используется фразовый глагол find out — «узнать, выяснить». Джессика была удивлена, когда узнала этот факт. sort out — разобраться, решить проблему. turn out — оказаться. look out — остерегаться.