Задание 20. ЕГЭ-2016 - Задание 20: все задания

(1) One day a very (WEALTH)________ American, Hiram Buston, came to Lacasso, a poor painter, and said that he had bought secretly, a (VALUE)________ 16th century ‘old master’. (2) He said, “I know the English (GOVERN)________ won’t let me take it out of England, but I have a plan to get round that. (3)I want you to paint a picture – it doesn't matter what it is – on top of the 'old master’.” (4) Hiram then explained that he could (EASY)________ get Lacasso’s picture removed from the canvas when he got to New York, without (DAMAGE)________ what was underneath. (5) Well, Lacasso painted a picture of a London gas-works on it, and old Buston got the canvas to New York all right and sent it to the firm he knew to have Lacasso’s (PAINT)________ removed. (6) About a week later he got an e-mail from the firm. (7) It said: "We have removed the picture of London gas-works, also 'old master', and are now down to a portrait of Queen Victoria. (8) When do you want us to stop?"

(1) To make matters worse, Rick was in love. (2) The girl he loved was the daughter of a former army (OFFICE) ________ who had lost his temper and his health in India, and had never found either of them again. (3) Rick loved her so much that he was ready to kiss her feet; and she loved him too. (4) They were the best-looking pair in London, and had no money at all. (5) Her father was very fond of Rick, but would not hear of any (MARRY) ________ plans.

(6) One morning, Rick called in to see a great friend of his, Alan Haddon. (7) Haddon was a (PAINT) ________ . (8) He was a strange, rough man, with a spotty face and an (TO OVERGROW) ________ red beard. (9) He had been much attracted by Rick at first, just because of his (PERSON) ________ charm. (10) But after he got to know Rick better, he liked him quite as much for his bright, cheerful spirits, and his (GENEROSITY) ________ , carefree nature, and had asked him to visit whenever he liked.

(1)According to the University of Tubingen (ARCHEOLOGY)________ Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, living in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. (2)In June he announced that he and his colleagues had dug up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. (3)"The five-holed instrument – carved from the bone of a griffon vulture – might be capable of expressing greater harmonic (VARY)________ than the modern-day flute", says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

(4)Conard's group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. (5)(PREVIOUS)________ four other bone and ivory flutes had been found in the same area.

(6)Collectively, these are regarded as the oldest known (MUSIC)________ instruments.

(1) Our (SURVIVE)________ depends directly upon the health of our global ecosystems.

(2) Coral covers only about 0,2 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet coral reefs support 25 percent of all marine life with more (DENSE)________ of life in reefs than any in other ocean habitat.

(3) In the very near future, many coral reefs may stop existing.

(4) Coral reefs around the world are being impacted at an alarming rate.

(5) (GLOBAL)________, coral reefs experience rising ocean temperatures.

(6) Locally, reefs face many other threats from (TOUR)________ to building wastes, further compounding their degradation.

(7) Human life is affected largely by the soundness of our world’s coral reef.

(8) Coral contributes over 30 billion dollars to the world economy each year.

(9) New strains of antibiotics are emerging from coral reef studies to help fight diseases.

(10) Coral reefs help drive our weather and provide shoreline (PROTECT)________ for human homes and cities, buffering areas from potentially damaging storms and ocean swells.

(11) Coral reefs are in trouble and need our help.

(12) Coral is damaged when tourism goes unchecked and snorkelers or (DIVE)________ are not educated about how to treat reefs.

(13) Many of these threats can be prevented through communication and education, but people continue to harm coral reefs worldwide.

(1) (THANK) ________, no ‒ if you knew you were in there, it would be kind of scary for nine months. (2) The foetus is growing, of course, but the frontal lobe of our brain ‒ which gives us emotion and self-(RECOGNISE) ________ ‒ develops very slowly.

(3) Even until (ADULT) ________, the frontal lobe isn't fully developed: that's (PART) ________ why we sometimes see bad judgment in teenagers. (4) Foetuses do all sorts of exploring (BEHAVE) ________ in the womb.

(5) They run their hands along the inside of the womb, they feel their own feet and their faces, and they put their hands in their mouths. (6) (STUDY) ________ have also shown that a newborn infant will recognise its mother's voice compared to a stranger's voice and will also recognise its native language versus a foreign one.

(1) Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming person. (2) The poor should be ordinary and (PRACTICE) ________. (3) It is better to a have permanent income than to be interesting. (4) These are the great truths of modern life which Rob Darrow never realized. (5) Poor Rob! (6) He was not, we must admit, a man of great (INTELLIGENT) ________. (7) He never said a clever thing in his life. (8) But he was (WONDER) ________ good-looking, with brown hair, his clear-cut features, and his grey eyes.

(9) He was as popular with men as he was with women, and he had every quality except that of making money. (10) His father, on his death, had left him his sword and a History of the Peninsular War in 15 parts. (11) Rob hung the first above his mirror, put the second on a shelf, and lived on two hundred pounds a year that an old aunt allowed him.

(12) He had tried everything. (13) He had bought and sold shares for six months but how could he succeed among (EXPERIENCE) ________ men? (14) Then he had tried (SELL) ________ wine, but nobody bought any. (15) At last he became nothing, a charming, (NO USE) ________ man with perfect features and no profession.

(1) Protecting the environment is now a major concern in Britain. (2) But despite many efforts (VARY)________ threats to the environment remain.

(3) Unfortunately, there have been many cases of environmental (POLLUTE)________ in Britain. (4) These include the dumping of (CHEMISTRY)________ and other waste on the land, the emission into the air of smoke and other toxic substances from factories, and the discharge of industrial effluents into rivers.

(5) The British have earned the unsavoury reputation of being Europe’s ‘litter louts’. (6) Although there are a lot of litter bins in most towns and public places, many people (SIMPLE)________ drop unwanted cans, wrappers etc on the ground.

(7) Many people regard environmental issues to be of social importance and make (POLITICS)________ pay greater attention to their “green” policies.

(8)The Department of the Environment works with the support of a number of voluntary (ORGANIZE)________ which encourage young people to fight for a better environment. (9) The success of the environmental movement often depends on people between 18 and 30, statistics say.

(1) We don't really fall in love; we jump in love – we are at the mercy of our chemical make-up.

(2) Chemicals are released in our brain when we are drawn to someone. (3) One of these, phenylethylamine, makes us feel very (EXCITE) ________ – everything seems (WONDER) ________.

(4) It's almost like flu: your face is flushed, your palms are (SWEAT) ________, you breathe (HEAVY) ________, you even feel a slight tingle in the hands and feet.

(5) Generally, people are attracted to opposites of (THEY) ________ – the organised person to the (ORGANISE) ________; the bookworm to the social butterfly.

(6) In the next stage of love, a hormone called oxytocin is released. (7) This plays an important role throughout our lives: it is a "cuddle hormone" and acts as a kind of infatuation chemical. (8) Childbirth and the noise of a baby crying also make it flow.

(1) The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Mama Mia... (2) They are all stage musicals. (3) The opening night of a new musical is always a (MARVEL)________ event.

(4) After years of (PREPARE)________ and weeks of rehearsals the production has to be ready for the public and the critics.

(5) First nights usually start earlier than the regular (PERFORM)________ so that the critics can write their reviews in time to include them in the next morning’s newspapers.

(6) The critics are the most (FRIGHT)________ people on the first night because their opinions will either help make the show a hit or force it to close.

(7) The rest of the audience on the first night is usually made up of friends of the cast and famous celebrities. (8) The celebrities attract newspaper (PHOTOGRAPH)________ and help give the musical maximum publicity.

(9) There will also be some angels there who will (PROBABLE)________ be more nervous than the performers. (10) And then after the curtain has come down and the show is over, there’s the opening night party.