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Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. “Seeing” with Sound How do blind people get around safely? Some people use special guide dogs. A well-trained dog knows A_________________ cross busy streets and get from place to place. Some people use long white canes to help them get around. Guide dogs and canes are helpful, but is there a better way B_________________? A scientist in England thought so. He is a zoologist named Dean Waters who studies bats. He knows that bats are able to fly in the dark without bumping into things. Also, he knows that bats go by using sound to “see”. Dr. Waters wondered C_________________ . Bats as they fly make squeaking or clicking sounds. These sounds travel outward in waves. When the waves hit an object D_________________, they echo, or bounce back. The waves travel back to the bat’s ears. From the echoes, a bat learns the location and shape of objects around it. This is called echolocation. Dr. Waters talked to other scientists, including Deborah Withington and Brian Hoyle. They all worked together and invented a new kind of cane. At first they called it a “bat cane” because the idea started with bats. The new cane has a computer in the handle. It sends out high sounds E_________________. The sound waves bounce off objects and echo back. This causes buttons in the handle to buzz. With a little training, a person F_________________ can tell where the objects are and can “see” with sound! 1.  for blind people to get around 2.  if people could do something similar 3.  who can hear and see well 4.  how to help his master 5.  that humans cannot hear 6.  using the cane 7.  such as a tree or a house

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The Man Who Loved the Sea Jacques Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Although he was sickly as a child, he learned to swim at an early age and developed a love for the ocean. He joined the French navy in 1933, and it was there A_______________________. Amazed at what he saw beneath the sea, he decided to build a device that would allow people to breathe underwater. In 1942, he finished the Aqua-Lung, a piece of early underwater breathing equipment B_______________________. After World War II, Cousteau began his life’s work onboard the research ship Calypso. He worked with divers and scientists to photograph and gather samples of underwater plants and animals. In doing so, he learned about many ocean creatures C_______________________. In 1960, he successfully worked to stop nuclear waste D______________________. He worked tirelessly _______________________ and won many awards for his efforts. His television show, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, ran from 1968 to 1976. The series helped raise awareness of the creatures who inhabit the world’s oceans. Cousteau died in 1997 at the age of 87 and is still celebrated F_______________________ of the twentieth century. 1.  from being dumped into the Mediterranean Sea 2.  that would eventually lead to the SCUBA diving gear 3.  as one of the most important explorers and environmentalists 4.  even though he became interested in exploring the ocean 5.  that he first used a pair of underwater goggles 6.  to improve the ecological conditions of the world’s oceans 7.  that had never been studied before

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. Hunter in the Sky Stargazing takes imagination. People who love stargazing see the stars A____________________. They imagine lines that connect groups of stars called constellations. A constellation is a group of stars B____________________. The constellation Orion is known as the hunter, C____________________. To find Orion, first find the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper looks like a huge cup with a long handle. After you find the Big Dipper, turn around. There’s Orion! He is outlined by four bright stars D____________________. Their tips seem to come together. Where they meet, there are three more bright stars. These form Orion’s belt. Some fainter stars appear to hang from the belt. These are Orion’s sword. There are different kinds of stars in the constellation Orion. The star Betelgeuse makes Orion’s right shoulder. Betelgeuse is an Arabic word that means “shoulder of the giant”. The star itself is so huge E____________________. Its diameter is 400 times greater than that of our Sun. Betelgeuse is considered a cool star. It is probably not as hot as our Sun. Rigel is the star F____________________. Rigel is much brighter than Betelgeuse because it is much hotter. It’s more than three times as hot as our Sun. However, Rigel is just a baby in size compared to Betelgeuse. 1.  that it is called a supergiant 2.  that form two triangles 3.  that makes Orion’s left foot 4.  that looks like a person, an animal, or an object 5.  after a hero of ancient Greek myths 6.  as they may form new stars 7.  as shining spots in a dot-to-dot drawing game

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The Internet is made up of computers all over the world. Each of these computers is connected by phone lines or cables … or even wireless connections! If your computer is connected to the Internet, it speaks a special language with other computers called TCP/IP. This language allows you to get information, send messages to friends, listen to music, and watch videos! To get a practical understanding of how the Internet works, let's look at email. If you type an email to your friend, your computer, just like the post office, will want to know A_______________. That is why you provide an email address. Your computer uses the information in the email address B_______________. Unlike a phone, which transmits your voice, the computer transmits your message in the language of the Internet. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the internet C_______________. Let's pretend you're writing a report on the history of your hometown. You head for your public library to find some local history books. Imagine how long it would take you to find the information you needed D_______________. Thankfully, your library is logically organized into sections, E _____________. All you need to do is go to the non-fiction area, find the history shelf, and locate the local history section. Within minutes you have access to the information you need. This is how the World Wide Web works, too. Instead of all the information on the Internet being thrown together in an electronic pile, the World Wide Web creates links between related information F ______________. 1. to figure out where to send your message 2. that strings together bits of information to make them easier to find 3. and each section is clearly labelled 4. where to deliver the message 5. to help keep it organized 6. if all the books in the library were thrown in a giant pile 7. which IP addresses they use

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. Do you have a vivid imagination? Try this simple exercise. Imagine that you fall asleep and hours later wake up in a foreign country. You have no idea where you are or how you got there. You find a few friendly faces and attempt to communicate, but you quickly realize that you have no idea A_____________ . After a frantic search, you realize B______________. There are no computers available. There are no translators. To get back home, you are going to have to learn C________________. How long will that take? It's hard to tell. There's no one to teach you. You simply have to listen and try to learn the language on your own. Sounds impossible? It's not. In fact, you've done it before. The task you face is quite similar to the task you faced D________________. You didn't have a translator, a grammar book, or a speech coach, but you learned to speak anyway! If you can imagine such a scenario, you can appreciate the miraculous nature of E________________. It's a linguistic mystery that scientists still don't fully understand. Exactly how is it that we can be born and just a few years later have a basic command of a language and a vocabulary of thousands of words? When you think about a baby's first words, it's clear that imitation probably plays a role in learning those first sounds F________________. After hearing your parents repeat "mama" and "dada" over and over again, it's no surprise that such words are the first a baby might learn to speak. Some experts believe that children begin to construct for themselves a basic set of rules about language that they learn from listening to those around them. 1. to communicate in a new language 2. that will efficiently communicate their wants and needs. 3. when you were born 4. what they're saying 5. how we all come to learn to talk 6. that no one speaks your language 7. that equate to words

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The life of Pi «The Life of Pi» published in 2001 is the third book by the Canadian author Yann Martel. It has A_______________________, won several prizes and been translated into forty-one languages. At the start of the book, we B_______________________ in India. His father owns the city zoo and the family home is in the zoo. When they aren’t at school, Pi and his brother help their father at the zoo and he learns a lot about animals. When Pi is sixteen, his parents decide to close the zoo and move to Canada. They travel by ship taking the animals with them. On the way, there is C_______________________. Sadly, Pi’s family and the sailors all die in the storm, but Pi lives and finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan and an enormous tiger. At first, Pi is scared of the animals and jumps into the ocean. Then he remembers there are sharks in the water and decides to climb back into the lifeboat. One by one, the animals in the lifeboat kill and eat each other, till only Pi and the tiger are left alive. Luckily for Pi, there is D_______________________, but he soon needs to start catching fish. He feeds the tiger to stop it killing and eating him. He also uses a whistle and E_______________________ and show it that he’s the boss. Pi and the tiger spend 227 days in the lifeboat. They live through terrible storms and the burning heat of the Pacific sun. They are often hungry and ill. Finally, they arrive at the coast of Mexico, but you will have to F_______________________ in the end! 1.  read the book to find out what happens 2.  some food and water on the lifeboat 3.  his knowledge of animals to control the tiger 4.  received an award for being strong 5.  sold seven million copies worldwide 6.  learn about Pi’s childhood in Pondicherry 7.  a terrible storm and the ship sinks

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. As you look for planets, like Mercury and Venus, and try to identify different constellations, some of the points of light appear to flicker. Are the stars twinkling? Or are your eyes playing tricks on you? Don't worry! It's not an optical illusion. When you're stargazing, stars often do appear to be twinkling, and A__________________. Scientists call this twinkling phenomenon astronomical scintillation. Earth's atmosphere can be quite turbulent at times. B__________________, it varies in both density and temperature. To reach your eyes, light from distant stars must pass through Earth's ever-changing atmosphere. C__________________, it gets refracted in different directions constantly. Your eyes may latch onto a pinpoint of light from a particular star and then, a fraction of a second later, it may appear to be in a different place. Our eyes interpret this as twinkling. However, it's usually only stars that really appear to twinkle. Planets, for example, rarely appear to twinkle. This is because they are much closer to Earth and thus appear larger. The greater amount of light reflected by planets isn't affected by the atmosphere D__________________. E__________________, it's very frustrating for astronomers. To overcome the effects of Earth's atmosphere, astronomers prefer to rely upon space-based telescopes, such as the Hubble telescope, whenever possible. When they must use land-based telescopes for observations, astronomers prefer telescopes F__________________. These telescopes use many tiny mirrors that can adjust rapidly to changing atmospheric conditions to minimize astronomic scintillation. 1. as it stretches high into the air 2. that feature advanced adaptive optics 3. while twinkling starlight may seem romantic to some 4. it is Earth's atmosphere that's to blame 5. as noticeably as the light from distant stars 6. as the light travels through the atmosphere 7. that vary in temperature and density

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. With more than 3.5 billion fans around the globe, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. This is no recent development, however. Humans have been playing some form of soccer for centuries. One of the most important components of any soccer match is the ball! A_________________, the image of a black and white ball comes to mind. The earliest soccer balls were unconventional at best. Entire villages would gather for soccer matches, B_______________. Unlike modernday soccer balls, these items were irregularly shaped, C______________. As various improvements were made to soccer balls over the next few centuries, the ball as we know it today began to slowly emerge. By the 1900s, soccer balls were being made with tanned leather. Leather balls were good for kicking, but due to their tendency to absorb water, could become very heavy. This posed a serious threat of injury D_______________. A much lighter, safer synthetic ball was introduced in the 1960s, but it was not until the 1980s E________________. Synthetic soccer balls are still used today. In addition to resisting water absorption, they also offer more consistent flight and bounce. Until the mid-1900s, soccer balls were either brown or white. In the 1950s the first orange ball was put into play, F_________________. Soccer fans would have to wait until the 1970 World Cup to see the first black-and-white ball roll onto the field. 1. when most people think of a soccer ball 2. if a player hit the ball with his head 3. making them unpredictable when kicked 4. to make the ball easily viewable to those watching at home 5. with the hopes of making it easier for players and spectators to see the ball in the snow 6. that synthetic balls completely replaced leather balls 7. using animal skulls as balls

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. Santa Claus The man we know as Santa Claus has a history all to his own. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red, but his story A_______________________ the 3rd century to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 AD in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his kindness, St. Nicholas B_______________________. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. Over the course of many years, Nicholas’s popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day C_______________________ his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. St. Nicholas first D_______________________ at the end of the 18th century. The name Santa Claus evolved from a Dutch shortened form of Sint Nikolaas. As his popularity grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a jocker with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a huge pair of Flemish trousers. In the 19th centuries big stores E_______________________ using images of the newly-popular Santa Claus. In 1841, thousands of children visited a Philadelphia shop to see a life-size Santa Claus model. It F_______________________ before stores began to attract children, and their parents, with the lure of a peek at the “real-life” Santa Claus with his famous white beard and red gown. 1.  began to advertise Christmas shopping 2.  became the subject of many legends 3.  began dressing up unemployed men in 4.  is celebrated on the anniversary of 5.  was only a matter of time 6.  stretches all the way back to 7.  appeared in American popular culture

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. A Trash Collector’s Work is Never Done Brian Kane was a trash collector in Denver, Colorado. Year after year, A_______________________ Brian rode on the back of a garbage truck through the streets of this city. At each stop, he would jog quickly to the back of buildings, then drag heavy trash cans to the truck. Brian never complained  — even B_______________________ or cold wind turned his fingers into sticks of ice. Brian saw these hardships C_______________________. His job was actually a training ground for his lifelong dream: to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. On his thirtieth birthday, Brian took a three-month leave from his job and flew to Nepal. There he began the long, difficult journey up Mount Everest. Brian first climbed to a base camp. He stayed there for a couple of weeks D_______________________. Brian had also planned to bring three oxygen canisters with him to the summit, at 29,028 feet, it would be hard to survive without extra oxygen. Over the next two months, Brian climbed to 26,000 feet, to Camp Four  — the last place to rest below the summit. But when Brian saw this camp, he gasped and fell to his knees. “Trash!” he cried. Nearly a thousand empty oxygen canisters littered the camp area. Humans had turned this beautiful remote place into a giant trash heap. Nevertheless, E_______________________, Brian continued to follow his dream. Two days later he stood proudly on the peak of Mt. Everest. He had reached the “roof of the world”! Two days after this great achievement, Brian stuffed a dozen empty oxygen canisters in his pack and headed down the mountain. He smiled to himself F_______________________ that the work of a trash collector is never done. 1.  to get used to the thinner air 2.  eight hours a day, five days a week 3.  as he realized 4.  sad, but determined 5.  whatever happens in the future 6.  as opportunities to become strong and fit 7.  when sweat stung his eyes

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The Man Who Loved the Sea Jacques Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Although he was sickly as a child, he learned to swim at an early age and developed a love for the ocean. He joined the French navy in 1933, and it was there A_______________________. Amazed at what he saw beneath the sea, he decided to build a device that would allow people to breathe underwater. In 1942, he finished the Aqua-Lung, a piece of early underwater breathing equipment B_______________________. After World War II, Cousteau began his life’s work onboard the research ship Calypso. He worked with divers and scientists to photograph and gather samples of underwater plants and animals. In doing so, he learned about many ocean creatures C_______________________. In 1960, he successfully worked to stop nuclear waste D______________________. He worked tirelessly _______________________ and won many awards for his efforts. His television show, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, ran from 1968 to 1976. The series helped raise awareness of the creatures who inhabit the world’s oceans. Cousteau died in 1997 at the age of 87 and is still celebrated F_______________________ of the twentieth century. 1.  from being dumped into the Mediterranean Sea 2.  that would eventually lead to the SCUBA diving gear 3.  as one of the most important explorers and environmentalists 4.  even though he became interested in exploring the ocean 5.  that he first used a pair of underwater goggles 6.  to improve the ecological conditions of the world’s oceans 7.  that had never been studied before

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. Hunter in the Sky Stargazing takes imagination. People who love stargazing see the stars A____________________. They imagine lines that connect groups of stars called constellations. A constellation is a group of stars B____________________. The constellation Orion is known as the hunter, C____________________. To find Orion, first find the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper looks like a huge cup with a long handle. After you find the Big Dipper, turn around. There’s Orion! He is outlined by four bright stars D____________________. Their tips seem to come together. Where they meet, there are three more bright stars. These form Orion’s belt. Some fainter stars appear to hang from the belt. These are Orion’s sword. There are different kinds of stars in the constellation Orion. The star Betelgeuse makes Orion’s right shoulder. Betelgeuse is an Arabic word that means “shoulder of the giant”. The star itself is so huge E____________________. Its diameter is 400 times greater than that of our Sun. Betelgeuse is considered a cool star. It is probably not as hot as our Sun. Rigel is the star F____________________. Rigel is much brighter than Betelgeuse because it is much hotter. It’s more than three times as hot as our Sun. However, Rigel is just a baby in size compared to Betelgeuse. 1.  that it is called a supergiant 2.  that form two triangles 3.  that makes Orion’s left foot 4.  that looks like a person, an animal, or an object 5.  after a hero of ancient Greek myths 6.  as they may form new stars 7.  as shining spots in a dot-to-dot drawing game

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The Internet is made up of computers all over the world. Each of these computers is connected by phone lines or cables … or even wireless connections! If your computer is connected to the Internet, it speaks a special language with other computers called TCP/IP. This language allows you to get information, send messages to friends, listen to music, and watch videos! To get a practical understanding of how the Internet works, let's look at email. If you type an email to your friend, your computer, just like the post office, will want to know A_______________. That is why you provide an email address. Your computer uses the information in the email address B_______________. Unlike a phone, which transmits your voice, the computer transmits your message in the language of the Internet. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the internet C_______________. Let's pretend you're writing a report on the history of your hometown. You head for your public library to find some local history books. Imagine how long it would take you to find the information you needed D_______________. Thankfully, your library is logically organized into sections, E _____________. All you need to do is go to the non-fiction area, find the history shelf, and locate the local history section. Within minutes you have access to the information you need. This is how the World Wide Web works, too. Instead of all the information on the Internet being thrown together in an electronic pile, the World Wide Web creates links between related information F ______________. 1. to figure out where to send your message 2. that strings together bits of information to make them easier to find 3. and each section is clearly labelled 4. where to deliver the message 5. to help keep it organized 6. if all the books in the library were thrown in a giant pile 7. which IP addresses they use

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. The life of Pi «The Life of Pi» published in 2001 is the third book by the Canadian author Yann Martel. It has A_______________________, won several prizes and been translated into forty-one languages. At the start of the book, we B_______________________ in India. His father owns the city zoo and the family home is in the zoo. When they aren’t at school, Pi and his brother help their father at the zoo and he learns a lot about animals. When Pi is sixteen, his parents decide to close the zoo and move to Canada. They travel by ship taking the animals with them. On the way, there is C_______________________. Sadly, Pi’s family and the sailors all die in the storm, but Pi lives and finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan and an enormous tiger. At first, Pi is scared of the animals and jumps into the ocean. Then he remembers there are sharks in the water and decides to climb back into the lifeboat. One by one, the animals in the lifeboat kill and eat each other, till only Pi and the tiger are left alive. Luckily for Pi, there is D_______________________, but he soon needs to start catching fish. He feeds the tiger to stop it killing and eating him. He also uses a whistle and E_______________________ and show it that he’s the boss. Pi and the tiger spend 227 days in the lifeboat. They live through terrible storms and the burning heat of the Pacific sun. They are often hungry and ill. Finally, they arrive at the coast of Mexico, but you will have to F_______________________ in the end! 1.  read the book to find out what happens 2.  some food and water on the lifeboat 3.  his knowledge of animals to control the tiger 4.  received an award for being strong 5.  sold seven million copies worldwide 6.  learn about Pi’s childhood in Pondicherry 7.  a terrible storm and the ship sinks

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. With more than 3.5 billion fans around the globe, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. This is no recent development, however. Humans have been playing some form of soccer for centuries. One of the most important components of any soccer match is the ball! A_________________, the image of a black and white ball comes to mind. The earliest soccer balls were unconventional at best. Entire villages would gather for soccer matches, B_______________. Unlike modernday soccer balls, these items were irregularly shaped, C______________. As various improvements were made to soccer balls over the next few centuries, the ball as we know it today began to slowly emerge. By the 1900s, soccer balls were being made with tanned leather. Leather balls were good for kicking, but due to their tendency to absorb water, could become very heavy. This posed a serious threat of injury D_______________. A much lighter, safer synthetic ball was introduced in the 1960s, but it was not until the 1980s E________________. Synthetic soccer balls are still used today. In addition to resisting water absorption, they also offer more consistent flight and bounce. Until the mid-1900s, soccer balls were either brown or white. In the 1950s the first orange ball was put into play, F_________________. Soccer fans would have to wait until the 1970 World Cup to see the first black-and-white ball roll onto the field. 1. when most people think of a soccer ball 2. if a player hit the ball with his head 3. making them unpredictable when kicked 4. to make the ball easily viewable to those watching at home 5. with the hopes of making it easier for players and spectators to see the ball in the snow 6. that synthetic balls completely replaced leather balls 7. using animal skulls as balls

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. Santa Claus The man we know as Santa Claus has a history all to his own. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red, but his story A_______________________ the 3rd century to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 AD in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his kindness, St. Nicholas B_______________________. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. Over the course of many years, Nicholas’s popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day C_______________________ his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. St. Nicholas first D_______________________ at the end of the 18th century. The name Santa Claus evolved from a Dutch shortened form of Sint Nikolaas. As his popularity grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a jocker with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a huge pair of Flemish trousers. In the 19th centuries big stores E_______________________ using images of the newly-popular Santa Claus. In 1841, thousands of children visited a Philadelphia shop to see a life-size Santa Claus model. It F_______________________ before stores began to attract children, and their parents, with the lure of a peek at the “real-life” Santa Claus with his famous white beard and red gown. 1.  began to advertise Christmas shopping 2.  became the subject of many legends 3.  began dressing up unemployed men in 4.  is celebrated on the anniversary of 5.  was only a matter of time 6.  stretches all the way back to 7.  appeared in American popular culture

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу. A Trash Collector’s Work is Never Done Brian Kane was a trash collector in Denver, Colorado. Year after year, A_______________________ Brian rode on the back of a garbage truck through the streets of this city. At each stop, he would jog quickly to the back of buildings, then drag heavy trash cans to the truck. Brian never complained  — even B_______________________ or cold wind turned his fingers into sticks of ice. Brian saw these hardships C_______________________. His job was actually a training ground for his lifelong dream: to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. On his thirtieth birthday, Brian took a three-month leave from his job and flew to Nepal. There he began the long, difficult journey up Mount Everest. Brian first climbed to a base camp. He stayed there for a couple of weeks D_______________________. Brian had also planned to bring three oxygen canisters with him to the summit, at 29,028 feet, it would be hard to survive without extra oxygen. Over the next two months, Brian climbed to 26,000 feet, to Camp Four  — the last place to rest below the summit. But when Brian saw this camp, he gasped and fell to his knees. “Trash!” he cried. Nearly a thousand empty oxygen canisters littered the camp area. Humans had turned this beautiful remote place into a giant trash heap. Nevertheless, E_______________________, Brian continued to follow his dream. Two days later he stood proudly on the peak of Mt. Everest. He had reached the “roof of the world”! Two days after this great achievement, Brian stuffed a dozen empty oxygen canisters in his pack and headed down the mountain. He smiled to himself F_______________________ that the work of a trash collector is never done. 1.  to get used to the thinner air 2.  eight hours a day, five days a week 3.  as he realized 4.  sad, but determined 5.  whatever happens in the future 6.  as opportunities to become strong and fit 7.  when sweat stung his eyes