Грамматика 1
CRIME AND LAW
Задание 1. Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 1-8. Преобразуйте слова, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски словами.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED BY THE POLICE
Yesterday the murderer (1) ___________by the police. Ronald Wilson, 34,(2)___________ his wife’s lover, a 20-yearold (3)__________ Daniel Mirzayan with a kitchen knife. Fiona Wilson, 29, (4)________ at Oxford College as a teacher of Arts. She tells the police, “Daniel is a (5)_________ and handsome man, while my husband is a real monster. When Daniel and I were in the bedroom, Ron came home and (6)_________ hid in the bathroom. Dan then (7)_________ to the bathroom. I heard a strange noise and ran there. I (8)_______ Dan lying on the fl oor with a knife in his chest and a lot of blood. I screamed. My husband hit me in the face and escaped.” | ARREST KILL STUDY WORK WONDER QUICK GO SEE |
Задание 2. Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 1-8. Преобразуйте слова, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски словами.
THE SHOPLIFTER ARRESTED IN BOSTON
On Sunday the police (1)___________ a shoplifter. A 17-year-old, Fred Maletskii now (2)___________ in the centre of Boston with his mother and stepfather. Fred (3)___________ to get some pocket money, but his stepfather told him he would not get any money. Fred has got a few (4)____________ at the college with tests. Fred (5)___________ made a decision. He needed a nice present for his (6)_________girlfriend Veronica. Last Saturday Fred (7)____________ the supermarket and spotted a nice red T-shirt. He came into the changing room, put on a T-shirt for his girlfriend and (8)__________it. The video cameras were everywhere, so the next evening the police arrived. | ARREST LIVE WANT PROBLEM QUICK BEAUTY ENTER STEAL |
GAMES, HOBBIES AND PASTIME
Задание 1. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
MONOPOLY GAME FACTS
Charles Darrow, an unemployed heating engineer from Germantown, Pennsylvania, (1)_____________ the MONOPOLY game to Parker Brothers in 1935. The Monopoly game (2)_________ by Parker Brothers for containing 52 “fundamental” errors. More than 200 million MONOPOLY game sets (3)__________ worldwide. The MONOPOLY game is marketed in 80 (4)__________ and is printed in 26 languages. The Street names in the Monopoly game (5)________ from Atlantic City, New Jersey. There is $15,140 in play money in every standard set. In 1934, Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania, presented a game (6)______________ MONOPOLY to the executives of Parker Brothers. Mr. Darrow, like many other (7)_________, was unemployed at the time and often played this game to amuse himself and pass the time. It was the game’s exciting promise of fame and fortune that 8)__________ prompted Darrow to produce this game on his own. The object of the game is to become the (9)________ player through buying, renting and selling property. | BRING REJECT SELL COUNTRY TAKE CALL AMERICAN INITIAL WEALTHY |
Задание 2. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
ORIGINS OF SOME GAMES
(Part I)
Chess. The name chess (1)____________from the Persian word “shah” (a king or ruler). It is a descendant of the game Chaturanga. The (2)___________ reference is from the 7th century, though in December 1972, two ivory chessmen (3)__________in Uzbekistan were dated to A. D. 200. It (4)__________ Britain circa (примерно) 1255. Draughts. Draughts, known as checkers in North America, has origins (5)__________than chess. It (6)____________________ in Egypt in the (7)__________________ millennium B. C. The fi rst book on that game was by Antonio Torquemada of Valencia, Spain, in 1547. | DERIVE EARLY FIND REACH EARLY PLAY TWO |
Задание 3. Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.
ORIGINS OF SOME GAMES
(Part II)
Dominoes. The National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, (1)____________ artifacts called “dominoes” dated circa 2450 BC. Though (2)____________ in Europe circa 1750, the game reached England via France circa 1795. The Eskimo game (3)_________ 148 pieces, while in Europe there are only twenty-eight. Darts. The origins of darts date from the use by archers of (4)________________ weighted ten-inch throwing arrows for self-defence in close-quarters fi ghting. The “dartes” (5)________________ in Ireland in the 16th century and darts (6)_______________ on the Mayfl ower ship by the Plymouth pilgrims in 1620. The modern game dates from at least 1896. Today there are (7)_______________ 6,000,000 dart players in the British Isles. | CONTAIN KNOW REQUIRE HEAVY USE PLAY ESTIMATE |
By Alexander Derbaremdiker,
Polytechnic College No. 8, Moscow
Источник: Журнал English. Издательство «Первое сентября». №3- 2015. с.44-45
