Упражнения для подготовки к ЕГЭ

The little prince.

1.     The __________night, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles away from any town. One.

2.     I was ________isolated than a sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Many.

3.     Thus you can imagine my____________, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice. Amaze

 It said:

“Will you please draw me a sheep!”

“What!”

“Draw me a sheep!”

4.     I jumped to my feet and looked ___________ all around me. Care

5.     And I saw a _________ extraordinary small person who stood there. Many

6.     He was examining me with great ___________. Serious.

Keys:  1-first, 2-more, 3-amazement, 4-carefully, 5-most, 6-seriousness.

Traffic light

  Think about __(1) without traffic lights. What a nightmare! The next time you stop a red light, thank the __(2), Garret A.Morgan.

  It is 1875. Garret A.Morgan is born to a poor __(3) family. When he is 14 he leaves school and goes to work. He does not have much __(4). But he is very __(5). He teaches ___(6). Morgan works in a __(7) machine shop. He gets __(8) in machines. He always looks for better ways to do things. It is 1901. Morgan invents a special belt for sewing machines. He sells the idea for $150. But this is only the __(9). Morgan invents many things. Now it is 1914. Morgan invents a helmet to protect miners and firefighters from smoke and gas. He wins a gold medal for this __(10). Morgan looks for other problems to solve. Cars are very popular in the United States. The streets are ___(11) with cars. There are many accidents. Morgan has an idea. What about a light at each street corner? The lights tells the cars to stop or go. He invents a timer that ___(12) changes the light.

  Cities all over the country want to have Morgan’s traffic lights. He cannot produce enough traffic lights. It is the 1920s. He sells ___(13) invention to the General Electric Company. He gets $40,000. This is a large amount of money for __(14) time.

1. A. drive.          B. driving.           C. driver

2. A. to invent.    B. invention.        C. inventor

3. A. African-American           B. Africa-America          C. a and b

4. A. education    B. to educate        C. educational

5. A. imagination                      B. imaginative                C.to image

6. A. his               B. himself             C. him

7. A. sew              B. sewing             C. sewer

8. A. interested     B. interesting       C. interest

9. A. begin            B. began              C. beginning

10.A. invention     B. inventor          C. inventions

11A. crowd           B. crowded          C. crowds

12.A. automat        B. automatic        C.automatically

13.A. his                B. him                  C. himself

14.A. these            B. that                   C. this

Keys: 1.B. 2.C. 3.A. 4A. 5.B. 6.B. 7B. 8.B. 9.C. 10.A. 11B. 12.C. 13.A. 14.B.

The man that corrupted Hadleyburg

 It was many years ago. Hadleyburg was the _____(1)honest and upright town in all the region round about. It ______(2) keep that reputation unsmirched during three generations, and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions. It was so proud of it, and so anxious to insure its perpetuation, that it______(3) begin to teach the principles of honest dealing to its ____(4)baby in the cradle, and _____(5) make the like teachings the staple of _____(6) they education.

Keys: 1-most honest, 2-had kept, 3-began, 4- babies, 5-made, 6-their.