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Вопросы 1-15 являются незаконченными предложениями. Под каждым предложений вы увидите четыре слова или словосочетания, обозначенные как (А), (В), (С) и (D). Выберите наиболее подходящий вариант и подчеркните его.

Пример: Samuel Pepys's Diary —— eyewitness descriptions of the Great Plague and the Fire of London.
(A) was contained
(B) has been containing
(C) contains
(D) is containing

Правильный вариант – (С). Он содержит глагол в простом настоящем времени (Simple Present). Мы употребляем это время, поскольку книга до сих пор существует и по-прежнему содержит эту информацию.

1. Potatoes and onions —— from sprouting by a new technology using radiation.
(A) are preventing
(B) prevention is
(C) are prevented
(D) prevented

2. Only if —— will proper labeling be essential.
(A) the law is changed
(B) is changed the law
(C) is the law changed
(D) the law being changed

3. The sulky, a horsedrawn carriage, —— to have been invented in the early nineteenth century by an English physician.
(A) believed
(B) was believing
(C) is believed
(D) is believing

4. —— a herd of horses on Assateague Island.
(A) The pirate Blackbeard reputedly left
(B) The pirate Blackbeard reputedly leaving
(C) Had the pirate Blackbeard reputedly left
(D) No sooner did the pirate Blackbeard reputedly leave

5. Lack of exercise and high-fat diets have —— to be factors in heart attacks.
(A) long been known
(B) been long known
(C) known been long
(D) long known been

6. —— the water clear but also prevent the river from overflowing.
(A) Not only the hippo's eating habits keep
(B) Keep not only the hippo's eating habits
(C) The hippo's eating habits not only keep
(D) Not only keep the hippo's eating habits

7. Not until 1865 —— the first antiseptic treatment on a compound fracture.
(A) when Joseph Lister tried
(B) when did Joseph Lister try
(C) did Joseph Lister try
(D) that Joseph Lister tried

8. At each end of the tube ——, one which gathers light and one which magnifies the image.
(A) are two lenses there
(B) two lenses are
(C) are two lenses
(D) two lenses are there

9. When —— into the Colorado wilderness, no one could have predicted how popular the animal would become.
(A) llamas first bring
(B) were llamas first brought
(С) first bringing llamas
(D) Ilamas were first brought

10. Centuries ago, —— known source of frankincense and myrrh was Yemen.
(A) not only
(B) the only
(C) only
(D) only the

11. Noise pollution generally receives less attention than —— air pollution. '
(A) does
(B) it does
(C) over
(D) it does over

12. During the investigations, those questioned included —— top officials, but also the minor employees who carried out the orders.
(A) when
(B) both
(C) without
(D) not only

13. Putrefaction —— by bacteria and not by a chemical process.
(A) to be caused
(B) causing
(C) caused
(D) is caused

14. West of Newport ——, one of the many mansions surrounded by acres of gardens.
(A) where the Aston stately home stands
(B) the stately home stands of Aston
(C) the stately home of Aston stands
(D) stands the stately Aston home

15. In the Sonora desert, the daytime temperatures —— to 50 degrees Celsius. .
(A) rise
(В) rising
(C) to rise
(D) risen

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