Выбрать один из четырех подходящих вариантов Ex. 1. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (1) ____ exists. This
is hardly (2) ____, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The
Egyptian Pyramids were (3) ____ between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal
burial places. They (4) ____ on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last
century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) ____ on them, as pollution
is decaying the stone. All of the (6) ____ six wonders have been completely
(7) ____ by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes
(8) ____ during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of
the 4th century. The statue was (9) ____ by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD.
The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) ____. It (11) ____ 19 centuries,
but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) ____ by
the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) ____, but the
temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) ____
to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) ____ world. However,
nobody seems to (16) ____ to agree on what it should include.
1. A. always
B. still
C. again
D. yet
2. A. amazing
B. shocking
C. interesting
D. surprising
3. A. done
B. put
C. formed
D. built
4. A. stay
B. stand
C. exist
D. situate
5. A. nuisance
B. effect
C. trouble
D. affect
6. A. another
B. left
C. other
D. rest
7. A. broken
B. destroyed
C. wasted
D. damaged
8. A. pulled down
B. fell down
C. put down
D. got down
9. A. removed
B. disposed
C. received
D. transferred
10. A. farther
B. later
C. further
D. longer
11. A. lasted
B. kept
C. held
D. continued
12. A. purpose
B. reason
C. substance
D. material
13. A. missed
B. lost
C. disappeared
D. away
14. A. engaged
B. worked on
C. tried
D. tempted
15. A. fresh
B. latest
C. modern
D. current
16. A. able
B. capable
C. possible
D. probable
Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (1) ____ exists. This
is hardly (2) ____, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The
Egyptian Pyramids were (3) ____ between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal
burial places. They (4) ____ on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last
century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) ____ on them, as pollution
is decaying the stone. All of the (6) ____ six wonders have been completely
(7) ____ by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes
(8) ____ during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of
the 4th century. The statue was (9) ____ by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD.
The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) ____. It (11) ____ 19 centuries,
but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) ____ by
the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) ____, but the
temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) ____
to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) ____ world. However,
nobody seems to (16) ____ to agree on what it should include.
1. A. always
B. still
C. again
D. yet
2. A. amazing
B. shocking
C. interesting
D. surprising
3. A. done
B. put
C. formed
D. built
4. A. stay
B. stand
C. exist
D. situate
5. A. nuisance
B. effect
C. trouble
D. affect
6. A. another
B. left
C. other
D. rest
7. A. broken
B. destroyed
C. wasted
D. damaged
8. A. pulled down
B. fell down
C. put down
D. got down
9. A. removed
B. disposed
C. received
D. transferred
10. A. farther
B. later
C. further
D. longer
11. A. lasted
B. kept
C. held
D. continued
12. A. purpose
B. reason
C. substance
D. material
13. A. missed
B. lost
C. disappeared
D. away
14. A. engaged
B. worked on
C. tried
D. tempted
15. A. fresh
B. latest
C. modern
D. current
16. A. able
B. capable
C. possible
D. probable
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