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A noble decision
On March 2, 1786, the duchess Maria ____ (walk) alone a charity bazaar in Moscow when the hall accidentally caught fire. Flames ___ (spread) to the paper decorations and wooden walls at once. Many buildings ___ (damage) by fire. In the hideous panic that followed, many women and children ___ (run) away. Some rescuers reached the ditches, who had remained calmly seated. “Because of my title, I was the ___(one) to enter here. I ___ (be) the last to go out”, she said, rejecting their offer of help.
Reading.
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Use of English
The Brown family finances ___(1.not be) very good, but they placed great hopes on Jack Brown’s latest tour. When he ___(2.come) home one night in January, the family gathered around to welcome gim and offer him food and drink. Then he ___(3.ask) by his daughter Jane if they paid him money. Slowly Jack Brown ___(4.draw) out his pocketbook and displayed its content - a single dollar. “Another year I shall I shall do better”, he said. There ___(5.be) a stunned hush in the group around him. Then Mrs Brown flung ___(6.she) arms around his neck and said stoutly, “I call that doing very well.”
It is ___(7) to imagine Moscow without a metro system today. Its aim is to___ (8) the city center with the industrial and residential areas. The Moscow Metro is sometimes called an underground city with its ___(9) landmarks. The idea to ___(10) an underground railway in Moscow was proposed half a century before the project actually began. Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. Today, the metro is reaching the most ___(11) districts thus making the life easier. Many interchanges have appeared beyond the Circle Line, they ___(12) to optimize traffic flow and allow passengers to get around Moscow without going to the centre.
a)remote, b)impossible, c)own, d)build, e)get, f)help, g)connect, h) small (2 словавэтомспискелишние)