Question

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

Answer 1

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) B. still exists. This is hardly (2) D. surprising, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The Egyptian Pyramids were (3) D. built between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal burial places. They (4) B. stand on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) B. effect on them, as pollution is decaying the stone. All of the (6) C. other six wonders have been completely (7) B. destroyed by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes (8) B. fell down during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of the 4th century. The statue was (9) B. disposed by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD. The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) D. longer. It (11) A. lasted 19 centuries, but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) A. purpose by the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) B. lost, but the temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) C. tried to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) C. modern world. However, nobody seems to be (16) A. able 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. brokenB. destroyedC. wastedD. damaged

8. A. pulled downB. fell downC. put downD. got down

9. A. removedB. disposedC. receivedD. transferred

10. A. fartherB. laterC. furtherD. longer

11. A. lastedB. keptC. heldD. continued

12. A. purposeB. reasonC. substanceD. material

13. A. missedB. lostC. disappearedD. away

14. A. engagedB. worked onC. triedD. tempted

15. A. freshB. latestC. modernD. current

16. A. able B. capable C. possible D. probable

Answer 2

Sure, here are the completed sentences with the correct choices:

1. B. still
2. A. amazing
3. D. built
4. B. stand
5. D. affect
6. C. other
7. B. destroyed
8. B. fell down
9. A. removed
10. D. longer
11. A. lasted
12. D. material
13. B. lost
14. C. tried
15. D. current
16. C. possible