Задание 2. 10 баллов. Задание 3. 15 баллов

Задание 2

10 баллов

For questions 9–16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Motorbike stunt rider

I work as a motorbike stunt rider – that is, I do tricks on my motorbike at shows. The Le Mans race track in France was (9) _______ I first saw some guys doing motorbike stunts. I’d never seen anyone riding a motorbike using just the back wheel before and I was (10) _______ impressed I went straight home and taught (11) _______ to do the same. It wasn’t very long before I began to earn my living at shows performing my own motorbike stunts.

I have a degree (12) ______ mechanical engineering; this helps me to look at the physics (13) _______ lies behind each stunt. In addition to being responsible for design changes to the motorbike, I have to work (14) ________ every stunt I do. People often think that my work is very dangerous, but, apart (15) _______ some minor mechanical problem happening occasionally during a stunt, nothing ever goes wrong. I never feel in (16) _____ kind of danger because I’m very experienced.

Задание 3

15 баллов

For questions 17–24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

An incredible vegetable

Garlic, a member of the Liliaceae family which also includes onions, is commonly used in cooking all around the world. China is currently the largest (17) _______ of garlic, which is particularly associated with the dishes of northern Africa and southern Europe. It is native to central Asia and has long had a history as a health-giving food, used both to prevent and cure (18) _______. In Ancient Egypt, workers building the pyramids were given garlic to keep them strong, while Olympic athletes in Greece ate it to increase their resistance to infection. The forefather of antibiotic medicine, Louis Pasteur, claimed garlic was as (19) _______ as penicillin in treating infections. Modern-day (20) _______ have proved that garlic can indeed kill bacteria and even some viruses, so it can be very useful for people who have coughs and colds. In (21) _______, some doctors believe that garlic can reduce blood (22) _______. The only (23) _______ to this truly amazing food is that the strong and rather (24) _______ smell of garlic is not the most pleasant!

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