Сборник заданий. Английский язык в формате ЕГЭ – 2024

Grammar

Word Formation

Multiple Choice

If you haven’t been able to achieve your goal for a long time, it is not the reason to give 1. ________ . An archeology professor Cameron Smith is a good example for all of us. Mr. Smith fell in love 2. ________ space when he was only 10 years old after visiting Houston Space Center. His dream was to go to space, so he started writing letters to NASA cosmonauts asking for advice. After several unsatisfying answers he took 3. ________ into his own hands. What he needed first was a spacesuit which he managed to build having spent almost eight years. There were two key factors – simplicity and reliability. In September 2018 when the suit was finally ready, he wanted to test it at a height of 63.000 feet, where no one can 4. ________ without special equipment. 5. ________ numerous failures, he finally managed to create a suit which passed all the necessary tests. One of them was reaching 63.000 feet in a hot air balloon. 6. ________ he only reached the height of 5.000 feet, it was a big success. Coming back home safe and 7. ________ was even a bigger success.

Twitter is used every day by millions of people all 1. ________ the world. It is one of the most famous and long-running social media platforms on the Internet. Twitter's logo, a blue bird, is 2. ________ to anyone who has ever seen a Tweet. 3. ________, majority of people are not 4. ________ of fact that the little blue bird has a name – Larry. It was named 5. ________ the basketball player whose 6. ________ was Larry Bird. Twitter’s history has always been connected 7. ________ sport. For instance, working with the international Olympic committee, Twitter offered live updates to all competitions 8. ________ the Olympic Games.