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материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (11 класс)

Chess champion

Arthur was a chess champion who was so far undefeated in any tournament he’d entered. He was also someone his entire country could take great HOPE / STRENGTH / FAITH / PRIDE in, as he had been much talked about in the press as a chess genius.

His next tournament was unlike any other he had faced. With much reservation, he had finally decided to AGREE / ACCEPT / ADMIT / APPROACH a match where his opponent was a computer. Although Arthur had a reputation for beating his opponents quickly, he knew this time would be different.

Arthur wouldn’t be the first chess player to do battle with a computer. There was Garry Kasparov, who competed AGAINST / OVER / AROUND / ASIDE the computer Deep Blue in 1996. He ultimately won that tournament, but lost a year later.

Arthur had not lost a single tournament yet, so to choose to battle a computer could be a big mistake. But, considering he had SEEN / TAKEN / WON / MADE off so many human competitors, Arthur imagined it was about TIME / HOUR / MOMENT / POINT he turned up the pressure.

The day of the tournament came, and Arthur suffered huge disappointment. He lost both matches that day, which upset him greatly, and he almost felt like throwing in the RAG / CLOTH / TOWEL / SHIRT and not finishing the rest of the tournament.

Rather than be a SAD / BAD / POOR / ILL loser, however, Arthur got back out there the next day. He lost three matches, but won the very last one. Although this victory was bittersweet, Arthur was happy that he’d won at least one match.

A medical question

Raymond left in the morning for his job at a research lab. He had been working in the lab for six months and felt he had really settled IN / ON / OUT / TO.

His colleagues were a great bunch of guys and everyone got on well. Hed had fears before he began his job that some of his co-workers might be too uptight and MAKE / TAKE / Do / HAVE their work too seriously.

One day, they held a study which involved a new heart medication. A group of individuals had
volunteered for the study and they arrived to get ready. Raymond and one of his colleagues, Miranda, were responsible TO / WITH / FOR / IN doing a few tests before the study started.

They first asked the volunteers a ROW / COLUMN / SEQUENCE / SERIES of questions about their medical history. One question asked if they had any metal parts inside their bodies. Regardless of how they answered, Raymond had to ask all the volunteers to walk through metal detectors. Three volunteers TRIGGERED / PROMPTED / GENERATED / PRODUCED the machine’s alarm, but one man who set it off DEMANDED / INSISTED / REQUIRED / ENFORCED that he had no metal in his body.

Miranda pulled Raymond to one side and said, ‘I can see something in his hair that’s used to cover up the thinning. You know, spray-on hair? Well, that stuff is basically tiny flecks of metal and glue. The man doesn’t want to tell us that because he’s embarrassed, I’m sure!’

The two of them had to work out a way of RISING / RAISING / LIFTING / PUSHING the issue without upsetting the volunteer.