Английский ЕГЭ - банк заданий - страница 429

The salad often appears at celebrations alongside other small dishes, such as cold cuts, cheeses, canapes and open sandwiches. Usually ________ dishes are laid on the table before the guests arrive. (THIS)

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Oases are areas where trees and plants grow around a body of water in the middle of a desert. They are ________ phenomena because there is so little water or vegetation in desert areas. (USUAL)

How does the water in an oasis get there? It doesn’t come from the sky, but rather, from underneath the ground. Believe it or not, there are underground rivers and layers of rock which contain water beneath the ________ desert floor. (SAND)

Pressure from underneath these water sources pushes the water to the surface. In other cases, people have drawn the water out ________, through the use of man-made wells. (ARTIFICIAL)

An oasis can be quite small, only able to support a limited number of trees and to supply a little water for those who pass by. Other oases are big enough to supply considerable populations of people with ________ water. (DRINK)

People who survive on oases must be very ________ with how they use the water, because they must use it to grow food as well as to drink. (CARE)

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30. Natalie had a special skill for shopping, the goal of which was to pay less no matter what. She really knew how to ________ (30) a hard bargain at the market.

31. Her usual routine was to have a look round, then when she found something she liked, she’d ask the stallholder, ‘Is this your best price?’ If they ________ (31) yes, she would then give reasons as to why that price was wrong.

32. Another tactic was to find some minor problem, depending ________ (32) what she saw. ‘See this table, there’s a scratch right there. Do you see it?’ She’d manage to get a few pounds shaved off.

33. Sometimes she’d just say, ‘I’ll give you £20 for this.’ Never mind that it was marked £22.50. Any reduction in price was a win. You’d think she was trying to cut  ________ (33) on expenditure, but it was more like a game.