Английский ЕГЭ - банк заданий - страница 84

In Russia, there are more than 100 languages ________ with Russian being the official state language. Some of the largest ethnic groups in Russia include Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and Bashkirs. (SPEAK)

J.K. Rowling 

J.K. Rowling is the pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for Joanne, her real first name, but she prefers ________ Jo. (CALL)

Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they’re angry with her. The K is made up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials, but she ________ a middle name. (NOT HAVE)

Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the idea of writing books for children. For some time, she worked as a teacher of English in Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels came from nowhere while she ________ on a train to London. She said, “The characters and situations came flooding into my head”. (GO)

Seven Potter novels later Rowling became one of the richest women in the world. In fact, her last four books broke records for the ________ sellers in literary history. (FAST)

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Desert birds

Many kinds of birds live in the desert. Many of them have sandy-brown feathers to blend with their ________. This helps them hide from their enemies. The cream-coloured courser lives in desert lands in Africa and part of Asia. (SURROUND)

Birds may have to travel long distances to find water in the desert. But this is impossible for little chicks. To solve this problem the male sandgrouse has special feathers on his tummy which act like sponges to hold water. He flies off to find and ________ soaks its feathers. (THOROUGH)

He then returns home where his ________ chicks gulp the water that he’s brought. (THIRST)

The elf owl got its name because of its ________ - this small bird is only 14 centimetres long. It makes its nest in a hole on a desert cactus. (APPEAR)

This prickly, ________ home helps to keep the owl’s eggs safe from enemies who do not want to struggle through the cactus spines. It lives in desert areas in the southwest of the USA. (COMFORT)