Задание для подготовки к ЕГЭ. How Tulips Helped Save Holland from Starvation

Подготовка к ЕГЭ

 (задания для развития лексико-грамматических навыков употребления в речи лексических единиц в коммуникативно-значимом контексте).

Задание разработано для учащихся 10-11 классов для  подготовки к ЕГЭ (задания 32-38 до 2023г, 30-36 с 2023г). Обратите внимание, что все правильные ответы в каждом из заданий размещены под номером 1, поэтому, прежде чем выдавать это задание учащимся, рекомендуется расставить ответы в произвольном порядке.

How Tulips Helped Save Holland from Starvation

1………………the final months of World War II in Europe, a Nazi blockade stopped all waterway food shipments into the major cities in the west of the Netherlands. The consequences were devastating, as 2…………..who lived through that period can  3…………………testify.

A person normally needs about 1,600 to 2,800 calories a day. But by April 1945, some of 4…………..living in Amsterdam, Delft, The Hague, Leiden, Rotterdam, and Utrecht were 5……………..on daily rations that amounted to between 500 and 600 calories a day. It is believed that as a result, during the Hunger Winter of 1944/45, at least 10,000 civilians died from malnutrition.

According to survivor Ann Smith, her family resorted 6…………….tulip bulbs. “The tulip bulbs were unbelievably sharp-edged,” says Smith. “No amount of simmering would soften them.7……………………., we were happy to chew them slowly and carefully. They left us with sore throats for days.” To help reduce the irritation, a few carrots or a sugar 8……………… , if available, would be mixed with the bulbs.

One four-ounce [100 g] portion of tulip bulbs contains some 148 calories, 3 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, and 32 grams of carbohydrate. Thus, the unpalatable diet of tulip bulbs may have helped save many Netherlanders from 9…………….

1. 1)During      2)As          3)While         4)When

2.  1)many         2)much     3)nobody   4)little

3.   1)testify      2)testifying    3) to testify   4) testified

4.   1)those       2)these       3)who  4)this

5.    1)subsisting    2)subscribing      3)submitting     4)subverting (свергать)

6.   1) to eating      2)eating     3) would  eat      4)to eat

7.    1)Nevertheless    2)Although     3)In spite of      4) So     5) Even

8.   1)beet     2)beat    3)bit      4)beak

9.    1)starvation   2)starving     3)died    4)die