Задания по чтению в формате ЕГЭ (английский язык) 10-11 классы

Задания для чтения в формате ЕГЭ 10-11 классы

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George Washington

In 1775, when the American War of Independence began, George Washington was chosen  1  . Washington knew his job would be difficult. The army was small. The soldiers were untrained and had few guns. The British army was large and strong. Its soldiers were   2   .

Early battles showed Washington's problems. His army was easily defeated in the Battle of New York. Then Washington thought of a plan. On Christmas night in 1776, he had his soldiers   3   , New Jersey. The enemy soldiers never expected an attack on such a night. They were having a Christmas party. Washington won his   4   . Washington's army won the final battle in Yorktown in 1781.

George Washington was a great leader and was respected   5   . He was not interested in fame or money, but only in helping his country. There are many stories about George Washington. Many are probably not true. The most famous story, though, is about the cherry tree. It is said  6   his father's cherry tree. When his father asked who cut down the tree, George confessed and said, "I cannot tell a lie."

In 1789 leaders from all the states met to choose the first president of the United States. The vote was unanimous. Everyone voted for George Washington. He became   7   , and is remembered as the "Father of our Country."

(Fame – cлава  Cherry – вишня Unanimous – единогласный)

a- that young George cut down

b- very well trained

c- the country's first president

d- attack the enemy in the city of Trenton

e- to lead the American army

f- first victory

g- by all his men

h- attack the enemy in the city of Trenton

                                                     Mark Twain

Mark Twain, who lived from 1835 to 1910, is one of America's most famous authors. He wrote   1  , including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain's own life was interesting enough to be a book.

Twain was born in the state of Missouri, near the Mississippi River. He   2   a poor family. His father died when he was twelve,   3  . While he was still a boy, he worked as a riverboat pilot. He steered boats   4    the long Mississippi River.

The Civil War, which started in 1861, made traveling on the Mississippi impossible. Twain then went west to Nevada. There he worked on a newspaper. In 1864   5    to find gold. Twain did not have much luck as a gold miner. He left California to travel in Eu­rope. Twain wrote a book about his trips around Europe.

But the most important influence on Twain and his books had the Mississippi River. When Twain finally settled down,    6    with a porch that looked like the deck of a riverboat. Huckleberry Finn,    7    , is about the adventures of a boy on the Mississippi River. Another of Twain's books is called Life on the Mississippi.

In fact, even the name Mark Twain comes from the Mississippi. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. On the river Samuel Clemens often heard the boatmen shout "Mark twain!" This meant the water was twelve feet deep. When Samuel Clemens began to write he    8   Mark Twain.

(Steer – управлять    Porch – веранда)

a-    up and down

b-   many books

c-    he lived in a house

d-   came from

e-    he went to California

f-     so he had to leave school

g-   chose for himself the name

h-   Twain's greatest book

                                                  Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in 1913 to a poor, black family. Even when Jesse was a boy, it was clear 1                          . He could run extremely fast. In high school he was a long jump champion. Jesse's family didn't have 2                          to send him to college. However, because he was an excellent athlete he 3                       to Ohio State University. Owens was the star of the Ohio State track team. In one college track event in 1935, he broke three world records in less than an hour! Owens was chosen for the 1936 U.S. Olympic team.

The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany. Adolph Hitler  4                        two years before. Hitler believed 5                                and other northern European countries were better than all other people in the world. Hitler wanted to show the world

 6                             so he ordered the German team to train hard.

At the Olympics, Jesse Owens won both the 100-meter race and the 200-meter race. His time in the 200-meter race  7                                  . Owens was also on the U.S. 400-meter relayteam. The U.S. relay team won. Then came the long jump. A German athlete broke the Olympic record.

Hitler said that he personally would congratulate the winner. But Owens still had one more jump. He jumped  8                                 than the German athlete. Hitler left the stadium in anger. Jesse Owens, a black American, had won his fourth gold medal at the Olympics. Jesse Owens was a hero.

(Ability – способность  Scholarship – стипендия  Track – легкая атлетика  Relay – эстафета

Inch – дюйм (2,5 cм)

a-      set a new Olympic record

b-      was able to get a scholarship

c-      that he had special athletic ability

d-      enough money

e-      had come to power

f-       the Germans were the best

g-      several inches further

h-      that the people of Germany