Сборник заданий ОГЭ по английскому языку 21 номер

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Have you ever heard about the Klingon language? If you ______________ science fiction films, you probably haven’t.

NOT LIKE

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The language ______________ at the end of the 20th century specially for the films about aliens from other planets. In the StarTrek films, Klingon is the language of the warrior race.

CREATE

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Nowadays there ______________ about 3000 words in the language.

BE

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Most of ______________ refer to space craft and weapons but it’s also possible to use Klingon for everyday conversations.

THEY

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Mark Okrand, one of the people who created this language, said that soon Klingon ______________ very popular.

BECOME

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“Very soon, science fiction fans ______________ Klingon for communication within their community,” he once predicted. But it never happened. At the present time there might be only twenty or thirty people who are able to speak Klingon fluently.

ACCEPT

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То most people, it  ______________  strange and ‘alien’. It’s not easy to learn.

SOUND

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I personally ______________ to learn it several times, but without much success yet.

TRY

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I wish I ______________ partners for conversations but for obvious reasons there are not many around.

HAVE

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Susan’s father often had to go to different countries on business. That evening, he came home __________________ than usual.

LATE

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He looked tired. Susan __________________ that the next week her father was going to China to discuss a new project.

KNOW

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At dinner, her father asked Susan if she __________________ to go with him. It was a bit unexpected but Susan liked the idea at once.

WANT

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It was her __________________ birthday in a few days.

SIXTEEN

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And Susan thought it __________________ fun to celebrate it abroad.

BE

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However, there was one thing she wanted to clear up before the trip: “Are you going to be busy from morning till night? I __________________ to sit in the hotel all the time alone.”

NOT WANT

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“You won’t have to,” her father reassured Susan. “I __________________ all the project papers already. So, while our partners are studying them, we’ll have plenty of time for sightseeing.”

PREPARE

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“Great!” Susan ran up to her room to pack.
“Remember to take some comfortable shoes. Otherwise your __________________ will hurt after the long excursions.” Her father’s advice was always practical.

FOOT

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In half an hour everything __________________ in a suitcase and Susan called her best friend to tell her the news.

PACK

 A few days ago Kim’s family moved house. Kim had very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, she __________________ happy with her new room.

It was larger than the room she used to live in. Everything in this room __________________ in Kim’s favourite colours and according to her taste.

The flat was on the __________________ floor in an old brick building.

From her window Kim could see the large garden, which now was covered with bright yellow __________________, and the tiled roofs at a distance.

LEAF

 “I’d be very happy if I __________________ here,” Kim’s friend, Jessica, said when she visited her for the first time.

 “And how is your new school?” she asked, still admiring the fresh wallpapered walls with a few framed photos on __________________.

“You __________________ new friends there, right?”
These words made Kim feel nervous. “No, not yet.” she answered.

Then she said that she __________________ to her new school only the next Monday and that the school looked nice and modern and there was a swimming pool in it.

What Kim __________________ her friend was that she was awfully afraid of going there and meeting her new classmates and teachers.

NOT TELL

It was a nice sunny day and mum decided to take us to the zoo. My younger sister, Wendy, was delighted. She enjoyed books and films about animals but she had never been to the zoo.

“How many animals live in the zoo? Can we give __________________ some food?

Are there any crocodiles? Who __________________ care of the lions?” my sister was very excited and asked a lot of questions.

She kept talking all the time and __________________ that nobody was answering her questions.

When we __________________ at the zoo, it was midday.

ARRIVE

There __________________ a lot of people everywhere.

The territory of the zoo was large, and the animals __________________ in large enclosures that imitated their natural environment.

When we went up to the enclosure that had a family of Indian elephants, they __________________ their lunch. They were focused on their food and didn’t pay much attention to the visitors.

 “They are the __________________ animals I’ve ever seen” said Wendy in an impressed voice.

“I wish we __________________ keep a baby elephant as a pet.”

Mum said nothing and we proceeded to the pool that had the seals and penguins.

It was the middle of November and Tina felt down and depressed. Late autumn was the __________________ season of the year.

It often __________________, and Tina had to spend most of her time indoors. Because of this, she really welcomed the changes in her school routine. The school administration introduced a new class - a dance class.

But not everyone was happy! The boys said that it __________________ a waste of time.

They often missed the class and, when they attended, they __________________ to the teacher’s instructions but tried to make fun of everything.

NOT LISTEN

“I wish we __________________ a class for girls only,” Tina thought.

The Junior Dance Competition __________________ in their town every year. It was a spectacular show.

“Your dancing __________________ every day,” the teacher said one day.

“If you go on like this, you __________________ a chance to take part in the Dance Competition next month.”

Tina imagined herself wearing a beautiful dress and elegant shoes on her __________________. She decided it was something she’d like to try.

It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________________ up early in the morning.

At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________________ everyone so excited?”

 “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers __________________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here.  

The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?”

However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he __________________ some French poetry to us.

It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem __________________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things.

Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society.

 “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we __________________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Mike Fay is a famous biologist. He is well-known for his 2,000-mile walk across Africa. It __________________ him 455 days.

He said they were the__________________ natural sights he had ever seen.

His films__________________ a success. Thanks to them the governments of several African countries agreed to create 13 national parks.

Mike commented that 26,000 square kilometres of the forest were saved for the future and for our __________________.

Mike commented that 26,000 square kilometres of the forest were saved for the future and for our __________________.

But danger could never stop Mike.
“I wish everyone __________________ that life is a very delicate thing.

If we go on in the same irresponsible way, we __________________ all life on the planet, and ourselves too”.

Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were our neighbours. They had two __________________.

By the time she was five, Matilda was able to read very well. She studied every magazine and newspaper that she __________________ find around the house.

Actually, she could read __________________ than most school pupils.

One afternoon when the parents were out of the house, Matilda put on __________________ dress and shoes and went to the library.

The librarian was surprised to see such a small child. “Are you here for the __________________ time? Would you like me to find a nice book with lots of pictures for you?” she asked.

Then she added, “I __________________ for a new book as soon as I finish this one”.

The librarian was really shocked when she saw Matilda only two days later.
“I wish all children __________________ reading so much,” the librarian said. From that day on Matilda went to the library every afternoon.