By 1940 more than twenty children’s playgrounds

Were in Central Park.

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Variant 2

2 Complete the text with the words from the table.

Beethoven’s life was as complex (1) his art. Similarly, his music

≪takes at times the majestic flight of an eagle, and (2) creeps

in rocky pathways,≫ as an 1810 review in the Parisian Tablettes de

Polymnie reported.

This description especially befits Beethoven’s most intimate creations,

The string quartets and piano sonatas — vehicles that served as a testing

Ground for his new ideas. Nevertheless, (3) of his 32 sonatas

are both accessible and beloved — especially the ones that have nicknames:

the (4) Moonlight (Beethoven never called it that, and

found its overblown eminence annoying); the tragic Pathétique; the wistful

Les Adieux.

(5) their dearth of hummable tunes, Beethoven’s sonatas grip

Us and refuse to (6) go. This is often due to his brilliant treatment

Of the (7) materials — there is genius hidden in the architectural

Scaffolding. (8) example, his use of small musical cells

As building blocks that reappear throughout a work in myriad combinations

Is a prominent feature even in his (9) first piano sonata,

Opus 2 № 1. It (10) with a rising arpeggio that is methodically

Shortened and fragmented as it is repeated. With every contraction the

Theme gains in energy, until it is whittled down to a single, explosive

Note — which triggers a dramatic release, like a sharp quill freeing the

Air from an inflated balloon.

(From «His Intimate Creations», Stuart Isacoff,

Wall Street Journal, 2010)

A B C D

So as not so if

When then that what

Little more than many lesser

Dreams dreamy dreamed dreamt

According to Despite In spite As to

Let make want ask

Easiest smallest simplest tiniest

For In As If

Some very every each

Opens finishes creates follows

3 Comment on the following issues.

Imagine your dream house and why you want to live there. Explain:

• what the house looks like,

• ・what special qualities the house has.

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VARIANT 3

1 Read the text and choose the correct item for each statement below.

Thunder and Lightning

Imagine a water droplet high above Earth. It is in a cloud among

Millions of other water droplets. As this water droplet falls on Earth,

It gets bigger collecting more moisture. When the droplet is about the

Size of a pea, it splits. This action causes an electrical charge.

If the droplets fall to Earth, the electrical charge is small and has

No effect. If they get swept by air currents, the process begins again.

They become more charged with electricity.

The electrical charge becomes so strong that it has to discharge itself.

The result is a spark. It may leap from a cloud to the ground in onetenth

Of a second. We know it as lightning.

When lightning flashes, the air is suddenly heated then it quickly

Cools. These changes in the air cause the cracking sound of thunder.

During a storm, we see lightning first, then wait to hear the

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