Номер 12, страница 43 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

12. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words derived from the capitalized words.

Interesting Research

While you may believe that the flavour of ice cream you order is a random (случайный) decision, Dr Alan Hirsh, the (1)______ of Chicago-based Smell & Taste (2)______ and Research

FOUND
TREAT

(3)______ thinks differently. He believes that it reveals some (4)______ insights into the person's character. Always the plain Vanilla fan? Then you must be (5)______ and an (6)______ . For those who prefer the brighter, sunnier looking Rainbow Sherbet, there is mixed news. The good news is that you are very analytic and (7)______ . The bad? You are a pessimist!

FOUND
INTEREST
IMPULSE/IDEAL

Want to be perceived as competitive, (8)______ like Steve Jobs? Then you may want to pick Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough! Like just plain Chocolate? Then you must be lively, (9)______ and the life of every party! Very Berry Strawberry (10)______ are (11)______ , devoted and generally introverts, while Rocky Road (12)______ tend to be (13)______ , but also, engaging and good (14)______ .

DECIDE
AMBITION
DRAMA
EAT/TOLERATE
LOVE/AGRESSION
LISTEN

Keep away from those who love Mint Chocolate Chip – they tend to be (15)______ . People that like to order exotic flavours like Jamoca and Pralines'n Cream seem to have equally interesting (16)______ traits. Those who like Jamoca are scrupulous, (17)______ , they are moral (18)______ . Praline lovers are (19)______ , (20)______ and rather shy!

ARGUMENT
PERSON
CONSCIENCE
PERFECT/LOVE
SUPPORT

12. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized words.

The Cell Phone

In this day and age, when we depend on our cell phones for everything — from (1) _____ COMMUNICATE (2) _____ photos to even (3) _____ games — it is TAKE/PLAY hard (4) _____ life without one. Yet, it was only 50 IMAGINE years ago on April 3rd, 1973, that the Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper (5) _____ onto a New York STEP City sidewalk and (6) _____ the first (7) _____ cell MAKE/KNOW phone call in history. What’s even (8) _____ is that it AMAZE (9) _____ another ten years for the company TAKE (10) _____ the first commercial cell phone to the INTRODUCE market. As you may (11) _____ the DynaTAC 8000X GUESS was nothing like the cool phones that are available today. Nicknamed ‘The Brick’, it was about a foot tall, (12) _____ 2.5 pounds and (13) _____ 3,995 WEIGH/COST USD. Also, it could (14) _____ for only about 35 USE minutes after which it had (15) _____ for 10 hours! CHARGE And that was a good thing too because each voice call (16) _____ 40 cents a minute at peak hours and COST 24 cents a minute at off-peak hours!

12. Прочитайте текст и заполните пробелы соответствующей грамматической формой слов, написанных заглавными буквами.

Ответ:

In this day and age, when we depend on our cell phones for everything — from (1) communicating to communicate, (2) taking photos to even (3) playing games — it is hard (4) to imagine life without one. Yet, it was only 50 years ago on April 3rd, 1973, that the Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper (5) stepped onto a New York City sidewalk and (6) made the first (7) known cell phone call in history. What's even (8) amazing is that it (9) took another ten years for the company to (10) introduce the first commercial cell phone to the market. As you may (11) guess, the DynaTAC 8000X was nothing like the cool phones that are available today. Nicknamed 'The Brick', it was about a foot tall, (12) weighed 2.5 pounds and (13) cost 3,995 USD. Also, it could (14) be used for only about 35 minutes after which it had (15) charging for 10 hours! And that was a good thing too because each voice call (16) cost 40 cents a minute at peak hours and 24 cents a minute at off-peak hours!