Номер 6, страница 53 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

6. Read the text and choose the right options.

Tattoo Art

Jack (1)_____, quiet and unmoving, for thirty minutes (2)_____ a stranger stabbed him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour (3)_____ his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony (4)_____ recently a tattoo, and Jack (5)_____ so _____ with Tony's bravery and his tattoo that he decided (6)_____ one too. Getting a tattoo because your friends and peers have them is just one of the (7)_____ why a lot of young people in North America get tattoos. Peer pressure, media influence, and (8)_____ expression are some of the (9)_____ reasons for wearing tattoos today.

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

Levi's Blue Jeans

Do you enjoy (1)_______ Levi's blue jeans? Blue jeans (2)_______ popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? Levi Strauss (3)_______ in Germany in the mid 1800s and (4)_______ to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and (5)_______ the dry-goods (галантерея) business for several years. In 1853 he moved to San Francisco (California, USA) and soon (6)_______ as a very successful businessman. Many of (7)_______ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed strong and durable (прочный) clothing. Strauss (8)_______ a special fabric from France that was comfortable and (9)_______ a long time. It (10)_______ serge de Nimes, which (11)_______ to the word denim. Another man (12)_______ Jacob Davis (13)_______ large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets (заклёпки) on certain parts of the pants (14)_______ them (15)_______. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making lots of pants with rivets. Jacob Davis soon realised that (16)_______ rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody (17)_______ that idea. But he didn't have enough money to pay for the patent. So he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, “If you (18)_______ to pay for the patent, we (19)_______ the profits from the riveted pants.” Levi Strauss agreed, and the new riveted pants business (20)_______ Levi Strauss and Company. Today Levi's jeans (21)_______ more popular than ever, and Levi's name continues to live on.

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6. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски правильной грамматической формой заглавных слов.

Ответ:

Levi's Blue Jeans

Do you enjoy (1) wearing / носить Levi's blue jeans? Blue jeans (2) have become / стали popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? Levi Strauss (3) was born / родился in Ger-many in the mid 1800s and (4) emigrated / эмигрировал to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and (5) learned / освоил the dry-goods (галантерея) business for several years. In 1853 he moved to San Francis-co (California, USA) and soon (6) was recognized / был признан as a very successful businessman. Many of (7) Levi Strauss's / клиентов Леви Страусса customers were cowboys and miners. They needed strong and durable (прочный) clothing. Strauss (8) found / нашел a special fabric from France that was comfortable and (9) lasted / служил долго a long time. It (10) was called / назывался serge de Nimes, which (11) was shortened / был сокращен to the word denim. Another man (12) named / по имени Jacob Davis (13) bought / купил large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets (заклёпки) on certain parts of the pants (14) to make / чтобы сделать them (15) strong / прочными. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making lots of pants with rivets. Jacob Davis soon realised that (16) using / использование rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody (17) to steal / украсть that idea. But he didn't have enough money to pay for the patent. So he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, "If you (18) agree / согласны to pay for the patent, we (19) will share / будем делить the profits from the riveted pants." Levi Strauss agreed, and the new riveted pants business (20) was called / был назван Levi Strauss and Company. Today Levi's jeans (21) are / являются more popular than ever, and Levi's name continues to live on.