Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 53 стр.

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fact), the roads are (12) ……………… (extended / large / wide / long), the speed
limit is low and petrol is cheap.
The beaches are many and veried. The rich are famous (13) ……………..
(prefer / head / leave / meet) for Palm Beach, whereas those with (14) ……………..
(much / many / most / more) children than money go to the beaches on Florida`s
Western Gulf coast. Alternatively, there is Fort Myers for those who want to
(15) …………….. (perform / do / make / have) watersports, or Sanibel for anyone
(16) ……………… (interested / curious / fascinated / amazed) in shell collecting.
8. Choose the word which best fits each space.
PETER THE GREAT
Peter the Great was Russian`s fourth Romanov Tzar and (1) ……………. (high
/ with / standing / at) 6 foot 7 inches, probably the tallest. He also had an enormous
(2) …………….. (aptitude / applause / taste / appetite) for food and drink. Another
“great” (3) ……………… (face / aspect / view / angle) of his personality was his
(4) ……………….. (inclination / temper / mood / disposition), which was
fearsome. But it was his thirst for knowledge combined with his (5) ……………..
(vision / ambition / jealousy / greed) of a new Russia that made him a great leader
in 1697, motivated by his desire to break (6) ……………. (free / in / up / over)
from the constrictions of old Russian customs, Peter travelled around Europe learning
valuable military and industrial (7) …………… (professions / studies / designs /
skills).
When he returned to Russia, Peter was (8) …………….. (convinced /
interested / determined / unwilling) to throw off the remnants of the past. He
dramatically (9) …………….. (excluded / eliminated / reduced / shortened) the
powers of the Russian aristocracy and abolished old-aged (10) ……………..
(heritage / costumes / means / traditions). In order to (11) ……………… (made /
prepare / fulfill / produce) his dream of a modernised Russia, he
(12)
………………. (began / founded / made / found) universities, established the
country`s first newspaper and encouraged the development of industry. He also
pushed back the impire`s boundaries by (13) ……………… (inflating / spreading /
growing / expanding) the armed forces. Before his death in 1725, Peter had had a
new capital built and (14) ………………… (entitled / labeled / named / said) it St
Petersburg. It was (15) ……………….. (modeled / designed / constructed / copied)
on the Westrn cities he most admired, like Paris and London, and (16) ……………..
(remained / kept / settled / retained) the capital until the First World War.

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