EGE 2. Tasks 19-36

Задания 19-24

War and Piece

19. 19) War and Peace, a novel by Leo Tolstoy, is one of the _____ novels of world literature. (great)

20) Considerable parts of the book _____ to Tolstoy's theory of history (devote).

21) However, the greatness of War and Peace _____ in its philosophy or in any contribution to the facts or theory of history. (not lie)

Moscow

22) What do you know about Moscow? Moscow _____ the capital of Russia for a long time. However, when it was first mentioned in historical records around 1147, it was nothing more than a tiny town of little importance. (be)

23) Muscovites today consider Prince Yuri Dolgorukiy their city's founding
father, but it was only recorded that he dined with friends in the town of "Moskov", _____ after the local Moscow River. (name)

24) It remains unclear exactly when this town was established. A small fortress was built on Borovitsky Hill by Dolgorukiy's son, Prince Andrei Bogolyubskiy. It was the first in a long succession of structures that eventually became the Moscow Kremlin. Moscow remained a small town while the nearby city of Vladimir_____ in prominence and overtook Kiev, the old capital, in importance. (rise)

The Bird World

25) There are more than 9,000 different types, or species, of birds. These have been organized by _____ into groups called orders which contain many different species. The largest order is called the passerines, also know as perching or song birds. These include common birds such as robins. (science)

26) Birds are_____ creatures - the only living beings that have feathers. Feathers keep a bird warm and protect it from the wind and rain. Its wing and tail feathers allow a bird to fly. (amaze)

27) Some birds also have very colourful feathers. This helps them to attract mates or blend in with their _____ . This is called camouflage. (surround)

28) All birds lay eggs. It would be _____ for birds to carry their developing young inside their bodies like mammals do - they would become too heavy to fly. (manage)