EGE 19-24 (G1_13), 25-29 (G2_13), 30-36 (G3_13)

Task 1. Can fish hear? To divers, the underwater world is silent, and we call the ocean the “silent deep.” But to a fish, the underwater world isn’t silent at all. Fish can “hear” other fish (a)   (MOVE) through the water.

Fish (a)   (NOT HAVE) ears, but they do have a structure inside their head that is very much like our own inner ear.

This structure is sensitive to vibrations in the water, (a)   (MAKE) by other fish.

Research (a)   (SHOW) that some fish are sensitive to ordinary sounds, too. Catfish can probably hear everything we hear!

The White House. The White House, in Washington, DC, is one of the world’s most recognized buildings. It is the home of the president of the United States. The original house (a)   (BUILD) in the 1790s.

It was burnt down in 1814, and rebuilt (a)   (LATE).

Since then, various presidents (a)   (MAKE) changes to it over the years. The White House has 132 rooms, including the President’s Oval Office.

Task 2. Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics. This is certainly the greatest Games for Britain in more than a century, and realistically the greatest ever. The British were more (a)   (SUCCESS) only once in 1908, in London, when a third of all the competitors were from the UK.

Gold medals came from 13 different sports as several made (a)   (IMPRESS) breakthroughs, including in canoe slalom, road cycling, triathlon and taekwondo.

(a)   (SWIM), however, brought no gold medals in the Aquatics Centre.