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28.10.2022 16:17 •  Английский язык

Form Student

I. GRAMMAR. Choose the right variant for each sentence.

1. It all day. When will it stop?
a) has been raining
b) has rained
2. We to Australia. But John there all his life.
a) have never been, has lived
b) have never been, has been living

3. It is noon. You on the computer for two hours already.
a) have been working
b) have worked
4. Nancy in Canada this year.
a) travelled
b) has travelled
5. It's the first time Mary and Paul to the sea resort in Spain.
a) have gone
b) went
II. READING.
Read the text and choose the right variant in the sentences after it.

The New Zealand Kiwi
This strange bird is New Zealand's national symbol. Everywhere in the world, Kiwi is New Zealand, or a New Zealander. New Zealanders also like to call themselves Kiwis.
The Kiwi (bird) got its name after its shrill call - "kee-wee kee-wee". It can't see well, and although it has wings, it cannot fly. Kiwis live in forests or wet places and feed on insects, worms, snails, and berries. It is unusual in at least two things. First, it is the only bird in the world that has its nostrils1 at the end of its long beak to find food and sense danger. Second, the female kiwi has the largest egg, in proportion to its body size. Kiwis are as big as chickens, but their eggs are almost as big as those of ostriches! There are several species of kiwi spread over the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
The kiwi looks very much like kiwifruit - the brown furry fruit with the green flesh. Kiwifruit comes originally from China, and in fact its original name was Chinese gooseberry2. Sometime in the 1960s, the kiwifruit farmers in New Zealand decided to market the fruit overseas, but decided to give them another name. To help identify the fruit with New Zealand, they chose the name kiwifruit. Some people call kiwifruit kiwis, but this is incorrect. New Zealanders especially find this very wrong! A kiwi is a bird or a human New Zealander; but the fruit has different names - kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry.
While it's not easy to see the real kiwi bird, the kiwi as a symbol is everywhere: on stamps and coins, on all sorts of products, in the toy shops, on flags, everywhere, all over the world.
1) People think that the kiwi bird is strange because it ... .
a) has a long tail b) has too long wings c) can't fly
2) The name of the bird comes from ... .
a) its size b) its cry c) New Zealand fruit
3) Kiwis are really unusual because they ... .
a) look like ostriches b) are as big as ostriches
c) lay eggs as big as those of ostriches
4) New Zealanders call themselves ... .
a) kiwifruit b) gooseberries c) kiwis
5) The kiwifruit originates from ... .
a) China b) Australia c) New Zealand

1 nostrils [ʹnɒstrəlz] - ноздри
2 gooseberry [ʹɡʊzbərɪ] - крыжовник