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existed for a long time, during the war with Napoleon, and after the revolution, under the Soviet regime. In 1941, when the Great Patriotic War began, the works of art were evacuated to the Urals, in Sverdlovsk.

      After the war, two cars brought new cats to the Hermitage. The rats, that had invaded the building during the war, stepped back. However, in the 1960s it was decided that the cats were not needed any more. Employees of the museum caught the cats and took them away. But, soon after, rats invaded the building. Since then, the museum has never got rid of its cats.

      Today, about seventy cats live in the Hermitage to protect it from mice and rats. Each cat has its own passport and a veterinary card. They live comfortably in the basement. The place where they live is always warm and dry, and all the rooms of the basement are equipped with small holes, to let the cats move freely inside and outside the building.

      The Hermitage employees regularly buy food for the cats. They try to make their meals healthy and diverse. Each cat has its own bowl, tray and basket to sleep. In summer, the cats are more often outside on the lawns and courtyards than in their basement.

      To control the number of cats in the Hermitage, employees sometimes give away their cats to residents of the city. The new owner has to present their passport and leave their contact details. The adopted animals are accompanied by a certificate from the Hermitage.

      13. According to its director, the Hermitage is the only museum in Russia where cats are kept officially.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      14. During the reign of Empress Catherine II, the cats received official status.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      15. During the Great Patriotic War, the Hermitage cats were taken to Sverdlovsk to guard the works of art.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      16. Nowadays all the cats are settled in the attic of the Hermitage.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      17. The Hermitage cats are taken good care of.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      18. The cats are not allowed to leave the building of the museum.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      19. The new owner of a Hermitage cat can visit the museum free of charge.

      1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

      Ответ: _______

      По окончании выполнения заданий 12—19 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ №1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответа на задание 12 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.

      Раздел 3 (задания по грамматике и лексике)

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      Help, please

      20. Dear Dad, I feel so terribly sorry, but I ________ to have to ask you to send me $100 as soon as possible. GO

      21. I studied hard for my exams and tried my ________ to pass them. I couldn’t take a job to make any money. GOOD

      22. I ________ desperately now. I can barely scrape by on what my friends sometimes chip in. SUFFER

      23. This time though, it’s even __________ – I was in the library, reading and my leg felt paralyzed. BAD

      24. I __________ to hospital, but the doctors couldn’t save it. TAKE

      25. This is now the second leg I ______________. ALREADY LOSE

      26. Unfortunately, the university carried the payment over until next month. But for a month I ____________ in hospital without any means of making money. STICK

      27. I can’t move, I can’t pay, I __________. it’s a «catch-22» situation. TRAP

      28. Believe me, I desperately tried to find a way to cope with it but it ended up unsuccessfully, and now there ____ no one else I can ask for help but you. BE

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      An Answer

      29. Sonny, you won’t believe it, but I tried to see you in the hospital, because your mother and I thought you were too timid and _______ to tell us the truth about your health. As you know we are barely scraping by on our low income and are not raking in huge profits from my business. CONFUSE

      30. I didn’t manage to talk to your doctor, unfortunately, but I was lucky to meet an _____________ pretty nurse you had been out with the previous day. AMAZE

      31. I have to admit, she is worth losing not only another leg but your mind for too. As this is the third leg you have lost according to your _______ letters, I’m sure you ought to be used to this by now. TERROR

      32. If my memory serves me ___________, you lost the

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