Task 1. Read the text below and choose the best answer for items 1–10. The Astronaut. Leo had dreamed of space ever 1) ____ he was a child. While other kids played games, he watched the night sky from the roof of 2) ____ house and counted the stars. Now, at thirty-five, he was finally an astronaut, sitting alone inside his ship. His ship, Orion, moved quietly through space. Leo was on a long mission to explore a new planet far beyond the Moon and Mars. It was the 3) ____ mission of its kind. No team. No return date. Just him, the ship, and the unknown future ahead. For the first months, everything went as 4) ____. Leo checked the ship systems every morning, sent long reports to Earth, and exercised to stay strong. As the ship travelled farther, the delay in communication grew longer. Messages that once took seconds now took hours. Leo learnt to be patient, but the silence 5) ____ hard. He missed simple things: voices, laughter, even arguments. One day, the messages stopped completely. Leo tried again and again, but there was only silence. He felt fear, but he did not panic. Panic could kill you in space. Instead, he focused on his mission and moved forward. Weeks later, the ship systems detected a strange signal. It was weak 6) ____ clear. Not from Earth. Leo followed the signal through a thick cloud of space dust. On the other side, he found a small blue planet. Leo landed carefully and stepped outside. The planet was warm. Tall creatures moved 7) ____ toward him. They were alive and peaceful. They did not speak with words but with feelings inside his mind. The creatures 8) ____ Leo a choice: to stay on the planet, safe but alone, or to return to space and try to find a path back to Earth. He returned to his ship. Back on Orion, the creatures sent energy into the ship. The engines shook hard. Alarms rang. Leo held the controls and whispered a quiet hope. A signal blinked on the screen. “Orion, this is Earth. Leo, 9) ____ you hear me?” “Yes,” he said softly. “I’m here.” Leo turned the ship toward home, carrying the memory of the planet with him. He was 10) ____ astronaut. And he had found his way back. Options: 1) A for, B since, C as, D while; 2) A himself, B he, C his, D him; 3) A one, B firstly, C first, D oneth; 4) A planed, B planning, C plan, D planned; 5) A was, B were, C is, D been; 6) A and, B but, C so, D because; 7) A the slowest, B slow, C slowly, D as slow as; 8) A were given, B give, C gave, D given; 9) A will, B does, C did, D do; 10) A an, B –, C a, D the.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст и выберите лучший ответ для пунктов 1–10.

1. B — since: конструкция ever since означает «с тех пор как».
2. C — his: притяжательное местоимение перед существительным house.
3. C — first: порядковое числительное — «первая миссия такого рода».
4. D — planned: устойчивое выражение as planned — «как и планировалось».
5. A — was: подлежащее the silence — единственное число.
6. B — but: сигнал был слабым, но ясным.
7. C — slowly: наречие образа действия относится к глаголу moved.
8. C — gave: повествование ведётся в прошедшем времени.
9. A — will: в вопросе используется форма будущего времени will you hear me?
10. A — an: перед словом astronaut, начинающимся с гласного звука, употребляется an.

Ответ: 1 — B, 2 — C, 3 — C, 4 — D, 5 — A, 6 — B, 7 — C, 8 — C, 9 — A, 10 — A.