Assistant: 
User: User: Use of English. Task 2. For questions 1-12, read the text below. Use the word from
the box to form a word that fits in the space line. 12 points.
latitude
vegetation
exclave
substantial
coniferous
roughly value
strait
inhospitable
maritime
hemisphere
ranges
Geography of Russia
Comprising much of eastem Europe and northem Asia, it is the world's largest country in
total area. Due to its size, Russia displays both monotony and diversity, As with its
topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances. From north to south the
East European Plain is clad sequentially in tundra. (1) forest (taiga), mixed and broad-
leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes
in ..(2) reflect the changes in climate. Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga.
The
country
contains
40
UNESCO
Biosphere
reserves
Located in the northern and middle latitudes of the Northem ... (3), most of Russia is
much closer to the North Pole than to the equator. Individual country comparisons are of
little ... (4) in gauging Russia's enormous size and diversity. The country's 17.1 million
square kilometers include one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Its European
portion, which occupies a ... (5) part of continental Europe, is home to most of Russia's
industrial and agricultural activity. It was here, roughly between the Dnieper River and the
Ural Mountains, that the Russian Empire took shape. It is also located on the northemmost
tip of Asia. From west to east, the country stretches from Kaliningrad (the ... (6) separated
by the 1990 secession of Lithuania from the then-Soviet Union) to Ratmanov Island Cone
of the Diomede Islands) in the Bering • (7). This distance is ... (8) equivalent to the
distance from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Nome, Alaska. From north to south, the country ...
(9) from the northern tip of the Russian Arctic islands at Franz Josef Land to the southem
tip of the Republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea, spanning about 4,500 kilometers of
extremely varied, often ... (10) terrain. Extending for 57,792 kilometers, the Russian
border is the world's longest. Along the 20,139-kilometer land frontier,
boundaries with 14 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (via the
Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. Approximately
2/3 of the frontier is bounded by water. Virtually all of the lengthy norther coast is well
above the Arctic Circle; except for the port of Murmansk-which receives currents that
are somewhat warmer than would be expected at that ... (11), due to the effects of the Gulf
Stream that coast is locked in ice much of the year. Thirteen seas and parts of three
oceans the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific -wash Russian shores. Russia shares a ... (12)
boundary with the United States and with Japan.
vegetation
hemisphere
10
11
12
Assistant: forest - coniferous  
latitude  
hemisphere  
value  
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exclave  
strait  
roughly  
ranges  
inhospitable  
latitude  
maritime
User: Use of English. Task 2. For questions 1-12, read the text below. Use the word from
the box to form a word that fits in the space line. 12 points.
latitude
vegetation
exclave
substantial
coniferous
hemisphere
roughly
value
strait
inhospitable
maritime
ranges
Geography of Russia
Comprising much of easter Europe and norther Asia, it is the world's largest country in
total area. Due to its size, Russia displays both monotony and diversity. As with its
topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances. From north to south the
East European Plain is clad sequentially in tundra,..(1) forest (taiga), mixed and broad-
leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes
in ...(2) reflect the changes in climate, Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga
The
country
contains
40
UNESCO
Biosphere
Located in the northern and middle latitudes of the Northem ... (3).
most of Russia is
much closer to the North Pole than to the equator. Individual country compansons are of
little ... (4) in gauging Russia's enormous size and diversity. The country's 17.1 million
square kilometers include one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Its European
portion, which occupies a ... (5) part of continental Europe, is home to most of Russia's
industrial and agricultural activity. It was here, roughly between the Dnieper River and the
Ural Mountains, that the Russian Empire took shape. It is also located on the northemmost
tip of Asia. From west to east, the country stretches from Kaliningrad (the ... (6) separated
by the 1990 secession of Lithuania from the then-Soviet Union) to Ratmanov Island (one
of the Diomede Islands) in the Bering ... (7). This distance is ... (8) equivalent to the
distance from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Nome, Alaska. From north to south, the country ...
(9) from the northern tip of the Russian Arctic islands at Franz Josef Land to the southem
tip of the Republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea, spanning about 4,500 kilometers of
extremely varied, often ... (10) terrain. Extending for 57,792 kilometers, the Russian
border is the world's longest. Along the 20,139-kilometer land frontier, Russia has
boundaries with 14 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (via the
Kaliningrad Oblast), Belanis, Ukraine, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. Approximately
2/3 of the frontier is bounded by water. Virtually all of the lengthy northern coast is well
above the Aretic Circle; except for the port of Murmansk-which receives currents that
are somewhat warmer than would be expected at that ... (11), due to the effects of the Gulf
Stream that coast is locked in ice much of the year. Thirteen seas and parts of three
oceans— the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific-wash Russian shores. Russia shares a ... (12)
boundary with the United States and with Japan.
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Assistant: Sure! Here are the words that fit in the blanks based on the provided text:

1. **coniferous**  
2. **vegetation**  
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4. **value**  
5. **substantial**  
6. **exclave**  
7. **strait**  
8. **roughly**  
9. **ranges**  
10. **inhospitable**  
11. **latitude**  
12. **maritime**  

If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!
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Use of English.
Task 1. For questions 1-9, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the
end of some of the lines to form a word that fits the space in the same line. 9 points.
The fascination of tennis
PUZZLE
People who are unfamiliar with tennis often find its appeal (1). What is so
gripping about watching two people (2) hit a fluffy pressurised ball across a
REPEAT
net, they wonder. Yet tennis is a major spectator sport, that catches the
EMPATHY
imagination of millions. This is partly because when we watch a match, we
SET
(3) with the players sharing their triumphs and (4) as, like them, we focus
intently on every shot. The tension is palpable and the spectator is (5) drawn
ESCAPE
into the duel being played out on court. But some of the fascination also
INTRICATE
comes from the (6) of the game itself. David Foster Wallace, who wrote
SIGHT
Infinite Jest, a work of fiction about the sport, provides a valuable (7) into the
technical background when he describes tennis as 'chess on the run. MULTIPLY
According to Wallace, professional players are making (8) calculations every
OPPOSE
moment the ball is in play, as they seek to anticipate how their (9) will retur
a shot and what their own response needs to be.
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Assistant: Sure! Here are the words that fit in the blanks based on the provided text:

1. **puzzling** (from PUZZLE)
2. **repeatedly** (from REPEAT)
3. **empathize** (from EMPATHY)
4. **setbacks** (from SET)
5. **inescapably** (from ESCAPE)
6. **intricacy** (from INTRICATE)
7. **insight** (from SIGHT)
8. **multiple** (from MULTIPLY)
9. **opponent** (from OPPOSE)

If you need any more help or have further questions, feel free to ask!
User: Используя понятие «степень диссоциации», объясните смысл понятий «сильная кислота» и «слабая кислота».
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