Решение: State Hermitage Museum
Read the text and fill in gaps A–F with the parts of sentences numbered 1–7. One part is extra.
State Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage is St. Petersburg’s most popular visitor attraction, and one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums. It is a must-see for all first-time travellers to the city. With over 3 million items in its collection, it also rewards repeat visits, A ________ of the riches on offer here, from Impressionist masterpieces to fascinating Oriental treasures. It was estimated B ________ on display for just one minute. So many visitors prefer a guided tour to ensure C ________ highlights. Art-lovers, however, may find it more rewarding to seek out for themselves the works D ________.
The bulk of the Hermitage collection is housed in the Winter Palace, E ________. However, there are a number of other sites that constitute part of the Hermitage, including the recently opened Storage Facility in the north of St. Petersburg. It offers guided tours through some of the museum’s vast stocks. The magnificent General Staff Building opposite the Winter Palace is most famous for its central triumphal arch, F ________ Nevsky Prospekt. The General Staff Building contains a number of unique exhibitions. It includes the Modern European Art, probably the most visited section of the Hermitage with well-known collections of Picasso and Matisse, as well as a wealth of popular Impressionist paintings.
Решение по шагам
7 шаговПосле слова visits нужно продолжение, противопоставляющее опыт постоянных посетителей впечатлениям новичков: “it also rewards repeat visits, and newcomers can only hope to get a brief taste”. Поэтому A — 3.
После It was estimated требуется придаточная часть с конструкцией that one would need eleven years to view each exhibit. Поэтому B — 5.
После ensure нужна конструкция that they have time to catch all the collection’s highlights. Поэтому C — 2.
После the works логично поставить определительное придаточное that they are particularly interested in. Поэтому D — 1.
После Winter Palace требуется пояснение, что дворец был официальной резиденцией российских императоров: which was the official residence of the Russian emperors. Поэтому E — 6.
После central triumphal arch нужна часть which brings pedestrians out on to Palace Square from Nevsky Prospekt. Поэтому F — 4.
Часть 7 не используется, так как она не подходит ни к одному из пропусков.
Где здесь ошибаются
Путать части 1 и 2: после ensure требуется подлежащее they и сказуемое have time.
Использовать лишнюю часть 7 вместо смыслового продолжения описания триумфальной арки.
Записывать ответ не в порядке A–F.