Решение: State Darwin Museum
Read the text and fill in gaps A–F with parts of sentences numbered 1–7. One part is extra.
State Darwin Museum
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist. He found that all species of life A ________ and worded out the scientific theory. According to it, evolution happens because of a process that is called natural selection.
The museum, like every prominent social and cultural event, has an individual initiative as its basis. The State Darwin Museum was B ________ and persuasion from A.F. Kots, a young Russian scientist who was very fond of Darwin. It was C ________ Higher Women’s Courses. It was the first museum of biological evolution and natural history in the world. Today the State Darwin Museum is D ________ three buildings with the total area more than 20 000 sq.m.
There are more than 5,000 items occupying the three floors of the museum. One of the most impressive sections has dinosaur models, presented with a fabulous dinosaur soundtrack. The museum E ________ the living world. It has a large display, which shows the variety of wildlife on earth, with animals from all climatic zones from the North Pole to the South.
One of the largest collections at the museum is the bird collection, which F ________ birds of paradise.
Решение по шагам
7 шаговВ пропуске A после “all species of life” логично поставить сказуемое “had evolved from common ancestors”: все виды жизни произошли от общих предков.
В пропуске B после “was” нужна конструкция с причастием: “built in Moscow in 1907, under pressure”.
В пропуске C выражение “It was established as an educational museum at the Moscow Higher Women’s Courses” грамматически и смыслово завершает предложение.
В пропуске D после “is” подходит конструкция “the largest museum of natural science that occupies three buildings”.
В пропуске E подлежащее “The museum” требует сказуемого в форме третьего лица: “presents a complete scientific picture of the living world”.
В пропуске F после “which” нужна конструкция “consists of many exotic species, including hummingbirds and birds of paradise”.
Часть 3 остаётся лишней, так как её нельзя грамматически и смыслово вставить ни в один пропуск.
Где здесь ошибаются
Путаница между частями 2 и 5 после конструкции “was”.
Выбор части 3 вместо части 6 без учёта продолжения “the living world”.
Нарушение согласования подлежащего и сказуемого в пропуске E.