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Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Five years ago Helen Price found a small hedgehog lying in the middle of her garden in daylight. She knew that was a bad sign, because hedgehogs normally come out only at night. The animal was cold and weighed just 250 grams. Helen kept it warm in a box, called a vet and, without planning to, started a new life. Today her rescue centre, Prickles, cares for around 400 hedgehogs a year. It began in Helen's garage and now occupies a converted barn on the edge of the village, with twelve volunteers working in shifts. Most of the animals arrive in autumn. Young hedgehogs born late in the year need to weigh at least 600 grams to survive their winter sleep, so the centre feeds them until they are heavy enough and releases them in spring. The most common injuries come from garden netting, strimmers and dogs, but many animals are simply hungry or thirsty. Helen's advice is simple. Leave a shallow dish of water in the garden, but never milk, which makes hedgehogs ill. Check long grass before cutting it. And cut a hole about 13 centimetres wide at the bottom of your fence, so that hedgehogs can travel from garden to garden in search of food. Which of the following does Helen advise people NOT to do?

1. АMake a hole at the bottom of the fence.
2. БCheck long grass before cutting it.
3. ВLeave a shallow dish of water in the garden.
4. ГGive hedgehogs milk.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. When Marcus Bell lost the use of his legs in a car accident at the age of twenty-four, he thought his days as a basketball player were over. Six months later, a nurse gave him a leaflet about wheelchair basketball. Today Marcus is the coach of the Riverside Rollers, the club he founded in 2015 with just five players. The club now has 38 members aged between 11 and 64. About a third of them are not disabled at all: they are friends and family members who tried the sport and liked it. 'In a sports chair everyone is equal,' Marcus explains. The rules are almost the same as in ordinary basketball, and the basket is the same height, 3.05 metres. Training takes place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Kingsway Sports Centre. The biggest problem is money. A special sports wheelchair costs around £3,000, which many families cannot afford. Last year a local building company bought six chairs for the club, so new players can now borrow one for their first year. The Rollers won the regional cup in 2023, but Marcus is proudest of something else. 'Two of our junior players started coming with their parents,' he says. 'Now the parents play too.' When was the Riverside Rollers club founded?

1. АSix months after Marcus's accident.
2. БLast year.
3. ВIn 2015.
4. ГIn 2023.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. When Clara Jones retired, she decided to cross the Atlantic, but not on a plane or a cruise liner. Instead, she bought a ticket on the Nordic Star, a cargo ship carrying 2,000 containers from Antwerp to Montreal. Only a small number of cargo ships take passengers, and those that do usually have room for no more than twelve. Clara shared the ship with just three other travellers and a crew of twenty-two. The journey took eleven days and cost about 110 euros a day, including three meals, which passengers eat with the officers. 'There is no swimming pool, no cinema and no shops,' Clara says. 'The internet works for only one hour a day, so you really switch off.' Passengers can visit the bridge, use a small gym and walk around the deck. Clara spent most afternoons in the library, which had about two hundred books left by earlier passengers. The best moment came on the eighth day, when a group of whales swam next to the ship for almost an hour. Travellers should remember, however, that cargo ships follow the needs of their cargo, not their passengers: departure dates can change at short notice, and Clara's ship arrived two days late. Which of the following could passengers use on board?

1. АA small gym.
2. БThe internet all day long.
3. ВA cinema.
4. ГA swimming pool.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. For almost a century, people in Portwell had only one way to cross the River Tane: the old Victoria Bridge. When engineers found serious cracks in it in 2021, the bridge was closed to traffic, and a trip to the other bank suddenly took forty minutes by bus. The city's answer surprised many residents. Instead of building a new bridge, it built a cable car. The Tane Cable Car opened in April 2024. It is 1.2 kilometres long, and its 34 cabins, each for up to ten passengers, cross the river in six minutes. From the highest point, 90 metres above the water, passengers can see the whole harbour. The cable car runs from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. A single ticket costs £3.50, but people who use it to get to work can buy a monthly pass for £45, and children under five travel free. Bicycles are allowed in every cabin except during the busiest hours, from 8 to 9 in the morning and from 5 to 6 in the evening. In its first year the cable car carried more than two million passengers, twice as many as expected. The repaired Victoria Bridge is due to reopen next year, but only for pedestrians and cyclists. How long does it take to cross the river by cable car?

1. АThirty-four minutes.
2. БSix minutes.
3. ВTen minutes.
4. ГForty minutes.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. When sisters Amy and Rosa Chen opened Roll the Dice in 2021, their friends thought it was a crazy idea. Who would pay to play board games when they could stay at home? Three years later, the café in Northgate Street is full almost every evening, and at weekends people queue outside. The shelves hold more than 650 games, from quick card games to strategy games that take five hours. Visitors pay £6 each for a table, with no time limit on weekdays; at weekends they can stay for up to three hours. Food and drinks are ordered separately. The café is open from noon to 11 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday, and closed on Mondays. Nobody needs to read long rules. Four members of staff, known as 'game guides', walk between the tables, recommend games that suit each group and explain how to play. 'Most people come in and ask for the game they played as children,' says Rosa. 'We try to give them something new instead.' The most borrowed game last year was a detective game in which players solve a mystery together. On the first Friday of every month the café holds a tournament, and on Sunday mornings families with children under twelve get half-price tables. How much does a table at Roll the Dice cost per person?

1. А£5.
2. Б£11.
3. В£6.
4. Г£12.