ЕГЭ по Английскому Языку/ Репетитор Английского языка / Тест 16

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 1 - 8. Определите, какой вариант ответа соответствует данному пропуску.
 

the world creation


A cataclysm  … [brought/moved/took/went]  the world into being. We know this ... [because/although/despite/due to] the scientists inform us that the universe was once created by gigantic cosmic forces, and those same forces will one day bring it to an end. We have inner ancestral voices telling us this, too. It is a deep, internalized and disturbing message that has been with us since the  ... [dawn/sunrise/dusk/down]  of history and has been ... [bequeathed/bewitched/bestowed/betrothed]  to us in institutionalized religions. Many, for example, believe that the Bible’s opening  ... [account/memoir/register/score]  of Creation, as revealed in the book of Genesis (meaning “Beginnings”), is a true statement of the first catastrophic event. It is a quintessential story of our origins, echoed and ... [reiterated/reissued/resuscitated/retaliated]  countless times in the writings of other cultures. The Creation legend, with its  ... [momentous/momentary/momentum/moment]  opening words – “In the beginning God created the heaven and Earth” – cannot, however, be historic. Man obviously was not around to observe the traumatic event, and indeed some renegade scientists are beginning to question whether there was a “beginning” after all. But if we accept the barest ... [outlines/outsides/outshines/outsets]  of life evolving from primitive starter chemicals, through a series of stages that led form the single cell to the ape.

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GAP 1
BROUGHT

IDIOM BRING STH INTO BEING
To start to exist: 
A new era was brought into being by the war.

 

 

GAP 2
BECAUSE

CONJUNCTION BECAUSE
Used when you are giving the reason for something: 
She didn't enjoy the party because her boyfriend was drunk.

 

 

GAP 3
DAWN

IDIOM DAWN OF SOMETHING
The time when something began or first appeared: 
People have been falling in love since the dawn of time.

 

 

GAP 4
BEQUEATHED

VERB BEQUEATH
To pass knowledge, customs etc to people who come after you or live after you:
The previous government had bequeathed a legacy of problems.

 

 

GAP 5
ACCOUNT

NOUN + PREPOSITION AN ACCOUNT OF
A written or spoken description of something that has happened:
She gave the police a full account of the incident.

 

 

GAP 6
REITERATED

VERB REITERATE
To repeat something that you have already said, especially to emphasize it:
Let me reiterate the most important points.

 

 

GAP 7
MOMENTOUS

ADJECTIVE MOMENTOUS
A momentous event, change, or decision is very important because it will have a great influence on the future: 
How old was Robert frost when he made the momentous decision in 1912?

 

 

GAP 8
OUTLINES

NOUN + PREPOSITION OUTLINE OF
The main ideas or facts about something, without the details: 
This is a brief outline of the events.