Four new elements were discovered and added to the periodic table. That’s a 13 ______ deal! The atoms of the elements are so 14 ______ that half a million of them could line up across a single human hair. Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Different atoms have different amounts of them which 15 ______ tell us what kind of element it is. An element can’t be broken down any further. And 16 ______ element has its own personality or characteristic. A Russian scientist named Mendeleev figured all of this out and 17 ______ the elements into a chart — The Periodic Table of Elements. He even knew, in 1869, that there would be more elements discovered. And we’re still adding them nearly 150 years 18 ______! This is the first time in 5 years that any have been added.
Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 13−18 словами, напечатанными в правой колонке под цифрами 1−8. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. В ответе укажите цифры, под которыми значатся выбранные Вами слова. Два слова в этом списке 1−8 лишние.
An element can’t be broken down any further. And 16 ______ element has its own personality or characteristic.
1) big
2) each
3) greater
4) helps
5) later
6) needs
7) organized
8) small
Из подходящих синтаксически вариантов 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 и 8 (1 и 8 уже использованы) по смыслу подходит лишь вариант 2.
Ответ: 2.

