Part II. Use of english

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Task 5

Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the box. The prepositions can be used more than once.

into with out of on to by off

34. The man got ……… his yellow car and walked away.

35. We’re going to Spain ……... sea – we’re taking the ferry.

36. The ship will leave as soon as everyone is …….. board.

37. We got …….. the bus when we reached our stop, and walked home.

38. The train left the station exactly …….. time.

39. My bike needs fixing, so I’ll have to go into town …….. foot.

40. We got ……… the car and drove to the beach.

41. We’ll be away …….. holiday for two weeks.

42. They both think that sharing a room ……… a brother or sister has advantages.

43. When your remote-control model is ready, you can look forward ……… playing with it in a park.

34		39
35		40
36		41
37		42
38		43

Task 6

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space

BIGFOOT

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is the legendary wild man of (44) __________ Himalayas. This creature (45) __________ been sighted in America, (46) _________ it is known as Bigfoot. The Yeti is a large, ape-like creature (47) __________reddish brown hair covering its body. Authorities disagree as (48) ___________ whether it really exists or not and a lot of the physical evidence (e.g. footprints (49) __________ the snow, photographs) have been proved to (50) ___________ been cases of misidentification or outright hoaxes. Some experts believe (51) the Yeti may (52) ___________ a descendant of (53) __________ extinct Neanderthal man, whilst (54) think it is (55) ____________ undiscovered species of ape. The most far-fetched theory is that (56) __________ is an alien.

44	51
45	52
46	53
47	54
48	55
49	56
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Task 7

Выберите правильный ответ.

57. This money ______ not enough to buy the book.

A) are C) have

B) is D) has

58. She made her husband ______ the tree.

A) to cut down C) to have cut down

B) cut down D) cutting down

59. You _______ nothing unless you ______ a microscope.

It is the most interesting specimen I ______.

A) see, don't use, ever see C) will see, use, have ever seen

B) will see, don't use, have ever seen D) won't see, won't use, ever saw

60. You ______ to prepare the room for our guests. They _____ arrive tomorrow or the day after.

A) must, must C) can, can

B) may, may D) need, may

61. She looks ______ today.

A) happily C) happy

B) nicely D) beautifully

62. His hands are dirty. He ______ the car.

A) repaired C) will repair

B) repairs D) has been repairing

63. The ______ document worried me.

A) lost C) losing

B) being lost D) having lost

64. It was far ______ than he expected, so he made up his mind to spend twice as ______ money as he had wanted.

A) more cheaper, more C) the cheapest, the most

B) more cheap, a lot D) cheaper, much

65. It is ______ how ideas come, like a _______ of lightening.

A) funnily, stroke C) funny, clap

B) funny, flash D) funnily, bit

66. Near the centre of _____ City there stand ____ St. Paul's Cathedral, ____ Bank of England, ____ Royal Exchange, ____ Stock Exchange, and the rest of ____ London's financial district.

A) the, the, the, the, the, the C) ____, _____, the, _____, _____, the

B) the, _____, the, the, the, _____ D) ____, the, ____, _____, _____, _____

67. They don't think so, ______.

A) so do you C) neither I do

B) so I do D) neither do I

68. Nobody knew where ______ at the moment.

A) she was C) she is

B) she has been D) she had been

69. She kept ______ they must be economical ______ they were not rich.

A) on saying, though C) saying, since

B) say, till D) to say, as

70. _____ computers are used extensively in scientific _____ to solve mathematical problems, display complicated data, or model systems that are too ______ or impractical to build.

A) The, researches, cost C) ____, research, costly

B) The, research, cost D) ____, researches, costly

71. Is _______ knocking at the door?

A) nobody C) somebody

B) anybody D) some

72. Alaska _____ to the United States since 1867, when it _____ from Russia by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

A) belonged, has been bought C) has been belonged, was bought

B) had belonged, has been bought D) has belonged, was bought

73. Tourism is _____ important; the country _____ 1.2 million visitors in 1998.

A) increasingly, has had C) increasingly, had

B) more increasingly, had D) the most increasing, has had

74. Their house is ______ to the school.

A) close C) near

B) nearly D) closely

75. Have you had your lunch _______? – No, I'm going to do it now.

A) already C) just

B) still D) yet

76. They were designed to serve ______ all-inclusive textbooks and thus differed _____ modern encyclopedias, which serve chiefly _____ reference sources.

A) as, in, as C) like, in, like

B) like, from, like D) as, from, as.