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10 класс
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (10 points):
Last week police (1) _______________ (to arrest) Paul Dawson. They (2) _______________ (to suspect) him of being the leader of a gang of robbers who (3) _______________ (to steal) art treasures from museums and homes since last January. Prior to his arrest, Dawson (4) _______________ (to spend) two years in prison for theft. They (5) _______________ (to release) him only 16 months ago. The police (6) _______________ (to try) to find the gang’s hideout for months. They feel sure they (7) _______________ (to arrest) the rest of the gang by the end of the month. This (8) _______________ (to be) the biggest art theft operation to be uncovered since 1974 when police (9) _______________ (to catch) a gang who (10) _______________ (to steal) over a million pounds worth of paintings from galleries all over the country.
II. Think of ONE word that can fit all three sentences (6 points):
1. When he was in his nineties, the famous writer’s health began to _______________.
If the potato crop were to _______________, it would create any problems for the local people.
Please do not _______________ to check the safety precautions for this device.
2. In the _______________ term, this new proposal could mean a property tax with substantial rebates for the poor.
Running up the stairs left her _______________ of breath.
The kids made _______________ work of the cakes and ice-cream at the party.
3. Sven was the star _______________ in the school review with his impersonation of all the teachers.
It’ll be my _______________ to cook meal for both of us next weekend.
Don’t drive too fast as you approach the next _______________ because there’s a sharp embankment.
4. When you take into _______________ the difficulties they faced, you must admit the team did well to come second.
After he had visited the theme park, Trevor gave us a detailed _______________ of the attractions.
Clara asked the shop assistant to charge the jacket to her _______________.
5. I thought I had a good solution to the problem, but my plan was _______________ by the director, who said it would be too expensive.
In many parts of the country, black clouds completely _______________ out the sun, and whole towns were cast into semi-darkness.
Enrico had to take a different route home because the main road was _______________ by a lorry which had overturned.
6. When I hesitated over the price, the salesman came up with a special _______________.
There’s a great _______________ of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.
The two sides tried and failed to come to a _______________.
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word given and other words to complete each sentence. You must use between two and five words. Do not change the word given (10 points):
1. He smoked a lot, so he had a very bad cough.
DUE
His very bad cough _________________________________________ a lot.
2. I’m sure he wasn’t sincere when he said he liked mice.
CAN’T
He _____________________________________ when he said he liked mice.
3. You ought to find a job.
TIME
It _______________________________________________________ a job.
4. The decorators were still painting the flat when I moved in.
PAINTED
The flat _________________________________________ when I moved in.
5. The phone isn’t working I’m afraid.
OUT
The phone ____________________________________________ I’m afraid.
6. If he hadn’t reacted so quickly, we would have been killed.
REACTION
But ____________________________________ we would have been killed.
7. I don’t mind being alone at weekends.
ON
I don’t mind ________________________________________ at weekends.
8. Can I speak to you in private?
WORD
Can I ________________________________________________ in private?
9. Please check this document for misprints.
SURE
Please __________________________________ misprints in this document.
10. Although he is rich, he is mean.
WEALTH
In __________________________________________________ he is mean.
IV. Read the text. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (V) in the space provided. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in the space provided (12 points):
A Trip to the Funfair
0. We have had been planning for a long time to go to 0. have f
00. the funfair for my brother’s birthday, so on the big 00. V b
1. day we all piled up into the car and set off. The traffic 1. _____________
2. was so much bad that day that it took us nearly two hours 2. _____________
3. to get there. Then we discovered that half the people 3. _____________
4. in town had been had the same idea. The place was so packed 4. _____________
5. that you could no hardly move. My brother wanted to go 5. _____________
6. on the roller coaster, so we joined the queue – which it seemed 6. _____________
7. to be about a mile long – and waited for our turn. 7. _____________
8. By far the time we got to the front of the queue, my sister 8. _____________
9. was complaining that she was so afraid to go on the ride, 9. _____________
10. and even my brother looked a bit of apprehensive. Just then 10. ____________
11. a man announced that there was a technical problem 11. ___________
12. and the ride was made closed. With a sigh of relief we went 12. ____________
to get something to eat.
V. Complete the sentences with the idioms below (8 points):
|
off the point |
flat out |
for good |
full of beans |
|
down to earth |
in a nutshell |
out of the blue |
in black and white |
1. I want everything ____________________ before I sign anything.
2. He’s quiet, sensible, and ____________________.
3. We were discussing politics when, ____________________, she started talking about her daughter’s boyfriend.
4. The child is so ____________________ that it’s tiring to be with him.
5. I’m ____________________ – I think I’d better go to bed.
6. After his wife’s death he left town ____________________.
7. ____________________, my plan is to buy land.
8. She put the matter _______________________ .
VI. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line (10 points):
The Desire to Know
|
Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (1) ____This irrepressible desire to know is not a (2) ____________________ of inanimate objects. Nor does it seem to be attributable to some forms of living organism which, for that very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. A tree, for example, does not display (3) ____________________ curiosity, nor does a sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring them poison, predators or parasites, they die as (4) ____________________ as they lived. Early in the scheme of life, (5) ___________________ motion was developed by some organisms. It meant an (6) ____________________ advance in their control of the environment. A moving organism no longer waited in stolid (7) ______________ for food to come its way, but went out after it. The individual that hesitated in the (8)____________________ search for food, or that was overly (9) ____________________ in its investigation, starved. As organisms grew more complex, more messages of greater variety were received from and about the (10) ____________________ environment. At the same time, the nervous system, the living instrument that interprets and stores the data collected by the sense organs, became increasingly complex |
EXIST CHARACTER
RECOGNISE
Ceremonious
DEPEND ORDINARY
RIGID
ZEAL CONSERVE
ROUND
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VII. Fill the gaps by completing the phrasal verb or adding a preposition (18 points):
1. They thought they were just going to get told _________ but they were charged ________ criminal damage.
2. I finally made _____ my mind to turn ______ the job offer.
3. She comes ______ with loads of ideas but nine times _____ of ten they are completely impractical.
4. It was love _____ first sight but now they’re having problems sorting _____ their relationship.
5. We ended _____ booking a holiday _____ very short notice on the Internet.
6. He broke ______ with Mandy _______ their fourth date.
7. She’s a complete liar and capable _____ making _____ the whole story.
8. When they finally came _____ their senses, it all worked ______ quite well.
9. Sam takes ___ her mother; the look very similar ____ each other.
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