Choose the correct prepositions

Олимпиада по английскому языку

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Ставрополь 2012

Олимпиада по английскому языку

Тур 1 (заочный) 15.11.12-01.12.12

I. Vocabulary

Fill in the gaps with a suitable word

1. Many people keep ________ in Britain. The most common are dogs and cats.

2. The lights are not working, there must be a _______________.

3. I can’t take a photo because my camera is ________________.

4. A volcano has __________ in Indonesia.

5. I can’t come out. I’m ____________ an examination tomorrow.

6. She __________ the Olympic record last year.

7. Excuse me, could you tell me the ____ to the post office?

8. What does John look ______?

9. He always tells the truth. He’s ____________.

10. The hurricane in Florida ____________ trees and buildings.

11. He’s got very pale ____________,

12. He was very ___________ when his best friend went out with the girl he really liked.

13. Do you have central _____________?

14. There’s something ______________ with the TV.

15. The telephone is out of __________.

16. I can’t _________ to ho on holiday this year. It’s too expensive.

17. The cost of _______ is very high in places like Sweden or Norway.

18. Doctors believe ___________ is the major cause of lung cancer.

19. You mustn’t _______ a motorbike without a crash helmet.

20. I don’t want a full-time job. I’d prefer a _________ job.

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II. Grammar

Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form

I was on time for my dentist’s appointment, but the dentist was still busy with another patient, so I (1) __________ (sit) in the waiting room and (2) __________ (read) some of the old magazines lying there. While I (3) _____________ (wonder) whether to live and come back another day, I (4) ___________________

(notice) a magazine article about teeth. It (5) ____________________ (begin): “How long is it since you last (6) ____________ (go) to the dentist? (7) ________________ (you go) regularly every six month? Or (8) ______________ (you put off) your visit for the last six years?” Next to the article was a cartoon of a man in a dentist’s chair. The dentist (9) _______________ (say): “I’m afraid this (10) ___________ hurt.” I (11) ________________ (suddenly realize) that my tooth (12) _______________ (stop) aching. But just as I (13) _____________ (open) the door to leave, the dentist’s door (14) ________________ (open). “Next please,” he (15) ___________________ (call), as the previous patient (16) ________________ (push) past me. “Actually I’m not here to see you, I (17) ________________ (wait) for my friend,” I (18) _________________ (shout), leaving as rapidly as I could. (19) ___________________ (you ever do) this kind of thing? Surely I can’t be the only person who (20) ________________________ (hate) the dentist!

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III. Reading

Read the given text and fill in the blanks

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William Shakespeare facts are few and (1) ______________. While we know a lot about the playwright's works, Shakespeare facts concerning the Bard's personal life are (2) _______________.

Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. The closest (3) _____________ is the date of his baptism on April the 26th, 1564. By tradition and guesswork, William is assumed to have been born three days earlier on April the 23rd, a date now commonly used to celebrate the famous Bard's birthday.

The Bard (4) __________ the phrase, "the beast with two backs" meaning intercourse in his play Othello.

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination".

There are only two authentic portraits of William today; the widely used (5) ____________ of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout first published on the title page of the 1623 First Folio and the monument of the great playwright in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.

William married a woman (6) ______________ his age. Anne Hathaway was 26 years old when William married her at age 18. They married at Temple Grafton, a village approximately five miles (8 km) from Stratford. Anne Hathaway was said (7) ________ from Shottery.

Shakespeare and wife had eight children, (8) ___________ daughter Susanna, twins Hamnet, Judith, and Edmund. Susanna received most of the Bard's (9) ___________ when he died in 1616, age 52. Hamnet died at age 11, Judith at 77. Susanna dies in 1649, age 66.

There were two (10) ____________ families living in Stratford when William was born; the other family did not become famous.

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IV. Prepositions

Choose the correct prepositions

1. The interviewee made a good impression _____ the manager.

2. If you insist ____ going against their orders, you must be prepared to face the consequences.

3. His openness and sincerity are the key _____ his political success.

4. Most people are indifferent _____ the welfare of the homeless.

5. The timber wolf belongs ____ the dog family.

6. It lives _____ the USA, Canada, China, Russia and Greece, and it lives ____ about ten years.

7. I didn’t expect so many people to object ____ the scheme.

8. Do you take pride _____ your work?

9. In prehistoric times, people painted ____ the walls _____ the caves they lived in.

10. People used colours ____ fruit or plants to paint.

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