Особые отношения

Всего лишь к представителям одной-двух наций англичане испытывают нечто вроде родственных чувств. Например, они поддерживают тесные связи с австралийцами, хотя их смущает некоторая несдержанность последних, и с канадцами, которые, правда, представляются англичанам людьми, озлобленными постоянными снегопадами и чрезмерной близостью к Америке.

Американцы им, в общем, нравятся и нравились бы еще больше, если б не кичились так своим АМЕРИКАНСТВОМ! Англичане считают американцев тоже англичанами, только превратившимися во что-то не совсем понятное в результате неудачного стечения обстоятельств и всеобщего недопонимания. И, разумеется, американцы были бы счастливее, если б только у них хватило ума повернуть вспять. К тому же, тогда бы они точно снова заговорили на ПРАВИЛЬНОМ английском языке!

С недоверчивым восхищением наблюдая по телевизору участников бесчисленных американских ток-шоу, англичане обвиняют американцев в том, что под их тлетворным влиянием падает уровень английской культуры.

Однако, поразмыслив как следует, они приходят к выводу, что с американцами все же следует поддерживать хорошие отношения – хотя бы во имя коммерческой и политической выгоды. Что, впрочем, совершенно не мешает англичанам постоянно сравнивать обе страны и, конечно же, не в пользу Америки. Но, в конце концов, Англия ведь старше!

Stage D

Choose the best alternative:

Test 1.

1. He wants to get to the top before he is thirty. He is very ….

A tall B ambitious C intelligent D industrial

2. John always arrives on time. He’s so ….

A careful B boring C punctual D timeless

3. My brother is an authority … women.

A on B about C with

4. I am not surprised he became an author. Even as a child he had a … imagination.

A large B great C vivid D bright

5. Don’t tell him about their breaking up – you know what a … Paul is; it will be all over the town in no time.

A talker B liar C gossip D informer

6. Don’t tell Mary about us. You know she can’t … a secret.

A hold B keep C save D stop

7. I always feel … if I hear footsteps behind me in a dark and empty street.

A shy B timid C fearful

8. She always … if you mention a subject that embarrasses her.

A reddens B goes red C reds

9. If you’ve disagreed very strongly with someone, you’ve probably been …

A conversing B disputing C quarrelling D discussing

10. If you make a remark, you are probably … something.

A noticing B regarding C observing D saying

11. If you nodded, you would probably be ….

A agreeing B disagreeing C accepting

12. You see someone you know across the street, so you … them.

A salute B wave to C welcome

13. Someone asks you for a favour and you … to do it.

A accept B agree

14. I’m not opposed to what you’re saying. …, I completely agree with you.

A Contrary B The contrary C In contrast D On the contrary

15. You never feel comfortable until you have … an argument.

A sorted B settled C arranged

Test 2.

1. If a discussion or argument becomes intense, we may describe it as ….

A hot B warm C heat D heated

2. If we have the same point of view, we are ….

A agreeable B in agreement

3. If you sympathize with someone, you ….

A like them very much B love them C share their emotions

4. If you’re conscientious, you ….

A are awake B know right from wrong C do things seriously and with care

5. Remarking has to do with ….

A seeing B saying C thinking

6. A sentimental person …

A has strong feelings B arouses strong feelings C has feelings that aren’t deep

7. You are in love, so you have ….

A strong sentiments B strong feelings C deep senses

8. You’re very anxious. You have … of anxiety.

A a sense B an impression

9. People who are generally too concerned with their own thoughts to notice what is happening round them can be described as ….

A abstracted B absent-minded C distracted

10. A person whom other people admire has ….

A great fame B an excellent reputation C good rumour D character

11. A person who works seriously and with care ….

A is conscious B is conscientious C has conscience

12. A person who is well-known and has a good reputation is ….

A notorious B famous C infamous

13. People who think only of themselves are ….

A egoist B selfish C egotist

14. A person who is not distinguished in any way is ….

A vulgar B common C ordinary

15. A person who reads and thinks a lot is ….

A intellectual B spiritual C witty

Test 3.

1. A person who is easily annoyed or often in a bad mood is ….

A nervous B tense C irritable

2. People who apply themselves seriously to their work are ….

A hardworking B laborious

3. People who are full of life have a lot of ….

A liveliness B temperament

4. People who have had a lot of practice at doing something are ….

A practical B practicable C practiced

5. A person who is not very nice or friendly is ….

A disagreeable B unsympathetic

6. A person who has good sense and judgment is ….

A sensible B sensitive C conscious

7. We can describe someone who is fond of sport as ….

A sporting B sportive C sporty

8. Beethoven was ….

A a genie B a genius C genial

9. Unfortunately, he is … as a rather lazy man.

A thought B supposed C believed D regarded

10. I’m relying on you and I hope you won’t let me ….

A off B out C in D down

11. She didn’t feel she could … him to keep a secret.

A trust B rely C depend D ensure

12. My boss insists on seeing everything in … before he makes a decision.

A red, white and blue B green and yellow C black and white

13. I don’t think he is the sort of man who will ever … much money.

A acquire B gain C obtain D make

14. Gavin was a very lively child, always full of … spirits.

A excellent B high C good D bright

15. At the interview for the job, he gave … of himself.

A a good opinion B a good account C a good idea D a good appearance

Test 4.

1. … allowing for his age, he still acts very immaturely.

A But B Yet C Although D Even

2. He was very modest and played … his part in the rescue.

A out B up C off D down

3. The child began to cry and tears slowly … down her face.

A trickled B oozed C dribbled D leaked

4. She was extremely …, always ready to agree with other people’s wishes.

A adaptable B mellow C moderate D supple

5. The boss’s ill temper in the morning was the cause of much … in the office.

A abrasion B brittleness C friction D restriction

6. He was extremely angry and suddenly ….

A blew off B blew out C blew up D blew away

7. He knew he couldn’t change anything so he just … himself to the situation.

A assigned B resigned aligned D maligned

8. By arriving late for the interview, he threw … his chances of getting the job.

A off B away C down D over

9. Mr. Brown was acting very peculiarly and seemed in a funny state of ….

A affairs B mind C grace D nature

10. If I … sing as well as you, I’d be a millionaire.

A could B would C will D should

11. Sooner or later he will have to … his responsibilities.

A face up to B take account C look after D see into

12. On a sudden …, she bought a ticket back home.

A keenness B feeling C resolve D impulse

13. She’s always … up trouble between friends.

A stirring B mixing C making D doing

14. She never learnt the piano but she can play by ….

A heart B hand C memory D ear

15. I’ve had … a lot of insulting behaviour from you!

A look down on B put up with C stand up for D get on with

Test 5.

1. I really think that apologizing is … you can do.

A not as much as B a little C the least D as far as

2. I’ve never owned … independent cat as this one!

A more than B such an C a so D as much an

3. I wish you wouldn’t show off and … your success as much!

A full of B bored by C boast about D congratulate on

4. David’s wife is bound to … the truth sooner or later.

A find out B come out C make up D give up

5. You don’t have to decide now you can ….

A put it aside B call it off C tear it up D think it over

6. After the quarrel, we kissed and ….

A cleared up B looked up C made up D put up

7. She is very … and cries if people are unkind to her.

A fussy B sensible C sensitive D unfeeling

8. The reason my father doesn’t say much is that he is very … with strangers.

A ashamed B afraid C reluctant D shameful E shy

9. You can … from the way she behaves that she is a happy person.

A know B realize C tell D inform

10. When they broke up I felt … for both of them.

A comprehensive B comprehensible C responsive D sorry

11. Everybody likes her. She is very … with all her colleagues.

A familiar B vulgar C popular D close

12. I do not wish to see anyone. Please leave me ….

A solitary B lonely C alone D single

13. She has had a very hard life. Few people realize what she has had to ….

A go through B put up C carry on D take on

14. When you do a favour for someone, don’t expect anything in ….

A return B instead C place D recompense E retrospect

15. I don’t like him very much. I like his wife, ….

A so B as well C though D yet E still

Test 6.

1. Mozart composed music when he was just a child. He had a great … for it.

A skill B ability C gift D force

2. Public figures, such as actors, are often reluctant to talk about their … lives.

A personal B private C individual D peculiar

3. He never stops talking about himself. He’s really … to listen to.

A annoyed B heavy C difficult D boring

4. He decided to go ahead, … what other people said.

A regarding B regardless of C considering D although

5. … how hard I work, I never seem to get any praise.

A No matter B Regardless C Not counting D Even

6. We’re raising money to buy a guide dog for … blind.

A a B the C most D some E all

7. The boy had an accident because he didn’t use his … sense.

A ordinary B usual C common D everyday

8. The children are completely different in character, but they … very well.

A get on B settle up C catch on D carry on

9. That child’s extremely …. He’s always answering people back.

A irresponsible B immoral C impolite D irrational

10. She had … in a small village and so she couldn’t get used to living in a city.

A brought up B got up C come up D grown up

11. She never told anyone because she was … of what she had done.

A incapable B selfish C useless D ashamed

12. If you want to be a driving …, you have to have a lot of practice!

A instructor B informant C trainee D assistant

13. You never quite know where you are with John: he … to be very moody.

A means B likes C acts D tends

14. I’m … at remembering telephone numbers. I can hardly remember my own!

A forgetful B careless C incapable D dreadful

15. She’s totally …. She never does anything she promises to do.

A unenthusiastic B disloyal C unreliable D illogical

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