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Раздел: грамматические структуры

1. London Eye

The architects, Julia Barfiled and her husband David Marks, were the winners of the … to design a Millennium landmark. Their design was the most imaginative of all the projects.

1. 1. competition
2. 2. compete
3. 3. competed
4. 4. competes
5. 5.competing

2. Wild Animals.

Wild animals have recently made an appearance in the back gardens of American suburbs. They have caused havoc and have … domestic pets.

1. 1. threatened
2. 2. threats
3. 3. unthreatened
4. 4. threaded
5. 5. threatening

3. Float your troubles away

Experts have claimed that flotation therapy can … a significant number of medical conditions.

1. 1. relieve
2. 2. relief
3. 3. relieving
4. 4. the relief
5. 5. relieved

4. Diving deeper

Free-divers are attached to a line, and then they have to take a deep …, dive as deep as they can and come up immediately.

1. 1. breath
2. 2. breathe
3. 3. breathing
4. 4. breast
5. 5. breathes

5. Following swallows

Bert's job doesn't immediately strike you as exciting. He watches birds, Swallows, in fact. The severe weather makes their journey tougher each year. One of their main … is getting enough to eat.

1. 1. difficulties
2. 2. difficulty
3. 3. difficult
4. 4. as difficult
5. 5. more difficult

6. Some activities are associated … young people, even though it isn't always clear why.

1. 1. with
2. 2. to
3. 3. by
4. 4. on
5. 5. in

7. Skateboarders are expected to … teenagers, but there's no reason why people over the age of 21 shouldn't do the sport.

1. 1. be
2. 2. being
3. 3. have been
4. 4. are
5. 5. has been

8. There’s … wrong with a grown-up gliding down the road on his or her skateboard.

1. 1. nothing
2. 2. no
3. 3. nobody
4. 4. anything
5. 5. anybody

9. When you are 14, you are very conscious of … other people think of you.

1. 1. what
2. 2. when
3. 3. that
4. 4. whose
5. 5. which

10. A recent survey shows that almost 90% of people believe in one sort of superstition or another and say that it influences … lives.

1. 1. their
2. 2. them
3. 3. they
4. 4. his
5. 5. her

11. How many people could truly say they are not superstitious? One of the questions people … asked is whether they saw themselves as lucky or unlucky.

1. 1. were
2. 2. was
3. 3. has been
4. 4. had been
5. 5. are

12. Professor Morgan Howard, who analysed the results of the survey, discovered that almost all the people who regarded themselves … lucky believed in positive superstitions

1. 1. as
2. 2. how
3. 3. what a
4. 4. such
5. 5. too

13. Even … surprisingly, Professor Morgan Howard, who analysed the results of the survey of superstitions, discovered that people with a degree in science tend to be superstitious like people with no knowledge of science.

1. 1. more
2. 2. better
3. 3. least
4. 4. best
5. 5. likely

14. Over the last few years there has been more interest in the subject of history. Thus, historians should be delighted at this development, shouldn't …?

1. 1. they
2. 2. them
3. 3. he
4. 4. us
5. 5. we

15. Professors of history are not particularly happy … the increase of applicants at History Departments and have expressed concern about the quality of their students.

1. 1. about
2. 2. at
3. 3. in
4. 4. of
5. 5. to

16. TV programmes make students… think that studying history is as simple as storytelling.

1. 1. –
2. 2. to
3. 3. for
4. 4. a
5. 5. the

17. Documentaries on TV channels oversimplify the subject of history and concentrate … personalities in an attempt to attract audiences.

1. 1. on
2. 2. at
3. 3. with
4. 4. to
5. 5. of

18. Many historians don't have good narrative skills, which is … so many history books are not popular with readers.

1. 1. why
2. 2. what
3. 3. that
4. 4. then
5. 5. there

19. The Island Princess, one of the biggest passenger ships in history, is more than double … weight of the Titanic.

1. 1. the
2. 2. a
3. 3. of
4. 4. –
5. 5. that

20. The huge weight of the Island Princess, one of the biggest passenger ships, is partly due … her enormous height.

1. 1. to
2. 2. at
3. 3. as
4. 4. in
5. 5. of

21. There is entertainment on board of the cruise ship to suit … age and interest, from dancing to good drama.

1. 1. every
2. 2. the
3. 3. very
4. 4. some
5. 5. few

22. Miranda Naylor, a blind accountant from Southport, has driven a car at almost 150 miles per hour … an attempt … raise money for charity.

1. 1. in, to
2. 2. with, to
3. 3. in, -
4. 4. at, with
5. 5. at, of

23. Mrs Naylor, a blind accountant from Southport, drove a sports car at almost 150 miles per hour. She was … radio contact with her husband, Pete Naylor, who was able to give directions and advice in this way.

1. 1. on
2. 2. at
3. 3. in
4. 4. to
5. 5. with

24. Money, raised at the ‘blind race’, will be donated to a company …. trains dogs for blind people.

1. 1. that
2. 2. what
3. 3. when
4. 4. this
5. 5. it

25. Miranda Naylor, a blind accountant from Southport, admits that not … her sight makes life awkward sometimes.

1. 1. having
2. 2. have
3. 3. had
4. 4. has
5. 5. to having

26. Miranda is now looking … a new challenge and would like to try motorbike riding.

1. 1. for
2. 2. after
3. 3. to
4. 4. forward to
5. 5. at

27. Working mothers

Reliable studies have shown that the children of working mothers have no more problems than children whose mothers stay at home. Some women have invested so much in a career that they cannot … to give it up

1. 1. decide
2. 2. bear
3. 3. hope
4. 4. expect
5. 5. take

28. Going on a Diet

Without energy, the heart cannot … blood through blood vessels and the organs cannot function.

1. 1. pump
2. 2. pull
3. 3. drag
4. 4. force
5. 5. push

29. Mountain Climbing

Rock climbing … a combination of gymnastic ability, imagination and observation.

1. 1. requires
2. 2. insists
3. 3. calls
4. 4. orders
5. 5. searches

30. Mountain Climbing

The most experienced climber goes first and … the other climbers which way to go.

1. 1. show
2. 2. indicates
3. 3. signals
4. 4. points
5. 5. demonstrates