Задания лингвистике английского языка, 1 тур
№1. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Give one
answer only to each question:
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Unless you give up smoking, you …….. the risk of damaging your health.
a. bear
b. suffer
c. make
d. run
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I’m feeling …….. and could do with a holiday.
a. run across
b. run down
c. run out
d. run over
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The drugs the doctor prescribed made me feel …………
a. drowsy
b. wary
c. dreary
d. dowdy
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Being a nurse sometimes ……… looking after difficult patients.
a. curtails
b. details
c. entails
d. retails
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The ………….. you gain from physical exercise are well worth the effort.
a. profits
b. benefits
c. advantages
d. improvements
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The patient’s health has ……… so much that the doctors fear for his life.
a. declined
b. degenerated
c. disintegrated
d. deteriorated
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The idea of a balanced diet is difficult to …………..to those who know little
about food values.
a. come across
b. take in
c. make over
d. put across
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You should take an aspirin or something to help ……. the pain.
a. lighten
b. calm
c. relieve
d. rid
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If you’ve got a sore throat, you should ……… with salt water.
a. gargle
b. giggle
c. gurgle
d. guzzle
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………….. you’re a millionaire, you can’t buy health and happiness.
a. Besides
b. Except that
c. Ever if
d. Despite
№2. Complete each sentence with the correct part of the body. Choose from the
following words. Some are used more than once.
Back; Ear; Hair; Leg; Blood; Eye; Hand; Mouth; Bone; Face; Heart; Teeth; Breast;
Foot; Head; Tooth
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You have a free ………… You can work with whoever you like.
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The way he plays the violin sets my ……….. on edge.
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The sight of those ghostly figures made his ……… run cold.
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I have a ……….. to pick with you! Where’s that book you promised ?
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She has a very cool ………… so she didn’t panic.
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He made a clean …….. of it and admitted he was the one who had stolen the
money.
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The way they treated the animals made my ………… boil.
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The soldiers were armed to the ………….
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She got a pat on the ………… for doing such a good job.
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He turned a deaf …………… to my request for more money.
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They always criticise her behind her………….
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I can’t understand this. It’s way above my………
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I want you to learn these words by ………. before the next lesson.
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That’s just what I was going to say! You took the words right out of my ………
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Relax! Let your ………… down for a change!
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Could you give me a ……… with this ladder?
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I’ll keep an ……… on your cat while you’re away.
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That can’t be true! You’re pulling my …………
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You’ve really put your ………… in it this time! Whatever made you say such a
thing.
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We were all shocked but she didn’t turn a …………
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He was too frightened to say it to her…………..
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We could wait for the next bus. On the other …………. , we could walk.
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She pulled a long …………. when we told her our plans.
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You know what a sweet …….. he’s got so don’t leave that box of chocolates lying
around.
№3 Choose the best alternative to complete each sentence. Look up any words you
don’t know.
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My microscope can ………….. objects up to a hundred times.
a. amplify
b. extend
c. generate
d. magnify
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The sponge………………. most of the water.
a. ate
b. absorbed
c. digested
d. exhausted
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The ……………… on the window shows that it’s cold outside.
a. condensation
b. damp
c. evaporation
d. humidity
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The water ………… out of the hole in the dam.
a. flowed
b. floated
c. expanded
d. drifted
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From this terminal you can call …………. our main computer at head office.
a. on
b. for
c. at
d. up
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Robot arms ………….. the parts of the car together.
a. melt
b. weld
c. sew
d. saw
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Electronically stored information is easily…………
a. resumed
b. updated
c. predated
d. rebuilt
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They heard the aeroplane go through the sound ………….
a. barrier
b. limit
c. junction
d. frontier
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The drill …………. A hole 20 metres deep.
a. poured
b. piersed
c. bored
d. fixed
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Tall buildings must have strong …………………………. to stand on.
a. funds
b. fundamentals
c. foundations
d. basics
№ 4 Match the verb on the left with a noun on the right. Use each word once
only.
Set 1.
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agonise
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apologise
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hospitalize
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memorise
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modernize
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organize
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realize
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specialize
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terrorise
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vandalise
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a. a building
b. over decisions
C. facts and
d. innocent victims
e. your life
f. your limitations
g. For your mistakes
h. a patient
i. a phone box
j. in tropical medicine
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Set 2. Now do the same with these words
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alleviate
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captivate
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cultivate
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eradicate
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generate
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impersonate
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interrogate
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investigate
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speculate
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terminate
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a. an agreement
b. the audience
c. a celebrity
d. a crime
e. a criminal
f. electricity
g. your garden
h. in oil shares
i. the pain
j. a problem
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№5 All the expressions on the left contain “get”. Match them up with the
equivalents on the right:
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Get lost!
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We’re getting nowhere!
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I don’t get you.
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OK, I get the message.
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Now we’re getting somewhere!
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You’re getting on my nerves.
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Do you get me?
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Let’s get cracking.
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I don’t get it.
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Get a move on!
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a. I don’t understand it.
b. I don’t understand what you’re saying.
c. Do you understand what I’m saying?
d. Hurry up!
e. Let’s start.
f. We’re not making any progress.
g. At last we’re making some progress.
h. Don’t be unpleasant! I understand!
i. Go away!
j. You’re annoying me.
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№ 6. Сравните словосочетания (ударение, части речи, перевод).
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dancing doll
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dancing master
№ 7. Что обозначают данные слова и словосочетания в Великобритании?
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lords spiritual
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cockney
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St Mary–le–Bow
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wizard of the North
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mystery tour
№8.
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Внимание! Задания №№2, 3 и 4 сделать с переводом на русский язык.
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