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Тестові завдання першого рівня складності

He is a taxi driver, so he is accustomed to ____ in the busy town centre.

A) drive
1 B) have driven
C) be driven
D) driving
He was offered the job because he was ____ candidate.
A) the best
2 B) good
C) better
D) best
My doctor recommended me ____ a week off work to recover from my
illness.
3 A) takes
B) take
C) to take
D) took
The sooner she moves out ____ it will be for all of us.
A) the better
4 B) the best
C) better
D) good 7.
I saw him ____ the window and run away.
A) breaking
5 B) broke
C) to break
D) break
He’s ____ helpful policeman I’ve met.
A) least
6 B) the least
C) less
D) little
He means ____ you for the damage he caused.
A) to pay
7 B) to have paid
C) to pay
D. paying
He bought a (n) ____ cottage in the country.
A) stone, old, small
8 B) old, small, stone
C) small, old, stone
D) stone, small, old
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I’ve never heard such a loud voice ____ his.

A) than
9 B) to
C) as
D) rather than
It is very rude of him ____ the teacher when she is speaking.
A) interrupting
10 B) to interrupting
C) to interrupt
D) interrupt
She’s ____ older than I thought.
A) rather
11 B) fairly
C) quite
D) pretty
Please stop ____ and give me your test papers.
A) to writing
12 B) to have written
C) to write
D) writing
I saw him ____ the cat.
A) to chase
13 B) chasing
C) be chased
D) to have chased
She prefers buying clothes ____ ironing them.
A) to
14 B) than
C) rather
D) from
Jane finished her maths homework and went on ____ her English essay.
A) doing
15 B) to do
C) to be done
D) do
Can she really be so stupid as ____ his lies?
A) to believe
16 B) believe
C) to believing
D) believing
Jane would prefer to work as a doctor ____ work as a nurse.
17 A) to
B) rather
C) from
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D) rather than
He is known ____ a lot of money to charity in the past.
A) to donate
18 B) donating
C) to have donated
D) donate
If only I ____ a motorcycle instead of a car, I wouldn’t have to spend so
much on petrol now.
19 A) had bought
B) buy
C) have bought
D) bought
Even though he objected to violence, he was made ____ in the army.
A) serving
20 B) serve
C) to serve
D) had served
I’d be grateful if you’d ____ me the secret of making perfect pastry.
A) say
21 B) speak
C) talk
D) tell
She is looking for a ____ suit.
A) blue, dark, smart
22 B) smart, dark, blue
C) blue, smart, dark
D) dark, smart, blue
She objects ____ her younger sister so her parents can go out.
A) to have looked after
23 B) to looking after
C) to look after
D) looking after
As well as ____ at school, she is a fashion model.
A) to teach
24 B) teach
C) to have taught
D) teaching
He is ____ at football than his brother.
A) best
25 B) the best
C) good
D) better
26 I wouldn’t advise ____ on the plane because you might feel sick.
A) to smoke
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B) to have smoked
C) smoke
D) smoking
____ tasteful furniture you have bought!
A) What a
27 B) What
C) So
D) How
Make sure you know the answer in case he ____ you.
A) will ask
28 B) asks
C) would ask
D) has asked
I ____ to stay in tonight rather than go to the party.
A. would rather
29 B) would prefer
C) prefer
D) would
I won’t telephone you ____I know for sure.
A) by the time
30 B) when
C) until
D) by
I’d prefer to see him personally ____ write him a letter.
A) from
31 B) to
C) rather than
D) rather
She was heard ____ that she was planning to move to Swansea.
A) to saying
32 B) say
C) to say
D) said
Suppose I didn’t have enough money, ____ me some?
A) would you lend
33 B) do you lend
C. have you lent
D) did you lend
It’s time you ____ up your mind about what you’re going to do with your
life.
34 A) have made
B) made
C) make
D) had made
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Even if I ____ all night, I still wouldn’t be properly prepared for tomorrow.
A) will study
35 B) have studied
C) would study
D) studied
Will you get my husband ____ me as soon as he arrives at work?
A) ring
36 B) ringing
C) have rung
D) to ring
These letters haven’t been typed. Have the typists ____ them right away!
A) do
37 B) to do
C) doing
D) to doing
He didn’t want to wash the family car but his father made him ____ it.
A) doing
38 B) have done
C) did
D) do
He arrives ____ punctually you can set your watch by him.
A) such
39 B) so
C) very
D) too
I’d rather he ____ me to my face rather than behind my back.
A) criticised
40 B) criticising
C) has criticised
D) to criticize
Sandra works ____ a computer programmer for IBM.
A) like
41 B) as
C) as if
D) for
He was stabbed ____ a knife.
A) by
42 B) from
C) with
D) of
____ she nor her husband will have an animal in the house .
43 A) Neither
B) Or
C) Either
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D) Nor
She wouldn’t forgive him ____ all his apologies.
A) even though
44 B) despite
C) in spite
D) although
I’d better ____ slowly in this icy weather.
A) drive
45 B) have driven
C) drove
D) to drive
I prefer watching TV ____ listening to music.
A) than
46 B) rather than
C) to
D) from
Next week I’m going ____ a school trip to a museum.
A) on
47 B) by
C) at
D) in
I don’t need ____ sugar from the shops.
A) no
48 B) every
C) any
D) some
Few people like him because he has ____bad manners.
A) so
49 B) that
C) such
D) such a
He collects not only stamps ____ old coins.
A) while
50 B) though
C) whereas
D) but also
Take your raincoat. ____ looks as if it’s going to rain.
A) else
51 B) there
C) it
D) here
____ of the two pictures do you prefer?
52 A) What
B) Who
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C) Which
D) Whose
I prefer travelling ____ bus.
A) on
53 B) in
C) at
D) by
We go to the cinema ____ Monday.
A) the other
54 B) every other
C) another
D) each other
We donated our money from the fashion show to a charity that helps ____
poor.
55 A) a
B) a large quantity
C) an
D) the
It was ____ beautiful weather that we decided to go to the beach.
A) what
56 B) such
C) such a
D) so
If you _____ study for your exams, you will not make progress.
A) won’t
57 B) aren’t
C) don’t
D) do
He has a nap every day, ____ ?
A) hasn’t he?
58 B) isn’t he?
C) didn’t he?
D) doesn’t he?
____ television programs do you like?
A) What
59 B) Who
C) Why
D) How
He spent a month in ____ hospital after his accident.
A) the
60 B) an
C) —
D) any
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She spent the ____ week writing her report.

A) whole
61 B) every
C) all
D) each
Everyone knows what he did to her, ____?
A) doesn’t he?
62 B) do you?
C) don’t they?
D) don’t you?
Mum went to ____ school to get my marks.
A) a
63 B) an
C) —
D) the
“Are there any buses today?” “No ____,”
A) neither
64 B) none
C) either
D) no
You’d better do it, _____ you?
A) didn’t
65 B) had not
C) don’t
D) would not
Many actors were ____ the invited guests at the award ceremony.
A) in
66 B) between
C) among
D) off
We can meet ____ Saturday morning.
A) on
67 B) in
C) of
D) at
He can’t come out tonight; he hasn’t got ____ money.
A) a little
68 B) few
C) much
D) many
Do they sell ____ clothes here?
69 A) childrens’
B) childrens
C) children’s
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D) childrens’s
Lynn doesn’t like meat and Ann doesn’t ____ .
A) either
70 B) nor
C) neither
D) too
Hardly ____ students passed the test.
A) some
71 B) every
C) any
D) no
I rarely go out ____ the weekends.
A) by
72 B) at
C) of
D) in
He denied ____ the money.
A) to take
73 B) to have taken
C) take
D) having taken
. ____ I help you with the cooking?
A) will
74 B) am
C) shall
D) have
How long ____ here?
A) you live
75 B) do you live
C) have you lived
D) are you living
She ____ for 12 hours before she finished everything.
A) had been working
76 B) has been working
C) is working
D) has worked
When I was a child I ____ running every day.
A) have gone
77 B) used to go
C) was going
D) had gone
What ____ at 10 o’clock last night?
78 A) have you done
B) were you doing
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C) have you been doing

D) had you done
He hasn’t left the office ____.
A) yet
79 B) before
C) just
D) already
They will have finished ____ 8 o’clock.
A) until
80 B) by the time
C) since
D) by
81. I’m afraid I ____ to come to the party.
A) don’t go
81 B) won’t
C) won’t be able
D) can’t
We went into town ____ some new clothes.
A) to buy
82 B) for buying
C) to have bought
D) buying
We’d rather ____ to bed early last night.
A) to have gone
83 B) to go
C) going
D) have gone
“I need to give a message to Susan”. “I ____ her at the office this afternoon.
A) see
84 B) have seen
C)‘ll have seen
D) ‘ll be seeing
Remember ____ the door when you leave.
A) to lock
85 B) lock
C) locking
D) have locked
We’ll need some cola for the party. I ____ some.
A) buy
86 B) will have bought
C) ‘ve already bought
D) had bought
87 How long have you worked here?” “By the end of the month I ____ here for
three years.”
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A) ‘ll work
B) ‘m going to work
C) ‘ll have been working
D) ‘ll be working
“Have you ever been to China?” – “Yes, I ____ there in 1990.
A) have gone
88 B) went
C) have been going
D) have been
“I’m having trouble with this exercise”. “Don’t worry. I ____ you”.
A) have helped
89 B) am going to help
C) helped
D) ‘ll help
“You look slimmer”. “Yes, I ____ 12 kilos”.
A) had lost
90 B) lost
C) have been losing
D) have lost
“Have you ever met a famous person?” – “Yes, I ____ Maria Callas once”.
A) have met
91 B) met
C) meet
D) have been meeting
“These shoes aren’t at all comfortable”. “You shouldn’t ____ them”.
A) have bought
92 B) to buy
C) bought
D) buying
“What’s wrong with Lynda?” – “She ____ problems at work lately.
A) has been having
93 B) will have
C) was having
D) ‘ll be having
“What’s Pam doing?” “She seems ____’.
A) to be working
94 B) working
C) to have worked
D) to work
“How long have you been working here?” – “____ 6 months.”
A) since
95 B) for
C) from
D) ago
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I can’t stand this any longer!” – “Calm down. There’s no point ____ upset.”
A) to get
96 B) get
C) in getting
D) to getting
“How long does it take you to write a novel?” – “By December I
_________on this one for 3 years”.
97 A) will work
B) will have been working
C) will be working
D) am going to work
This factory ____ more cars this year than ever before.
A) produces
98 B) produced
C) has produced
D) producing
We ____ be going to France this summer, but we aren’t sure yet.
A) can
99 B) must
C) would
D) might
____ helpful man he is!
A) How
100 B) What a
C) What
D) Such
This car _____to use less petrol than any other?
A) designs
101 B) was designed
C) has designed
D) was designing
That boy, _____father is footballer, is very good at sports.
A) that
102 B) who’s
C) whose
D) which
I wish I _____the answer.
A) was knowing
103 B) know
C) knew
D) would know
I’m glad you remembered_____ some tea because I haven`t got any.
104 A) to bring
B) bringing
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C) have brought
D) bring
Swansea, _____ my father was brought up, is a beautiful town.
A) who
105 B) where
C) that
D) which
By the end of the month the state agent _____ twenty houses.
A) will sell
106 B) will have sold
C) will be selling
D) is going to sell
“Why hasn`t your company moved yet?”
“They _____to find new offices for months.”
107 A) have tried
B) had tried
C) have been trying
D) were trying
She was _____ tired that she fell asleep.
A) so
108 B) such
C) enough
D) too
You mustn’t leave the office _____ the manager returns.
A) while
109 B) until
C) by the time
D) during
“Have you found out who stole the money?” “Yes, a clerk pretended _____
it when in fact the was hiding it.”
110 A) to have lost
B) having lost
C) losing
D) have lost
“Everything in this room is wet from the rain.” “I _____ the windows!”
A) mustn’t have shut
111 B) must have shut
C) would have shut
D) should have shut
“Why aren’t you writing the test?” “I can’t remember what the teacher said. I
wish I _____more attention.”
112 A) had paid
B) am paying
C) would pay
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D) pay
“Can you lend me some money?” “I’ll give you some _____ I get paid.”
A) while
113 B) as soon as
C) whenever
D) until
Take some money in case you _____to do some shopping.
A) will want
114 B) had wanted
C) wanted
D) want
“Why didn’t you ring me?”
“I would have rung you if I _____the time”.
115 A) have had
B) had had
C) have
D) had
He_____ the best man pianist alive.
A) thinks to be
116 B) is thought being
C) is thought be
D) is thought to be
Do you know _____that man standing near Tom is?.
A) who
117 B) whom
C) whose
D) who’s
“Did you play football yesterday?” “Yes we did, _____ the snow.”.
A) although
118 B) despite
C) in spite
D) even though
_____big ears he’s got!
A) What
119 B) What a
C) How
D) Such
If I _____ her before, I would have recognized her.
A) saw
120 B) would see
C) see
D) had seen
121 Will you taste this milk? It _____have gone off.
A) will
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B) can
C) may
D) would
Jane ____ Spanish for five years now?
A) teaches
122 B) is teaching
C) taught
D) has been teaching
“Did you speak to John?” “Yes, he ____ his homework when I phoned him.
A) did
123 B) has done
C) was doing
D) does
“Are you coming out with us?” “I can’t, I ____ late tonight.
A) will work
124 B) am working
C) have worked
D) had worked
She is the smartest model ____ the world.
A) in
125 B) of
C) than
D) from
I ought ____ her this morning – now it’s too late.
A) to have phoned
126 B) phone
C) phoning
D) to be phoning
Would you mind ____ the TV down?
A) to turn
127 B) turn
C) have turned
D) turning
“Did you grow up in the city?” “No. When we were children we ____ in the
country.
128 A) would live
B) have lived
C) had lived
D) used to live
I think that Dave ____ a new car this year.
A) had bought
129 B) will buy
C) buys
D) have bought
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She’s looking everywhere – she seems ____something.

A) to have lost
130 B) to lose
C) to be losing
D) to have been lost
She said that she ____ the actor several times before.
A) met
131 B) was meeting
C) meets
D) had met
My boss dislikes people ____ late.
A) be
132 B) to have been
C) being
D) having been
After we ____, we can go to the cinema.
A) eat
133 B) will eat
C) ate
D) had eaten
He’ll have sent in his application ____the end of May.
A) by
134 B) when
C) until
D) yet
This is the village____ I was born.
A) that
135 B) which
C) where
D) who
This room really ought ____ soon.
A) to paint
136 B) be painted
C) to be painted
D) to have been painted
If only I ____ them my secret.
A) wouldn’t tell
137 B) shouldn’t tell
C) don’t tell
D) hadn’t told
Despite ____ a lot of money, she’s always broke.
138 A) she earns
B) of earning
C) earn
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D) earning
That boy, ____ father is a violinist, is very musical.
A) who
139 B) whose
C) which
D) who’s
“What did you think of her new novel?” “I think it is the ____ book she’s
ever written”.
140 A) most interested
B) most interesting
C) more interesting
D) interested
The money ____not enough to pay the bill.
A) are
141 B) were
C) has
D) was
He works____ than anyone else in the company.
A) slower
142 B) slowest
C) slower
D) more slow
That is the____ incredible news I’ve ever heard?
A) most
143 B) more
C) very
D) far
“Can I help you? I’d like a ____ of milk?
A) no
144 B) some
C) any
D) none
Paul asked Sally when ____ go out with him.
A) would she
145 B) will she
C) she would
D) she will
David____ to be the best player on the team.
A) says
146 B) is said
C) said
D) is saying
147 I don’t remember ____ that shop before.
A) see
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B) to see
C) seeing
D) seen
His car is not ____ as mine.
A) as modern
148 B) more modern
C) most modern
D) the most modern
We couldn’t find anywhere ____ the car.
A) park
149 B) to park
C) parking
D) have parked
The teacher made me ____ behind after school.
A) to stay
150 B) stay
C) staying
D) stayed
If we_____ in Instambul now, we____ to Sultanahmet together.
A) were / could
151 B) were / will be able
C) had been / would go
D) are / can go
If the ban ______, it ________ the loss of $20.7 million that commercial and
recreational trade brings into the area economy each year.
152 A) held / would have meant
B) would hold / means
C) holds / will mean
D) had hold / would have meant
But for your help, we_________.
A) could not have survived
153 B) could survive
C) may not survive
D) couldn’t survive
If you_____ the office, you _____ me to meet earlier.
A) left / may phone
154 B) had left / can phone
C) had left / should have phoned
D) did not leave / must have phoned
______ you live on the Florida coast during hurricane season, you probably
have some bottled water and plywood window boards around just ______
155 A) Provided / so
B) Supposing / like
C) If / in case
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D) Unlike / as
If you_____ of the children more elaborately, they _____those pills
A) took care / won’t swallow
156 B) take care / would not swallow
C) had taken care / would not have swallowed
D) had taken / would have swallowed
Neither of the workers was happy with the new legislation, _____?
A) wasn’t they
157 B) were they?
C) didn’t they?
D) did they?
Tom, the Browns' only son, died in a terrible accident last year. Before
that event, however, the family used to be very cheerful people, ____ , dad?
158 A) hadn’t they
B) didn’t they
C) weren’t they
D) wasn’t it
This shirt _____ very soft. What’s it made of?
A) is feeling
159 B) has felt
C) feels
D) has been feeling
______ he should have spent all the weekend preparing for his test, he in fact
just lay in bed watching videos.
160 A) However
B) Nevertheless
C) Whereas
D) Despite
One day you’ll regret _____ environmentally-friendly products.
A) not to use
161 B) not using
C) not use
D) to use
Please, come and see me ______day you like
A) some
162 B) any
C) every
D) all
We promised to keep in touch _____happened to us.
A) whenever
163 B) whatever
C) whichever
D) wherever
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The recycling scheme seems ______successful.

A) to have been
164 B) to have
C) to being
D) to have being
Do you fancy _____ for a ride?
A) to go
165 B) going
C) go
D) gone
The factory owners were made ______ a huge fine for polluting the river.
A) to pay
166 B) paying
C) pay
D) paid
_____ you like me to help you with your homework?
A) Could
167 B) May
C) Would
D) Might
In such a plight _______ that we had no choice but to radio for help.
A) we ourselves found
168 B) did we find ourselves
C) we found ourselves
D) did we find ourselves
James is staying with ________ while he is in New York – their son, Nick
Green, will then come back with James for a few weeks over there.
169 A) Greens
B) the Greens
C) the Green
D) Green
I can reassure you that everything ________ as quickly as possible.
A) will be dealt
170 B) will be dealt with
C) will deal
D) will deal with
Thank you very much – I haven’t been to ______ party for ages.
A) the so enjoyable
171 B) so enjoyable
C) so enjoyable a party
D) a so enjoyable
The President resigned. The whiff of scandal remained, _______.
172 A) therefore
B) otherwise
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C) immediately
D) though
I cannot imagine any reason _________ he should have behaved in such an
extraordinary way.
173 A) for
B)that
C) how
D) why
Bob could not ________ a moustache of the photo of his Headmaster in the
newspaper.
174 A) resist to add
B) resist from adding
C) resist doing
D) resist for adding
We were at a disadvantage ______ that we did not have a very good
knowledge of the language the others were using.
175 A) by
B) with
C) in
D) for
This time next week I won’t be in a stuffy office ______ on a beach in Spain.
A) I will have lain
176 B) I will be lying
C) I will lie
D) I am lying
He escaped by
A) the hair’s breadth
177 B) a hair’s breadth
C) the breadth of a hair
D) a breadth of a hair
I ________ rather you did not tell your parents this.
A) would
178 B) should
C) had
D) did
All their children are allowed ______ exactly what they like.
A) to do
179 B) doing
C) for doing
D) do
Nobody wants to have extra home work tonight, _______?
180 A) don’t they
B) doesn’t he
C) does he
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D) do they
They live about _______ from here.
A) an hour of drive
181 B) a drive hour
C) a drive of an hour
D) an hour’s drive
He crept in _______ his parents should wake up.
A) lest
182 B) otherwise
C) unless
D) whereby
I take great exception ________ the implication that I was not telling the
truth.
183 A) to
B) against
C) from
D) with
The old lady came near to __________ of pneumonia but to everyone’s
amazement she pulled through.
184 A) death
B) die
C) dying
D) being dead
I have never heard ________ ridiculous speech.
A) such a
185 B) so a
C) a so
D) a such
I am sure he only said those things ___________.
A) to annoy me
186 B) for annoying me
C) to my annoyance
D) for annoy me
___________ your house repainted every year?
A) Have you go
187 B) Do you have
C) Have you been
D) Have you
You’d rather stay at home tonight, ________?
A) wouldn’t you
188 B) didn’t you
C) won’t you
D) hadn’t you
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My daughter is going to spend a year before university working in Australia,

_____________ seems to me to be a sensible idea.
189 A) that
B) which
C) where
D) what
I find _______ very strange that Meena has not been promoted yet.
A) it
190 B) her
C) that
D) them
_________ you to change your mind about handing in your notice, we
would be happy for you to stay with us.
191 A) Should
B) If
C) Unless
D) Were
Unfortunately, their house _______ while they were celebrating their
anniversary.
192 A) got burgled
B) went burgled
C) burgled
D) had burgled
Only on very rare occasions ________ an appearance before midday.
A) would make the old lady
193 B) would the old lady make
C) the old lady make would
D) the old lady would make
Women had to fight hard to gain………………….equality.
A) the
194 B) her
C) an
D) –
I benefited a great deal ________________ taking that online training
course.
195 A) for
B) from
C) with
D) off
I had no difficulty ______ their house although they had said that
people often did.
196 A) to find
B) finding
C) for finding
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D) finding
By the time you are my age, you ___________ my mind.
A) will probably have changed
197 B) would probably change
C) will probably change
D) are probably changing
Capital punishment was done ______________ in Britain nearly half a
century ago.
198 A) off by
B) away with
C) over from
D) out for
When I first came to Britain it took me a long time to ________ on the
left.
199 A) be used to driving
B) get used to driving
C) get used to drive
D) get used to drive
If the decision _________________ before he arrived, he would have
become furious.
200 A) would have been taken
B) was taken
C) was being taken
D) had been taken
She put a … of chocolate on the cake.
A) colour;
201 B) cover;
C) layer;
D) level.
You can’t make an omelette without …. eggs.(proverb)
А) breaking;
202 В)crushing;
С) mixing;
D) smashing.
A fat lady sat on my shopping bag in the bus and …. my tomatoes.
A) broke;
203 B) crushed;
C) squashed
D) squeezed.
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A power failure completely …. the cake she was baking.

A) damaged;
204 B) injured;
C) ruined;
D) weakened.
To make a good omelette, you must … the eggs very well.
A) bang;
205 B) beat;
C) knock;
D) thrash.

I loved the cake. Would you mind letting me have the … for it?
A) menu;
206 B) prescription;
C) receipt;
D) recipe

To ________the best results, mix the powder with warm water.

A) expect;
207 B) find;
C) obtain;
D) require.

Would you put the water on, please, ready to ….the potatoes.
A) bake;
208 B) boil;
C) braise;
D) brown.

The recipe is a secret; it has been …. from father to son for

generations.
209 A) handed down;
B) made up;
C) put off;
D) spoken of.
Add the essence… until the teaspoonful is beaten into the mixture.
A) drop by drop;
210 B) inch by inch;
C) leaf by leaf;
D) spot by spot.
There is nothing more …. on a warm day than a glass of ice-cold fruit
211 juice.
A) freshening;
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B) quenching;
C) refreshing;
D) relaxing.
The smell of the burnt cabbage was so …. that it spread to every
room.
212 A) diffuse;
B) effusive;
C) extensive;
D) pervasive.
Miss Greedy …. her lips at the thought of eating the delicious-looking
cake.
213 A) pursed;
B) smacked;
C) struck;
D) watered.
The taste of the apple pie …. in my mouth for a long time after dinner.
A) insisted;
214 B) lingered;
C) loitered;
D) prolonged.

It was during my stay in India that I ….. a taste for very hot curry.
A) acquired;
215 B) gained;
C) got;
D) received.

Mr. Hot …. some pepper over his steak.

A) spat;
216 B) sprayed;
C) sprinkled;
D) squirted.
Mr. Forgetful didn’t put the milk in the fridge so it …….
A) went back;
217 B) went down;
C) went off;
D) went out.

The …. of the pudding is in the eating.(proverb)

A) control;
218 B) probation;
C) proof;
D) trial.
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This cheese has gone… .You’ll have to throw it away.

A) contaminated;
219 B) decayed;
C) mouldy;
D) stale.
The steak looked tender, but it was as tough as … .
A) a belt;
220 B) a saddle;
C) old boots;
D) rubber.
We couldn’t use the milk because it had….. bad.
A) been;
221 B) come;
C) gone;
D) made.
The smell was so bad that it completely …. us off our food.
A) got;
222 B) put;
C) set;
D) took.

They were paying for their television set by …… .

A) credits;
223 B) deposits;
C) facilities;
D) installments.
It’s no good asking me to calculate the cost. I’m hopeless at …. .
A) characters;
224 B) figures;
C) prizes;
D) shapes.

There is a sale next week with …. in all departments.

A) basements;
225 B) decreases;
C) reductions;
D) redundancies
The price of fresh fruit …. according to the season.
A) alternates;
226 B) fluctuates;
C) oscillates;
D) waves.
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Mr Rich managed to get the ancient sculpture by putting in a high ….

at the auction.
227 A) bet;
B) bid;
C) stack;
D) tender.
Most prices were …. in the final days of the clearance sale.
A) declined;
228 B) diminished;
C) slashed;
D) taken down.

The trader asked a high price, but I managed to beat him ….

A) back;
229 B) down;
C) off;
D) up.

As a result of increased trading, the company made a ….. of nearly

half a million dollars.
230 A) bonus;
B) gain;
C) profit;
D) revenue.
This was one of the few crimes he did not….
A) achieve;
231 B) commit;
C) make;
D) perform.
The …. are still holding twelve people hostage on the plane.
A) bandits;
232 B)guerrillas;
C)hijackers;
D) kidnappers.

He was charged with a(n) …. of currency regulations.

A) break;
233 B) breach;
C) disrespect;
D) observance.
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Our insurance policy offers immediate …. against the risk of burglary

accident or damage by fire.
234 A) care
B) cover
C) relief
D) security
The man jumped out of the window and committed….
A) death;
235 B) homicide;
C) murder;
D) suicide.
“Thieves will be …. .”
A) liable;
236 B) lifted;
C) persecuted;
D) prosecuted.
Police blamed a small hooligan ….in the crowd for violence which
occurred.
237 A) constituent;
B) division;
C) element;
D) portion.
The police said there was no sign of a ….entry even though the house
had been burgled.
238 A) broken;
B) burst;
C) forced;
D) smashed.
The police car raced down the street with the …. blaring.
A) alarm;
239 B) bell;
C) gong;
D) siren.

The tourist’s camera was ….because he had brought it into the country
illegally.
240 A) bereaved;
B) confiscated;
C) deprived;
D) extorted.
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Look, officer, I’m not drunk. I’m as …. as a judge.

A) calm;
241 B) clear;
C) sober;
D) steady.
He said he would sue us, but I don’t think he’ll …. his threat.
A) achieve;
242 B) bring about;
C) carry out;
D) perform.

The conspirators were plotting the …. of the government.

A) catastrophe;
243 B) disaster;
C) demolition;
D) overthrow.

The thieves …. the papers all over the room while they were searching
the money.
244 A) broadcast;
B) scattered;
C) sowed;
D) strayed.
Ms Goodheart was completely …. by the thief’s disguise.
A) taken away;
245 B) taken down;
C) taken in;
D) taken up.

The police caught the thief …. .

A) in black and white;
246 B) in the red;
C) red-handed;
D) true blue.
He was arrested for trying to pass …. notes at the bank.
A) camouflaged;
247 B) counterfeit;
C) fake;
D) fraudulent.
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He offered me $ 500 to break my contract. That’s …. .

A) blackmail;
248 B) bribery;
C) compensation;
D) reward.
The child was kidnapped by a notorious …. of robbers
A) crew;
249 B) gang;
C) staff;
D) team.
The burglar …. silently into the room.
A) crept;
250 B) stood;
C) strode;
D) wandered.
About 100 people … outside the theatre for tickets when we got there.
A) were queuing;
251 B) queued;
C) have queued;
D) queue.

This time last week I …to Athens.

A) have driven;
252 B) have drove;
C) was driving;
D) have been driving.
By the time the teacher arrived, the classroom was empty: the students
…
253 A) left;
B) had left;
C) were leaving;
D) have left.
The witness claimed he … the accused before.
A) did not see;
254 B) hasn’t seen;
C) wasn’t seeing;
D) hadn’t seen.
This time tomorrow … on the beach sunbathing and drinking freshly
squeezed fruit juice!
255 A) I’ll lie;
B) I’ll have lain;
C) I’ll be lying;
D) I’ll have been lying.
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By next August, I … my exams and I’ll be ready for a holiday.

A) will have been finishing;
256 B) am finishing;
C) will be finishing;
D) will have finished.

Shall I take your letters to the post office? … there anyway.

A) I will go;
257 B) I’ll have gone;
C) I’ll have been going;
D) I’ll be going.
The work … by next week so we’ll be free to do what we want.
A) will be finished;
258 B) are finishing;
C) will have finished;
D) will have been finishing.

It ... be weeks before the building is actually finished.

A) must;
259 B) would;
C) ought to;
D) could.
You … even have lost your job by then, who knows?
A) should;
260 B) may;
C) can;
D) will.
It … be a good movie – the reviews were very good.
A) can’t;
261 B) should;
C) could have;
D) must have.
That … be Tim coming home now. Go and open the door for him, will
you?
262 A) will;
B) can;
C) ought;
D) shall.
They’d rather go somewhere else, … they?
A) hadn’t;
263 B) didn’t;
C) wouldn’t;
D) would.
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You’ve got three sisters, … ?

A) have you got;
264 B) don’t you;
C) isn’t it;
D) haven’t you.
She needs to be more careful, …?
A) don’t she;
265 B) doesn’t she;
C) doesn’t she need;
D) needn’t she.
You’re having an operation next week, …?
A) isn’t it;
266 B) don’t you have;
C) don’t you;
D) aren’t you.
I … happy to advise you if you’d asked me.
A) had been;
267 B) would have been;
C) would be;
D) will be.
If she … her driving test, she would have bought a car.
A) would have passed;
268 B) has passed;
C) passed;
D) had passed.
I wish I … more money.
A) have;
269 B) had;
C) will have;
D) has.
I wish I … on the same flight tomorrow.
A) were travelling;
270 B) will travel;
C) would travel;
D) had travelled.
As soon as you … what you’re doing I’d like a word with you, please.
A) are finishing;
271 B) will finish;
C) will be finished;
D) finish.
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The meeting isn’t … to start till three.

A) about to;
272 B) owing;
C) on the point;
D) due.
Open your mouth, it’s time … your medicine.
A) you take;
273 B) for your taking;
C) for you to take;
D) you will take.
The speech lasts for an hour; …, there’s a reception.
A) after;
274 B) following;
C) until;
D) afterwards.
Bill … before having his photo taken.
A) cut his hair;
275 B) got cut his hair;
C) got his hair cut;
D) got hair cut.
… my PA phone for a taxi?
A) Shall I had;
276 B) Shall I have;
C) Has she;
D) Had I.
… broken into while we were away on holiday.
A) We had our house;
277 B) Thieves had our house;
C) It was our house;
D) They have
The judge asked the witness … give her more information.
A) him that he;
278 B) if he could;
C) that he could;
D) him whether to.

She couldn’t tell us what … the money on.

A) she did spend;
279 B) did she spend;
C) she had spent;
D) had she spent.
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The car swerved to avoid … the pedestrian.

A) hitting;
280 B) to hit;
C) that it hit;
D) not to hit.
I hope one day … my own house.
A) own;
281 B) to own;
C) owning;
D) that I own.
John bought Maria a pair of … gloves.
A) leather black;
282 B) black and leather;
C) black leather;
D) leather and black.
She was wearing a … dress.
A) red lovely
283 B) red and lovely
C) lovely and red
D) lovely red
We hadn’t expected the trip to be … exhausting.
A) such;
284 B) so;
C) such a;
D) like this.
The bill was … expensive for me to pay on my own.
A) very;
285 B) too;
C) high;
D) quite.
I don’t have … to speak now.
A) enough of time;
286 B) plenty time;
C) enough time;
D) a time.
She works … than me.
A) more hard than;
287 B) more hardly;
C) much harder;
D) much hard.
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Try to get here … you can.

A) the soon;
288 B) soon as;
C) as soon as;
D) soonest.
Her parents often complain because she comes home …
A) lately;
289 B) latest;
C) late;
D) later.

The dentist told him to open his mouth …

A) wide;
290 B) widely;
C) deep;
D) deeply.
If you want … sensible advice, go to Jack.
A) a;
291 B) the;
C) a little of;
D) some.
I forgot to take the spaghetti out of the water and … went soft.
A) they;
292 B) all;
C) it;
D) she.
They have a lovely house on … of the city.
A) outskirts;
293 B) an outskirt;
C) the outskirt;
D) the outskirts.
When you get to the traffic lights, ask someone for … directions.
A) their;
294 B) ---;
C) our;
D) some.
I saw a woman … in the corner on her own so I went over to have a
chat.
295 A) stand;
B) to stand;
C) who stands;
D) standing
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She was lying in the middle of the road, … for help.

A) she was crying;
296 B) she cried;
C) crying;
D) and she crying.
… that I wouldn’t pass the exam, I didn’t bother to take it.
A) I Know;
297 B) Knowing;
C) I knew;
D) I knowing.

Apparently, … is cheaper to go by train.

A) that;
298 B) this;
C) it;
D) there.
…. seems that no one really knows where he’s gone.
A) It;
299 B) There
C) He
D) One
… must be something we can do to help her.
A) There;
300 B) He;
C) It;
D) We

Тестові завдання другого рівня складності

Our main ____ is to reduce debt by cutting costs.

A) objective
1 B) decision
C) resolution
D) desire
The discovery of penicillin was a significant medical ____ .
A) revolution
2 B) innovation
C) novelty
D) breakthrough
Employers are not allowed to discriminate against an applicant because of
their social or financial ____.
3 A) past
B) background
C) history
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D) precedent
It is important to project a (n) ____image during the interview.
A) upbeat
4 B) positive
C) optimistic
D) cheerful
Aspirin was used as a medicine as far ____ as the fifth century BC.
A) back
5 B) beyond
C) behind
D) before
Competitive ____ is an essential requirement for success in the entertainment
industry.
6 A) mind
B) thought
C) spirit
D) soul
The brochure stated the hotel was situated____ beside the sea.
A) direct
7 B) precise
C) right
D) exact
They say he inherited his money from a ____ relative he had never met.
A) faraway
8 B) remote
C) distant
D) slight
There is a wide ____ of options to choose from with something to suit all
tastes.
9 A) degree
B) variance
C) scale
D) range
Carrie doesn’t do her own washing, she ____ her little sister to do it for her.
A) makes
10 B) gets
C) lets
D) puts
When the workload got too much for him, he gave in and decided to ____.
A) allot
11 B) entrust
C) assign
D) delegate
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You must complete the Business ____ course satisfactorily before you can
progress to the third year programme.
12 A) Morals
B) Values
C) Rights
D) Ethics
For the ____ of reviewing your home, hiring an electrician is a wise move.
A) aim
13 B) purpose
C) object
D) intention
He agreed to give me his car for the weekend on____ that I helped him write
his essay.
14 A) condition
B) term
C) rule
D) decree
The Beatles remain hugely popular among the ____ and the old alike.
A) youth
15 B) young
C) adolescents
D) teenagers
The manager really wanted Anna to join the company, he believed she would
be a valuable ____ to his team of sales people.
16 A) addition
B) accumulation
C) supplement
D) appendage
Expect seminars and tutorials to ____ approximately 15% of your time at
university.
17 A) cover
B) receive
C) occupy
D) complete
Some say that success in today’s competitive workplace calls for toughness
and ____.
18 A) ruthlessness
B) cruelty
C) rudeness
D) callousness
When he learned that the assistant manager was retiring, he felt that this was
19 an opportunity he just had to____.
A) grab
B) follow
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C) pull
D) seize
For such an old house, it is in excellent ____.
A) state
20 B) condition
C) form
D) shape
The boys have gone on a fishing ____ with their father.
A) trip
21 B) journey
C) trek
D) hike
The band gave a rousing ____ of the Stones’ classic ‘Brown Sugar’.
A) translation
22 B) execution
C) rendition
D) edition
His voice was barely ____ above the loud music.
A) listened
23 B) audible
C) loud
D) clear
I think you need a jacket, there’s a ____ breeze blowing outside.
A) chilly
24 B) frosty
C) frigid
D) glacial
He stood on the ____ of the ship and watched the seagulls dive for fish.
A) floor
25 B) ground
C) platform
D) deck
The resort boasts a ____ beach and crystal clear sea.
A) pristine
26 B) pure
C) faultless
D) untouched
The brother and sister were ____ over who would get to inherit the beach
house.
27 A) at large
B) at odds
C) at a standstill
D) at a loose end
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Guests are requested to state their ____ for smoking or non-smoking

accommodation upon booking.
28 A) likeness
B) preference
C) care
D) inclination
The city was under ____ for six months before it finally fell.
A) blockade
29 B) cordon
C) closure
D) siege
It’s impossible to travel in the ____ heat of the desert.
A) bubbling
30 B) smoldering
C) blistering
D) sizzling
I enjoy taking a ____ bath as soon as I get home from work.
A) restful
31 B) gentle
C) soothing
D) mild
He found the fact that Susan had been saving money secretly quite ____.
A) discordant
32 B) discontenting
C) disconcerting
D) discouraging
Frank has been the ____ of the local history museum for over 10 years now.
A) curator
33 B) escort
C) dean
D) conductor
The ceiling-high bookcase swayed for a few seconds, then crashed to the
floor with a ____ noise.
34 A) vociferous
B) raucous
C) boisterous
D) deafening
Use the ____ to drain the spaghetti, but make sure that you do it quickly
enough so that it doesn’t go cold.
35 A) whisk
B) colander
C) saucepan
D) grater
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After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their
____ down for a while.
36 A) hair
B) heads
C) hearts
D) souls
Turn to page 24 to find out at a ____ which courses are available to you.
A) look
37 B) glance
C) stare
D) glimpse
Mrs Robinson ____ great pride in her cooking.
A) gets
38 B) finds
C) has
D) takes
Sleep is ____ to our health, and lack of it can lead to many illnesses.
A) needed
39 B) required
C) essential
D) desirable
The aircraft experienced severe ____ during the final approach, but the pilot
kept his cool and landed it safety.
40 A) turbulence
B) instability
C) unsteadiness
D) wavering
Pete`s so ____! I wish he would think through a little more carefully.
A) impulsive
41 B) repulsive
C) compulsive
D) expulsive
Susan`s been walking around with a ____ look in her eye ever since she met
Jeff; it must be love.
42 A) dreamer
B) dreamy
C) dreamed
D) dreamful
A ____ family consists of parents and their children.
A) concentrated
43 B) single
C) solid
D) nuclear
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I hardly ever see my best friend anymore; we`re slowly ____apart.

A) drifting
44 B) hovering
C) wandering
D) roving
Teachers aren`t forbidden from giving private lessons to students, but it
is____ upon.
45 A) scowled
B) frowned
C) grimaced
D) glowered
I know that your name is `Jim`. When I called you `Tim` it was just a ____
of the tongue.
46 A) slide
B) skid
C) skim
D) slim
Grandma says there wasn`t a ____ of truth in that story Granddad told last
night about being a war hero.
47 A) speck
B) crumb
C) dot
D) grain
One of the ____ influences on the teenagers today is the media.
A) heaviest
48 B) sturdiest
C) strongest
D) hardest
West Ham United ____ a good result away from home at the weekend,
despite playing the second half with only ten men.
49 A) succeeded
B) earned
C) achieved
D) won
Among his colleagues, e was known for being irritable and ____.
A) quarrelsome
50 B) quarrelful
C) quarreling
D) quarreler
He even went so ____ as to say that if my work didn’t improve, I’d be fired.
A) long
51 B) far
C) distant
D) much
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For some people, living alone is a conscious lifestyle ____.

A) decision
52 B) alternative
C) choice
D) substitute
After a six-year relationship, Martha and Billy have decided to ____.
A) break the bank
53 B) turn the page
C) tie the knot
D) make the grade
You are strongly ____ to buy your tickets well in advance.
A) suggested
54 B) recommended
C) advised
D) proposed
With a ____ of satisfaction on his face, Keith received his degree from the
principal.
55 A) shine
B) beam
C) ray
D) glow
The dog was a little subdued yesterday, but she’s full of ____ this morning.
A) sprouts
56 B) beans
C) chips
D) berries
She may seem unapproachable when you first meet her, but the truth is she
has a (an) ____ of gold.
57 A) heart
B) soul
C) attitude
D) feeling
He’s such a ____! Just when everyone is having a good time he starts
moaning about being tired.
58 A) dry bone
B) wet blanket
C) soft touch
D) drop kick
The decision to build a nuclear reactor in the area ____ very strong reaction
from the local community.
59 A) raised
B) originated
C) developed
D) produced
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He ____ on a serious relationship at a very young age; naturally, it ended in

tears.
60 A) got
B) boarded
C) climbed
D) embarked
He earns a lot of money, but he’s such a reckless ____ that over the last three
years he’s got into serious debt.
61 A) spendthrift
B) idler
C) waster
D) financier
The suspect was seen ____ with intent outside of the jewellery store.
A) lying
62 B) loitering
C) waiting
D) standing
The careless driver was charged with ____ .
A) manslaughter
63 B) killing
C) murder
D) homicide
The ____ asked the judge to impose a life sentence because of the severity of
the crime.
64 A) accuser
B) critic
C) prosecutor
D) juror
Paul’s ability to ____ a challenge made him the perfect candidate to head up
the new sales division.
65 A) control
B) handle
C) run
D) order
Several members of the environmental ____ group were arrested at the
scene.
66 A) force
B) stressing
C) compelling
D) pressure
David Sylvester is considered to be a ____ authority on modern art.
67 A) leading
B) first
C) premier
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D) main
Amnesty International is an internationally recognized ____ organization.
A) humanitarian
68 B) people’s
C) human
D) popular
Travelers should have no problem finding assistance as the organization
is ____ in several other European countries.
69 A) acted for
B) represented
C) embodied
D) stood for
The documentary skillfully depicts a nation ____ crisis.
A) in
70 B) on
C) under
D) at
In Britain, ____ authorities are responsible for handling the budgets of public
services.
71 A) regional
B) native
C. local
D) resident
You’ll have to go into the bank if you want money, the cash machine
isn’t ____ correctly.
72 A) practising
B) serving
C) exercising
D) functioning
It’s time the government ____ a stand against tax evaders and began
prosecuting them.
A) had
73 B) took
C) got
D) gave

I’d like to make ____ for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.
A) improvements
74 B) corrections
C) amends
D)adjustments
I don’t want to sound like I’m ____ the law, but if you don’t keep the noise
75 down, you’ll have to leave.
A) putting in
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B) laying down
C) passing over
D) giving over
The painting’s value goes ____ economic measurement; it also has
sentimental value.
76 A) far from
B) ahead of
C. beyond
D) outside
It’s the government’s responsibility to ____ for the sick.
A) care
77 B) treat
C) guard
D) cure
Sharon ____ the old man when she did some volunteer work at the shelter.
A) friend
78 B) became friends
C) made friends
D) befriended
Nathan is taking part in a research ____ on the effects of the GM foods.
A) job
79 B) task
C) mission
D) project
America holds ____ elections every four years.
A) presidential
80 B) president
C) presiding
D) presided
Technology has lead to robots replacing factory workers on car ____ lines.
A) building
81 B) assembly
C) making
D) compilation
____ powered vehicles are quieter, cleaner and more economical to run than
those powered by fossil fuels.
82 A) sun
B) sunlight
C) solar
D) sunray
The development of ____ technology has revolutionised industry.
83 A) informational
B) information
C) informative
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D) inform
Keep everything on disc. That way if the computer ____ you won’t lose all
your work.
84 A) sticks
B) crashes
C) smashes
D) stumps
Increased traffic ____ has led some local councils to start charging drivers to
enter city centers.
85 A) congestion
B) blockage
C) stoppage
D) obstruction
Many parts of the world are experiencing ____ weather conditions as a result
of global warming.
86 A) acute
B) excessive
C) disproportionate
D) extreme
The area is well served by a wide range of fast food ____ ranging from
burger bars to Indian takeaways.
87 A) openings
B) outlets
C) means
D) channels
Read through the contact, and if you wish to ____ any changes, let me know.
A) make
88 B) have
C) hold
D) do
My sister lives so far away we only see each other once in a ____.
A) long time
89 B) dark night
C) red planet
D) blue moon
It’s sad to say, but very few relationships nowadays stand the ____ of time.
A) trial
90 B) judgement
C) test
D) check
I know it’s hard to stop smoking, but you’ll feel better in the long ____.
91 A. time
B. turn
C. go
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D. run

The country has been ravaged by a ____ war.

A) friendly
92 B) national
C) civil
D. local
If you do not agree to refund my deposit, I will be forced to take ____ action.
A) law
93 B) legal
C) court
D) penal
Newcastle United won a ____ victory over league rivals Arsenal to win the
premiership title.
94 A) decisive
B) influential
C) strong-minded
D) determined
I find the idea of experimenting on animals ____.
A) disagreeing
95 B) distasteful
C) objectionable
D) objective
If the virus continues to spread ____, we’ll have an epidemic on our hands.
A) uncaught
96 B) unchecked
C) uncontrolled
D) unstoppable
The ____ speaker at today’s event will be Peter Morgan, a leading authority
on Celtic history.
97 A) major
B) key
C) core
D) central
I prefer sugar in my coffee, thanks. I find ____ sweeteners leave a bitter
aftertaste.
98 A) technical
B) take
C) man-made
D) artificial
The technology employed in designing this new digital camera is ____
99 A) artistic
B) art-for-art’s-sake
C) state-of-the-art
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D) artful
In ____, we’d like you to leave.
A) quick
100 B) fast
C) brief
D) speed
Bill works as a business____ for a large multinational corporation.
A) executive
101 B) leader
C) supervisor
D) boss
General ____ rarely make home visits any more, they prefer patients to come
to their surgery.
102 A) doctors
B) surgeons
C) practitioners
D) medicals
Very few people have the luxury of being able to choose____ satisfaction
over salary.
103 A) work
B) job
C) working
D) professionals
Job seekers are required to visit the ____center at least once
A) beyond
104 B) over
C) after
D) past
A lot of people were made ______when the steel works closed down.
A) fired
105 B) sacked
C) dismissed
D) redundant
The successful candidate will receive a company car, subsidized gym
membership and other ______, according to his status within the
company.
106 A) bonuses
B) perks
C) benefit
D) allowances
Rita’s boss gave her an excellent ______when she left her last job.
107 A) references
B) recommendation
C) credential
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D) gathering
We’re currently ____couriers, guides and hotel staff for the summer
season.
108 A) collecting
B) employing
C) recruiting
D) suggestion
The General Manager is expected to ____full responsibility for the running
of the hotel.
109 A) receive
B) presume
C) assume
D) obtain
As Chief Executive Officer, you will be in charge of the company’s day-to-
day______.
110 A) missions
B) operations
C) functions
D) workings
Deerborn College is currently seeking an experienced lecturer to join its
Social and Political Sciences______.
111 A) faction
B) cluster
C) squad
D) faculty
The company is on the ______of collapse following the loss of two of its
major customers.
112 A) verge
B) edge
C) line
D) border
In most countries, driving tests are available on_____.
A) asking
113 B) requesting
C) question
D) demand
The assured us our jobs were safe, for the time being, at any______.
A) rate
114 B) pace
C) way
D) rhythm
Paula’s boss gave her a _____reference when she applied for a promotion.
115 A) shining
B) gleaming
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C) glistening
D) glowing
I know it was wrong of Jim to lie to you, but he wants to ______it right by
telling you truth.
116 A) place
B) fix
C) have
D) put
A lot of school leavers have to go straight on the _____ because there just
aren’t any jobs for them.
117 A) queue
B) wait
C) dole
D) unemployment
In order to be successful in business, you’ve got to be able to _____the
competition.
118 A) outreach
B) outstand
C) outwit
D) output
Your lawyer can request _____to documents regarding the sale of the
property.
119 A) access
B) entry
C) availability
D) permission
The front layer of the eye is called the ____.
A) eyelid
120 B) cornea
C) pupil
D) eyelash
Jeff’s constant coughing and ____is the sigh he should give up smoking.
A) wheezing
121 B) whooshing
C) whistling
D) whining
The operation left him with a small ____ on his left cheek.
A) line
122 B) graze
C) injury
D) scar
Arthritis caused the joints to become swollen and ____
123 A) inflamed
B) flaming
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C) flammable
D) inflammable
You shouldn’t drive while taking this meditation as it can cause ____vision.
A) hazy
124 B) misty
C) vague
D) blurred
He had to withdraw from the race because of a ____muscle.
A) dragged
125 B) sprained
C) hung
D) pulled
Following her collapse from exhaustion, the doctor recommended lots of bed
____.
126 A) sleep
B) rest
C) stay
D) leisure
The races were cancelled because the race ____was waterlogged.
A) ring
127 B) rink
C) tarmac
D) track
A “I’ve had a ____ pain in my side all day”. B: “It’s probably indigestion”
A) whimpering
128 B) nagging
C) pestering
D) muttering
A protective ____ will not only protect you if you fall but also prevent injury
from falling rocks from above.
129 A) cap
B) helmet
C) beret
D) bonnet
The doctors think that there might be ____bleeding.
A) inside
130 B) internal
C) innate
D) ingrown
Once released from the hospital, you’ll have to return for another six week of
outpatient ____.
131 A) action
B) dealing
C) handling
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D) treatment
We were invited to watch the game from the ____box.
A) executive
132 B) luxury
C) managerial
D) special
____ swimming requires very high levels of fitness, as well as ability to
move gracefully.
133 A) Simultaneous
B) Synchronized
C) Timely
D) Coordinated
Carol won’t be back at work for some time, she’s suffered a ____breakdown.
A) mind
134 B) mental
C) psychic
D) nerve
You have to have nerves of ____to be an air traffic controller.
A) iron
135 B) metal
C) steel
D) granite
James never shows his emotions, no matter what happens, he always keeps a
stiff upper ____.
136 A) mouth
B) eye
C) head
D) lip
Dave’s been involved in a ____ accident at work. He’s been taken to _____
hospital.
137 A) wrong
B) bad
C) faulty
D) critical
Alternative medicine is ____ popularity in the West.
A) gaining
138 B) adding
C) taking
D) collecting
The injury destroyed his hopes of being ____ world champion.
A) peaked
139 B) crowned
C) awarded
D) topped
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A: I liked the music to that film. B: Yes. The ______was written by Elton
John.
140 A) script
B) lines
C) score
D) writing
She didn`t go to university, she got her MA through distance ______.
A) schooling
141 B) learning
C) education
D) teaching
The government will pay the ______ fees for those who go on to train as
teachers.
142 A) tuition
B) schooling
C) teaching
D) learning
Linda passed all of her exams with flying _____.
A) ease
143 B) colours
C) speed
D) looks
We engaged in a _______ debate on the causes of truancy.
A) vivid
144 B) alive
C) living
D) lively
Pete says he doesn`t need to study because he`s awfully good at ______.
A) jamming
145 B) cramming
C) cramping
D) ramming
Go through this document and ___________ any discrepancies with a
coloured marker.
146 A) show up
B) stress
C) emphasize
D) highlight
If you want to draw a perfect circle, you`ll have to use a _______.
A) drawer
147 B) roller
C) ruler
D) compass
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In order to carry out this experiment, you need a test _____ and Bunsen
burner.
148 A) tube
B) cylinder
C) hose
D) pipe
The information contained in this guide book is too ______ to be of any use.
A) archaic
149 B) antiquated
C) early
D) outdated
Catherine was late in taking the books back to the library, so she had to pay a
small _____
150 A) payment
B) cheque
C) fine
D) bill
Kevin is probably the most _____ person I’ve ever met. He is always in
such a good mood.
151 A) aggressive
B) cheerful
C) anxious
D) hard-working
Stop being so anxious and worried _____ everything.
A) of
152 B) for
C) about
D) at
We usually take the children to the park ______ a week.
A) twice
153 B) often
C)sometimes
D) every
She’s _____ sailed in a yacht yet.
A) never
154 B)only
C) lately
D) still
Go along Kensington Street and then _____ left at the stop sign.
A) pass
155 B) cross
C) turn
D) go
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The owners have decided to _____ the old castle into a guesthouse.
A) change
156 B) redecorate
C) convert
D) repair
According to an eye witness, the fire broke _____ early in the morning.
A) into
157 B) out
C) up
D) down
Dan was ____ by the news of the stock market crash.
A) excited
158 B) shocked
C) nervous
D) tired
Susan and Moira have ____ taste in clothes.
A) strong
159 B) interested
C) similar
D) equal
Jim is tall with ____ hair, a broad nose and glasses.
A) crooked
160 B) spiky
C) pointed
D) spotless
It was good deal because breakfast was______ in the price.
A) included
161 B) self-contained
C) booked
D) consists
I am _____ about the times the buses leave.
A) familiar
162 B) sure
C) known
D) aware
The area has got many _____ beaches which look beautiful because they
were not changed or damaged.
163 A) unspoilt
B) narrow
C) rocky
D)wide
There was a power _____ last night.
164 A) trouble
B) break
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C) cut
D) problem
Take care that your love for him does not _____ your judgment.
A) cloud
165 B) shadow
C) darken
D) topple
Do _____ your coat before going out. It’s very cold.
A) on
166 B) up with
C) up
D) to
Leave a phone number so that we can get in _____ with you in an
emergency.
167 A) open
B) touch
C) view
D) sight
According to the estate agent, property prices in this area will soon _____
sky high.
168 A) fly
B) go
C) move
D) slide
Wind power _____ a solution to energy problems.
A) suggests
169 B) gives
C) offers
D) takes
She is exhausted, she’s been on the ____ all day.
A) travel
170 B.)go
C) hold
D) movement
Although I had no _____ of going to bed late, I did because there was a
great film on TV last night.
171 A) purpose
B) intention
C) plan
D) idea
If you always expect the best, then you’re definitely a(n) _______ person.
172 A) reliable
B) ambitious
C) optimistic
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D) dependable
Why not buy a dress on ______ then you can take it back if it does not fit
your mother.
173 A) affection
B) affirmation
C) agreement
D) approval
It was a close _____ but we just made it to the airport for our flight.
A) run
174 B) drive
C) call
D) go
The nuclear industry ____ most of the country’s electrical power.
A) generates
175 B) engenders
C) originates
D) initiates
James never really broke the rules but he ____ them a little bit when it
suited him.
176 A) curve
B) move
C) twist
D) bend
Not many people are good at assessing their own abilities and Mark must
be ____ for recognizing that he would never become a great musician.
177 A) merited
B) advocated
C) talented
D) commended
I would like to _____ my argument with an anecdote whose significance
will soon become apparent.
178 A) announce
B) herald
C) preface
D) predict
Maria and Jean had a ______ romance – they met and married within two
months.
179 A) cyclone
B) hurricane
C) whirlwind
D) typhoon
After the football match the crowd _____out of the stadium into the
180 nearest bars and cafes.
A) poured
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B) trickled
C) dripped
D) leaked
Tamara has set her _____ on becoming a ballet-dancer.
A) head
181 B) feet
C) brain
D) heart
The government is doing all it can to _____ war on dangerous driving.
A) launch
182 B) wage
C) battle
D) stage

I am looking forward to meeting your new boss – you have been_____ his
praises since he arrived.
A) singing
183
B) calling
C) shouting
D) crying

Serena is still_______ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be made

redundant.
A) delightedly
184
B) blissfully
C) jubilantly
D) ecstatically

The children’s interest in playing the game soon_____

A) flagged
185 B) tottered
C) thawed
D) stumbled

We’d all been at school together for 12 years and at our leaving celebrations
we _______ eternal friendship.
A) pledged
186
B) assured
C) undertook
D) confided

In her speech the Prime Minister ______ tribute to the valuable contributions
187 to society made by voluntary organizations.
A) paid
B) gave
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C) expressed
D) delivered
In the course of his long life in business the man _____ a substantial fortune.
A) assembled
188 B) compiled
C) amassed
D) totaled
I don’t think Paul will ever get married – he is a ______ stereotypical
bachelor.
189 A) settled
B) confirmed
C) determined
D) fixed
_____ to popular belief, Pluto is not a planet.
A) Compared
190 B) Opposite
C) Contrary
D) Conversely
I am afraid we got our _____ crossed – I though my husband would be
picking up the kids and he thought I was doing it.
191 A) minds
B) purposes
C) fingers
D) wires
Anyone who lies under oath will be charged with _____ the course of justice.
A) diverting
192 B) perverting
C) inverting
D) converting

I am sure I was invited to join the committee as the _____ woman.

A) token
193 B) representative
C) coupon
D) sample
What do you ______ as the main issues affecting the situation?
A) perceive
194 B) receive
C) conceive
D) deceive
Do you have any figures showing the _____ of left-handedness is in the
195 general population?
A) accidence
B) occurrence
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C) incidence
D) persistence
Sources in France suggested that further _____ would be needed before they
would agree to a deal.
196 A) consolations
B) concessions
C) contractions
D) contortions
A great deal can be ______about the composer’s state of mind from works at
this period.
197 A) inferred
B) implied
C) deduced
D. comprised
There is very strong movement now against ________ sports like shooting or
hunting.
198 A) death
B) killing
C) terminal
D) blood
Sometimes a pension can provide you with a ______ sum on retirement as
well as or instead of a monthly income.
199 A) mass
B) block
C) lump
D) chunk
The weather is going to change soon – I can feel it in my _______
A) skin
200 B) teeth
C) legs
D) bones

Angry? I was absolutely _____ when our appointment was cancelled for the
third time.
201 A) annoyed
B) irritated
C) livid
D) cross
The reason why he gets into trouble so often is that he has a _____ temper.
A) fast
202 B) rapid
C) speedy
D) quick
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What I find most _____ about it is that he didn’t even have the decency to
say that he was sorry.
203 A) galling
B) furious
C) touchy
D) resentful
George wasn’t in a particularly good mood, but then he is always a bit
______ in the morning.
204 A) irate
B) crotchety
C) indignant
D) infuriated
Like many children of his age, he is prone to throwing a(n) ______.
A) outburst
205 B) temper
C) mood
D) tantrum
Mum will hit the _______ when she finds out that you’ve burnt a hole in her
new sofa.
206 A) roof
B) wall
C) ceiling
D) top
How much longer do we have to wait? This is starting to get on my
________.
207 A) mind
B) nerves
C) back
D) nose
“I’m _______ to listen to your pathetic excuses,” she said.
A) sick and tired
208 B) in no mood
C) having enough
D) sick to death
Stop that tapping, will you? I’m trying to concentrate and it is driving me up
the ________.
209 A) wall
B) roof
C) hill
D) house
The whole country is up in _______ about the new tax the government has
210 put on books.
A) rage
B) fists
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C) anger
D) arms
It was so embarrassing. We were in the middle of a crowded restaurant when
they suddenly had a _______ now.
211 A) blazing
B) heated
C) stormy
D) smouldering
“It looks as if it will be a fine day,” he said, “but I don’t think we should rule
___ the possibility of rain later on.”
212 A) away
B) over
C) off
D) out
I saw that film everyone’s been raving ____. Maybe I’m missing something,
but I thought it was fairly ordinary.
213 A) on
B) about
C) up
D) for
“How do you feel about winning the lottery?” “To be honest, it hasn’t sunk
___ yet. I keep pinching myself to make sure I’m not dreaming.”
214 A) down
B) in
C) through
D) up
“You make yourself at home”, she said, “and I’ll see if I can rustle us ___
something to eat.”
215 A) on
B) over
C) up
D) in
It’s one o’clock and, if he were coming, he’d have shown ____ by now.
A) up
216 B) out
C) by
D) in
You won’t get lost as long as you stick ___ the path.
A) along
217 B) to
C) by
D) for
218 “I’m off to bed, then,” he said, snuffing the candle ____ and closing the
door.
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A) out
B) over
C) off
D) away
Somehow I managed to scrape ____ my physics exam. The pass mark was
55 and I got 56.
219 A) by
B) along
C) out of
D) through
Well, someone’s slipped ___ somewhere along the line, because it is
humanly impossible to use that much electricity.
220 A) up
B) over
C) through
D) down
I’ve had this cold for a month. I just can’t seem to shake it ____.
A) out
221 B) down
C) off
D) away
A good friend is somebody who will stick ____ you through thick and thin.
A) on
222 B) by
C) to
D) with
I’m stuck ____ ideas for a composition title. Can you help?
A) with
223 B) in
C) for
D) at
He showed them ___ of the dark and dingy building.
A) out
224 B) down
C) in
D) up
“Yes, I’m tetchy,” she said. “So would you be if you’d had to sit ____ seven
hours of meetings today.”
225 A) for
B) over
C) through
D) on
226 Harry was offered a scholarship to study in Spain and he ___ the opportunity
with both hands.
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A) grasped
B) grabbed
C) held
D) passed
No way will you beat him. You don’t ____ a chance. He’s a hundred times
better than you are.
227 A) hold
B) run
C) possess
D) stand
It was ____ by chance that we managed to find her.
A) sheerly
228 B) purely
C) plainly
D) highly
Both the favourite and then the second favourite pulled out. Naturally, we
thought we were _____ a chance.
229 A) in with
B) up for
C) in for
D) up with
A full scholarship to Harvard and you’re worried about leaving your job?
Get real! You’d be a fool to _____ up a chance like that.
230 A) turn
B) brush
C) pass
D) cast
And now for this evening’s main headline: Britain _____ another Olympic
gold medal!
231 A) had won
B) wins
C) won
D) has won
He _____ the stolen cigarettes onto the back of the lorry when the police
arrived.
232 A) loaded
B) was loading
C) did load
D) had been loading
Anne had to pay for everything because, as usual, Peter _____ his wallet at
home.
233 A) had left
B) left
C) was leaving
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D) forgot
Someone _____ my special sports drink that I bought this morning! The
bottle’s half empty!
234 A) has been drinking
B) drinks
C) is drinking
D) had been drinking
Mark and Penny broke up last month.’ ‘Oh no! They _____ out together for
years.’
235 A) have gone
B) had gone
C) had been going
D) are going
We’re late. By the time we get to the cinema, the film _____.
A) will have started
236 B) has started
C) will start
D) will have been starting
If we _____ world poverty, the richer countries will need to make sacrifices.
A) are end
237 B) will end
C) are ending
D) are to end
‘Mum, I’m tired.’ ‘Well, if you _____ to bed after midnight every night,
what do you expect?’
238 A) went
B) are going
C) will go
D) would go
Mary isn’t home yet. She _____ late at the office again.
A) must have had to work
239 B) must have got to work
C) must’ve to work
D) must work
I remember _____ to the circus by my grandfather when I was a child.
A) having taken
240 B) to be taken
C) being taken
D) was taken
The accident is thought _____ by leaves on the railway line.
A) to have caused
241 B) to have been caused
C) to have been causing
D) be caused
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I really object _____ in rooms where other people have to eat. A) people
smoking
242 B) to people smoke
C) people to smoke
D) to people smoking
The Smiths had to decide _____ to their daughter’s kidnappers’ demands or
bring in the police.
243 A) if they agree
B) if to agree
C) whether to agree
D) whether they agree
Not until every single reporter had gone _____ outside his front door again.
A) did Alan step
244 B) Alan stepped
C) stepped Alan
D) Alan did step
‘Look at those clouds!’ ‘Don’t worry. _____ it rains, we’ll still have a great
time.’
245 A) Even if
B) Even though
C) Despite
D) Whereas
If oil supplies _____ in the near future, we would find it very hard to meet
our energy needs.
246 A) will run out
B) were running out
C) would run out
D) were to run out
_____ it never recycled any waste materials, the company’s environmental
record was not perfect.
247 A) For
B) In that
C) With
D) Due to
Is Ben OK? He was behaving _____.
A) very strangely in the canteen this morning
248 B) this morning in the canteen very strangely
C) in the canteen this morning very strangely
D) in the canteen very strangely this morning
It was solution _____.to the problem that the audience cheered loudly.
A) a such a sensible
249 B) so a sensible
C) a so sensible
D) such a sensible
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_____ twenty per cent of natural gas used to heat homes in the UK comes
from the North Sea.
250 A) Few of
B) Lesser than
C) Fewer than
D) Less than
No Horizon was directed _____ by Steve Caplan, only two years before his
death.
251 A) late
B) a late
C) the late
D) of late
_____ we have time, we will do it.
A) Should
252 B) Will
C) Would
D) Did
After he _____ it, he will call us.
A) will do
253 B) does
C) will have done
D) has done
While she _____ the information, she will find what is needed.
A) looks through
254 B) will look through
C) is looking through
D) will be looking through
_____ I you, I would follow his advice.
A) Were
255 B) Would be
C) Had been
D) Was
_____ her, I would have informed her.
A) Had I seen
256 B) Did I see
C) Would I see
D) Will I see
_____ for her diligence, she would be happy.
A) Will she be promoted
257 B) Would she be promoted
C) Was she promoted
D) Were she to be promoted
258 If she _____ Math, she would have failed the test yesterday.
A) hadn’t known
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B) didn’t know
C) wouldn’t know
D) won’t know
If they _____ yesterday, they would be on speaking terms now.
A) hadn’t fought
259 B) didn’t fight
C) wouldn’t have fought
D) wouldn’t fight
A well-paid job means _____ hard.
A) to work
260 B) working
C) having worked
D) to have worked
Your participation is _____ of the way we seek to involve everybody in our
plans.
261 A) dependent
B) indicative
C) desirous
D) integral
I think everyone should be _____ with the way office machinery works.
A) conversant
262 B) mindful
C) answerable
D) attuned
The Government was forced to introduce _____ on the sale of such
controversial videos.
263 A) preventions
B) provisions
C) safeguards
D) curbs
The current team are of a remarkably high _____, despite injury problems.
A) shape
264 B) standard
C) spirit
D) term
I really can’t believe that anyone here would _____ in such shady dealings.
A) dabble
265 B) stoop
C) reach
D) conceive
This class seems to have only a _____ knowledge of what they are supposed
266 to achieve.
A) smattering
B) rudimentary
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C) comprehensive
D) faded
The effects of the anaesthetic _____ after a couple of hours.
A) wiped out
267 B) finished off
C) dried up
D) wore off
The secretary was _____ to tears by the manager’s behaviour.
A) brought down
268 B) diminished
C) reduced
D) belittled
Her announcement was designed to _____ rumours of her imminent
retirement.
269 A) peter out
B) dispel
C) disperse
D) annihilate
My aunt _____ on a long story about losing her night-dress down a manhole
(or something).
270 A) set off
B) evoked
C) embarked
D) opened
We encountered particularly _____ opposition in the second round of the
tournament.
271 A) hard
B) iron
C) rigid
D) stiff
We rarely see _____ on most matters of business policy.
A) face to face
272 B) at loggerheads
C) eye to eye
D) on tenterhooks
Stockhousen’s early compositions have been _____ as “crash, bang, wallop”
music.
273 A) dismissed
B) sent out
C) eulogized
D) dreaded
Worried about the future of the family business, he _____ for his sons to
274 follow in his footsteps.
A) desired
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B) yearned
C) considered
D) anticipated
The incoming administration _____ to clean up corruption in the city.
A) pledged
275 B) contemplated
C) suggested
D) resumed
Meanwhile, as _____ payment, we will send you an invoice before the end
of the month.
276 A) regard
B) regarded
C) regards
D) regarding
_____ regards the future, I think we’ll just have to wait and see.
A) With
277 B) As
C) In
D) What
He was prepared to announce the news to all and _____.
A) remainders
278 B) odds
C) sundry
D) select
I am _____ the opinion that nothing we say will change anything at all.
A) in
279 B) after
C) with
D) of
I’m not sure how we can get the main thrust of our message _____ to a few
million people.
280 A) in
B) across
C) through
D) off
They hated not having _____ selected for the shortlist.
A) been
281 B) be
C) being
D) get
I _____ my secretary re-type the memo.
282 A) got
B) get
C) had
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D) having
She _____ her husband to put up some shelves in the kitchen.
A) got
283 B) had
C) have
D) is having
Theirs was probably the most glamorous wedding _____ featured in the
pages of “Hello” magazine to date.
284 A) getting
B) to have been
C) having
D) have
The cats love _____ cuddled and stroked.
A) have
285 B) having
C) to have been
D) to be
The minister will have his press officer _____ the news tomorrow.
A) announce
286 B) announced
C) to announce
D) being announced
It may have _____ your notice, but it’s Mrs. Hodges’ birthday today.
A) slipped
287 B) skipped
C) missed
D) escaped
It’s _____ that he forgot three consecutive appointments.
A) unintelligible
288 B) inscrutable
C) incompatible
D) inconceivable
I don’t think anything would _____ me to leave this house.
A) induce
289 B) prevail
C) entail
D) instigate
It’s not in my nature to _____ over the price of something.
A) haggle
290 B) discuss
C) challenge
D) transact
291 Some families have lived and grown crops in the valley for many years, but
now their way of life _____ by developers who plan to build hundreds of
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new houses in the area.

A) is threatened
B) has been threatened
C) is being threatened
D) was threatened
Because of recent rain I haven’t gone out and I suspect you _____ why I
haven’t been in touch.
292 A) had wondered
B) didn’t wonder
C) were wondering
D) will have been wondering
When my grandfather was a child he _____ to get up early every morning
and work all day on the farm.
293 A) would have
B) was having
C) has
D) had been
I promise to phone you this week and maybe we ______ arrange to meet for
lunch on Friday or Saturday.
294 A) are going to
B) might
C) can
D) may
But he ______ feeling unhappy or deprived or anything like that because all
of his friends were in the same situation.
295 A) hadn’t remembered
B) didn’t remember
C) wasn’t remembering
D) wouldn’t remember
Karen ______ waiting outside this morning so that we could give her a lift to
work, but she wasn’t there.
296 A) may be
B) might be
C) must have been
D) should have been
These books are quite interesting, but ________ of them would be worth
anything.
297 A) no one
B) any
C) none
D) nothing
We don’t have to stop and buy tickets and there are still lots of people on the
298 platform, so the train _______ come yet.
A) can’t have
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B) can’t
C) couldn’t
D) can’t be
The Star Tree hotel chain is in financial trouble and some of their smaller
hotels are going to have ________.
299 A) been sold
B) being sold
C) sold
D) to be sold
Rising costs _______ for recent losses and many smaller hotels are reported
to have been losing money for many years.
300 A) blamed
B) have blamed
C) are being blamed
D) to be blamed

Тестові завдання третього рівня складності

Which two major classes of sounds are traditionally distinguished by

phoneticians in any language?
1 A) consonants and nasal sonants
B) consonants and vowels
C)vowels and fricatives
D) fricatives and affricates
The English consonant [j] is _____
A) a mediolingual consonant
2 B) an alveolar consonant
C) a backlingual consonant
D) a forelingual consonant
How many consonant phonemes are there in the English language?
A) 15 consonants
3 B) 47 consonants
C) 24 consonants
D) 18 consonants
According to the active organs of speech the English consonants are divided
into_____:
4 A) labial, lingual and pharyngeal
B) apical, dorsal and cacuminal
C) bilabial and lingual
D) nasal sonants, affricates and constrictives
In pronouncing the lingual consonants the obstruction is formed by ____
5 A) the lips
B) the tongue
C) the soft palate
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D) the pharynx
The English consonant [p] is_____
А) a forelingual consonant
6 В) a labio-dental consonant
С) an apical consonant
D) a bilabial consonant
In pronouncing the labial consonants the obstruction is formed by the
______
7 A. the lips
B. the tongue
C. the soft palate
D. the pharynx
The English consonants [f], [v] are _________
A) bilabial consonants
8 B) labio-dental consonants
C) forelingual consonants
D) constrictive consonants
In pronouncing the labio-dental consonants the obstruction is formed
by________
9 A) the lower lip being pressed against the upper teeth
B) the lower lip being pressed against the lower teeth
C) the upper lip being pressed against the lower teeth
D) the two lips
The English [t], [d], [n], [l], [s], [z] are_______
A) apical forelingual consonants
10 B) labio-dental consonants
C) dorsal forelingual consonants
D) pharyngeal consonants
What type of consonants is articulated by the middle part of the tongue
raised towards the hard palate?
11 A) alveolar
B) mediolingual
C) pharyngeal consonants
D) backlingual
Which type of consonants is articulated by the back of the tongue against the
soft palate?
12 A) alveolar
B) mediolingual
C) backlingual
D) forelingual
A gradual lowering of the voice pitch
13 A) intonation
B) neutralization
C) descending scale
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D) elision
What consonant is backlingual?
A) [k]
14 B) [j]
C) [m]
D) [n]
Which consonants are formed by blocking airflow in the vocal tract, but not
necessarily in the nasal tract?
15 A) rolled
B) affricates
C) occlusive
D) constrictive
According to the work of the vocal chords the English consonants are
divided into
16 A) alveolar and backlingual
B) voiced and voiceless
C) constrictive and occlusive
D) alveolar and cacuminal
How many consonant phonemes are in the Ukrainian language?
A) 46
17 B) 24
C) 47
D) 49
Which term is used for sounds which are variants of a phoneme?
A) voiceless
18 B) allophone
C) vowel
D) consonant
English [p], [t], [k] are_________
A) voiceless consonants
19 B) voiced consonants
C) rolled consonants
D) affricates
English [h] belongs to
A) pharyngeal consonants
20 B) alveolar consonants
C) backlingual consonants
D) rolled consonants
Articulatory phonetics studies
A) how speech sounds are produced
21 B) the way in which humans perceive speech sounds
C) the physical properties of speech
D) how sounds serve for the purpose of communication
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According to the work of the vocal chords all the English consonants are
divided into :
22 A) rounded and unrounded
B) voiced and voiceless
C) occlusive and constrictive
D. rolled and affricates
Auditory phonetics studies
A) how speech sounds are produced
23 B) speech perception
C) the physical properties of speech
D) how sounds serve for the purpose of communication
Acoustic phonetics studies
A) the way in which humans perceive speech sounds
24 B) how speech sounds are produced
C) how sounds serve for the purpose of communication
D) physical properties of speech
The process when the first of the two neighboring sounds influences the
second and makes it similar to itself
25 A) regressive assimilation
B) reciprocal assimilation
C) progressive assimilation
D) mutual assimilation
The adaptive modification of a consonant under the influence of the
neighboring sound is called
26 A) obstruction
B) reduction
C) accommodation
D) elision
The sounds formed during the separation of the articulating organs: in their
articulation the complete closure gradually and uninterruptedly opens into a
flat-slit narrowing are called
27 A) cacuminals
B) labial sounds
C) medial sonants
D) affricates
A slight puff of breath which is heard after the explosion of [p],[t], [k] in
initial position is called
28 A) aspiration
B) dissimilation
C) progressive assimilation
D) assimilation
In _________ assimilation two sounds (invariably adjacent) may influence
29 each another
A) regressive
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B) reciprocal
C) progressive
D) regressive
Bilateral assimilation of two sounds when in the result they give a new sound
is called
30 A) coalescent
B) lenition
C) elision
D) regressive assimilation
Sounds articulated by the front edge of the tongue raised and a little bent to
the alveolar back slope are called ________
31 A) lateral sounds
B) cacuminal
C) sibilants
D) sonorants
_________ is the phenomenon of two (or more) sounds appearing in the
same environment without a change in meaning and without being
considered incorrect by native speakers
32 A) Free variation
B) Complementary distribution
C) Close transition
D) Homogeneity
An arrangement of allophones of one and the same phoneme, which occurs
in different contexts, but in a definite set of them
33 A) homogeneity
B) complementary distribution
C) close transition
D) free variation
A vowel phoneme which consists of two elements: a nucleus and a glide
A) free variations
34 B) digraph
C) diphthong
D) positional allophones
A slight shifting of the organs of speech position within the articulation of
one and the same vowel (these organs are mostly – the tongue, the lips and
the lower jaw)
35 A) diphthongization
B) velarization
C) plosion
D) labialization
Diphthongized sounds are called ______
36 A) constrictive sonants
B) monophthongized sounds
C) positional allophones
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D) diphthongoids

37. Dropping off of a vowel in initial or terminal position is called_____

A) elision
37 B) neutralization
C) plosion
D) obstruction
An unstressed word or syllable, which refers to the preceding stressed word
or syllable
38 A) glide
B) enclitic
C) glottal sound
D) lenition
That part of a diphthong which constitutes its additional element, the full
articulation of which is not accomplished.
39 A) glide
B) close nexus
C) glottal stop
D) intrusive sound
Softening of consonants, which results from the secondary place of
articulation – front-secondary focus, it takes place when the middle part of
the tongue is raised to the hard palate and the air passage is narrowed or
40 constricted, which gives the consonant soft colouring
A) velarization
B) neutralization
C) palatalization
D) labialization
Sound changes, which are the result of the historical development of the
language
41 A) mutual assimilation
B) reciprocal assimilation
C) historical assimilation
D) coalescent
Words that are similar in orthography but different in pronunciation and
meaning
42 A) homophones
B) positional allophones
C) homographs
D) free variations
Words that are similar in pronunciation but different in orthography and
43 meaning.
A) homographs
B) homophones
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C) free variations
D) positional allophones
A passage of small width or length.
A) elision
44 B) plosion
C) obstruction
D) narrowing
A complete obstruction made by the speech organs, as in [p],[t],[k]
A) plosion
45 B) elision
C) occlusion
D) labialization
Sounds which are alien to the word
A) labial sounds
46 B) lateral sounds
C) intrusive sounds
D) glottal sounds
Sounds produced in the pharynx are called _____
A) pharyngeal
47 B) glottal sounds
C) lateral sounds
D) intrusive sounds
Vowels articulated when the bulk of the tongue moves forward and its front
part is raised highest towards the hard palate
48 A) front vowels
B) mid front vowels
C) open vowels
D) neutral vowels
A word consisting of one syllable is called _____
A) enclitic
49 B) monosyllable
C) close transition
D) glide
The vowels having a relatively smaller length, or quantity in comparison
with the long vowels (other conditions remaining the same) are
called________
50 A) checked vowels
B) lax vowels
C) short vowels
D) open vowels
The English language belongs to the ______ branch of languages
51 A) Romanic
B) Germanic
C) Slavonic
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D) Celtic
The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder classified the Germanic tribes into _____
groups.
A) Six
52 B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Five

The Gothic language belonged to _______ group of dialects.

A) East Germanic
53 B) West Germanic
C) North Germanic
D) Celtic

Ulfilas, a West Gothic bishop, made the translation of Gospels from Greek
into English in the _____ century.
54 A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 7th
D) 8th
Grimm’s Low explains the correspondence between certain groups of ____
consonants.
55 A) Germanic and non-Germanic
B) Germanic and Celtic
C) Germanic and Romanic
D)Germanic and Arabic
56. The law of the first consonant shift was formulated by____:
A) R. Rask
56 B. J. Grimm
C. K. Verner
D. F. Engels
What was the dominant dialect in Old English writing?
A) Mercian
57 B)West-Saxon
C) Northumbrian
D) Kentish
According to H. Sweet, Old English is the period of ______
A)Leveled endings
58 B) Full endings
C) Lost endings
D) Reduced endings
The exception to the law of the first consonant shift was formulated by
59 _______:
A) R. Rask
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B) J. Grimm
C) K. Verner
D) A. Bough
London dialect (ME) belonged to the group of ______:
A) Midland dialects
60 B) Southern dialects
C) South-Western dialects
D) Northern dialects
What phonetic change is presented in the following example? OE silufr –>
siolufr?
61 A) Palatalization
B) OE breaking
C) I-umlaut
D) Back (velar) mutation
Old English breaking led to the appearance of new … .
A) Monophthongs
62 B) Diphthongs
C) Digraphs
D) Fricatives
What Old English assimilative change affected the root vowel in the
following example: sterra –> steorra?
63 A) Palatalization
B) Contraction
C) Breaking
D) I-imlaut
What phonetic change is presented in the following example: OE ʒefan –>
ʒiefan?
64 A) I-imlaut
B) Contraction
C) Breaking
D) Palatalization
What phonetic change is presented in the following example:
OE sehan –> seon?
65 A) Breaking
B) Contraction
C) Palatalization
D) I-imlaut
What phonetic change is presented in the following example: OE fimf –> fif?
A) Loss of consonants
66 B) Grimm’s law
C) Verner’s law
D) Voicing of consonants
67 What phonetic change is presented in the following example: L. ego –> OE
ic?
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A) Grimm’s law
B) Verner’s law
C) Voicing of consonants
D) Loss of consonants
What phonetic change is presented in the following example: OE wesun –>
wæron?
68 A) Loss of consonants
B) Grimm’s law
C) Voicing of consonants
D) Verner’s law
What Old English assimilative change affected the root vowel in the
following example: man –> men?
69 A) Palatalization
B) Contraction
C) Breaking
D) I-imlaut
What phonetic change is presented in the following examples? ME see [se:]
–> NE see [si:] ; ME like [li:k] –> NE like [laik]?
70 A) Monophthongization
B) The Great Vowel Shift
C) I-umlaut
D) Contraction
Old English was a(n)_____________ language.
A Analytical
71 B) Synthetic
C) Agglutinating
D) Isolating
According to H. Sweet, Middle English is the period of _______
A) Leveled endings
72 B) Full endings
C) Lost endings
D) No endings

H. Sweet’s periodization of the history of the English language is based on:

A) Linguistic principles
73 B) Extralinguistic principles
C) Psychological principles
D) Historical principles
What Old English assimilative change affected the root vowel in the
following example: domjan– deman?
74 A) Palatalization
B) Contraction
C) Breaking
D) I-imlaut
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What phonetic change is presented in the following examples? ME house

[hu:s] –> NE house [haus]; ME moon [mo:n] –> NE moon [mun]?
75 A) The Great Vowel Shift
B) I-umlaut
C) Contraction
D) Monophthongization
Word-building in Old English was presented by the following types:
A) Morphological and semantic
76 B) Morphological, syntactic and semantic
C) Syntactic and semantic
D) Morphological and syntactic
According to H. Sweet, New English is the period of ________
A) Leveled endings
77 B) Full endings
C) Lost endings
D) Reduced endings
The category of voice became a regular opposition in … .
A. Old English
78 B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English
The grammatical category of case in Old English was presented by
_________cases.
79 A) Six
B) Four
C) Two
D) Five
There were the following types of declension in Old English:
A) Strong declension
80 B) Weak declension
C) Root-stem declension
D) Strong, weak and root-stem declensions
There were ____ classes of strong verbs in Old English.
A) Five
81 B) Six
C) Seven
D) Ten
There were _____ classes of weak verbs in Old English.
A. Five
82 B) Six
C) Seven
D) Three
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Originally the Present tense forms of Preterite-present verbs were ______

forms.
83 A) Present tense
B) Past tense
C) Future tense
D) Future-in-the-past tense
The grammatical category of tense in Old English was formed by the
opposition of _____.tenses.
84 A) Present, past and future
B) Present and past
C) Present and future
D) Present and future-in-the-past
The _____ element in the English vocabulary is the largest.
A) French
85 B) Scandinavian
C) Celtic
D) Latin
The source of modern English regular verbs was ______
A) Strong verbs
86 B) Weak verbs
C) Preterite-present verbs
D) Anomalous verbs
The new digraphs th, ch, sh, ph, ck came into use in _________
A) Old English
87 B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English
The result of the Great vowel shift was ______of all Middle English long
vowels.
88 A) Narrowing and diphthongization
B) Narrowing
C) Diphthongization
D) Narrowing and lengthening
In Old English, the infinitive was declinable and had two cases:
A) The nominative and the genitive
89 B) The nominative and the dative
C) The genitive and the dative
D) The nominative and the accusative
The Old English verb beon was _______
A) Regular
90 B) Irregular
C) Suppletive
D) Preterite-present
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The articles became a class of words on the basis of regular opposition of the
definite and the indefinite articles in the _____ period.
91 A) Old English
B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English A
Old English infinitive ended in __________
A) -an
92 B) -en
C) -on
D) -in
The category of gender in Old English was ______
A) Grammatical
93 B) Lexical
C) Semantic
D) Syntactic
The sound [r] from being vibrating changed to more liquid and was
vocalized after vowels in ___________
94 A) Old English
B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English
The strong verbs are verbs which use … as the principal means of expressing
grammatical categories.
95 A) Inflexions
B) Sound interchange
C) Suffixes
D) Prefixes
The fricative consonants and the affricates developed from Old English
______ consonants.
96 A) Palatal
B) Dental
C) Interdental
D) Alveolar
The second lengthening of English vowels took place in _____
A) Old English
97 B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English
Old English sound [y] was the result of ______
A) Velar mutation
98 B) Breaking
C) Contraction
D) Palatal mutation
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The Gerund, a new verbal, developed in _______

A) Old English
99 B) Middle English
C) Early New English
D) Late New English

The category of Aspect was formed in Middle English on the basis of the
free combination _______
A) Willan + infinitive
100 B) Beon + present participle
C) Beon + past participle
D) Sculan + infinitive

What does Lexicology, a brunch of linguistics, study?

A) It is the study of sentences
101 B) It is the study of words
C) It is the study of definitions
D) It is the study of aspects
What is the name of the area of lexicology specializing in the studies of the
word-meaning?
102 A) It is called semantics
B) It is called phraseology
C) It is called semasiology
D) It is called sociolinguistics
What do we mean by external structure of the word?
A) We mean its lexical meaning
103 B) We mean its lexico-grammatical structure
C) We mean its morphological structure
D) We mean its semantic structure
On what level is the word studied in its relationships with other words the
vocabulary system?
104 A) It is studied on the historical level
B) It is studied on the modern level
C) It is studied on the syntagmatic level
D) It is studied on the paradigmatic level
What is the smallest meaningful unit of speech?
A) The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a stem
105 B) The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a word
C) The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a morpheme
D) The smallest meaningful unit of speech is a root
Which words do we call homonyms?
106 A) Homonyms are words which are identical in writing
B) Homonyms are the words which are identical in pronunciation
C) Homonyms are the words which are identical in speaking
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D) Homonyms are the words which are identical in sound and spelling
What is the leading semantic component in the semantic structure of the
word?
107 A) The leading component is termed connotative component
B) The leading component is called componential analysis
C) The leading component in the word is termed transformational component
D) The leading component is termed denotative component
What is the main way of enriching and enlarging the English vocabulary?
A) The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is word-building
108 B) The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is affixation
C) The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is conversion
D) The main way of enriching the English vocabulary is composition
What do we mean by derivation?
A) It is a structural type of Modern English words
109 B) It is a process of developing English words
C) It is any series of changes in which a form or structure is altered by
successive processes
D) It is a way of forming a new meaning
Which categories of parts of speech are especially affected by conversion?
A) The three categories affected by conversion are verbs, nouns and adverbs
110 B)The category of parts of speech affected by conversion is nouns
C) The category of parts of speech affected by conversion is verbs
D) The two categories of speech affected by conversion are nouns and verbs
Metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole are ______
A) types of grammar change
111 B) types of literary change
C) types of semantic change
D) types of general change
By borrowing (or loan-word) we mean a word which came ______
A) into the vocabulary of one language from another language
112 B) into the vocabulary of many languages from one language
C) into the stock of words of different languages from any foreign language
D) into the vocabulary of one language from 2 or 3 other languages
The composition, conversion, derivation and are ______
A) the productive ways of word-building
113 B) the productive ways of producing new words
C) the productive ways of forming new meanings
D) the productive ways of developing the language
All morphemes are subdivided into two large classes:
A) stems and roots
114 B) roots and suffixes
C) suffixes and affixes
D) roots and affixes
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The process of affixation consists in coining a new word by ____

A) deriving words from different languages to some root morpheme
115 B) adding a suffix to some root
C) adding a stem to some root
D) adding an affix to some root
______ consists in making a new word from some existing word by
changing the category of a part of speech.
116 A) Derivation
B) Composition
C) Affixation
D) Conversion
This type of word-building consists in producing a new word by combining
two or more stems.
117 A) It is conversion
B) It is composition
C) It is affixation
D) It is shortening
What three aspects of composition are there in the English language?
A) They are grammar, neutral and syntactic
118 B) They are neutral, morphological and syntactic
C) They are simple, neutral and morphological
D) They are compound, simple and neutral

What are the four types which represent the main structural types of Modern
English words?
119 A) Root words, derivatives, compounds and international words
B) Root words, derived words, loan words and shortenings
C) Root words, derived words, compounds and shortenings
D) Compounds, shortenings, homonyms and root words
What is the common word for such terms as “а set expression, а fixed word-
group, а set phrase”?
120 A) A collocation
B) A unit
C) A phraseological unit
D) A set word-group
What is the basis of the traditional and oldest principle for classifying
phraseological units?
121 A) It is based on their associations
B) It is based on their linguistic characteristics
C) It is based on the semantic principle, on their content
D) It is based on their structural characteristics
There are words which are avoided because they ....
122 A) are considered too simple
B) are considered delicate
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C) are considered rude and impolite

D) are considered ridiculous
How do we call the process of development of a new meaning?
A) We term it ''similarity"
123 B) We term it "transference"
C) We term it "semantic process"
D) We term it "association"
Contracted (shortened) words are produced in two different ways: the first is
to make a new word from a syllable of the original word. What is the
second?
124 A) to make a new word from the root of the original word
B) to make a new word from the last letters of a word-group
C) to make a new word from the stem of the word
D) to make a new word from the initial letters of a word group
What do we understand by etymological doublets?
A) Doublets are the words with the same source but different in
phonemic shape
B) These are words which have the same meaning but differ in
125 phonemic shape
C)These are words which originated from the same source, but
differ in phonemic shape and in meaning
D) Such words which are the same in phonemic shape but differ in
meaning
There are three types of synonyms: ideographic, stylistic and absolute. What
is a stylistic type of synonyms?
126 A) It differs in shades of meaning
B) It differs in stylistic characteristics
C) It coincides in all their shades of meaning
D) It has the same concept but differs in meaning
We define the language spoken in the USA as _________
A) an American language
127 B) one of the dialects of the English language
C) an independent language
D) a regional variety of the English language
To which parts of speech do most antonyms belong?
A) They mostly belong to verbs
128 B) They mostly belong to nouns
C) They mostly belong to adverbs
D) They mostly belong to adjectives
The most productive way of word-formation in Modern English is ______
A) compounding
129 B) blending
C) prefixation
D) conversion
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What are syntagmatic relationships based on?

A) They are based on the basis of its vocabulary
130 B) They are based on the linear character of speech
C) They are based on the basis of its grammar structure
D) They are based on the basis of its morphological structure
What makes up the semantic paradigm of a word?
A) Lexico-semantic variants
131 B) Denotative and connotative components
C) Lexical and part-of-speech components of meaning
D) Denotative and part-of-speech components of meaning

Identify the type of antonyms: smart – stupid:

A) Contrary
132 B) Contradictory.
C) Conversive
D) Vectorial
Which of the following meanings unites the words fast, quick, rapid, swift ?
A) Lexical meaning
133 B) Grammatical meaning.
C) Lexical meaning and grammatical meanings
D) Lexical meaning and stylistic meanings
What is the result of semantic change of the verb arrive if earlier it meant
"to come to shore"?
134 A) Broadening
B) Narrowing
C) Amelioration
D) Degradation
Establish the type of the phrase small talk:
A) a phraseological fusion
135 B) a phraseological unity
C) a phraseological combination
D) a free word-combination
Determine the type of semantic relations between the words: living-room –
room.
136 A) Antonyms
B) Synonyms
C) Hyponym – hyperоnym
D) Co-hyponyms (taxonomic sisters)
Identify the type of antonyms to ask – to reply:
A) Contrary
137 B) Contradictory
C) Conversive
D) Vectorial
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Which of the following meanings unites the words forget-me-nots, radii,

oxen?
138 A) Lexical meaning
B) Grammatical meaning
C) Lexical meaning and grammatical meaning
D) Word-formation meaning
What is the result of semantic change of the noun room if we know that
originally it denoted "space"?
139 A) Broadening
B) Narrowing
C) Amelioration
D) Degradation
Establish the type of the phrase: to play second fiddle:
A) a phraseological fusion
140 B) a phraseological unity
C) a phraseological combination
D) a free word-combination
According to the meaning morphemes may be subdivided into:
A) Lexical, lexico-grammatical, grammatical
141 B) Lexical and lexico-grammatical
C) Lexical and grammatical
D) Lexical, grammatical, part-of-speech
Determine the type of semantic relations between these words: leave for -
arrive.
142 A) Antonyms
B) Synonyms
C) Hyponym – hyperоnym
D) Co-hyponyms (taxonomic sisters)
A word which belongs to the original English stock is:
A) A native word
143 B) A loan word
C) A structural loan
D) A semantic loan
A word taken over from another language and modified according to the
standards of the English language is:
144 A) A native word
B) A loan word
C) A semantic word
D) An etymological doublet
The native words are further subdivided into those of:
A) Indo-European and common Germanic stock
145 B) Latin and Roman origin
C) Greek and German origin
D) Indo-European, common Germanic and English proper stock
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The term “source of borrowing” should be distinguished from the term:

A) A native word
146 B) An evaluative word
C) An origin of borrowing
D) Loan word
What do we call a transfer based on the association of contiguity?
A) Metaphor
147 B) Metonymy
C) Epithet
D) Litotes
Derived words are words formed with the help of:
A) Root and affix
148 B) Root
C) Two stems
D) Three stems
Which linguist introduced the classification of phraseological units into
fusions, unities and collocations?
149 A) L. Bloomfield
B) V. V. Vinogradov
C) A. V. Kunin
D. I. V. Arnold
What happens to a word-group if one of its components drops out of the
language altogether?
150 A) It is regarded as obsolete
B) It lacks motivation
C) It loses stability
D) It becomes non-productive
Identify the phonostylistic device used in the given example: Doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before.
151 A) graphon
B) alliteration
C) assonance
D) onomatopoeia
Identify the lexical stylistic device used in the given example: He was
followed by a pair of boots
152 A) metaphor
B) zeugma
C) epithet
D) metonymy
Identify the syntactical stylistic device used in the given example: ...after all,
it was well, it was no worse; the least said the soonest mended, and upon her
153 word she did not know that it was so very bad after all; that what was over
couldn’t be begun and what couldn’t be cured must be endured
A) anaphora
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B) asyndeton
C) ellipsis
D) framing
Identify the phonographic stylistic device used in the given example: They
heard a distant roar of the lion
154 A) alliteration
B) assonance
C) graphon
D) onomatopoeia
Identify the lexical stylistic device used in the given example: He is a
cheerful pessimist:
155 A) litotes
B) metaphor
C) epithet
D) oxymoron
Identify the syntactical stylistic device used in the given example: If you had
any part – I don’t say what – in this attack or if you know anything about it –
I don’t say how much – or if you know who did it – I go no closer – you did
156 an injury to me that’s never to be forgiven:
A) parallel construction
B) chiasmus
C) parenthesis
D) rhetoric question
Identify the phonographic stylistic device used in the given example: He is
such a BIG boy!
157 A) alliteration
B) assonance
C) capitalization
D) graphon
Identify the lexical stylistic device used in the given example: May’s mother
always stood on her gentility, and Dot’s mother never stood on anything but
her active little feet:
158 A) hyperbole
B) metonymy
C) epithet
D) zeugma
Identify the syntactical stylistic device used in the given example:
He ran away from the battle. He was an ordinary human being that didn’t
want to kill or be killed. So he ran away from the battle:
159 А) parallel construction
В) chiasmus
С) parenthesis
D) framing
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Identify the phonographic stylistic device used in the given example:

My heart’s in the Highlands,
My heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands,
160 A chasing the deer.
A) assonance
B) alliteration
C) graphon
D) onomatopoeia
Identify the lexical stylistic device used in the given example: There were
Lady Sneerwell and Lady Snake at the party
161 A) metaphor
B) antonomasia
C) epithet
D) zeugma
Identify the syntactical stylistic device used in the given example: It was the
season of Light, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair
162 A) anaphora
B) asyndeton
C) ellipsis
D) framing
Identify the phonographic stylistic device used in the given example: The
telephone was buzzing insistently
163 A) onomatopoeia
B) alliteration
C) assonance
D) graphon
Identify the lexical stylistic device used in the given example: Emily Barton
was very pink, and looked like a Dresden-china-shepherdess.
164 A) metaphor
B) comparison
C) epithet
D) metonymy
Identify the syntactical stylistic device used in the given example: That he
sings and sings, and forever sings he – I love my Love and my Love loves
me!
165 A) repetition
B) asyndeton
C) ellipsis
D) framing
What stylistic device is realized in the formed image Rain is a sadness?
166 A) metaphor
B) metonymy
C) oxymoron
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D) irony
Decide what style is represented in the following extract: It’s no good
worrying and trying to look ahead and plan and scheme and weigh your
every action, because you never can tell when doing such-and-such won’t
make so-and-so happen – while, on the other hand, if you do so-and-so it
167 may just as easily lead to such-and- such.
A) newspaper
B) colloquial
C) scientific
D) publicistic
What does the following sentence contain: It’s no good worrying and trying
to look ahead and plan and scheme and weigh your every action, because
you never can tell when doing such-and-such won’t make so-and-so happen
– while, on the other hand, if you do so-and-so it may just as easily lead to
168 such-and- such.
A) enumeration and framing repetition
B) polysyndeton and ellipsis
C) enumeration and chiasmus
D) polysyndeton and framing repetition

What meanings are effective in the following joke: “What did you find out
about the salivary glands?” “I couldn’t find out a thing, they’re too
secretive”
169 A) neutral and colloquial
B) neutral and literary
C) colloquial
D) literary
What stylistic device is observed in the following joke: “What did you find
out about the salivary glands?” “I couldn’t find out a thing, they’re too
secretive”
170 A) zeugma
B) pun
C) irony
D) sarcasm
Decide what the sentence The dinner cost two dollars a head contains?
A) direct meaning
171 B) metaphor
C) metonymy
D) irony
What does the sentence His eyes fell on the picture of Anne contain?
A) metaphor and metonymy
172 B) only metaphor
C) hyperbole
D) irony
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What stylistic device(s) is/are used in the following sentence The whole town
was there?
173 A) hyperbole and metaphor
B) hyperbole and metonymy
C) only hyperbole
D) only metonymy
Find the descriptive attribute:
A) black-winged bird
174 B) iron will
C) wooden manners
D) honey-coloured air
What stylistic device is the following sentence Books are a guide of youth
and an entertainment for age based on?
175 A) oxymoron
B) antithesis
C) climax
D) anticlimax
. Decide whether the sentence It was unillegal business contains:
A) litotes
176 B) simple negation
C) irony
D) meiosis
Define the kind of metaphor in the following sentence: Don’t jump to
conclusions – you might get a nasty fall:
177 A) nominational
B) cognitive
C) imaginative
D) simple
In the sentence (at an examination) “How far are you from the correct
answer?” “Two seats." distinguish between:
178 A)ellipsis
B) nominative sentence
C) parallel construcnion
D) hiasmus
Indicate the type of repetition in the following sentence Time waits for no
man. Thus, don’t lose time:
179 A) simple
B) epiphora
C) framing
D) chiasmus
Choose from the syntactic stylistic devices us e d in t he s e n te n c e It was
180 the money, of course; money which did strange things to human beings,
making them greedy, panicked, at times sub-human:
A ) polysyndeton
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B) ellipsis
C) asyndeton
D) a nominative clause
What kind of expressive means is euphemism:
A) phonetic
181 B) morphological
C) lexical
D) syntactic
What stylistic device is realized in the formed image A traitor is a snake?
A) metonymy
182 B) metaphor
C) epithet
D) irony
Decide what style is represented in the following extract: In other words,
education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of nature, under which
name I include not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways;
and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving
183 desire to move in harmony with those laws.
A ) newspaper
B) scientific
C) publicistic
D) official
What does the following sentence In other words, education is the
instruction of the intellect in the laws of nature, under which name I include
not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways; and the
fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire
184 to move in harmony with those laws contain?
A) parceling and enumeration,
B) detachment and parallel constructions,
C) detachment and enumeration,
D) parceling and parallel constructions
What meanings are effective in the following joke: Cannibal – “We’ve just
captured an actor.” Chief ~ “Hurray! I was hoping for a good ham
sandwich"?
185 A) neutral and colloquial
B) neutral and literary
C) neutral
D) literary
What stylistic device is observed in the following joke: Cannibal – “We’ve
just captured an actor.” Chief ~ “Hurray! I was hoping for a good ham
186 sandwich"?
A) pun
B) zeugma
C) irony
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D) oxymoron
Decide what the sentence The body of his discourse was about poetry
contains?
187 A) direct meaning
B) metaphor
C) metonymy
D) epithet
What does the sentence Lady Alison fell into a train of thought contain?
A) only metaphor
188 B) metaphor and metonymy
C) only metonymy
D) irony
. What stylistic device(s) is/are used in the following sentence I see a
frightful lot of writers and painters?
189 A) hyperbole and metaphor
B) hyperbole and metonymy
C) only hyperbole
D) only metaphor
Find the epithet :
A) cold reason
190 B) wooden tables
C) brown-eyed cat
D) iron bridge
What stylistic device is the following sentence based on: Past pain is
pleasure?
191 A) antithesis
B) oxymoron
C) hyperbole
D) zeugma
Decide whether the sentence No policeman would ever cope with this
contains:
192 А) litotes
B) simple negation
C) meiosis
D) zeugma
Define the kind of metaphor in the following sentence: I put the letter well
into the mouth of the box and it fell turning over and over:
А) nominational
193 В) cognitive
С) imaginative
D) sustained

194 In the following sentence Don’t you know what they call a star with a tail?
Sure – Mickey Mouse distinguish between:
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A) ellipsis
B) nominative sentence
C) parallel construction
D) chiasmus
In the sentence Let’s make it clear -1 don’t know you, and you don’t know
me indicate the type of repetition out of the following:
195 A) anaphora
B) epiphora
C) chain
D) chiasmus
In the sentence The sun was high, the sky unclouded, the air warm with a dry
fresh breeze choose from the following syntactic stylistic devices:
196 A ) polysyndeton
B) asyndeton
C) a nominative clause
D) parallel constructions
What kind of expressive means is detachment:
A) phonetic
197 B) morphological
C) lexical
D) syntactic
Identify the figure of quantity according to its main stylistic feature – a
deliberate diminution:
198 A) hyperbole
B) meiosis
C) litotes
D) periphrasis
In the following sentence An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-
cup indicate the case of______:
199 A) hyperbole
B) meiosis
C) litotes
D) zeugma
200. Identify the figure of quantity according to its main stylistic feature -
replacement of an unpleasant, impolite word or expression with a milder and
decent one:
200 A) metonymy
B) synecdoche
C) periphrasis
D) euphemism
Indicate the figure of substitution:
Dismal and rainy day emerged from the womb of the night.
201 А) metaphor;
В) metonymy;
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С) epithet;
D) periphrasis.
Indicate the figure of substitution:
Edward’s family is a couple of aunts a thousand years old.
A) litotes
B) hyperbole
202 C) synecdoche
D) metaphor.
Indicate the figure of combination:
More solitary than Robinson Crusoe, who had nobody to look at him, I went
into the booking-office.
A) oxymoron
B) pun
203 C) simile
D) climax.
Indicate the syntactic stylistic device:
Hullo! Who are you?
The stuff.
A) asyndeton
B) nominal sentence
204 C) aposiopesis
D) ellipsis.
Indicate the syntactic stylistic device:
Poor Mary! How much Jack loved her! What will he do now? I wish it
hadn’t happened. Poor Mary.
A) asyndeton
B) inversion
205 C) parallel construction
D) framing.
Indicate the syntactic stylistic device:
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter.
A) ellipsis
B) nominal sentence
206 C) polysyndeton
D) parallel construction
Indicate the phonetic stylistic device:
When the red, red robin
Comes bob, bob bobbin’ along.
A) alliteration
207 B) assonance
C) onomatopoeia
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D) graphon
Indicate the lexical stylistic device:
He’s won the lottery and got loads of dosh.
A) slang
B) term
208 C) dialectic word
D) foreignism
Pick out the syntactic stylistic device based on the reduction of the chief
model:
A) rhetoric question
B) aposiopesis
209 C) parallel construction
D) inversion.
Pick out the syntactic stylistic device based on the extension of the chief
model:
A) repetition
B) ellipsis
210 C) nominal sentence
D) asyndeton
Indicate the figure of substitution:
Some remarkable pictures in the gallery: a Petrov-Vodkin, two Van Dycks
and an Aivazovsky.
A) personification
B) hyperbole
211 C) metonymy
D) epithet.
Indicate the figure of substitution:
It was not unwise to behave like that.
A) meiosis
B) irony
212 C) euphemism
D) antonomasia
Indicate the figure of substitution:
Jeff is a regular Sherlock Holmes.
A)epithet
B) metonymy
213 C) antonomasia
D) comparison.
Indicate the figure of combination:
Issac’s look was starched, but his white neckerchief was not.
A)simile
B) antithesis
214 C) zeugma
D) pun.
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Indicate the figure of combination:

I want you all, each and every one of you all.
A)climax
B) anticlimax
215 C) simile
D) zeugma.
Indicate the figure of combination:
I despise New York’s poorest great men, the haughtiest beggars, the painful
delights, the lowest skyscrapers, the dolefulness pleasures.
A)simile
B) oxymoron
216 C) zeugma
D) pun.
Indicate the figure of combination:
The rich arrived in pairs and also in Rolls Royces.
A)climax
B) anticlimax
217 C) zeugma
D) oxymoron
Indicate the syntactic stylistic device:
John couldn’t have done such a silly thing, he is enough clever for that.
A) asyndenon
B) polysyndeton
218 C) repetition
D) ellipsis.
Indicate the syntactic stylistic device:
Gordon was stubbornly crawling to the place of destination – like a
caterpillar.
A)rhetoric question
B) detachment
219 C) asyndeton
D) enumeration.
Indicate the phonetic stylistic device:
It’s lonesome enough fur to live in the mount’ins’ when a man and a woman
keens fur one another. But when she’s a-spittin’ like a wild cat or a a-
sullenin’ like a hoot-owl in the cabin, a man ain’t got no call to live with her.
A)alliteration
B) assonance
220 C) graphon
D) onomatopoeia.
Single, unchanging vowel sound is a …
A) monophthong
221 B) diphthong
C) consonant
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D) diphongoid
What is mostly responsible for most of the articulatory gestures in vowels
and diphthongs?
A) tongue
B) articulation
222 C) teeth
D) lips
The words containing the diphthong [aʊ] are:
A) caught, bought, laugh
B) author, automatic, mouth
223 C) mouth, may, laugh
D) aloud, mouth, now
Words that contain rounded vowels are:
A) leave, even
B) come, cover
224 C) over, boat
D) coat, med
Choose the variant where all vowels are short.
A) thin, six, field, which
B) big, ship, thin, little
225 C) in, live, read, bit
D) clean, sit, six, ship
Which organs are involved in producing pulmonic egrassive airstream:
A) the diaphragm, the ribcage
B) the tongue, the pharynx
226 C) the diaphragm, the glottis
D) the glottis, the tongue
Which type of airstream is used in our every day speech?
A) velaricegressive
B) pulmonic ingressive
227 C) pulmonic egressive
D). none of the above
Who is Daniel Jones?
A) The father of mathematics in the beginning of the 19 th century
B) The father of phonology in the beginning of the 19 th century
228 C) The father of phonology in the beginning of the 20 th century
D) The father of phonology in the beginning of the 17 th century
Which branch of phonetics studies patterns of combinability of speech
sounds and frequency of their occurrence.
A) auditory phonetics.
B) phonology
229 C) phonotactics
D) acoustic phonetics
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How are the articulatory features which form the invariant of the phoneme
called?
A) distinctive or relevant
B) irrelevant
230 C) redundant
D) subsidiary
Four principal aspects for English vowels are:
A) length, height, place, stability of articulation
B) place, closure, larynx, nose
231 C) height, place, lips, tongue root
D) length, height, place, lips
How many diphthongs are there in English?
A) 5
B) 6
232 C) 7
D) 8
How many monophthongs are there in English?
A) 15
B) 16
233 C) 12
D) 18
The vocal chords are wide open:
A) for the glottal stop
B) breath
234 C) producing voice
D) None of the above
Choose the variant where all words have long vowels.
A) please, spring, boots, field
B) these, those, fit, field
235 C) speak, field, tree, eat
D) cat, melt, help, bee
Which classes of vowels are distinguished according to the vertical
movement?
A) Narrow, broad, back
B) Open, horizontal, round
236 C) Open, front, back advanced
D) Close, mid, open
Which aspects characterize the position of the tongue?
A) front and back
B) horizontal and back
237 C) vertical and horizontal
D) vertical and front
238 How many classes of vowels are distinguished according to the vertical
movement of the tongue?
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A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 4
Which variant presents English central vowels according to the horizontal
movement
A) [i:], [e], [eɪ], [ɛə], [æ]
B) [ɪ], [ɪə]
239 C) [ʌ], [ɜ:], [ə], [ɜʊ], [aʊ], [aɪ]
D) [ɒ], [ɔ:], [u:], [a:], [ɔɪ]
Sound changes, which are the result of the development of the language
A) mutual assimilation
B) reciprocal assimilation
240 C) historical assimilation
D) coalescent
Parts of language are … .
A) morphology and syntax
B) phonology, lexicology, grammar
241 C) phonology, lexicology, morphology and syntax
D) morphology, syntax and lexicology
Theoretical grammar is … .
A) part of language which deals with language
B) a linguistic discipline which aims at describing grammar rules
C) a linguistic discipline which aims at describing language on a scientific
242 basis
D) a linguistic discipline which studies language
Paradigmatic relations are established … .
A) between structurally homogeneous language units possessing some
common part
B) between different forms of the same word
C) between different forms of the same word and between structurally
243 homogeneous language units possessing some common part
D) between homogeneous parts
Syntagmatic relations are established … .
A) in speech
B) in the system of language
244 C) in written speech
D) in the system of language and written speech
Grammatical meaning is the same … .
A) with all grammatical forms
B) with all words having the same grammatical form
245 C) with all words beginning with the same prefix
D) with all words having the same suffix
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Grammatical category is a unity of … .

A) the root and some grammatical or lexico-grammatical affixes
B) words and their forms
246 C) grammatical meaning and grammatical form
D)words and roots
The method employed to reveal a certain grammatical category is called … .
A) the method of immediate constituents
B) the method of binary oppositions
247 C) the method of contextual analysis
D)semantic method of phonological analysis
A grammatical category … without constant formal markers.
A) can exist
B) can’t exist
248 C) always exists
D) exists under certain circumstances
The opposition within the category … .
A) is obligatory though it is not always binary
B) is not obligatory
249 C) is not binary
D) is neither obligatory nor binary
The category of degrees of comparison in English is established by means of
a/an … opposition.
A) privative
B) equipollent
250 C) gradual
D) binary privative
Analytical grammatical forms consist of two elements … .
A) the notional and the functional
B) the notional and the derivational
251 C) the auxiliary and full-meaning
D) the functional and the derivational
The peculiarity of English affixation is … .
A) that words are synonymous with roots
B) that words are antonymous with roots
252 C) that words are homonymous with roots
D)that words are synonymous and antonymous with roots
The suffix ity in the words necessity, peculiarity is … .
A) lexical
B) lexico-grammatical
253 C) grammatical
D) polysemy
… is a way of expressing grammatical categories which consists in changing
254 a sound inside the root.
A) suppletivity
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B) sound alternation
C) suffixation
D)prefixation
Grammatical categories of the English noun are … .
A) the category of gender, the category of case
B) the category of number, the category of case
255 C) the category of number, the category of gender
D) the category of number, the category of gender, the category of case
Qualitative adjectives … .
A) denote qualities inherent to things of the real world
B) denote imaginary qualities
256 C) denote qualities of things through some other things (material, time, etc.)
D) denote imaginary qualities and those of things thorough some other things
The ability of adjectives to form degrees of comparison is associated with
….
A) relative adjectives
B) stative adjectives
257 C) qualitative adjectives
D) relative and stative adjectives
The English category of aspect is connected with the lexical classification of
verbs into … .
A) durative and terminative
B) regular and irregular
258 C) transitive and intransitive
D) transitive, intransitive, regular and irregular
The category of voice in English is connected with the lexical classification
of verbs into … .
A) transitive and intransitive
B) durative and terminative
259 C) regular and irregular
D) durative, terminative, regular and irregular
Intonation is one of the most important features of a… .
A) word
B) phrase
260 C) sentence
D) prosody
One-member sentences are … sentences.
A) full-meaning complete
B) elliptical
261 C) composite
D) inverted
Sentences … ready-made units.
262 A) can be treated as
B) cannot be treated
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C) should be treated
D) can be and cannot be treated
Structurally sentences fall into … .
A) simple synthetic and analytical
B) simple and derived
263 C) simple and composite
D) simple and elliptical
According to the type of communication sentences are classified into … .
A) elliptical and two-member
B) declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
264 C) simple and compound
D) declarative and interrogative
The interrogative sentence presents … wanted by the speaker from the
listener.
A) a request for information
B) a command
265 C) a reproach
D) warning
The communicative function of the imperative sentence is … .
A) to induce the listener to perform (or not to perform) an action
B) to let the listener perform (or not perform) an action
266 C) to discuss with the listener how to perform (or not to perform) an action
D) to reproach a listener
Principal parts of the sentence are … .
A) independent
B) interdependent
267 C) dependent
D) independent and dependent
The capacity of words to combine with one another is called:
A) a polydimensional opposition
B) a private opposition
268 C) combinatorial possibilities
D) a lexical distinctive feature
What branch of lexicology studies common features of vocabularies of
different languages?
A) special lexicology
B) contrastive lexicology
269 C) general lexicology
D) etymology
What is not included into the subject of etymology?
A) the vocabulary of a language from the angle of its sound system
B) the origin of different words
270 C) the linguistic and extralinguistic forces, modifying word structure,
meaning and usage
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D) changes and development of words

What of the following terms can be applied to newly-formed words?
A) obsolete words
B) modal words
271 C) occasionalisms
D) notional words
Words that have dropped out of the language altogether are called…
A) archaic
B) obsolete
272 C) neologisms
D) historisms
New lexical units formed according to productive patterns are called…
A) historisms
B) obsolete
273 C) archaisms
D) neologisms
What does lexicography study?
A) the semantics of a word
B) theory and practice of dictionary compiling
274 C) dialect forms of words
D) word-building
Choose an archaism.
A) blitzkrieg
B) agrobiology
275 C) steed
D) brine
Choose a neologism.
A) maiden
B) chemurgy
276 C) kinetic
D) billow
Choose the most neutral word.
A) wench
B) damsel
277 C) girl
D) gal
A combining form is …
A) a root morpheme
B) a semi-bound morpheme
278 C) a free stem
D) a bound morpheme
To which group of homonyms do the words “sight – site – cite” belong?
279 A) homoforms
B) homographs
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C) perfect homonyms
D) homophones
Morphemes carrying only grammatical meaning are called…
A) inflexions
B) suffixes
280 C) prefixes
D) root morphemes
By what means is the word “to kidnap” built?
A) reduplication
B) back formation
281 C) conversion
D)compounding
Transformation of a word of one class into the word of another class without
changing its form is called…
A) reduplication
B) back formation
282 C) conversion
D) sound imitation
Prefixes un-, over-, under- belong to…
A) Romanic
B) Germanic
283 C) Greek
D) Latin
Suffixes -er, -ent denote…
A) nationality
B) diminutiveness
284 C) the agent of the action
D) collectivity
Suffixes -ese, -ian, -ish denote…
A) nationality
B) diminutiveness
285 C) the agent of the action
D) collectivity
Suffixes -let, -ette, -ling denote…
A) nationality
B) diminutiveness
286 C) the agent of the action
D) collectivity
Today the suffixes -ard (drunkard), -th (length) are:
A) productive
B) semi-productive
287 C) non-productive
D) active
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Compounds formed by lexicalization of word groups (“free-for-all”) are

called:
A) syntactical
B) neutral
288 C) morphological
D) semantic
Loan words, which are partially assimilated .... ,
keep their original plural form.
A) phonetically
B) grammatically
289 C) semantically
D) structurally
... depends upon the length of period during which the word has been used in
the receiving language:
A) The frequency of use
B) The degree of assimilation
290 C) The quality of monosyllabic words
D) The distribution
Words from other languages used by English people in conversation or in
writing but not assimilated in any way are:
A) aliens
B) denizens
291 C) barbarisms
D) historisms
What word is not a barbarism?
A) tete-a-tete
B) dolce vita
292 C) business
D) coup d’etat
Latin and Greek borrowings are mostly...
A) scientific
B) idiomatic
293 C) vulgar
D) political
What origin has the word “homonym”?
A) Greek
B) Latin
294 C) Italian
D) Germanic
Which of the following borrowings are used mostly in British geographical
names?
A) Romanic borrowings
295 B) Celtic borrowings
C) Italian borrowings
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D) Scandinavian borrowings
Which pair does not belong to etymological doublets?
A) canal - channel
B) skirt - shirt
296 C) scrab - crab
D) shade - shadow
What do we call a notion or an actually existing individual thing to which
reference is made?
A) denotatum (referent)
B) semantic component
297 C) meaning
D) concept
What alphabet was ousted in England by the Latin alphabet?
A) the Greek alphabet
B) the Runic alphabet
298 C) the Celtic alphabet
D) the hieroglyphic alphabet
Which of the following words belonged in OE to root declension?
A) rings
B) feet
299 C) names
D) stones
Bede wrote his “Ecclesiastical History of the English Race” in …
A) Gothic
B) Old English
300 C) Saxon
D) Latin