marked tradition
the ___ (15) of summer. beginTest 10. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
This ___ (1) was built in the 1920s and became showcase for ___ (2). neighbour, architecture
Each architect had one plot on which to ___ (3) one house. In spite of this, builder
the area has a ___ (4) unified style. Look, for example, at these wonderful
houses on our left. At that time very few people lived in their owner
___ (5) apartments; those flats had no ___ (6) water, bathrooms and other run , convenient
___ (7). And here was a ___ (8) building project which attempted mass
both to show the ___ (9) styles in which apartments could be difference
built, and to improve ___ (10) conditions. liveTest 11. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
Life used to be ___ (1) for teenag ers. They used to have money to funny
spend, and ___ (2) time to spend it in. They used to wear ___ (3) freedom
clothes, and meet in coffee bars and discos. Some of them still teenager
do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are ___ (4) to find. difficulty
There’s not so much money around. Teachers say that students work ___ (5) hard
than they used to. They are ___ (6) interested in politics, little
and more interested in ___ (7) exams. They know that good exams pass
may get them ___ (8) jobs. Most young people worry more about good
money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend little
___ (9) and save ___ (10). They want to be able to get many
homes of their own one day. Three quarters of ___ (11) young Britain
people do more or less what their parents did. They did their ___ (12) good
at school, find some kind of work in the end, and get married in
their early ___ (13). They get on well with their parents and twenty
enjoy their ___ (14). They eat fish and chips, watch football on live
TV, go the pub and like ___ (15). After all, if they didn’t, they read
wouldn’t be British, would they?Test 12. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
As your children move towards ___ (1) it is ___ (2) to make depend
sure that they understand what decent values are. To importance
prevent children from becoming ___ (3) and ___ (4) you should spoil
not indulge them too much. To make sure that they grow up greed
well– ___ (5) they should be taught to be ___ (6) from an manner
early age. Children should be scolded for bad ___ (7), politeness
which will be an effective way of helping ___ (8) to distinguish behave
right from wrong. You need to reward your ___ (9) when they they
do things well to give them a sense of ___ (10) but you must child
be careful not to overdo it or they may become ___ (11). proud
You should try to make your children ___ (12) and respectful conceit
of other peoples beliefs by exposing them to ___ (13) tolerate
races and cultures. Parents should try to place great difference
___ (14) on setting a good example to their children, important
because children’s behaviour is often an ___ (15) of that imitate
of their parents.Test 13. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
The ___ (1) of children starts as soon as they are born. Boys are educate
allowed to make more ___ (2), to play with guns and cause more noisy
trouble. Such education prepares boys for ___ (3) in the world powerful
but for little else. But all boys are ___ (4). Some boys are differen
good at ___ (5) and poetry whereas others are good at football cook
or maths. Boys aren’t just ___ (6) and rebels, ‘machos’ and conform
‘wimps’. If we can ___ (7) them that all these types are okay, assurance
it may help to reduce the ___ (8) of those boys who are the least macho. bullyTest 14. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
The ___ (1) of fingerprints reached Britain in 1901 and systematize
proved ___ (2). In 1930, Scotland Yard set up its first use
___ (3) system to enable officers to compare fingerprints found on classify
the scene of the crime with those of ___ (4) known to the crime
police. Fingerprint technology has advanced ___ (5) since then. great
Different types of powder are used to ___ (6) the impression of the strength
fingerprint before it is taken. Another ___ (7) revolutionary
has been in the way that fingerprints are identified. Today, the
first ___ (8) is done by the computer, which then produces searching
a ___ (9) of possible matches. The final ___ (10) however is select
done by police experts. identifyTest 15. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
In the past, any mother would be ___ (1) if her children were pride
round and slightly fat. Those days are gone. ___ (2) have now research
reached the ___ (3) that too much fat and sugar in children’s conclude
diets are a major factor in the ___ (4) of heart diseases and develop
other ___ (5) when they are older. However, growing children need ill
to eat a wide range of foods, and their general health could be
___ (6) by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists say that the danger
___ (7) is not to change eating habits too fast, but to do it ___ (8), solve
so that children do not lose muscle in addition to fat. Parents should care
present food a little ___ (9), spread butter thinly and avoid difference
putting sugar on the table. Children should also be ___ (10) to courage
take part in sports: this way they will be using the calories
that they have eaten.Test 16. Fill in the spaces in the following sentences using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.
1. What can we do to reduce the ___ of the atmosphere? pollute
2. The change in the climate has produced ___ floods. disaster
3. Many rare species are threatened with ___. extinct
4. Many of the gases produced by factories are ___ to our health. harm
5. Exhaust fumes have ___ effects on the environment. damage
6. Many countries must try and control the growth of the ___. populate
7. Protecting the environment is essential to our ___. survive
8. The protection of the environment is everyone’s ___. responsible
9. While some countries get richer, the ___ in others get worse. poor
10. Millions of people in the world are threatened with ___. starve13. EXAM PRACTICE
Test 1
1. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.
The Bald Eagle
In 1782, soon after the United States won its independence, the bald
eagle ___ (1) as the national bird of the new country. American choose
leaders wanted the eagle to be а symbol of ___ (2) country because it they
is one of the ___ (3) birds. Today the bald eagle strong
almost ___ (4) from the country. In 1972 there ___ (5) only 3,000 disappear be
bald eagles in the entire United States. The reason for the
bird’s ___ (6) population was pollution of rivers by pesticides. Pesticides decrease
poison the fish. Eagles eat these fish and then the eggs eagles
lay have very thin shells and ___ (7). Today, the American government not hatch
and the American people ___ (8) to protect the bald eagle. The try
number of bald eagles slowly ___ (9). The American increase
national bird ___ (10), and remains а symbol of strength and courage. survive
2. Read the text. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.
Our ___ (1) in New York was spectacular. Its skyscrapers and the
