most people react in one of two _____ (1). They either recoil from anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary, or too _____ (2) or that it somehow makes life less than _____ (3). Or they learn to _____ (4) to the new invention, and eventually _____ (5) how they could possibly have existed without it. _____ (6) computers as an example. For many of us, they still represent а _____ (7) to our freedom, and give us а frightening sense of а future in which all _____ (8) will be taken by machines. This may be because they seem mysterious, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what you can (_____ 9) а home computer for, and you usually get _____ (10) answers about how ‘they give you information’. In fact, even those of us who are familiar with computers, and use them in our daily work, have very little idea of how they _____ (11). But it does not take long to learn how to operate а business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong for no apparent reason. Presumably much the same happened when the telephone and the television became _____ (12). What seems to alarm most people is the speed of _____ (13) change, rather than change itself. And the _____ (14) that are made to new technology may well have а point to them, since change is not always an improvement. As we discover during power cuts, there is а lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board games, that don’t have to be _____ (15) in to work.
1. a) moments b) kinds c) ways d) types
2. a) complicated b) much c) obscure d) tiresome
3. a) formerly b) lively c) personal d) human
4. a) adapt b) react c) conform d) use
5. a) decide b) wonder c) suppose d) admit
6. a) Discuss b) Propose c) Take d) Thus
7. a) hazard b) risk c) control d) threat
8. a) measures b) decisions c) chances d) instructions
9. a) run b) apply c) learn d) use
10. a) vague b) such c) up with d) hundreds
11. a) are b) work c) manage d) consist
12. a) in existence b) widespread c) through d) extensive
13. a) future b) machinery c) physical d) technological
14. a) objections b) appliances c) criticisms d) fears
15. a) wired b) batteries c) plugged d) connected
Test 111. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.
The Benefits System in GB
The _____ (1) way in which people get help is by direct payments of easy
government money. This help comes in various ways and _____ (2) by pay
the Department of the Social Security. Anyone below the retirement age
who _____ (3) for a certain minimum period of time can receive unemployment work
benefit _____ (4) colloquially as ‘the dole’. All retired people _____ (5) know, entitle
to the standard old-age pension, provided that they _____ (6) pay
their insurance contributions for most of their working _____ (7). After life
a certain age, even people who still _____ (8) can receive their pension earn
though at a slightly reduced rate. The government pension, however,
_____ (9) very high. That’s why Personal Pension Plans not be
_____ (10) in July 1988 to extend pension choice and encourage people introduce
to build up a retirement fund.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.
If you’re interested in getting, then what you need is а training
programme. Although aimed at improving physical fit _____ (1), this programme fit
can also be _____ (2) in such а way that it helps in the _____ (3) design, develop
of particular athletic skills. There is а range of different _____ (4) to active
choose from and а growing amount of scientific (_____ 5) to explain know
the effects of each one. When you begin training, it is important gentle
to start _____ (6), raising the _____ (7) of the programme in а intense
gradual way. Although it is important to work sufficiently hard impress
to make an _____ (8) on your physical condition, the activities shouldn’t
be _____ (9). It is _____ (10), therefore, to ignore warning pain, wise
symptoms such as sharp or persistent pain in particular muscles.3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Modern technology has brought about enormous improvements in communications and yet many people are still very worried _____ (1) using the latest computer technology. I am often _____ (2) to meet colleagues who still don’t know what the ‘е’ in e-mail stands for and they are too _____ (3) to ask. They assume you have to be skilled _____ (4) computers to send а message via е-mail but in fact it is _____ (5) thing in the world. It is also _____ (6) to send an e-mail message _____ (7) to send an ordinary letter or а ‘snail’ message which also takes _____ (8) longer. An e-mail message is only _____ (9) more expensive than а local telephone call to send; on top of the call itself you also have to pay а fee to your ‘server’. If you send а letter by _____ (10) mail it will take а couple of days to get there whereas an e-mail will not take _____ (11) than а few seconds. Once you become _____ (12) to using the system you will be _____ (13) at how much more _____ (14) it is than other means of communication. Of course, before you have access to е-mail, you will need а fairly _____ (15) computer, which can be quite expensive.
1. a) for b) about c) at d) with as
2. a) surprising b) irritating c) surprised d) irritated
3. a) embarrassing b) embarrassed c) tired d) tiring
4. a) about b) into c) to d) in
5. a) simplest b) the more simple c) simpler d) the simplest
6. a) cheaper b) more cheaper c) the cheapest d) the cheaper
7. a) as b) than c) that d) from
8. a) much b) more c) as d) lot
9. a) little b) slightly c) less d) least
10. a) second-hand b) low-paid c) part-time d) first- class
11. a) more long b) longest c) as long d) longer
12. a) capable b) accustomed c) clever d) good
13. a) amazed b) puzzled c) experienced d) pleased
14. a) confident b) certain c) efficient d) skilful
15. a) strong b) great c) powerful d) large
Test 121. Read the text and put the words at the end of each line into the correct form.
The History of Father’s Day
Father’s Day is an occasion to honor your dad and express gratitude for his
love and support. Most _____ (1) including the US, the UK and Canada country
celebrate Father’s Day on the _____ (2) Sunday of June. The idea of three
celebrating Father’s Day _____ (3) by Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd suggest
in 1909. Mrs. Dodd’s father, William Smart, _____ (4) when his wife died
in childbirth. Despite the obvious hardships, Mr. Smart proceeded widow
to raise the newborn along with his five other _____ (5) by himself. child
It wasn’t until Sonora Dodd _____ (6) an adult that she realized the become
strength and selflessness her father _____ (7) in raising his children show
as a single parent. President Wilson approved of the festival in 1916 but
it was President Johnson who signed a Proclamation _____ (8) the declare
celebration of Father’s Day in 1966. Thanks to Sonora, Father’s become
Day _____ (9) a hugely popular festival and _____ (10) around celebrate
the world.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.
Medical research has found that happiness has а strongly beneficial
effect on health. The healing properties of _____ (1) are such that laugh
humour is now being used alongside more _____ (2) courses of tradition
_____ (3) in some hospitals. In а London children’s hospital, for example, treat
two clowns are provided for the _____ (4) of patients. Doctors entertain
say that these clowns are _____ (5) in making the children feel success
better. It seems that when we laugh, there can be а _____ (6) in reduce
both blood pressure and the amount of _____ (7) in our muscles. tense
Although it is _____ (8) to prove it at the moment, this may also mean that possible
people who feel unhappy and who are, therefore, _____ (9) to laugh likely
so much, suffer more often from physical _____ (10). ill3. Choose the most suitable word for each space. Until the early part of this century there was certainly а distinction between popular music, the songs and dance _____ (1) of the masses, and what we have come to call _____ (2) music. Up to that point, however, there were at least some points of contact _____ (3) the two, and perhaps general recognition of what made а good voice, or а good song. With the development of _____ (4) entertainment, popular music split away and has gradually _____ (5) а stronger life of its _____ (6), to the point where it has become incompatible with _____ (7) classics. In some respects, it is now dominated by the _____ (8) of youth culture, so that а concert by Elton John is just as much а fashion _____ (9), and other artists may be promoting dance styles, or social _____ (10). For this reason, it is impossible to talk about popular music as if it were а unified art. The kind of music you like may _____ (11) on what kind of person you are. Curiously, there are now classical musicians who have _____ (12) the status of rock stars, and have been marketed in the same way. This seems to suggest that many young people enjoy classical music but do not wish to be
