Insert suitable preposition:
He will complete his work … end of the year.
A) =by
B) on
C) in
D) of
E) about
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Insert suitable preposition:
He was sent … the book we needed.
A) to
B) =for
C) with
D) at
E) by
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Choose the proper word:
The unit of … in the metric system is gram.
A) volume
B) pressure
C) =mass
D) temperature
E) viscosity
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Open the brackets translating the Russian words into English:
The piece of ice (помещенный) in the water began to melt.
A) cooled
B) heated
C) =placed
D) made
E) changed
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Find the correct translation of English sentence:
This substance cannot be used as it has many impurities.
A) Это вещество не использовали, так как оно содержало много примесей.
B) Это вещество не будет использоваться, так как оно содержит много примесей.
C) =Это вещество нельзя использовать, так как оно содержит много примесей.
D) Эти вещества нельзя использовать, так как они содержат много примесей.
E) Это вещество можно использовать, так как оно не содержит примесей
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Choose the correct Modal Verb in appropriate form:
I can’t go with you as I … (to be) at the Institute at half past nine.
Я не могу пойти с вами, так как должен быть в институте в половине десятого.
A) can
B) must
C) ==am to
D) are to
E) have to
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Find the English equivalent of the Russian sentence:
Мы не знаем, что хорошо до тех пор, не потеряем это.
A) We didn’t know what was good until we have lost it.
B) We shan’t know what is good until we lose it.
C) ==We don’t know what is good until we have lost it.
D) We didn’t know what was good until we lost it.
E) We didn’t know what was good until we had lost it.
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Choose the correct variant:
This problem can be solved … experimentally … theoretically.
A) as…as
B) ==neither…nor
C) either…nor
D) not so…as
E) neither…or
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Choose the correct variant: … we study the matter … we know it.
A) The less … the better
B) The more … the more
C)&The more … the better
D) As long … as
E) Either … or
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Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Tense:
I always (come) in time. I (be) here since 9 a. m.
A) ==come/ have been
B) comes/ has been
C) came/ was
D) come/ was been
E) came/ am
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Insert the correct preposition:
I like to travel … foot.
A) ==on
B) in
C) with
D) by
E) at
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Choose the correct variant:
May I borrow your dictionary? No, you …
A) can
B) ==can’t
C) shouldn’t
D) haven’t
E) are not
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Choose the correct variant:
What makes you (say) this?
A) to say
B) ==say
C) saying
D) says
E) has said
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Open the brackets translating the Russian word combination:
Some factories simply run their (отходы производства) into nearby natural waters.
A) pollutant
B) ==sewage
C) dust
D) lead
E) drilling
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Give the Russian equivalent to the English word combination:
soil fertilizers
A) разведение молочного скота
B) ==удобрения для почвы
C) пастбищные травы
D) улучшение породы
E) удобрение земли.
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Give the English equivalent to the Russian word combination:
мягкий морской климат
A) soft flat climate
B) mild ocean climate
C) wild sea climate
D) damp sea climate
E) ==mild sea climate
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Have you ever visited other countries? - Yes, I... to Italy and France.
A) was
B) ==have been
C) had been
D) would be
E) were
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I feel really tired. We ... to the party last night and have just returned home.
A) ==went
B) has gone
C) had seen
D) was going
E) were going
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At the beginning of the film I realized that I ... it before.
A) see
B) saw
C) ==had seen
D) have seen
E) has seen
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When the bus stopped in the small square, Helen ... her magazine and didn't realized at first that she had arrived at her destination.
A) read
B) reads
C) ==was reading
D) had read
E) have read
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My sister's son ... in tomorrow's race, because he is too young. They do not allow riders under sixteen.
A) ==won't ride
B) shan't ride
C) wouldn't ride
D) doesn't ride
E) don’t ride
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a beautiful bridge ... in our city. It will be finished next year.
A) builds
B) is built
C) ==is being built
D) has been built
E) has built
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It has been raining for two hours. I hope it ... raining soon.
A) stops
B) shall stop
C) ==would stop
D) stop
E) to stop
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Television has many advantages. It keeps us informed about the latest news, and also ... entertainment at home.
A) provide
B) ==provides
C) is provided
D) provided
E) being provided
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On the other hand television ... for the violent behaviour of some young people, and for encouraging children to sit indoors, instead of doing sports.
A) blames
B) blamed
C) ==is blamed
D) would blame
E) can’t blame
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Some millionaires have lots of money and ... what to do with it.
A) ==don't know
B) didn't
C) won't know
D) knows
E) doesn’t know
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How ... at college? You didn't say much about it in your last letter.
A) do you get on
B) are you get on
C) will you get on
D) ==are you getting on
E) shall you get on
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When you ... in this city again? - In a month.
A) arrive
B) arrived
C) have you arrived
D) ==will you arrive
E) arrives
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Every time that I miss the bus, it means that I ... walk to work.
A) has to
B) ==have to
C) had to
D) could
E) can
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Every time when I missed the bus, I ... to return home late.
A) must
B) ==had
C) can
D) may
E) shall
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That was great! It was ... meal you have ever cooked.
A) good
B) better
C) best
D) ==the best
E) well
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This exhibition is ... interesting than the previous one.
A) little
B) ==less
C) least
D) the least
E) the last
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We saw ... good film last night. The film was about the love of a girl to her cat and dog.
A) ==a
B) the
C) –
D) an
E) only
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Everybody agrees that ... happiness is very important in the life of people.
A)== –
B) the
C) а
D) many
E) much
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In the past people lived in ... harmony with the environment.
A) a
B) an
C) ==the
D) -
E) ever
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When they arrived ... the station, they rushed to the platform not to miss the train.
A) to
B) ==at
C) in
D) for
E) by
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The passengers were tired because they ... all night.
A) didn't sleep
B) ==hadn't slept
C) don't sleep
D) won't sleep
E) sleep
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Where is your umbrella? - Oh, it seems to me I ... it on the bus.
A) left
B) ==have left
C) had left
D) will leave
E) has left
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Bill said that he ... the tickets for the performance the day before.
A) ==had bought
B) bought
C) was buying
D) would buy
E) shall buy
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She said she didn't know where her friend ... .
A) is
B) ==was
C) has been
D) will be
E) were
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When we reached the theatre, there ... any tickets left.
A) wasn't
B) were not
C) ==hadn't been
D) aren't
E) hasn't been
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When I finally found the house and knocked at the door, I ... no answer.
A) ==heard
B) have heard
C) didn't hear
D) won't hear
E) will hear
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I don't know where Susan is. Maybe she ... in the garden reading a book.
A) sits
B) ==is sitting
C) was sitting
D) will be sitting
E) sat
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My brother ... when I use his computer without asking.
A) ==doesn't like
B) didn't like
C) don't like
D) like
E) won’t like
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You can have the book on Monday. I ... it by that time.
A) read
B) will read
C) will be reading
D) ==will have read
E) was read
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Unless we leave now, the film will have started when we ... there.
A) ==get
B) will get
C) would get
D) got
E) doesn’t get
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When we ... home last night we saw a lot of stars twinkling in the sky.
A) ===drove
B) drive
C) are driving
D) were driving
E) driven
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Many species of animals are threatened, and ... easily become extinct if people do not make an effort to protect them.
A) ===can
B) must
C) might
D) have to
E) are to
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Last week we ... write an essay about the causes of the French Revolution.
A) must
B) could
C) may
D) ==had to
E) has to
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I think the film was terrible! It was ... film I have ever seen.
A) terrible
B) more terrible
C) most terrible
D) ===the most terrible
E) much terrible
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Nobody in our group knows ... about England than Peter does.
A) much
B) ==more
C) most
D) the most
E) many
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My mother wants me to play ... piano, but I want to buy a guitar.
A) ===the
B) a
C) –
D) mine
E) hers
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I had ... wonderful dream last night. I wish it would come true.
A) ===a
B) the
C) –
D) such
E) some
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They say that in future the officials will demand a fine if ... breaks the law.
A) everyone
B) everybody
C) ==someone
D) all
E) each
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When we arrived ... the station, we ate a sandwich, drank a cup of coffee and waited for the train.
A) to
B) ===at
C) in
D) for
E) on
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If the weather is fine tomorrow, I'll go ... a cycle ride.
A) at
B) on
C) by
D)===for
E) in
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I'm sure I ... the door of my house.
A) lock
B) locked
C) ==have locked
D) had locked
E) has locked
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The inspector suspects that the thief ... a special key for opening this safe.
A) will use
B) ==has used
C) had used
D) use
E) have used
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When are you going to finish this translation? - I... it by tomorrow.
A) will finish
B) will be finishing
C) ===will have finished
D) would finish
E) finish
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Have you heard the news? I ... my last exam yesterday.
A) ===passed
B) have passed
C) had passed
D) was passing
E) passes
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He says that he doesn't know where he ... after graduating from university.
A) work
B) ==will work
C) had worked
D) would work
E) was worked
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When you ... older, you will understand everything.
A) ==grow
B) grows
C) will grow
D) have grown
E) grown
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As a rule the most important news ... broadcast on this channel.
A) are
B) were
C) ===is
D) had been
E) been
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There ... hardly any furniture in his room. He hasn't even a chair to sit on.
A) ===is
B) are
C) were
D) have been
E) been
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The rich collection of Hermitage regularly ... millions of people.
A) attract
B) ==attracts
C) have attracted
D) would attract
E) were attracted
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When my mother returns home she ... at once that we have redecorated our flat.
A) ===will see
B) sees
C) has seen
D) saw
E) see
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He ... the car for many hours before he came to the crossroads.
A) drives
B) was driving
C) ==had been driving
D) has driven
E) have driven
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We ... along the forest road when it started raining.
A) ===were walking
B) had been walking
C) walked
D) had walked
E) walks
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Sorry, I ... stay any longer, but I really must go home.
A) mustn't
B) couldn't
C) ====cannot
D) may not
E) can
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This is ... problem I've ever had in my life.
A) difficult
B) more difficult
C) most difficult
D) ==the most difficult
E) the more difficult
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Some women tint their hair when ... goes grey.
A) they
B) ====it
C) its
D) them
E) their
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Your news ... very important to us.
A) are
B) ====is
C) aren't
D) were
E) been
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I think it's important ... young people to get a good education.
A) ====for
B) by
C) about
D) among
E) on
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They left ... Moscow some years ago and live there now.
A) to
B) in
C) ====for
D) at
E) on
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Before I came to the office the manager already ... the documents.
A) signed
B) ====had signed
C) was signing
D) will sign
E) signs
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Peter ... his TV-set when I came to see him yesterday.
A) repaired
B) had been repairing
C) ===was repairing
D) has repaired
E) was repaired
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I hoped that my article ... in this magazine soon.
A) will be published
B) ==would be published
C) would have been published
D) would publish
E) publish
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If you ... hard, you will enter the university.
A) ===work
B) will work
C) are working
D) have worked
E) works
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I ... him for three years. I wonder where he is.
A) didn't see
B) ====haven't seen
C) don't
D) hadn't
E) see
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My mother ... in this school for twenty-five years.
A) is teaching
B) taught
C) ==has been teaching
D) teaches
E) teach
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I want to post this letter, but I ... to go out in the rain.
A) ===don't want
B) didn't want
C) hadn't wanted
D) not want
E) doesn’t want
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I need the car to get to the match. I ... on Sunday.
A) played
B) am playing
C) ==have played
D) have been playing
E) plays
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My neighbour used to be such a hard worker, but now he ... interest in everything.
A) lose
B) loses
C) ===has lost
D) lost
E) will lose
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I'm so sorry. The camera which you lend me ... .
A) break
B) broken
C) had been broken
D) ===has been broken
E) breaks
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Yesterday I ... finish the work because I was very tired.
A) could
B)& couldn't
C) can't
D) mustn't
E) can
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Last week he said I ... use the car at the weekend but now he won't let me after all.
A) can
B) ===could
C) was able to
D) must
E) will