Read the text again and choose the correct alternative.

7) The idea for the voluntary activity came from

a) GKN top managers

b) one of the participants

c) a national newspaper

8) The technical skills required on the project were ones that the participants

a) already possessed

b) taught to local people

c) had to learn

9) When Millman says that the experience allowed the participants "to cement closer bonds", he means that it permitted them to

a) work together more closely

b) improve their bricklaying techniques

c) improve their financial knowledge

10) When he says that they "became like a team of brothers and sisters", he means that

a) they quarrelled more than before

b) someone took the role of big brother

c) they understood each other better than before

11) Millman thinks that the lessons from the project

a) will have no effect on his normal work

b) have changed the way he will work

c) will be impossible to apply because of company politics and culture

II. Match the following phrasal verbs and idioms with the correct translation:

12) put someone out	a) выпускать (продукцию)
13) put down to	b) выяснить, разобраться
14) in the spot	c) ошибиться, промахнуться
15) turn out	d) откладывать, сохранять (деньги)
16) cut out	e) утвердиться, закрепиться
17) point-blank	f) быть в сложной ситуации
18) have out	g) полностью расстроить, разрушить (планы)
19) set about	h) мешать, причинять неудобства
20) put one’s foot in	i) начинать, приступать к чему-либо
21) set back	j) увеличить, ускорить
22) have a foothold in	k) оставить, бросать, сократить
23) set against	l) приписывать что-либо чему-либо, относить за счет чего-либо, кого-либо
24) set aside	m) восстанавливать против, противопоставлять
25) hold out	n) задержать, отложить, препятствовать
26) put one’s foot down	o) решительно, категорически
27) step up	p) занять твердую позицию, принять твердое решение
28) put paid to	q) настаивать, продержаться, выстоять

III. Fill in the gaps with the right answer:

29) Ask him to come in. Don’t keep him _____ at the door.

a) stand b) stood c) to stand d) standing

30) They made me _____ hard when I was at school.

a) to study b) study c) studying d) to be studied

31) Tom claimed _____ to his partner’s warehouses while he was in America.

a) to have been invited b) invite c) inviting d) has been inviting

32) The task is too difficult _____.

a) to doing for me b) for me to do c) for me do d) for me to having done

33) We heard the engines ______ as the plane began to move.

a) to roar b) roared c) roaring d) being roared

34) It’s no use _____this film. It’s very boring.

a) watching b) to watch c) being watched d) watch

35) We watched the men _____ the tree and as we were walking away heard it fall with a tremendous crash.

a) to saw b) saw c) having been sawed d) sawing