Список вопросов базы знаний

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
If she ... you my message yesterday I ... so angry now

Choose the appropriate conclusion which may be taken from the following facts.
He has a good tan

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Helen refused to keep our company

Choose the appropriate conclusion which may be taken from the following facts.
He replaced the tyre by himself

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
The time in my daily life when I feel ... pressure is when I`m on the air

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
Many people would say that my job must be ... component of my life

Complete the sentence.
I thought perhaps ..

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
I was astonished at his words

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... young country girl was one day going along ... road with... bucket of milk in her hand

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
The whole house ... over to the grown-up world

Choose the appropriate modal verb(s).
... I ask you to read this sentence once more?

Choose the appropriate non-finite form of the verb.
The woman ... over there is my boss

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
Joan asked what he ... me about his trip

Choose the antonym to the underlined word.
There is a soft carpet on the floor

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The old man laughed awkwardly

Choose the appropriate pronoun(s).
Have you got ... interesting book? Give me ... to read

Choose the appropriate word(s).
The dog had no ... to live in

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... in a countryside, the villa had a wonderful view

Choose the appropriate form of the Passive Voice.
The cathedral ... in 1888 by the famous architect

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- ... I tell your mother about this deal?

- No, you ... . It`s a secret

Choose the sentence contradicting the others.

Choose the appropriate prepositions.
The Museum ... London is the largest museum ... the world

Read the passage and choose the appropriate title.
А young author has just managed to publish his first short story. He is so full of his success that he can`t help boasting of it to everybody around. For more than half an hour he has been talking about it to the head of the publishing-house. Аt last he thinks it fit to apologize. "Sir", he says to the old man. "I hope I haven`t been intruding upon your time and attention?". "Not at all, not at all, I assure you", replies the old man absent-mindedly, "I`ve been thinking of something else"

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
- Where is Kate?

- She ... in the office

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He ... all the performances of the Moscow theatres by next September

Choose the appropriate non-finite form of the verb.
Mary is sure ... in time

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
А trembling filled my body and fear without reason caught my heart

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The conference lasted for about three days

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Аlmost everybody in Braddle became white and thin and sullen because of labor from morning till night

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
I can`t lend you this book now, I need it myself

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
She couldn’t even imagine how rich her husband turned out to be

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
The thieves hid the jewelry they had stolen

Complete the sentence.
To provide means ...

Complete the sentence.
To rob means ...

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
In 1920, a Detroit policeman named William L.Potts worked out an electric light system that allowed him to control three street intersections from one tower. He picked the colours red, yellow and green because railroads used them

Choose the sentence contradicting the others.

Choose the sentence contradicting the others.

Complete the sentence.
Nearly three quarters of the earth is covered with water. Water heats up more slowly than land, but once it is warm it takes longer to cool down. On the moon where there is no water, the temperature at night falls quickly and night is much colder than day. ...

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Young doctor: Why do you always ask your patients what they have for ... dinner?

Old doctor: It`s ... most important question, for according to their menus I make out my bill

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People should work for ... benefit of ... society

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It was said that Piccadilly was named ... Robert Baker who lived near where Piccadilly is now ... the end of the sixteenth century. Here he manufactured shirt-frills of «pikadills» which earned his house the nickname of «Piccadilly Hall», and ... time we use «Piccadilly» to describe the surrounding area

Choose the appropriate prepositions.
- Have another helping ... salads.

-No, thanks. I don`t care ... salads

Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
There wasn`t work for everybody in those years, but he still was able to get himself a job as a sweeper

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Robert read the books he could and developed a remarkable command of literary English

Choose the antonym to the underlined word.
- Why is your car painted blue on one side and red on the other?

- Oh, it`s a fine idea! You should just hear the witnesses contradicting one another

Choose the pair of antonyms.

Choose the appropriate pronoun(s).
He spoke to ... because he was sitting by ..., he was alone

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... garden is so large and beautiful! We`ve got one too. But ... is very small

Choose the appropriate pronoun(s).
If you want to contact ... of them, try to do so before lunch break

Choose the sentence which best gives the meaning of the given one.
Jane`s a good bit taller than her brother