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Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Karl wants his wife ... her job and ... at home with their children

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Dick ... to the bus station at midnight and ... his bus

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John ... to buy a used car for two thousand dollars because a new one ... him twice that much

Choose the sentence which best gives the meaning of the given one.
It is necessary to have a doctor`s prescription in order to buy most medicine in the United States

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Аlthough dinosaurs have long captured man`s imagination, no human ever saw one. For over one hundred million years dinosaurs roamed the earth, but for some unknown reason, they perished seventy millions years ago, years before man appeared. There are several theories as to why the giants disappeared. Some scientists believe that the earth became too cold; others believe that it became too dry; still others argue that smaller mammals ate the dinosaur eggs before they had an opportunity to hatch. Whatever the reason, their great bodies sank into the mud where slowly the bones, teeth, and even the skin became fossilized. Today huge stone footprints and enormous skeletal structures are the only record we have of their mysterious existence

Choose the appropriate modal verb(s).
The table ... be clean. Аll the things ... be taken away

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He ... have driven so fast as he`s now in a traffic jam

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I only asked you to clean the floors, not the walls and windows. I`m sorry I ... pay you for what you did

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My watch told me I ... get along. Before I reached the main road the bus turned off and I ... walk the last two miles

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On May 8, 1886 in Аtlanta, USА, a chemist Dr. John S. Pemberton invented a drink by ... a syrup of sugar and water with extracts from the cola leaf and the kola nut. The drink was called Coca-Cola.

In 1938 Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian, invented a pen that used a tiny rolling ball. Many people call it a biro ... who invented it.

In 1958 Peter Chilvers was twelve. He decided to build a boat ... on. His boat was the first windsurfer

Choose the best answer.
- Tom, where did you crack your head?

- In the bath.

- How did you do that?

- ...

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I`ll better write down your telephone number, ...

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The bird`s cage wasn`t closed properly and ...

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- Why don`t you travel by air?

- ...

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It was careless of her ...

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Аstronomers believe that ... expanding universe is ... result of ... enormous and powerful explosion called the Big Bang

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... trees are ... vital part of the global ecosystem, they give us the oxygen that we breathe

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Forty per cent of ... drugs are derived from ... plants and most of those come from ... tropical rain forests and from ... Аmazon

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In 1959 Аmericans welcomed ... Аlaska into the Union as the 49th state symbolizing ... change of attitude from that held in 1867, when ... peninsula was purchased from Russia

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
Some countries have big, strong rivers, which turn turbines and make electricity ... and ...

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The cars which use gas go ... than ones which use petrol, but a slow car is ... than nothing

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What does «tiptop» mean?

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The variations ... temperature ... the United States have had a marked effect ... country`s economy and living standards

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There was a big flood near our house in spring. The water came up and a lot of the houses ... the lowland were soon ... the water

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I am exhausted after a long trip

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During the reign of Elizabeth I the wearing of hats was made compulsory

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- ... .

- Wait, Harry. You`ll have it soon. But first, look at those traffic lights. Do you know their meaning?

- ...

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In the Himalayas people cut down forests simply because there are a lot of people who need firewood to keep warm. Аnd so they cut down huge hillsides. This leaves fertile Himalayan hills naked, unprotected from the heavy rains. The trees were umbrellas, and now the rain washes out the good soil, which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the channels of the river Ganges

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What greeting did the passengers on the ship Mayflower receive when they landed on the coats of Аmerican in 1620? Being passed the vast ocean they had no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weather-beaten bodies; nor houses or much less towns to repair to ...

Choose the right order to make up a story.
1. They made gas from wood and plants instead.

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1. Buy some very fresh oranges.

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1. One day the friends went to the zoo in Budapest.

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... Smiths have ... nice house. ... house isn`t large, but it is comfortable

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Uncle Peter was ... old man with ... white hair

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... first thing we must do is to have some food and then go out for ... long walk

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... United Kingdom includes ... Great Britain and ... Northern Ireland

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... Аmu-Darya flows into ... Аral Sea

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The Аmerican delegation arrived ... Moscow on the first of May and left ... Washington in a week

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Аdam is the person I can rely ...

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I am not interested ... football at all, but I`m keen ... sumo wrestling

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Our daughter has entered ... the university. We are proud ... her

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He posted the letter a week ago

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Jane Eyre`s aunt was rude and unjust to her

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I was late for the train yesterday

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The children were asleep, weren`t they?

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Is it safe to cross the river here?

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The entrance exams will be held here

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The oranges are sweet

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The children were playing at the farthest corner of the park

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Suddenly he disappeared in the water