Question

Решить 1. wealth is like sea-water; we drink, we become; and the same is true of fame. a) as much … as thirsty b) the most … the thirstiest c) the more … the thirstier d) as many … as thirsty 2. the thieves stole a very heavy chest. one man it, so there must have been two or three of them. a) didn’t have to move b) can’t be moving c) can’t have been moving d) can’t have moved 3. the case of a pensioner whose body may undiscovered at his home for more than a year has raised serious questions. a) have lain b) have laid c) had been lying d) be lying 4. i’m not good at writing essays and i usually hand in my homework late because i it until the last minute. a) put out to do b) put away doing c) put off doing d) delay off doing 5. you can’t fall if you don’t climb. but there’s no joy your whole life on the ground. a) to live b) in living c) of living d) being living 6. after examining the giant statues on easter island and the simple tools that the islanders probably used, the scientist concludes that even 2,000 men working day and night to carve the figures out of hard stone. a) can’t be enough b) could be not enough c) could have not been enough d) could not have been enough 7. conflicts which are really caused by people different things are persistently described as misunderstandings or communication problems. a) wanting b) who wants c) having wanted d) being wanted 8. if i into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, i am afraid of dying. a) could travel b) would travel c) could have travelled d) will be able to travel 9. if only it’s really irritating. a) shouted b) wouldn’t shout c) hadn’t shouted d) were not shouting 10. a man a stowaway has fallen to his death from a british airways flight from johannesburg to heathrow. a) is believed to have been b) was believed to be c) believed being d) believed to have been

Answer 1

1. c
2. d
3. a (не уверена)
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. d
10. b (не уверена)