Lesson 22 - curs engleză

PROGRESS TEST

1. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

The chance to ‘get away from it all’ is often ……………… (1) as a reason for choosing to live on an island. Many feel ……………… (2) there is something appealing about running up a metaphorical drawbridge against the world. Experienced islanders ……………… (3) uproariously at such idealism, ……………… (4) off a long list of reasons why it is nonsense. People, ……………… (5) is claimed, can feel more isolated in deep countryside than they would on an island. One hill farmer in the north of Scotland, whose only company in winter was the odd passing helicopter, ……………… (6) to feeling suicidally lonely at times, ……………… (7) his lifestyle to living on the moon. By contrasts, isolation tends bind island communities together, One old woman who had spent her whole life on Easdale in the Inner Hebrides, ……………… (8) out that there was no place to hide on an island which meant that you ……………… (9) to face your mistakes. ……………… (10) she said, you cant’ avoid people when you have to sit next to them on a ferry the following day. ‘You can’t get away with anything’, she laughed. On the other hand, many claims are ……………… (11) that the social life is better than on the mainland, with people forever popping into each others’ houses for a ……………… (12). Off Scotland, though, the weather can be a problem in winter, ……………… (13) to a resident novelist who advises ……………… (14) to even think about moving to an island if you are addicted to comfort. ‘Mind you’, she said, ‘hundreds of people tried to ……………… (15) me from moving here and I’m very glad they failed.’

2. Complete the sentences with a suitable word or phrase.

a. The presenter annoyed me ……………… on about how wonderful the programme was.

b. The accused man categorically ……………… had been anywhere near the scene of the crime.

c.Italy is generally ……………… being the birthplace of the Renaissance.

d. Stonehenge is reckoned ……………… of the oldest monuments in Europe.

e. Several people are suspected ……………… helped the robbers escape.

3. Circle the option that best completes each sentence.

1. In his article, the writer ……… about the changing attitudes to Europe.

a. talks b. speaks c. refers d. comments

2. The boy ……… to having been writing graffiti on the walls.

a. agreed b. confessed c. denied d. accepted

3. In the course of the conversation he let ……… that he was going to be promoted.

a. loose b. float c. drift d. slip

4. If I were you, I’d ……… everything he says with a pinch of a salt.

a. make b. admit c. take d. accept

5. I kept trying to suggest to her it was time to go but she refused to ……… a hint.

a. drop b. give c. take d. accept

6. Please don’t ……… a word of this to anyone else: its’ highly confidential.

a. breathe b. speak c. pass d. mutter

7. Reading between the lines of your letter, I ……… you are unhappy with our standard of service.

a. imply b. gather c. interpret d. maintain

8. The manager ……… any suggestion that his team was facing bankruptcy.

a. renounced b. reminisced c. responded d. repudiated

9. There were one or two ……… voices, although the majority were in favour of the proposal.

a. acclaiming b. clamouring c. refuting d. dissenting

10. It was a very difficult to ……… what he was saying above the noise of the traffic.

a. make out b. make off c. make of d. make up

4. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word or phrase.

a. You don’t’ need to commit …………… this stage to anything.

b. Believe me, you are kidding …………… you believe you can finish this by Christmas.

c. Numbers attending last Sunday’s demonstration are estimated …………… region of 100,000.

d. Some diseases seem …………… dormant for months before becoming active.

e. The bombers managed …………… way undetected through the security cordon.

f. His land …………… far as the eye can see.

g. By skilful negotiation, they managed to talk …………… of trouble.

h. The bus was swaying dangerously …………… to side as it descended the hillside.

i. During the selection procedure, the candidate was subjected …………… of searching questions.