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Unit 16
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable forms of the phrasal
verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any changes,
if necessary:
at last, high-powered, be in use, holiday-makers, caused by, increase
in, engage in, in progress, for ever, much-needed, heavily-populated
A New Motorway
For some years now work has been ________ on a new motor way
connecting the ________ industrial Midlands to the holiday resorts on the coasts
of South-West England. The general ________ traffi c density, and in particular
the mass migration of ________ who fl ock to the south every July and August
in search of a fortnight’s peace at the seaside, has strained the old road system
beyond its limits. Car drivers frequently have to endure hours of waiting in long
queues of vehicles before fi nally crawling to their destinations.
Some sections of the new motorway ________ already ________ , and
soon half of this ________ stretch of tarmac will be open to traffi c. Before the
end of next year, the numerous construction gangs ________ this work will
have completed the entire project; and ________ there will be peace for the
inhabitants of the countless villages and small towns along the narrow, winding
old roads. The new road will have freed them ________ from the constant,
deafening roar of ________ engines, and from the air pollution ________
dense exhaust fumes.
The completion of the road will be a relief even to the workmen. Some of
them will have been working on the project for over seven years by the time
they have fi nished.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
at the end, new-fangled, by the end, non-stop, by the sound of it, stay on, do
with oneself, take a pride in, get on, tell off, make things worse, used to
A Dog’s Life
Ted: I hear you’re fi nally retiring ________ of the year, Bill. What will
you ________ when you’ve stopped work?
Bill: Absolutely nothing. I’ll have been working for this company
________ for forty years ________ of October, and I reckon I
deserve a complete rest.
Ted: Forty years! You’ll have seen a lot of changes in that time, I
imagine.
Bill: Yes, and most of the changes have only ________ . I ________
be proud of my work; but how can you ________ what you’re
doing when every two or three years they put the new manager with
________ ideas in charge of a factory — and he tells you what
you’ve been doing is all wrong?
Ted: Why have you ________ all these years then, Bill?
Bill: Well, it’s the same thing wherever you go. However well you do
your job, you don’t ________ in any fi rm unless you’re a friend
of the manager’s — and the present manager has certainly been no
friend of mine.
Ted: Nonsense! You’re exaggerating, Bill. They don’t promote you,
whoever you know, if you’re ineffi cient.
Bill: Rubbish! What about that young chap Dart? He’s an assistant
manager already and he’s completely incompetent. He’s only there
because he’s a relative of the managing director’s. They’ll probably
make him a director soon!
Ted: ________ you won’t be sorry to leave.
Bill: No, I won’t, but it’ll be no better at home. Instead of the manager
giving me stupid orders, my wife will be ________ me ________
all day long.
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
a while ago, look a bit young, at all, look after, be alike, look like,
come across, look through, grow up, occur to, have a look, take after
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A Sobering Thought
Janet: I’ve just ________ an old photographalbum of my mother’s in
this drawer. Come and ________ , Mike.
Mike: Gosh! Is this a picture of you as a baby? You were quite cute then.
It’s a shame you’ve ________ .
Janet: Don’t be nasty! Look, here’s a photo of my sister Paula when she
was still in the fourth form at school. That’s an old boyfriend of
hers beside her.
Mike: She ________ for boyfriends, but I suppose she ________ you
— you always used to have a different boyfriend whenever I saw
you in those days.
Janet: Look who’s talking! I remember ________ some of your old
photos ________ and I found a whole collection of pictures of
different girlfriends of yours.
Mike: Look! Here’s an old photo of your mother. Didn’t she ________
____ you then?
Janet: Yes, everyone says we ________ very ________ .
Mike: What a ridiculous hat she’s wearing.
Janet: It’s not ridiculous ________ . It was the height of fashion then.
Mike: Something has just ________ me — if your mother looked like
you twenty years ago, you’ll probably look just like her in twenty
years time...
Janet: So?
Mike: So... err... well... Look, a picture of young Dave.
Exercise 4. The phrases below on the left and their defi nitions on the right are
not matched. Match each term to its defi nition. The answers may
be presented in the “fi gure-letter” form like that: 1-a, 2-b etc.
1. a dog’s life a. used to say that a machine, place or building is being
used at the moment
2. be engaged in b. to be not responsible for some rules, activity or
cares
3. be in charge of c. to feel pleased with smb.’s achieve ments, family or
country because
they think they are very good
4. be in progress d. to be involved in an activity
5. be in use e. to make progress in smth. you are do ing (= get
along)
6. be proud of f. to develop from being a child to being an adult
7. free from g. a period in smb.’s life when the life is hard and
unpleasant
8. get on h. smth. that is happening now and not fi nished yet
9. grow up i. to continue to do a job or to study after the usual or
expected time for leaving
10. stay on j. to take part or become involved in an activity
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. За годы так называемой «перестройки» наблюдается рост преступ-
ности (crime rate).
2. Он любит читать детективы, особенно Агату Кристи.
3. Скоро ему 35, и он будет вынужден бросить теннис навсегда.
4. Наши футболисты выиграли у сборной Франции и, конечно, гор-
дились этим результатом.
5. Заведующий отделом сделал замечание
продавцам за их болтовню
во время работы.
6. Соединенные Штаты Америки пытаются освободить мир от
угрозы войны. Как они это делают, было видно на примере Югославии.
7. Просмотри эту книгу, и ты увидишь там много интересного.
8. Я долго думал над проблемой повышенного содержания атмос-
ферного озона в полярных районах. Наконец, меня
осенила мысль — это
связано с воздействием на озон космических лучей.
9. Муся, наша кошка, очень похожа на свою мать, но повадки у нее
совершенно другие.
10. У нас было много работы, поэтому мы остались еще на два часа.
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Unit 17
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable forms of the phrasal
verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any changes,
if necessary:
be confi dent, prevented from, breaks for just one day, provided, draw
to a close, rescue from, eager for, spell, erected off, throughout, from
experience, unless, hold-up(s), until, owing to
North Sea Oil
As the summer ________ , the oil companies remain optimistic about the
prospects of oil fl owing ashore from new rigs in their North Sea fi elds before
their target dates next autumn. Assuming no unexpected snags arise, they will
accomplish their aim. They have settled disputes and strikes among the men and
overcome various technical and political problems; but recently the elements
have caused the worst ________ . Abnormally high seas and howling gales
have ________ engineers ________ lifting essential heavy equipment into
position on the production platforms ________ the Scottish coast. If this
________ of exceptional weather continues ____ ________ the autumn, it
will be necessary to stop work ________ next spring, for the oilmen know
________ that major operations are impossible in the winter months ________
the stormy seas. They ________ , however, that they will achieve their object,
________ the weather ________ during the next few weeks.
The British Government is also _________ the timely completion of these
operations. Britain’s economic position will deteriorate, many think, ________
revenue from the oil ________ her ________ her continuing balance of
payments problems.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
be in smb.’s shoes, back, on earth, for a while, take back, fortunately,
walk around, get tired, whatever, go off, whenever, go off one’s head,
wherever, leave for, whoever, look for, work on
A Lonely Job
Jane: ______ have you been, Patrick? I haven’t seen you for months.
Someone said you’d emigrated.
Patrick: _______ told you that? I’ve been working on a weather research
station on the Isle of Colette.
Jane: Where ________ is that?
Patrick: It’s a lump of rock about 100 miles north-west of Ireland.
Jane: _______ did you do to pass the time?
Patrick: _______ I had my university thesis to _______ . If I hadn’t had
a pile of work to do, I’d have _______ .
Jane: Was there anything else to do?
Patrick: Well, if you were a bird watcher, it would be a paradise; but
_______ I _______ of studying, I could only _______ the
island — and that took me less than twenty minutes.
Jane: How ever did you stand it? If I’d _______ I’d have _______ the
fi rst boat _______ to civilisation.
Patrick: Well, I needed some information from my research there, and
they paid me, so I saved some money. Now I can have a short
holiday before I start _______ a job.
Jane: Have you fi nished your Ph.D. already? I thought you had another
year to do.
Patrick: No, time fl ies, you know. As long as they don’t reject my thesis,
I’ll be _______ London next week.
Jane: If I were you, I’d _______ to the Mediterranean or somewhere
before starting work.
Patrick: No thanks, I’ll stay in London. I’ve had enough of the sea
_______ .
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of
the phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some
expression may occur more than once. Make any changes, if
necessary:
be long, kick-off (x2), come in, strike form (x2), every other, take a
seat, get a move on, worth watching, go to watch
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Loyal Fans II
Ted: Hello, Bill. Are you ready yet?
Bill: Oh, _______ , Ted. Is it two o’clock already? I haven’t fi nished my
lunch yet, but I won’t _______ .
Ted: We’ll miss the _______ unless you hurry.
Bill: _______ for a minute. If we miss the _______ it won’t really be a
tragedy, will it? I don’t suppose the game will be _______ anyway.
Ted: Probably not. But I bet if we arrive fi ve minutes late they’ll score the
only goal of the game before we get there.
Bill: And if we arrived early, they wouldn’t score any goals at all. I don’t
know why we persist in _______ them _______ Saturday.
Ted: We wouldn’t know what to do if we didn’t go, would we?
Bill: They’re bound to lose again, unless there’s a miracle.
Ted: I don’t know. They’ve dropped old Ford and picked that young ster,
Wade, in his place. Perhaps they’ll win, if they _______ .
Bill: If they _______ their usual _______ , they’ll lose nilfi ve against
this team. They’ve already lost at home twice this season... But let’s
_______ , we’ll be late.
Exercise 4. The phrases below on the left and their defi nitions on the right are
not matched. Match each term to its defi nition. The answers may
be presented in the “fi gure-letter” form like that: 1-a, 2-b etc.
1. be eager for a. used to say when an event or a period of time
ends or fi nishes
2. be bound to b. to become crazy
3. be in smb’s shoes c. to want smth very much
4. draw to a close d. used to say that an event is very likely to happen
5. erect off e. the time when a game of football starts, or the
fi rst kick
6. go off one’s f. used when you are asking head a question about
smth. that you are very surprised or annoyed
about
7. hold-up g. to be in smb. else’s situation
8. kick-off h. to continue to do smth., although this is diffi cult,
or other people warn you not to do it
9. on earth i. to be in a straight upright position in a place that
is far away, but close enough to be seen or heard
(= in the distance)
10. persist in j. a situation that stops smth. from happening for
a short time
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. Иностранные банки не совсем оптимистично настроены на свое-
временное возвращение кредитов из России.
2. Ничто не помешает нам в достижении нашей цели.
3. Все члены правительства на месте — заседание можно начинать.
4. Из-за бездарных экономических и военных реформ безопасность
на западных и особенно на восточных границах России
резко снизилась.
5. В Петербурге произошла трагедия: внезапно рухнул обветшалый
козырек павильона станции метро «Сенная площадь». Прибывшей бригаде скорой помощи удалось спасти многих граждан, оказавшихся под
обломками рухнувшей бетонной плиты.
6. На прошлой неделе футбольная команда «Динамо» (Москва)
проиграла в финале «Кубка России» петербургскому «Зениту».
7. Во время футбольного матча фанаты «
Зенита» скандировали
«Зенит — чемпион» и страстно желали победы своей команде. К счастью,
футболисты вознаградили (recompense) своих болельщиков — «Зенит»
выиграл.
8. Я заметил, что ты постоянно опаздываешь на занятия. Когда же,
в конце концов, ты будешь приходить вовремя?
9. Ты прекрасно знаешь обстановку на Кавказе. Я бы на твоем месте
не поехал туда
отдыхать.
10. На другом берегу Невы возвышаются башенные краны: строятся
дома с многокомнатными квартирами.
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Unit 18
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable forms of the phrasal
verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any changes,
if necessary:
a matter of competition, be interested in, add up, compare with, as
well as, in some way, be different from, make out, be intent on, with
The Comparison Game
Society has always been competitive, but in this century life is perhaps
more competitive than in any previous era. We are taught, almost from birth,
to _______ ourselves in mind and body _______ the people around us. Even
as children we _______ already _______ showing that we _______ not merely
_______ our fellows but _______ superior to them. School life is an eternal
competition; every day each child tries to prove that he is more intelligent than
the next child, and every term marks are _______ to fi nd the best _______
_______ the worst child in the class. On the sports fi eld the process continues;
the child now strives to demonstrate that he is faster, stronger or more skillful
than his classmates.
Our jobs, our possessions and even the areas in which we live be come
_______ . We _______ that our jobs and possessions are somehow better or
more desirable than other people’s, and we claim that our country, town or
village is the best, the biggest, the most friendly or the most civilised in the
world. _______ we _______ proving our superiority — or is it that we take a
sadistic delight in proving that some poor fellow being is inferior to us?
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some expression
may occur more than once. Make any changes, if necessary:
arrive at, make-up, call on, mix with, do hate, nothing much, do wear,
outside, like that (x2), stay indoors, look like, worth talking
More Gossip
Mrs. Jones: Hello, Mrs. Smith. Any news?
Mrs. Smith: _______ ! It’s been so cold that I haven’t been ________ for
a week. I _______ the cold.
Mrs. Jones: Yes, it’s best to _______ in such beastly weather. You noticed
that the new people have _______ number thirty-fi ve though,
surely.
Mrs. Smith: Yes, I did notice that. But I haven’t met them yet.
Mrs. Jones: I _______ them yesterday. They seemed such nice people at
fi rst — but now I’m not so sure.
Mrs. Smith: Really? Why?
Mrs. Jones: Well, they’re from London, and they think it’s the only place
in the world _______ about. The wife made some very catty
remarks about this area.
Mrs. Smith: Londoners always think they’re better than other people, but
I always fi nd them less cultured. What does she _______ ?
Mrs. Jones: Quite young and pretty, but she _______ a lot of _______ ,
and she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps she isn’t as young
as she looks.
Mrs. Smith: Anyway I don’t want to _______ people _______ . I knew
they would be snobs when I saw that huge car. Surely they
don’t need such a big one.
Mrs. Jones: No... still, my husband says it’s four years old and it probably
cost less than ours second-hand; and ours is certainly as fast
as theirs.
Mrs. Smith: My husband would never buy a car _______ . It uses so
much petrol you can hardly afford to run it. But surely your
car is four years old too, Mrs. Jones. Our car is newest of
the three.
Mrs. Jones: It certainly isn’t. Ours is the same age as yours...
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
be fed up with, give up, be sick of, go further away, drive around, have
a good mind, drop-out, keep up with, get a bit cold, look for, get away
from, the most money
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