2. Оберіть вірний варіант (a, b, c або d), який може бути використано на місці підкресленого слова або словосполучення без зміни змісту речення.

21. The difference in weather between the states of the country is very noticeable.

a) compare

b) comparison

c) contrast

d) contrasting

22. Cuts in spending will have a serious result on the National economy.

a) afford

b) affect

c) effect

d) effort

23. They raised taxes on the presumption that it would help control spending.

a) assumption

b) expansion

c) assurance

d) assignation

24. Can you tell me the distinction between a good car and a bad one?

a) contrast

b) difference

c) differentiate

d) diversity

25. The country badly needed to increase its overall standard of living and attempted to achieve its targets – those of free education and healthcare – within ten years.

a) meet

b) benefit

c) presume

d) calculate

26. I want you to illustrate your point by providing some supporting examples.

a) receiving

b) removing

c) obtaining

d) supplying

27. Malcolm assured the bank manager that he would be able to repay the loan.

a) guaranteed

b) ensured

c) insured

d) resurrected

28. More and more students decide to study for a Master’s degree to enhance their knowledge.

a) employ

b) improve

c) evaluate

d) apply

29. The experiments were conducted simultaneously in London and Rome.

a) at the same time

b) step by step

c) in the same place

d) from time to time

30. When testing a hypothesis, every effort is made to eliminate subjective or biased ideas.

a) consider

b) modify

c) avoid

d) reduce

3. Прочитайте текст. Визначте, чи є наступні речення вірними (True) чи ні (False) відповідно до тексту.

‘NoDo’ rolling out to some T-Mobile phones

By Hayley Tsukayama

Owners of the Dell Venue Pro and the HTC HD7 should be seeing the Windows Phone 7 “NoDo” update hit their handsets soon. According to the spreadsheet Microsoft posted to track updates, the company has started sending the update to those handsets.

Microsoft has seen considerable customer backlash for NoDo delays. The update was originally scheduled to arrive the first week of March, and was then pushed back to the second half of the month. Microsoft apologized for the update delays in a blog post from spokesman Eric Hautala:

I know many of you are disappointed, even angry. You certainly have a right to be. We’ve fallen far short of your expectations, and our own, and for that I’m truly sorry. We didn’t set out to let you down. But it’s clear we did. Whether you’re someone who has followed our progress from the start, or are new to Windows Phone, you deserve the updates we’ve promised. My job is to get us on the right path and deliver them.

Hautala, whose official title is “General Manager, Customer Experience Engineering,” also said that some users may get two updates for their phones – the February update that caused problems with some handsets and the latest update. He said that those updates could arrive days or even a week or two apart.

From the Washington Post

1 People who bought the Dell Venue Pro and the HTC HD7 should be seeing the Windows Phone 7 “NoDo” update hit their handsets soon.

2 The update was originally scheduled to arrive the second week of March, and was then pushed back to the first half of the month.

3 Microsoft apologized for the update delays in Facebook.

4 Microsoft spokesman Eric Hautala said: “My job is to get us on the right path and buy them”.

5 Hautala said that some users may get two updates for their phones.