Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps.

1. The witness saw how the child ran into the road and jammed _____ the brakes.

2. The teens told the officer that after school they went and jazzed _____ a party.

3. The former chairman did his best to jockey _____ the position in the parliament.

4. Hardly had he jotted _____ the number when the police knocked at his door.

5. When some refugees arrived in Chicago, the managers offered them a job and they jumped _____ the chance.

6. Many people were planning to stay the whole night to keep _____ the vigil and the demand for president to go.

7. “If people want me to lead the transition, I will not let them _____”, Mr. ElBaradei told journalists at Vienna airport.

8. The criticism has not let _____ since then.

9. Mrs. Clinton lost _____ _____ Mr. Obama when they contested a bitterly fought race for the Democratic Party’s nomination.

10. “There are issues where we will not move _____ _____ any questions without mutual assistance”, Mr. Medvedev said, citing climate change as an example.

Exercise 3. Match the beginning of each sentence with its suitable ending. [VIP Файлобмінник]

1. Before Democrat Wilson could reply his opponent jumped in …

2. Can the new President administration keep to …

3. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaeda’s leaders to lay down …

4. Syria was left off …

5. Increased sluggishness in Japan’s economic activity will likely remain over the next several quarters with exports leveling off …

6. Asylum seekers from Africa and Asia meet a cool reception when they arrive in Europe, many are locked up …

7. Most of the children are being looked after …

8. The President is looking for …

9. Mr. Obama said he had sought leaders who could offer ‘fresh thinking’: “I look forward to …

10. Syria has the backing of the Arab League, which makes up …

a) … a significant proportion of the regional group.

b) … with a strong objection.

c) … working closely with them in the months ahead. And that work starts today, because the truth is, we don’t have a minute to waste”.

d) … its deadline of withdrawing all US combat troops?

e) … their arms.

f) … the invitation list because the US believes Damascus has nuclear ambitions, the Associated Press news agency notes.

g) … and the effects of earlier increases in energy and materials prices persisting.

h) … and, in some cases, pushed back to sea.

i) … by their relatives, but the latest official figures show that 140, 000 children are currently in orphanages waiting to be adopted either by Russian families or foreigners.

j) … help in modernizing the automobile giant company.

Exercise 4. Order the words to make a sentence.

1. Coalition, the, were, by, locals, the, kept, forces, under.

2. The, their, forced, armed, up, bombardment, kept.

3. Bangkok, the, in, protesters, police, were, riot, badly, the, knocked, by, about.

4. Celebrity, in, the, that, article, critics, lashed, her, out, at.

5. The, world, recent, Arab, events, whole, led, the, up, in, strikes, the, to.

6. Machine-gun, a, of, fire, lot, by, civilians, down, mown, were.

7. Code, disciplinary, the, on, up, mugged,, trainees, the.

8. Activists, up, the, were, locked.

9. Music, pop, films, star, into, has, launched, recently, out.

10. Economy, latched, powers, western, have, to, Asian, on.

Exercise 5. Replace phrasal verbs with verbs/phrases which are similar in meaning.

1. The U.S., which won the 1960s race to send people to the moon, will not jump into the current race with its new lunar probe until next spring, but it is providing key mapping equipment for the Indian mission.

2. They can’t keep on putting off the kind of changes that they, frankly, should have made 20 or 30 years ago.

3. The European Central Bank, which looks after monetary policy in the eurozone, is looking beyond interest rate cuts to help stimulate the economy and is ‘studying possible non-standard monetary policy measures’.

4. A Russian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted saying Russia looked forward to the talks ‘with cautious optimism’.

5. Authorities have promised to look into possible abuses in the deaths of protesters.

6. NATO is said to be looking into the incident.

7. “We will look into the reason those who held guns or knives struck those with empty hands who called for bread and freedom”, said the head of the National Commission to Investigate Abuses.

8. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, there are more than 700,000 children in Russia who are either orphans or do not live with their biological parents; most are being looked after by relatives, but the latest official figures show that 140,000 are currently in orphanages waiting to be adopted either by Russian families or foreigners.

9. Asked if all the people on his flight would have made it out of the airport building, the man said:” I would be extremely surprised if there was nobody on that flight that was affected by the blast”.

10. The sailor said he was lying down resting after being on watch.

Section 8. Letters N, O, P, Q.

Exercise 1. Match each phrasal verb in the left-hand column with an appropriate meaning in the right-hand column.

1. narrow down	a) to disagree with sth
2. nose about/(a)round	b) to extinguish; to issue
3. nose sth out	c) to assemble sth
4. notch sth up	d) to suggest for discussion
5. number among sth	e) to raise sth; to show a skill, etc
6. open into/onto sth	f) to reduce
7. open out	g) to look around
8. open up	h) to discover sth
9. open sth up	i) to score sth; to achieve sth
10.opt for sth	j) to be included in a category
11.opt out of sth	k) to give access to sth
12.own up to sth/doing sth	l) to become bigger and wider
13.pass sth on to sb	m) to begin shooting
14.pass sth up	n) to become available
15.phase sth out	o) to choose sth
16.pick sbup/sth up	p) not to be involved in sth
17.play sth down	q) to accept the blame for sth
18.point out	r) to give sth to sb else
19.pull out	s) not to make use of a chance
20.pump sth in/into sth	t) to stop using sth
21.push ahead with sth	u) to collect/lift sth; to rescue sb
22.push for sth	v) to appear less important
23.push sth through	w) to direct attention to sth
24.put sth aside	x) to withdraw
25.put forward	y) to put money, etc into sth
26.put out	z) to continue doing sth
27. put sth together	ii) to make requests for sth
28.put sth up	iii) to get sth officially accepted
29.quarrel with sth	iiii) to ignore sth

Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps.

1. They have narrowed _____ the list to four possible candidates.

2. The street where many protesters gathered opened _____ into a small square.

3. “I cannot quarrel _____ your conclusions”, the MP said abruptly.

4. Last year Mr. Obama passed _____ the opportunity to see the Dalai Lama when he visited the US, but a White House spokesman said last month the two men intended to meet when the Tibetan monk visited Washington.

5. The success of mobile payments could be the key to if, or when, the chequebook is finally phased _____.

6. UK Treasury Chief Secretary played _____ hopes that there would be a big economic stimulus package agreed at the summit.

7. The US has criticized the project, which prompted the Palestinians to pull _____ of US-brokered indirect peace talks.

8. The ECB will follow the lead of the Bank of England, which has said it will pump 75bn pounds of extra money _____ the economy in a policy that is known as quantitative easing.

9. Mr. Zuma said the African National Congress would be sending a delegation to Zimbabwe to push _____ a political solution to the crisis.

10. Mr. Cameron said his MPs had put _____ party interest in favour of the national interest – after they approved a referendum on the voting system, a reform the Conservatives have always opposed.

Exercise 3. Match the beginning of each sentence with its suitable ending.

1. The team notched up …

2. Not many students opted for …

3. We picked up …

4. Foreign ministry spokesman pointed out …

5. The UK sent three Royal Navy warships to help pick up …

6. Mr. Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a majority of seats in parliament but Mr. Tsvangirai pulled out of …

7. They could be reluctant to pump in …

8. Serbia had a strong administration and was best able to push ahead with …

9. The UK and France have been pushing for …

10. Dozens of people were injured as protesters pushed back …

a) … police and barricaded roads.

b) …other countries to increase military pressure on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

c) … their tenth win in a row.

d) … science courses in Egypt and Tunisia.

e) … our bags, the area in customs was deserted and covered in dust.

f) … that judicial authorities handled the cases according to the law.

g) … stranded passengers from Spain and Channel ports.

h) … the presidential run-off, saying he wanted to save his supporters’ lives.

i) … more funds, given the current state of the world car industry.

j) … reforms.