2,000 Homes were destroyed, c) The fires were helped by temperatures / There

were temperatures around 43 degrees and strong winds after a twelve-month period

of dry weather, d) The fires were largely caused by humans. / Most of the fires

/ 90 per cent of the fires were caused by humans, e) Cooler and less windy

weather (helped the fire fighters to get the fires under control), f) Higher temperatures

/ Very hot weather (have/has been forecast for the weekend),

g) Because they don't threaten human life or property, h) Because many English

people have relatives in Australia. / Because Australia and Britain are both members

of the Commonwealth.

15D2

a) are used, b) was stopped, c) was fired, d) was published, e) were checked.

f) be paid, g) be extended, h) be cleaned; be sorted, i) been arrested, j) been

packed, k) be put out; is caused. 1) have been started.

15D3

a) The electric heater has been turned off. b) Thousands of people have been hit.

c) 2,000 homes have been destroyed, d) Hotel accommodation must be booked,

e) Some excursions will be arranged, f) The truck has to be unloaded, g) The

robber was locked in. h) The staff was/were praised for stopping the train,

i) £8,500 (= eight thousand five hundred pounds) was(!) seized from a camera shop

yesterday.

15D4

Вместо кратких форм возможны также и полные формы: a) The fire couldn't be

put out. b) A vacuum cleaner can't be used here, c) The train won't be

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searched, d) The trucks aren't unloaded during the day. e) The toilets aren't

cleaned often enough, f) It wasn't started deliberately, g) He wasn't locked up.

h) The brakes weren't checked, i) The bill hasn't been paid.

15D5

Примеры полнозначных предложений:

She apologized for not giving me the right size.

We can't do much apart from visiting her in hospital.

We don't have much time for playing squash.

He has been charged with shooting a shop assistant.

The dog is so fond of travelling by car.

They're not interested in setting up a fund.

The mother praised the children for helping the old man.

They're talking about setting up a fund / going to Australia.

Thanks for turning off the heater.

I'm thinking of going to Australia / going by car.

He went away without telling us where he was going.

15D6

a) to burn, b) shooting, c) destroyed, d) set up; to help; hit. e) to stop.

f) published, g) to put. h) writing, i) fighting, j) extended.

15D7

a) be. b) be. c) been, d) be. e) be; been, f) been, g) be. h) been, i) be.

j) be. k) be. 1) been.

15D8

a) Thousands of homes have been destroyed / were destroyed by the bushfires.

b) 90 per cent of all bushfires are caused by humans, c) In most cases fires can be

put out before too much damage has been caused, d) The fires were helped by

strong winds, e) A 19-year-old man was charged with deliberately lighting fires in

the Adelaide area, f) The accused man was locked up for his own safety.

g) Higher temperatures have been forecast for the weekend.

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16D1

a) (You can buy an airline ticket) At the (airline ticket desk at the) airport / At

the/your travel agent's ['trasvl eid3ants]. b) It tells you about / gives you details

about flights: what the scheduled departure time is, whether they are delayed,

which gate they leave from. etc. c) A "no-show" is someone who has a booking

but doesn't show up for the flight, d) Because a certain percentage of passengers

are "no-shows", e) Passengers/They get "bumped" if a flight is overbooked (and

all the passengers show up), f) (At the check-in desk) You show your ticket,

check in your baggage/luggage, and are given a boarding pass, g) Security

checks / They are made before passengers go to their gate to board the aircraft.

Cabin bags are X-rayed, and passengers are examined with a metal detector or

hand-searched, h) Because things like cigarettes and whisky are usually much

cheaper there than in normal shops, i) You have to pay duty on them, j) You

can put it under the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin. k) You have to

fasten your seat belt for takeoff and landing and at other times when the FASTEN

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SEAT BELT sign is on. 1) You are only allowed to smoke / Only in the smoking

section, m) About 17 per cent of the population is/are afraid of flying.

16D2

a) possible, b) possibly, c) normally, d) normal, e) absolutely. f) absolute,

g) careful, h) carefully, i) typical, j) typically, k) awfully. 1) awful,

m) nice, n) nice, o) nicely.

16D3

a) risky, b) probably, c) deliberately, d) really important, e) safely, f) safe,

g) awfully, h) cheap; eventually; expensive, i) certainly; good, j) well.

16D4

a) A cinema ticket is cheaper than a theatre ticket, b) A train is more comfortable

than an aircraft, c) Los Angeles is larger than Chicago, d) The blue skirt is more

stylish than the pink, e) Jack is more reliable than Tom. f) My bags are heavier

than yours, g) Learning a language is more difficult than learning to drive a car.

h) You're / You are thinner than before you went on holiday.

16D5

a) Since, b) If. c) Since,

h) When, i) If. j) Since,

o) Since; that, p) when.

16D6

a) I haven't got my ticket yet. b) Passengers for New York are to proceed to Gate