A. Раздел 3 (задание по грамматике и лексике)

Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами B4–B15так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию B4–B15.

 

B4 The student asked for __________ to leave the classroom.   PERMIT
 
B5 Steven’s __________ to the __________ received everyone’s __________.   CONTRIBUTE, DISCUSS, APPROVE
 
B6 Many car __________ companies have increased their rates this summer.   RENT
B7 The student was given back her assignment as it was obvious no time had been spent in its __________ and it bore no __________ to the subject.   PREPARE, RELATE
B8 Worried that everyone would be bored, Sally was __________ to give a highly __________ account on her holiday.   HESITATE, DECRIBE
B9 Sandra chose aerobics because she doesn’t like __________ sports.   COMPETE
B10 He’s got such an ____________________ of fine art.   IMPRESS, COLLECT
B11 __________ is one of the simplest __________.   ADD, CALCULATE
B12 It took a lot of __________ to get Kevin to write to his mother, as there had been little __________ between them for many years.   PERSUADE, COMMUNICATE
B13 As the students were tired, they were not very __________ to the teacher’s __________ of the theory.   RECEIVE, EXPLAIN
B14 Many animals are __________ during the daytime and hunt during the night.   ACT
B15 I find it difficult to be __________ about matters that concern me.   OBJECT

Theory: Linking Words

B. Remember the following linking words below

Giving examples Adding information Summarizing Sequencing ideas Giving a reason Giving a result Contrasting ideas
For example For instance Namely And In addition As well as Also Too Furthermore Moreover Apart from In addition to Besides In short In brief In summary To summarize In a nutshell To conclude In conclusion The former, … the latter Firstly, secondly, finally The first point is Lastly The following Due to / due to the fact that Owing to / owing to the fact that Because Because of Since As Therefore So Consequently This means that As a result But However Although / even though Despite / despite the fact that In spite of / in spite of the fact that Nevertheless Nonetheless While Whereas Unlike In theory… in practice…

Examination Practice

C. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.