Column A Column B

pickled A eggs

poached B rice

steamed C vegetables

mashed D meat

roast E potatoes

B Fill in the correct word. There are three odd words.

Scissors  pinch  sprinkle  nourishing  basically  bargain  flea  optician’s

It takes me some time to find a good ……….

Traditional Spanish tortilla, which is ………………… a thick potato omelette, is very popular dish.

You should add another ………….. of pepper to the sauce.

There is only one ……………… market in Russia.

………………… the salt and herbs over the top.

C Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

They won the first prize two years ……

just b. ago c. yet

We haven’t left the library …………

recently b. yet c. ever

………….have you been living here?

so far b. how long c. since

This place has changed …………our last visit.

for b. since c. already

Alex has been going out a lot ………….

Last b. recently c. yet

D Put the correct preposition.

Mary went …………the flu yesterday and she stayed at home.

Boys have gone ………..the kitten and caught it.

Don’t use this cheese! It’s gone ……….

Dad is so sad. He is going …………..a difficult time.

The price of oil has gone …………recently.

E Put the adjectives in the correct order.

There’s a/an cotton/English/new/nice cushion on the sofa.

Can you give me that striped/black and white/small/Chinese tea-pot?

Bob is a/an American/young/tall/excellent jumper.

Bring me a/an wooden/traditional/beautiful/Russian matreshka-doll, please.

I like your a/an Thai/silk/square/old/blue scarf.

F Complete the sentences using a lot of, a few, a little, much, many and the words money/minutes/time/sugar/people/days/things. There are some odd words.

I’d like …………………………..in my tea, please.

They leave for Italy in ……………………………

Let’s go now because we don’t have …………………….. before the film starts.

He’s going to be …………………………..late.

They found ……………………………….to buy at the eco-bazaar.

G Fill in the gaps with a/an/the where necessary.

Ann can play ………violin.

…….Browns left for their annual holiday to ………USA from …………..Heathrow Airport.

We go to …….Bolshoi Theatre once a year.

When ……car crashed it was going at 100 miles ………hour.

In ………. Paris we went on …….boat trip down…………River Seine.

H Complete the sentences using idioms: spill the beans/crying over spilt milk/one’s cup of tea/a piece of cake/take everything with a pinch of salt

The test is very easy. It’ ………………………………….

It’s no use…………………………………… you’ve done it badly.

Great! Cartoons are really …………………………………….!

When Liz tells you something you should……………………………….

Please don’t ……………………… It’s a secret.

Partial renewal or renewal of components comprises the intermediate renewal1 of

major or minor components - switches, crossings, worn rails, insulating rail-joints, etc.

- Day-to-day maintenance includes maintenance of desirable standards of all com-

ponents of railway track and alignment which can be done mechanically or manually.

(3) Day-to-day maintenance includes tamping, lining, patrolling and other tasks.

Complete renewal as well as earthworks and reballasting require both temporary speed re-

strictions (TSRs) and ’abnormal’ possession of the fine. Earthworks, reballasting and day-

to-day maintenance may require ‘abnormal’ possessions only, while partial renewal of

components requires, at the worst, a ‘normal’ possession.

(4) A ‘normal’ possession is one which requires no alteration to regular services. An

‘abnormal’ possession does require alterations, and sometimes it may take up to 50 hours

to carry out this work. Generally, a weekend ‘abnormal’ possession lasts some 15-20

hours.

Note: 1) intermediate renewal – средний ремонт.

Ex. 7. Search the text for the English equivalents of the following Russian

phrases:

 I am Popov Sergey. Sergey is my name and Popov is my surname. I am 14 years old. I want to tell you a few words about my family.I think that a family is a very important thing for everybody. A family is the people that always love you, support you and help you. For me it is impossible to live without my family. My family is not large. I have got a mother, a father and a brother Dima. There are four of us in the family. We also have grandparents and a lot of relatives.First of I’d like to say a few words about my parents. My mother is a good-looking woman with blond hair. She is forty-two but she looks much younger. She is a teacher of Russian. She works in a school. She likes her job very much. My mother keeps the house and takes care of my father and us. She is very good at cooking. She always cooks very delicious meals. Our mother is very kind, but sometimes he is strict to us. She always checks if our homework is done. Mother takes care of our free time, so that we are not able to waste our time.My father is a lawyer. He is forty-five. He is a professional. My father does his work very well and gets good money. He is also handy with many things. He can fix almost everything. He also likes making models of planes. My parents have been married for 20 years already. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, and films. For example my father likes thrillers and my mother likes adventure films and fantasy. My father is fond of football and chess. My mother likes playing ping pong. My parents work a lot.My younger brother, Dima, is a student of the same school. He wants to become a lawyer, like our father. Besides he is playing table tennis like our mother. He studies well. On the one hand, Dima loves constructing and can become an aircraft designer, on the other hand he is very good at languages and can become an interpreter. My grandmother and my grandfather are pensioners. They live not far from us. Sometimes our granny helps us to run the house. She is fond of knitting. My grandfather is a military man and he reads a lot! The library that we have at our flat is the tenth part of all the books that granddad has at his place.As for me, I’d like to become a computer programmer. I have always loved computer science. I can make some computer programmes and I also can play the guitar very well. I like different kinds of music, but mostly I prefer rock.We all get on with each other very well. Every one in our family is rather busy, but we are always very happy if we have a possibility to spend some time together. My family means a lot to me.Перевод некоторых слов:to support – поддерживать, relatives - родственники, good-looking - привлекательный, to keep the house - управляться с домом, to take care of – заботиться о…, delicious meals – очень вкусные блюда,strict - строгий, to check - проверять, to waste time – «балбесничать», a lawyer - адвокат, to fix - ремонтировать, a model of a plane – модель самолета, to be married - быть замужем / женатым, to have much in common – иметь много общего, an aircraft designer - авиаконструктор, an interpreter - переводчик, a pensioner – пенсионер, to run the house – управляться с домом,knitting – вязание, a military man – военный, to get on well – ладить, a possibility - возможность
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