EXAM Lesson 1 UNIT
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS GET READY FOR YOUR TEST A. Choose the best prepositions to complete the sentence. 1) I’m dreaming (of, about, to) becoming a famous scientist one day. 2) My dad shouted (to, at, towards) me because I didn’t do what he said. 3) She insisted (on, at, about) helping me with the dishes. 4) The customers came to the shop to complain (at, about, on) their service. 5) The advertising campaign resulted (to, up, in) hundreds of new customers. 6) As a scientist, I specialize (at, in, with) marine biology. 7) I bought many things (while, during) my stay in New York. 8) John is totally obsessed (by, with, about) football. He thinks of nothing else. 9) He is suffering (from, of, -) an unknown illness. 10) He always drives (at, on, with) a tremendous speed. He’s always (of, at, in) a hurry.
B. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. 1) Hold ________! = Wait! a) out b) in c) on 2) Please ask him to call me ________ as soon as he can. a) back b) off c) out 3) I came ________ some old magazines while I was cleaning my room. a) up with b) across c) over 4) I’m sure your wallet will turn ________ somewhere. a) up b) on c) in 5) That plant turns ________ 100,000 cars per year. a) in b) out c) off 6) Did you make ________ that story? = Did you invent a story that wasn’t true? a) up b) off c) out 7) The old table was made ________ to look like a new one. a) off b) up c) over 8) It turns ________ he was telling the truth. a) up b) down c) out 9) My printer ran ________ of ink. a) out b) - c) down 10) Check ________ my new cellphone. a) out b) in c) up
C. Choose the suitable prefix or suffix to form the correct word. 1) It is my ________that there are other living beings in the universe. (believe) 2) The country is facing a population ________. (explode) 3) The importance of this ________ has been extremely overrated. (invent) 4) They say that travel ________ the mind. (broad) 5) ________ is probably the most useful form of energy. (electric) 6) This bag contains all my photography ________. (equip) 7) We have the same model in ________ colours. (vary) 8) When you work at a nuclear power plant, you must be extremely ________. (care) 9) Extraterrestrial life has not been ________ proved yet. (science) 10) You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three ________ solid. (dimension)
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