Lesson 20 - curs engleză

1. In most lines of the following text, one word is missing, for each numbered line 1-17, write the missing word in the space. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (). The exercise begins with two examples.

By and large I detest holidays, Every vacation paradise I have ever been …....

To has provoked in me strong desire to pack my bags and get out

as soon as …a….

1. the family will let me. The problem with paradise is there’s never

interesting ………

2. to do there except sit around experiencing eternal bliss. And all often

it does ………

3. seem to me eternal. I don’t think of it and I can only put up with it for so

long. ..…….

4. So every often, when the time comes for the family to sit around the

table and ………

5. plan where to go for the summer vacation I tentatively suggest that

actually it ………

6. would be every as much fun to stay at home. Each and every time,

of course, I ………

7. am loudly overruled by others who set about planning some beach ………

8. holiday or of my nightmares. I have high hopes, however, that this year

will be ………

9.quite a better than past holidays as we are going to visit my in-laws

in Sweden. ………

10. Sweden is no vacation paradise, cold in winter and rainy in the

summer, ………

11. though on the few occasions the sun shines, it can be very

beautiful. My ………

12. Swedish is also very basic, with the result that much of time I am there I …….

13. appear even more stupid than I do normally. I smile more, use

every hand ………

14. gesture I can, and am in respects nicer than I am in English, partly

because ………

15. I am not of a linguist and don’t know how to be rude in Swedish. ………

16. My wife not I has been over to see her parents, and, of course, the rest

of her ………

17. family for a good years, so all of us are looking forward to it a lot. ………

2. Circle the option that best completes each sentence.

1. I don’t think there’s a ……… of truth in what either defendant said.

a. gust b. grain c. spot d. touch

2. One of ……… days I’m going to give him a piece of my mind.

a. our b. those c. these d. the

3. I wouldn’t want ……… of my parents to know I have a boyfriend.

a. either b. any c. neither d. none

4. The ……… of people who attempt the public meeting was surprisingly large.

a. figure b. number c. amount d. sum

5. The film ends with the sheriff lying in a ……… of blood.

a. bath b. puddle c. jet d. pool

6. I gather there was ……… doubt as to who should pay the bill.

a. any b. some c. the d. every

7. Unfortunately ……… too often one of our players gives the ball away.

a. all b. every c. none d. once

8. I have rarely seen such a impressive sight as a ……… of buffalo roaming over the plains.

a. flock b. swarm c. pack d. herd

9. I can’t help thinking he offered his apology with a ……… of irony.

a. touch b. spot c. torrent d. dash

10. Few, if ……… of the current team can stand comparison with the 1995 eleven.

a. none b. any c. many d. some

11. It was a stroke of luck that he had always been able to write with ……… hand.

a. both b. each c. every d. either

12. ……… can make a mistake; no one is perfect.

a. Nobody b. Someone c. Anyone d. each

13. The full……… of the damage done by the storm only became clear at daybreak.

a. degree b. amount c. summary d. extent

14. Thousands ……… to see the opening night of Simon’s musical.

a. trickled b. flocked c. thronged d. swarmed

15. It is difficult to conceive of the vast ……… of energy required by top marathon runners.

a. volumes b. quantities c. reserves d. amounts