2012 yilning testlar. 101 varianti. Variant №101 Liz encouraged me away my old running shoes with holes and got me to buy a new pair

2012 yilning testlar. 101 varianti. VARIANT № 101
1. Liz encouraged me ... away my old running shoes with holes and got me to buy a new pair.
A) threw B) throw C) to throw D) thrown
2. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ... in 1968 as a nonprofit agency to finance the growth of noncommercial radio and television in the United States.
A) had established B) was established
C) was establishing D) established
3. The cobra is a snake which can grow from 1 meter to over 4 meters. Its poison is... enough to kill humans.
A) powerfully B) power C) powered D) powerful
4. Have you any idea who invented ... fridge?
А)- В) a C) an D)the
5. It’s expensive to heat the house at the moment and that’s partly because the ceilings are so high. If the ceilings ... lower, it would be much cheaper to heat.
A) would be B) was C) are D) were
6. She washed her hands ... the smell of the garlic had gone.
A) after B) until C) before D) when
7. My friend never forgets ... on my birthday.
A) to call B) being called
C) calling D) to calling
8. Since Indians in the high Andes Mountains live in thin air, their hearts grow to be... than an average size.
A) the largest B) larger C) large D) largely
9. The farm could no longer operate ... and was closed down.
A) profitable B) profit C) profitably D) profiteer
10. The Volga, the longest river in Europe, rises in the Valdai plateau and flows ... the Caspian Sea.
A) onto B) into C) on D) in
11. I find it difficult to talk to Alan because we have so ... in common.
A) less B) small C) little D) few
12. Bats ... see in order to avoid obstacles. They can find their way in complete darkness.
A) must not B) can C) must D) don’t have to
13. A foreign diplomat saw Lincoln shining his own shoes. "Well, Mr. President, do you shine your own shoes?" -"Yes", replied Lincoln."... do you shine?"
A) whose B) why C) when D) how