Variant 1 Read the following letter

24. Choose the right answer: If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all! Which word is a synonym of "curtail"?
A. Reduce B. Follow C. Behind D. Buy
25. Choose the right answer: Cuts in spending will have a serious __________________ on the national health service.
a) affect b) affectation c) effect
26. Choose the right answer: The strike will seriously __________________ train service.
a) effect b) affectation c) affect
27. Choose the best answer: __________________ behaviour makes life unpleasant for everybody.
a) inconsiderate b) inconsiderably c) inconsiderable
28. Choose the best answer: Everybody has the right to a decent __________________ with good pay.
a) work b) skill c) job
29. Choose the best answer: Anti-virus software can __________ your computer for viruses.
a. detect b. review c. scan
30. Choose the best answer: Anti-virus software can also ____________ viruses on removable media, such as floppy disks.
a. detect b. control c. see


Variant 1


Task 1. Find words that go together for the following verbs
1. make ________________, _________________, ___________________, _______________
2. do ________________, _________________, ___________________, _______________
3. take ________________, _________________, ___________________, _______________
4. go ________________, _________________, ___________________, _______________
Task 2. Complete these sentences using one of the compound adjectives in the box.

easy-going old-fashioned well-meaning absent-minded big-headed self- centred strong- willed broad-minded self-confident hard-working

1. There’s a boy in our class who thinks the world revolves around him. He’s so ____________;

He never thinks of anyone else.
2. The ___________________ professor always forgot where he had put his hat.
3. Nilyufar is a very ________________ person and never gives up when she has made up her
mind to do something.
4. Our next dour neighbor can be irritating but her intentions are good. She’s ______________
5. Sharofiddin is a ___________________ type and always does well in interviews; I always feel really nervous.
6. My parents are very _____________________ - they even work at weekends.
7. Akmal is so__________________ ; he’s always boasting about his achievements.
8. I can say anything in front of my grandmother, she’s not easily shocked. She’s open to new ideas and very ____________________
9. Dildora is an __________________ person. She gets on well with people and makes friends
easily.
10. My uncle has got stuck in the nineteenth century – his ideas are so ____________________!