1. The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was the first time he ________ on a plane.

• was
• have been
• had been

2. He reminded me ________ Harry Smith. Is he related ________ him?

• about/with
• from/by
• of/to

3. Never _________ such a bad song.

• have I heard
• I heard
• did I hear

4. Which is correct?

• If I hadn’t eaten so much, I won’t feel sick now.
• If I hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t feel sick now.
• If I didn’t eat so much, I wouldn’t feel sick now.

5. Brad is no fool. _________ he’s pretty smart.

• On the contrary
• In any case
• By rights

6. He was obviously stabbed in the________ by some of his so-called friends.

• stomach
• throat
• back

7. If you go to Japan, you’ll have to___________ with chopsticks.

• get used to eat
• get used to eating
• be used to eating

8. If I spoke quickly, you’d have difficulty___________.

• understanding
• to understand
• with understanding

9. After University I went on ___________ a teacher.

• to becoming
• to become
• becoming

10. It’s time __________ a haircut.

• you had
• you should have
• for having

11. They wish they_________ married.

• never got
• have never got
• had never got

12. After years of hostility, they finally agreed to bury the_________ and started to cooperate.

• hatchet
• axe
• gun

13. What is the best equivalent of “set about”?

• start talking about something
• make something work
• start doing something

14. Take an umbrella with you in case __________.

• of rain
• it rains
• it will rain

15. The shipwreck is believed to _________ on the seabed for 400 years.

• lie
• be lying
• have been lying

16. I feel _________ a truck _________ me.

• like/ hit
• as if/ hit
• as if/ would hit

17. It was very hot _________

• absolutely
• indeed
• girl

18. Doplňte

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are (18)_________equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long (19)_________ . We are (20)_________ on a great battle-field of that war. We (21)_________ to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation (22)_________ live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

• created
• always
• totally

19. Doplňte

• see
• fall upon
• endure

20. Doplňte

• met
• chewed
• waged

21. Doplňte

• came
• have come
• would come

22. Doplňte

• would
• will
• might

23. Don’t be _________. I’m not jealous _________ him.

• ridiculous/ of
• nonsense/ to
• funny/ on

24. Their letting me go after ten years’ service was a real kick in the_______ .

• stomach
• back
• teeth

25. Leave it there! It is _________ tomorrow’s job.

• phased out
• earmarked for
• differed from

26. In thirty-four minutes it _________ four hours since I started running.

• will be
• will have been
• will have be

27. Doplňte

In a new campaign that started Monday, Google is cracking down on copyright (27)_________ that show up in its search results. But at least one site that hosts a mother lode of (28)_________ material won\'t see much of a change: Google\'s own YouTube. As part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, copyright (29)_________ can request that Google take down search links to URLs that point to pirated material. Google is adjusting its search algorithm to factor in the number of take-down requests it receives. "Sites with high numbers of removal notices may appear (30)_________ in our results," Amit Singhal, Google\'s head of engineering, said in a blog post. "This ranking change (31)_________ help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily." (Zdroj)

• breakers
• pirates
• violators

28. Doplňte

• pirated
• hijacked
• deleterious

29. Doplňte

• breakers
• holders
• programs

30. Doplňte

• lower
• preferentially
• faster

31. Doplňte

• must
• should
• won’t

32. When you say “It’s all Greek to me.” it means:

• It’s in a financial crisis
• It tastes good.
• You don’t understand.

33. The word “subsidy” means:

• settling of a dispute through discussion
• money given by the government to lower prices of something
• system of water distribution to places which need it for agriculture

34. Which sentence has correct punctuation?

• Broadly speaking, we disagree with all of this.
• If you don’t want to you don’t have to help us.
• She doesn’t do any sport, although she’s young.

35. When he was asked why he hadn’t finished his work, he just __________ with lots of excuses

• came up
• came out
• turned up

36. The murderer confessed ___________ the crime.

• to commit
• committing
• to having committed