VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Ex. 3
вызвать горячие споры  - to bring about hot discussions; добиться перемен - to bring about changes; вызывать воспоминания о - to bring back smth to memory; снизить налоги - bring down taxes; сбить температуру - to bring down the temperature; выдвинуть возражение - to bring forward an objection; выносить вердикт - to bring in a verdict; подчеркивать (выделять) детали - to bring details home; издать книгу - to bring out a book; быть хорошо (дурно) воспитанным - to be well (ill) brought up;
встревоженный взгляд - an alarmed look; обеспокоенная мать - the alarmed mother; вспугнутая птица - an alarmed bird; тревожная ночь - an alarming night; тревожные признаки - alarm signs; поднять тревогу - to alarm/ to give the alarm/ to raise an alarm;
волноваться из-за пустяков - to fuss; суетиться по дому - to fuss about the house; носиться с кем-л. (чѐм-л.) - to fuss over smb (smth); привередливый больной - a fussy patient; быть разборчивым (привередливым) в еде - to be fussy about the meal; суматошный человек - a fussy man;
потерять ключ от квартиры, чемодана - to lose key to the apartment, the suitcase; проиграть сражение, игру - to lose battle, game; заблудиться - to lose one's way, потерять кого-л. из виду - to lose sight of smb; растеряться - to lose one's head; не дойти до кого-л. (о намеке, словах, юморе) - to be lost upon smb, потерять равновесие - to lose one's balance; глубоко задуматься - to be lost in thought; выйти из себя, рассердиться - to lose one's temper; нести потери - to suffer losses; потеря крови - loss of blood;
наркоман - an addict; пристраститься к чему-л. - to addict oneself to smth.; склонность - an addiction; пагубная привычка - an addiction;
влечь за собой расходы - to involve expenses; втянуть кого-л. в неприятности - to involve smb in troubles; быть втянутым во что-л. - to be involved in smth; затрагивать чьи-л. права - to involve one‘s rights; ввести кого-л. в большие расходы - to involve smb in heavy expenses;
изысканный, утонченный вкус - a sophisticated taste; изощренный аргумент - a sophisticated argument; светская дама - a sophisticated lady; искушенная публика - sophisticated public; усложненная технология - a sophisticated technique;
ценная вещь - a valuable thing; ценная инициатива - a valuable initiative; ценные сведения - valuable information; неоценимая помощь - an invaluable help; представлять большую ценность - to be of great value; моральные ценности - moral values; оценить что-л. в... - to value smth at…;
крайняя необходимость - an urgency; срочный ремонт - urgent repair; срочный вызов - an urgent call; неотложное дело - an urgent matter; насущная проблема - an urgent problem; настойчивая просьба - an urgent request;
 сладости - sweet stuff; зелень - green-stuff; фаршированная рыба - stuffed fish; пичкать ребенка - to stuff a child; запихивать вещи в чемодан - to stuff one's clothes into a suitcase; совать что-л. в карман - to stuff something into the pocket.

Ex. 4
1. I could never understand what brought about this quarrel?
2. Very often an emergency brings out a person's main qualities
3. The noise of the gun alarmed hundreds of birds.
4. She is fussy about everything when she is ill.
5. My hints were lost upon Sally.
6. He was addicted to TV.
7. He was involved in a smuggling ring.
8. Camping trips involve hard work.
9. She is a woman of worldly knowledge and sophistication
10. These are really sophisticated instruments.
11. Your opinion is valuable to me.
12. This apparatus is to be used only in case of urgency.
13. "SOS" is a message requiring urgent action.
14. Don't stuff the girl's head with fancies.

Ex. 5
1. She will feel alarm.
2. The room is stuffy.
3. Alarming news.
4. This woman is sophisticated.
5. They make a fuss about grandchildren.
6. He is a TV-addict.
7. Don‘t be fussy.
8. This present doesn't cost much but it is very valuable to me.

Ex. 8
1. These days the mass media brings up urgent issues every day.
2. White cartwheel hat bring out the beauty of her big dark blue eyes.
3. The fact that such a trip involved the family in heavy expenses brought on hot discussion.
4. Some English politicians bring forward a proposal to resume the legal killing.
5. Jain‘s thoughts grew more alarming, she quickened her step.
6. He had an alarming premonition he couldn‘t get of whatever he did.
7. Many parents are alarmed with the fact their children are TV-addicts.
8. There was so much fuss about my arrival that I felt ill at ease.
9. Please, don‘t make fuss, it‘s just an abrasion.
10. A sick child often grizzles, but the parents shouldn‘t lose their patience.
11. I‘m at a loss to account for his absence.
12. He hinted at his urgent need of money some times but his hints were lost upon the editor.
13. The alcohol addiction is a tragedy for the family.
14. Many people, when they start to watch soap operas, become the
addicts
15. The addicts lose their head trying to get their drugs.
16. Well-known politics were involved in the scandal and it brought on a cabinet crisis.
17. If I were a headmaster like you, I would more get involved parents in solution of any problems.
18. It seems to me, some TV programming are created for sophisticated audience.
19. Everyone admitted Mrs. Erling had sophisticated taste.
20. You rendered me an invaluable service.
21. I value your opinion more than someone‘s another.
22. The value of some things can‘t be measured by money.
23. An urgent call brought the doctor to go to the patient in such a night.
24. She asked me not to disturb her unless in case of urgency.
25. I have my head stuffed with some alarming thoughts.
26. Turkey, usually stuffed, is a necessary dish in an American family in Thanksgiving Day.

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

Ex. 4
model 1
1. What he longed was the title of a champion.
2. What he was afraid was being talked to death by his wife.
3. What the doctor was concerned was the patient‘s suicidal tendencies.
model 2
1. Little did we suspected what he was involved in .
2. Little did she know what made him lose his temper.
3. Little did we understand why she was so annoyed.
4. Little did we see the point of his coming here.

Ex. 5
1. What he really lacked was sense of harmony.
2. What I was most amazed with Jane, was her composure.
3. What he really lacked was knowledge on the history of this country.
4. I will say this for her, she was uncommonly hard-working .
5. I will say this for him, he made every effort to acquire the Spanish language.
6. I will say this for her, she care for her relatives‘ wellbeing.
7. I will say this for him, he can speak to any European his native language.
8. Little did I realize, what he meant.
9. Little did he suppose, what she wanted.
10. Little did she guess, how all this would end.

Ex. 9
1. Who come first at the race?
2. This information on the situation is up to date.
3. His illness dates back to that awful accident he was involved in.
4. Teachers are always complaining that many of their pupils are ill-mannered .
5. Once she'd started eating junk food she became addicted to it.
6. The new one-pound coin came into being in 1984.

Ex. 12
1. When I need to make a decision, the family always comes first, and career comes second.
2. They use up to date equipment and computers.
3. This manuscript comes into existence in XIII century.
4. The teachers in Great Britain complain of being ill-paid and ill-treated.
5. Unfortunately, you are ill-informed.
6. At first he was sure that he could drop smoking as soon as he want, but then realized that he became addicted to cigarettes.
7. The law came into usage t in 1976.
8. I can‘t sew, for that matter I can‘t knit.