Ответы к упражнению
Дополнительная информация
По очень субъективному мнению трешки, которые использовались на олимпиадах ранее, только по формату соответствуют уровню advanced. Само лексическое наполнение данного типа заданий ближе к destination B2, но в практике подготовки к олимпиадам зачастую обращаются к заданиям уровня destination C1-2.
Упражнение на трешки по мотивам Destination C1-2
1
We must strike a *** between reckless spending and penny-pinching.
I would say that, on ***, it hasn’t been a bad year.
New tax measures are designed to redress the *** between rich and poor.
2
These photos give a rather misleading *** of what the town is like.
Her pleading made no *** on her parents.
I was under the *** (that) you didn’t get on too well.
3
She made a *** note to have his prescription refilled.
The centre provides help for people suffering from *** illness.
His physical and *** health had got worse.
4
It had never crossed his *** that there might be a problem…
That guy has a one-track ***.
What happened had a lot to do with my state of *** at the time.
5
The figures have to be put into ***.
He writes from a Marxist ***.
I felt I needed a break from the relationship in order to keep a sense of ***.
6
What is the *** for this loss?
He was too shocked to give an *** of what had happened.
By all ***, San Francisco is a city that’s easy to fall in love with.
7
I keep having the same *** about trying to get across a deep river.
After all the problems I’d had getting pregnant, Oliver’s birth was a *** come true.
The plan worked like a ***.
8
I think Dave likes to be the *** of attention.
General practitioners are also active members of *** groups that discuss particular areas of service such as diabetes.
The economic situation is likely to be the primary *** of the discussion.
9
Negotiations reached a *** late last night after the management agreed to a new pay deal.
It is a pity that he jumped to *** before looking more carefully at the evidence.
The result of the election seems to be a foregone ***.
10
This document will form the *** for our discussion.
I’m saving money on a regular ***.
Decisions were often made on the *** of incorrect information.
11
The disease is not always fatal, contrary to popular ***.
He called at her house in the *** that she would lend him the money.
The brutality of the murders was beyond ***.
12
I racked my *** for hours trying to recall her name.
Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its ***?
Some investigators thought that she was the *** behind the gang.
13
Would he stick to his socialist *** after being elected Prime Minister?
I never gamble, as a matter of ***.
Reflexology is based on the *** that specific areas on the feet correspond to different parts of the body.
14
Well, I can see both ***. They both have a point.
Look on the bright *** – at least you learned something from the experience.
This is not an exciting car to drive, but on the plus *** it is extremely reliable.
15
He set her *** about/on what happened.
I’ll come *** to the point.
What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a *** answer to a plain question.
16
His personal problems have raised *** about his ability to run the country.
Losing weight is just a *** of healthy eating.
They asked an awkward *** about where the money had come from.
17
Many people take the *** that children should not be smacked.
They took a dim *** of local trade unionists..
We have exchanged letters with a *** to meeting to discuss these problems.
18
I wish the politicians would see *** and stop the war.
These tasks test your common *** rather than your general knowledge.
One day he’ll come to his *** and see what a fool he’s been.
19
It may be fairly cheap to buy, but you’ve got to take into *** the money you’ll spend on repairs.
Three sites are presently under *** for the new hotel.
Try showing a little more *** for others.
20
I’m having *** about his ability to do the job.
This latest scandal has raised *** about his suitability for the post.
The future of the stadium is in *** because of a lack of money.
Ответы к упражнению
1. balance 2. impression 3. mental 4. mind 5. perspective 6. account(s) 7. dream 8. focus 9. conclusion(s) 10. basis 11. belief 12. brain(s) 13. principle(s) 14. side(s) 15. straight 16. question(s) 17. view 18. sense(s) 19. consideration 20. doubt(s)
Дополнительная информация по заданиям из Destination C1-2
Ранее были опубликованы материалы на словообразование и тематическую лексику, фразовые глаголы, идиомы, которые могут пригодиться для подготовки к олимпиадам по английскому языку. Дополнительный интерес может представлять подборка упражнений для Advanced Language Practice.