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С 2006 по 2020 сформировался такой список слов:
a FEW decades, a FEW hours, a few MINUTES, a great DEAL longer, a LITTLE bit, a LITTLE money, a LOT of, ABOVE the norm, ACCORDING to, ALL my life, all of THEM, all OVER the world, am LOOKING forward to, and so IT is hard, ANY longer, anyone ELSE, ARE always followed, are MORE likely … THAN, ARE offered, as a MATTER of fact, AS a method, AS a result, as busy AS, as hot AS, as long AS, as LOW as, as MANY as, as many AS, as much AS, as MUCH experience as, AS part of, AS possible, As SOON as, as WELL, as WELL as, as well AS, asked IF/WHETHER he, asks WHAT my, at LEAST, at the AGE, at the SAME time, at the same TIME, become a global village, be on their OWN, BECAUSE of, better THAN, big ENOUGH, BOTH … and, brave ENOUGH, but it ALSO, but WHO says, by COMPARISON to, by NAME, COME across sth, come AS a surprise, COME to an end, considered HIMSELF to be, decide whether to … or not, decide WHICH one, DEPENDS on, dissatisfaction WITH, DO a lot of research, DO housework, DO one’s best, do STH brave, do STH creative, do the TOUR of, do WELL in the exam, do you know THAT if, during WHICH, each OTHER, EACH other, easier said than DONE, either OR, EITHER, END up with, english-SPEAKING, even MORE exciting, EVERY two or three, EVERYONE, explain WHY, family WHO, far MORE, feel LIKE crying, find IT difficult, first of ALL, for INSTANCE, for the first TIME, from ONE to the other, FULL of, generally SPEAKING, GET into trouble, GET people all together, GIVE up, GOING on, greater THAN, had EVER experienced, had TO eat, has BEEN offered, HAS recently confirmed, HAVE already completed, have NO regrets, HOW can I, HOW much, HOW much they charge, HOW often, HOW well sb does sth, human BEINGS, I sometimes wish he weren’t, IN + time, in ADDITION to, in NEED of, in ORDER to, in order NOT to, in the same way AS, INTERESTED in, IS known, is WHAT makes us special, IT becomes clear, IT can be very unpleasant, it doesn’t MATTER whether … OR, it GOES without saying, IT is hard to believe that, IT is just too, it is no USE V+ing, It is NOT all, IT is not easy, IT is said, IT is sometimes said, IT is time to, IT seems, it TAKES some time to do sth, know HOW valuable, known AS, known WHAT it will, LAND the plane, LEAVE the house, less THAN, LET me know, LET sb down, live LIKE cave people, longer/more THAN, LOOK forward to, look FORWARD to, look just LIKE, look LIKE, lucky ENOUGH to, MAKE a discovery, make a good IMPRESSION, MAKE an agreement, MAKE an appearance, MAKE any difference to, make IT impossible/possible, MAKE new friends, MAKE our journey better, MAKE our lives easier, MAKE plans, MAKE revisions, MAKE sb feel, MAKE sth difficult, MAKE sth getting some quality, MAKE sth smaller, MAKE sure, make up one’s MIND, MAKE up one’s mind, MAKE place look, may BE brought out, MORE and more, more AND more, more and MORE, MORE effective, more often THAN, MORE surprising, more THAN, MOST of us, mother TONGUE, much MORE, my OWN, NEITHER nor, NEITHER of my parents, NO, no MATTER, NONE of us had ever, NOT any longer, not BEING good at, not big ENOUGH, NOT just, NOT many, not MANY people, not ONLY … but it is ALSO, nowhere ELSE, of COURSE, on the other HAND, ON time, ONE, ONE another, one form or ANOTHER, ONE of, ONE of the latest, ONE of the reasons, ONE of them, ONE such example, only a FEW, OR, OTHER, OTHERS, pay more ATTENTION to, people WHO/THAT, people WHOSE job, place quite LIKE, place WHERE, places WHICH/THAT, pour with RAIN, PUT ideas into practice, RATHER than, rather THAN, reaction to WHAT is going on, REMIND of, say ANYTHING, served AS, several TIMES, sister WHO, SO far, so MUCH to, SO small that, SO that, sound LIKE, speak AS a foreign language, sports LIKE, subject about WHICH I know, SUCH, SUCH … that, SUCH an interesting job, SUCH an issue, such AS, SUCH as, swear THAT it helps, take a lot of TIME to, TAKE any notice, TAKE care of, TAKE off //a plane, TAKE part, take PART in, TAKE place, TAKE up / start as a hobby, take up SOMETHING different, talk about sth AS, TELL sb a secret, tell how MUCH of, TELL sb, tell the DIFFERENCE, tell you WHAT you should, than EVER before, that is WHERE, that is WHY, the look on their FACES, the MOST obvious, the MOST widely, THE only one of, the ONLY trace, the SAME things as, the so-CALLED, the WHOLE life, THERE, there is no DOUBT, THERE is room for improvement, THERE is some truth, there’s NO need, THESE days, TOO /also, too MUCH junk food, treated LIKE royalty, TURN sth upside down, turn UP for, two weeks AGO, under the AGE of, USED to, very FEW, want ME to, WAS developed, WAS seen, well WORTH V+ing, WELL-known, WHAT a difference, WHAT is known as, WHAT is more, WHAT is true is that, WHAT made him do is, WHAT makes it, WHAT sb means is that, WHAT sth looks like, WHAT the story shows is, WHAT was happening, when IT comes to, WHEN they were, WHERE, WHICH made us look, WHOSE, WHY do you, why NOT, will BE released, WITHOUT any help, WITHOUT exaggeration, WORTH a visit, years AGO, years OLD.
Нельзя сказать, что слова, представленные заглавными буквами являются сложными, но именно они использовались в заданиях ЦТ за отчетный период.
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1. They had never met each OTHER by the mid 1980’s but later on they became true friends.
2. He was planning to do SOMETHING brave to win her respect and attention.
3. ALL his life he dreamt of going to faraway countries and meeting people who live in a different way.
4. Ann was determined to achieve her goal despite being a failure several TIMES in a row.
5. They had a heated discussion whether to visit the WELL-known London Eye or not.
6. They have BEEN offered to clear up the mess they made the day before yesterday.
7. WITHOUT exaggeration she is the most proficient teacher I have ever seen.
8. THERE have been several cases of malfunction as to the engine itself.
9. They decided to rebuild the burnt house from scratch two weeks AGO.
10. He WAS seen entering their house with a view to stealing money.
11. Jim put off all the tasks at hand SO that he could concentrate on the one which represented the biggest threat to overall success.
12. IT is said that weather conditions in St. Petersburg are subject to change thanks to the vicinity of the Baltic Sea.
13. We HAVE already completed all the preparations and the rocket can be launched any moment from now.
14. I strongly recommend ordering a FEW more extra parts. You never know when something goes wrong.
15. They express their dissatisfaction WITH the quality of service by making a complaint to the manager.
16. I find it impossible to tell how MUCH of the story is real because of scarce evidence.
17. She might have TOLD them our secret but I think that she is not a traitor.
18. The pilot managed to LAND the plane and lives of the passengers are not at risk any more.
19. HOW can I get everything done on time taking into account the simple fact that I am slowly running out of time?
20. I reckon that the success of my plan solely DEPENDS on their readiness to carry out it to the letter.
21. You never know WHAT the weather will be like in Great Britain since the island is open to the surrounding seas.
22. We were LOOKING forward to studying abroad when a rejection letter came.
23. The ONLY trace the detective had at that moment was faint and he didn’t know what to do next.
24. The problem was rather puzzling so IT was hard to think of any suitable solution to it.
25. Though we have achieved a lot SO far in terms of finance we have enough to improve to gain more in the end.
26. Doing SOMETHING creative takes a lot of time and effort because there is hardly anything completely new under the Moon.
27. He complained that the world had BECOME a global village where everything was interconnected and mutually dependent.
28. If you hadn’t MADE the parcel smaller then it wouldn’t fit in the box now.
29. Their offer sounds LIKE a tempting idea which I am too eager to accept.
30. I hated my school teacher. My roommate disliked him EITHER.
31. The look on their FACES showed that they had admitted their defeat and were not going to fight back.
32. You ought to take up SOMETHING different as you have difficulty becoming a true mathematician.
33. It is not unusual that her elder brother looks just LIKE her.
34. Remember if you say ANYTHING it can be used as evidence against you in a trial.
35. His sometimes hasty decisions MAKE his further advancement over the career ladder difficult or even impossible.
36. Ann asked me when the press conference would TAKE place in the town hall.
37. Our headmistress knows all the kids who ever attended her school by NAME.
38. He HAS recently confirmed that all of us passed the entrance exams and became students.
39. Any period of good luck IS always followed by a row of misfortunes.
40. I sometimes WISH he weren’t so naive and checked everything thoroughly before making a decision.
41. He was advised to practice more often THAN other members of the team if he wanted to be part of it.
42. It was the first TIME that I had ever had to deal with such a complex problem.
43. The concert was still GOING on when they finally reached the music hall.
44. That part of the project turned out to be less difficult THAN the initial stage.
45. Of COURSE, it is not all gold that glitters. Certain precautions should be taken anyway.
46. You should hurry up as the objective is likely to take a lot of TIME to fulfill.
47. When one of the test results is ABOVE the norm, you should consult a general practitioner.
48. Overall success usually DEPENDS on the number of sacrifices you are ready to make.
49. Recent findings on this matter should BE brought out to the public in the future.
50. THESE days people are starting to get tired of gadgets and the Net which deprive them of privacy and personal space.
С тем как этот тип заданий выглядит в последние годы можно ознакомиться в этой статье.