Exercise 5. Choose the right variant

1._______mass media can take_______active role during _______election campaigns.

a) —, a, the c) the, a, —

b) the, an, - d) -, -, -

2.______Alps are in______Italy.

a) -, - c)the, -

b) the, the d) -, the

3. The home-made food always tastes______.

a) well c) very well

b) good d) quite well

4. He is a brilliant student. He works really______.

a) good c) hard

b) fastly d) hardly

5.1 am not very good______in public.

a) at speaking c) speak

b) speaking d) to speak

6. It's no use______over spilt milk.

a) to cry c) cry

b) crying d) have cried

7. By the time the police______, the jewels______.

a) arrived, had been stolen

b) arrived, had stolen

c) will arrive, have been stolen

d) arrives, were stolen

8. If you know the answer to the question______your hand-

a) rise c) rose

b) raise d) risen

о The magazine comes out four times______year.

a) the с) а

b) one d) in

10. I'm going to retire when I______60.

a) will be c) have been

b) would be d) am

11. It began to rain just after the party______.

a) had started c) started

b) has started d) starts

12. I'm afraid we can't serve______before six o'clock.

a) beer c) some beer

b) the beer d) no beer

13.______boy will admit that he caused all the damage.

a) neither c) none

b) both d) several

14. It was difficult at first to be used______every day.

a) at working c) to work

b) to working d) in working

15. He is supposed______but I don't think he will.

a) come c) to come

b) coming d) '11 come

16. If we had had a map we______lost.

a) wouldn't get d) didn't get

b) would get d) got

17. You don't fancy______out when it is raining.

a) come c) to come

b) came d) coming

18. Finally we succeeded______finding a good flat at a rea­sonable price.

a) on b) in

с) for d) of

19. When he came to America he______getting up earlybecause of the jet lag.

a) wasn't used to c) used

b) didn't use to d) used to

20.1 think it's time the government______something about pollution.

a) to do c) did

b) doing d) to have done

21. The party was great. We enjoyed______very much.

a) ourselves c) us

b) themselves d) them

22. That man over there,______name I don't remember, is a politician.

a) what c) which

b) that d) whose

23. This is_______difficult decision I've had to make for years.

a) most c) the more

b) more d) the most

24.______her illness, she decided to go to school.

a) in spite c) however

b) although d) despite

25. If you don't know a word, you can______in the dictio­nary.

a) see it up c) make it up

b) follow it up d) look it up

WRITING

Use the Web and other resources to compile a list of the software used in your current or future career field. Are there standard packages that job applicants need to know how to use? If so, what can you find out about those packages on the Web. Also, make a list of the software packages you are familiar with. Use the software classification system. As you consider your career goals for the next year, list at least five additional software packages you would like to learn. Explain why they would be helpful.