miércoles, 8 de abril de 2015
martes, 7 de abril de 2015
CASTLE
DID YOU LIKE THE EPISODE? HERE YOU HAVE SOME EXPRESSIONS AND VOCABULARY FROM IT. TRY TO FIND OUT THE MEANING
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TUXIDO
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HEN’S PARTY
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CASE FILES
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LAPTOP
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UNREACHEABLE
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FALLING APART
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UNDERWEAR
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THAT’S THE DEAL
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SUPPOSE TO BE A WRECK
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HIDDEN FOLDER
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MARRIAGE LICENCE
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BLACKMAIL
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PAPERWORK
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KIDNAP
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PROOF OF DIVORCE
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CHECK UP THE BARN
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I’M GONNA BE SICK
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GUNS CONSTITUIONAL RIGHT
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COMPULSIVE LIER, DEGENERATE
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WHAT IF WE GET CAUGHT?
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MUTUAL CONSENT
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ENGAGED TO A DEUCE
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HE IS A PIECE OF WORK
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MOB HITMAN
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ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
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FUGITIVE MOBSTER
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KEEP THE WEDDING ON TRACK
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COMPLETELY SCREWED
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IT’S NOT WORTH IT
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PULL THIS UP
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HE’S TROUBLE
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BACHELOR PARTY
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BAR ATTENDANT
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
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I’M THROUGH
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SCAM
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NICKNAME
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YOU TAKE IN
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LOVERS QUARREL
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FOR SAVING MY ASS
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IT’S A LITTLE FUZZY
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THAT’S HILARIOUS
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IT’S A PRETTY NICE HOOK
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DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
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MAYBE THEY ARE CATCHING UP
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WHAT’S UP?
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THEY BROKE UP
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HE COULD DRAG THIS FOR YEARS
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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EVERY CLAIM INVOLVING MR O’LEARY
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LET HIM GO
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HE’S BEEN ABDUCTED
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LOST OUR VENUE
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OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE
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DEADBEAT HUSBAND
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FIANCÉ / FIANCEÉ
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RUSTY PICK-UP TRUCK
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REGULAR JOB KIND OF GUY
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DESPICABLE
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IN FULL SWING
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jueves, 5 de marzo de 2015
EXERCISES ABOUT PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITIONS
TEST
YOUR PREPOSITIONS 1
1- We
all sighed ..........
relief when we were confident that the danger was .......... .
D) about/out E) from/off
2- It
is a terrible feeling when someone you trust ....... you ....... .
A) thinks/over B)
lets/down C) takes/off D)
carries/out E) calls/up
3- Most
of the best writing ......... Turkish has not been
translated .........
English, so English-speakers must study Turkish if
they want to be able to read it.
A) in/into B) by/at C) for/to
D) as/by E) of/from
4- Britain owes its popularity ....... a tourist destination largely ....... its fascinating heritage.
A) as/to B) for/with C)to/at
D) about/of E) from/for
5- Success
.......
business depends ....... natural talent as well as hard work.
A) with/about B) for/of C) from/to
D) on/with E)
in/on
6- Although
the company hired an expert who knew a lot ....... the Turkish market, no one agreed ....... his
advice.
A) from/for B) of/about C) to/from
D) about/with E) by/toward s
7- The world would be a much safer place if no
one had ....... the
idea of splitting the atom.
A) cut down on B) made up for C}
come up with
D) put up with E) gone down with
8- In
order for an opinion poll to be valid, the participants must be chosen ....... .
A) in demand B) without control C) on
occasions
D) on the way E) at random
9- Springtime always reminds me ......... when I was young and ......... love.
A) to/with B) of/in C) into/about
D) about/for E) like/from
10- Geographically, "continent" refers
to the surface of large continuous landmasses that ......... about 29.2 percent of the Earth's surface.
A) bring down B) see off C)
pull out
D) make up E) call in
11- The English navigator Captain Cook became an
explorer because of his love ........ adventure and curiosity ......... distant lands and their people.
A) for/at B) into/over C) over/with
D) of/about E) with/through
12- Many
people in Britain worry that foreign refugees are .......... but in fact more people are
leaving Britain than those who are arriving.
A) putting away B) crossing over C)
flooding in
D) turning down E) dropping out
13- The immense variety of dishes in the United
States results, .......... part, .......... the many peoples who settled the country and took
their traditional cookery there.
A) with/on B) in/from C) as/for
D) for/about E) from/with
14- Today, students writing research papers like
to get most of their sources ....... the
Internet rather than looking ....... them
in the library.
A) from/for B) about/over C) in/after
D) with/at E) for/towards
15- An official of the State Department was
arrested after being accused ....... providing
enemy nations ....... secret
information.
A) with/for B) about/to C) for/over
D) of/with K) by/in
16- We'll
have to make tonight's dinner ....... what is left ....... from last night.
A) for/on B) around/like C) of/with
D) with/over EJ about/for
17- When the
first explorers arrived ........ the New
World, all the principal types of corn that scientists
recognise today were already ......... existence.
A) at/for B) in/in C)
to/with
D) on/to E) over/at
18- Because she has been having problems ........ her parents, Julie has decided to move ........ and live on her own.
A) in/lor BJ a t/with C) with/out
D) for/on E) to/from
19- Metals can be protected ........ corrosion ........ coating them.
A) to/with B) by/for C) in/over
D) from/by E) with/in
20- The doctor told me that my nervous
condition resulted ....... spending too much time worrying ....... my work.
A) of/into B) a1 /around C) in/for
D) by/along E) from/about
21-1 always
enjoy showing my visitors ....... London because it is so full .......
history.
A) up/for B) around/of C) off/about
D) with /in E) to/with
22- Most cosmetics are much alike; their
differences lie mainly ........ how and ........
whom they are sold.
A) over/in B) in/to C) at/with
D) around/on E) for/from
23- She was only a snail child the last time I
saw her six years ago, and she has certainly
....... a
lot since then.
A) carried out B) taken off C) put on
D) joined in E) grown up
24- A few famous actors and actresses manage to
remain married ....... the same person ....... their entire lives.
A) with/since B) to/for C)
for/with
D) of/in E) from /about
25- The
crane always flies gracefully, with its neck and legs stretched out ......... line ........ its body.
A) in/with B) into/in C) of/to
D) with/by E)
at/for
26- Before the discovery ....... oil, Saudi Arabia's economy revolved ....... the Haj.
A) to/with B) about/from C) of/around
D) at/along E) for/for
27- The lines of latitude stay parallel ....... one another while the lines of longitude meet ....... the ends of the Earth.
A) of/in B) with/for C)
at/of
D) for/to E) to/at
28- A
country which becomes too dependent ....... tourism is vulnerable ........
economic crises in foreign countries.
A) for/with B) of/at C) to/for
D) in/about E) on/to
29- The Crimean Peninsula is almost surrounded ........ water because the Perekop Isthmus that joins it ........ the mainland is only 8 kilometres wide.
A) to/with B) of/on C)
for/off
D) by/to E) with/for
30- Whenever
there is a meeting ........ heads
of state, a large number of people work ......... the
scenes to assure its success.
A) between/behind B) among/from C) by/under
D) through/at E) within/for
31- The Hindu Kush mountain range, which is the
western extremity ....... the Himalayas, runs ....... Afghanistan.
A) of/across B) for/along C) with/between
D) to/about E) at/with
32- Many
people all ......... the
world see the United States ......... the land of opportunity.
A) aiong/f.o B) within/from C) about/for
D) over/as E) among/with
33- In 1996 the Nobel prize in
chemistry was awarded ......... Robert
Curl and two other chemists ......... their discovery of the buckyball, a new form of the element carbon.
A) with/into B) by/from C) to/for
D) for/out, of E) as/about
34- Which of these two views is correct depends
entirely ....... your point ....... view.
A) at/to B) to/for C) on/of
D) about/at E) for/by
35- The Tibetan animal known ....... the "dzo" is a cross ....... a yak and a cow.
A) from/of B) as/between C) of/among
D) about/with E) for/about
36- Frank is looking for a new job because, at
his present one, he only earns just enough to ....... and finds it impossible to save anything.
A) live on B) put aside C) take after
D) hand in E)
put out
37- She spends so much money ....... clothes because she always wants to wear what is ....... fashion.
A) at/for B) in/with C) on/in
D) to/for E) for/to
38- ....... the late 18th century, Britain fought
both France and Spain ....... control
of the seas.
A) Towards/since B) Within/against C)
Between/of
D) Throughout/for E) Around/from
39- ....... the 1st of
January, everyone usually sleeps late to recover ....... the parties the night before.
A) In/by B) At/with C)
From/to
D) By/for E) On/from
40- Grand Coulee Dam ........ the Columbia River in Washington State is so huge that all three of the
great Pyramids of Egypt could be put ........ of
it.
A) under/out B) on/inside C) in/with
D) for/off E) up/along
41- We decided to take the bus rather than go ....... plane because the bus went ....... the desert and we wanted to
see the scenery.
A) with/about B) for/within C) in/around
D) by/through E) on/along
42- Our plane was to leave eight hours late, and
since we didn't want to hang ........ in the airport all that
time, we decided to go ........ a sightseeing tour.
A) into/by B) up/for C) over/with
D) out/along E) around/on
43- We had better leave ....... the hour if we expect to be ....... time,
A) at/for B) within/on C)
on/by
D) as/in E) by/with
44- He got home starving ......... death, but ......... his disappointment, there was nothing to eat
in the fridge.
A) with/in B) for/with C)
at/on
D) in/about E) to/to
45- Of course you are putting ........ so much weight as you can never pass by a bakery ....... stopping and buying something to eat.
A) into/for B) by/into C) on/without
D) out/like E) up/about
46- In monopoly, the players throw dice to
determine their moves ........ the board, and each tries to drive the others
........
bankruptcy.
A) off/with B) in/from C)
on/into
D) out of/for E) with/about
47- Mendel's experiments ........ garden peas showed that they inherited characteristics
........ their
parents in a pattern that could be predicted mathematically.
A) with/from B) in/towards C) by/into
D) on/beyond E) for/out of
48- The fantastic skiing we had over the final
thiee days .......
our disappointment earlier in the week, when there
was no snow at all.
A) looked down on B) made up for C) got on with
D) went down with E)
ran out of
49- Akiko
and Mural's friends are often surprised that they are so happily married since they seem to have nothing ....... one
another.
A) in common with B) in favour of C) in return for
D) in the habit of E) for the sake of
50- ........ working 6O hours a week, Fred found himself ....... money most of the time because of his low wages and the high cost of
living.
A) After/upon B) Besides/without
C) Before/around D) In spite of/out of
E) Except for/into
51- The teacher warned us that he would not ....... disorderly behaviour in the classroom.
A) keep up with B) run out of C) come up against
D) cut down on E) put up with
52- I had such a bad case of the flu that I
thought I would never ....... it, but this week I feel much better.
A) come round B) cut across C) get over
D) pass away E) put out
53- Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have
been suffering ......... both natural disasters and poor
administration ......... the time they achieved independence.
A) out of/for B) from/since C) to/around
D) by/at E) with/by
54- There is no need to take a taxi; I can ....... you .......
at the airport on my way to work.
A) cut/down B) put/aside C) take/in
D) drop/off E) get/back
55- We were astounded to discover that Alice was ........ hospital ........ tuberculosis.
A) in/with B) on/about C) beside/for
D) with/by E) at/from
56- The "day's eye", ........ the daisy was known in Old English, is ........ a tiny sun surrounded by white rays.
A) for/with B) since/by C) like/for
D) with/as E) as/like
57- Although the police set up road blocks all
over town, the terrorists ....... .
A) got away B) set up C) broke in
D) passed out E) came round
58- Living
....... the
Japanese people was quite difficult until I became acquainted ....... their customs.
A) by/into B) for/for C)
from/of
D) among/with E) within/in
59- Marriages
of celebrities are famous ....... breaking ....... quickly.
A) about/in B) for/up C) as/into
D) with/out E) in/over
60- Although Mark is a nice guy. Sandy doesn't
love him, so she ....... him ....... when
he proposed to her.
A) got/back B) left/over C) turned/down
D) threw/away E) took/up
TEST YOUR PREPOSITIONS 1
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. E 6. D 7. C 8. E 9. B 10. D
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. E
21. B 22. B 23. E 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. E 28. E 29. D 30.
A
31. A 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. E 40.
B
41. D 42. E 43. B 44. E 45. C 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50.
D
51. E 52. C 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. E 57. A 58. D 59. B 60.
C
[L1]İs it not sighed with relief?
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