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Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase: ___ you don’t cut on your spending, you’ll go bankrupt.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word or phrase: ___, if the hobby is stamp collecting, the person can learn about the countries of the world.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word or phrase: ___, people should write and speak clearly.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Do you ___ with the following statement?

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: How is your country becoming more ___ to other places in the world?

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Modern life is ___ many traditions and beliefs to become less important.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: People attend colleges for various ___.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Some hobbies can ___ to a future job.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Some people believe that higher education should be ___ only to good students.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Some people choose friends who are ___ from themselves.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Some people ___ to spend most of their time alone.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Students at universities often have a ___ of places to live.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: Tell which ___ of travel you would choose if you had to go from your home to a place 40 miles away.

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: What are the ___ of a good neighbour?

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: What do you ___ to be the most important room in the house?

Fill in the gap with a suitable word: ___ the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a new university in your community.

Give the English equivalent: например

Give the English equivalent: недостаток

Give the English equivalent: тогда как

Give the English equivalent: вкратце

Give the English equivalent: наконец

Give the English equivalent: предосторожность

Give the English equivalent: причина

Give the English equivalent: соответственно

Give the English equivalent: тема

Give the English equivalent: убеждать

Give the Russian equivalent: as a result

Give the Russian equivalent: conversely

Give the Russian equivalent: due to something

Give the Russian equivalent: on account of

Give the Russian equivalent: on the other hand

Give the Russian equivalent: similarly

Give the Russian equivalent: the same

Give the Russian equivalent: to cause

Give the Russian equivalent: to differ

Give the Russian equivalent: to resemble

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: Big cars are expensive to buy. Correspondingly, they are expensive to maintain.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: Both English and French are spoken in Canada.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: I live in the same city as my parents.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: In England and Japan people drive on the left whereas in Russia we drive on the right.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: My drawing isn’t as good as yours.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: The palace is like a small town with a post office, some shops and cafés, and a swimming pool.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: The queen of England is richer than a lot of monarchs.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: This task resembles the work I have done before.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: Tokyo differs from Rome in density of population.

Identify the markers of comparison / contrast: While the country is quiet, the city is noisy.

The topic of the sentence: “A dormitory room (A) is cold and impersonal (B) until several changes (C) have been made to make it more inviting (D).” is:

The topic of the sentence: “American telephone books (A) are divided (B) into several (C) sections (D).” is:

The topic of the sentence: “Baseball (A), a popular game (B) in the USA, is played (C) in the following way (D).” is:

The topic of the sentence: “Before applying to a foreign university (A), one should consider (B) the disadvantages (C) of studying abroad (D).” is: