Use of English

10 класс
Use of English
Part 1
For items 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B or C) best fits each space.
When Charles Dickens was a boy (1). . . . . . . four, his father showed him a beautiful house (2) . . . . . the place where they were living (3). . . . . that time. Why cant we live (4). . . a fine house like that? the boy asked his father. We are rather poor, and cant pay (5). . . . . it,
his father answered.
Little Charles often went (6). . . . that place. He liked to look (7). . . . . . the house and play outside it. Many years later he really moved (8). . . . that house and lived there (9). . . . . . a long time. At the time of his death he was a wealthy man, in contrast (10). . . . . . . the poverty of his early days.

1. A. out of B. of about C. at
2. A. in B. on C . under
3. A. about B. on C. at
4. A. in B. at C. inside
5. A. at B. for C. above
6. A. to B. out C. into
7. A. on B. in C. at
8. A. above B. into C. out of
9. A. up to B. to C. for
10. A. to B with C. of


Part 2
For items 11-20 read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the beginning of the text to form a word or a word combination that fits in the corresponding space. There is an example at the beginning.
Board games.
(0) be not (16) there is
(11) call (17) play
(12) must (18) memory
(13) minute (19) go on
(14) probable (20) funny
(15) usual
I think I (0) am not into board games Sometimes I think they should (11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-O-R-E-D games. I think most of them are a bit stupid. When I was a kid we all (12). . . . . . . . . . . . . sit round the table in the evenings and play board games. Sometimes it