Тест в английском языке

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Paul Miller is a journalist, so you would think that he would find it pretty difficult to give up using the internet for a year. (1) …..... , that’s exactly what he decided to do. It’s not that Paul didn’t (2) …..... going online. In fact, he found he was spending a large part of his day glued to the screen. He felt that he had become too (3) …..... on it for everything. Like many of us, Paul couldn’t imagine (4) …..... the internet for a full day, not checking his emails and his Twitter account. How on earth would he cope (5) ...….. being offline for a whole year? Paul has just (6) ...….. the halfway point of his challenge – six months with no internet have passed. And so what has it been like for him? Well, Paul admits that, at first, he did find it very (7) …..... not being able to contact people online. As you'd (8) ...….. , it was the social networking sites that he missed most of all. Interestingly, Paul is now finding it easier (9) …........ than harder as the weeks without the internet go by. He finds that he has much more time to read books and meet friends face to face these days. He advises other people to (10) …..... a go at living without the internet, even if they can’t manage it for a whole year!

Вопрос 1
Paul Miller is a journalist, so you would think that he would find it pretty difficult to give up using the internet for a year. (1) …..... , that’s exactly what he decided to do.

Выберите один ответ:
a.Instead
b.Although
c.Despite
d.However

Вопрос 2
It’s not that Paul didn’t (2) …..... going online. In fact, he found he was spending a large part of his day glued to the screen.
Выберите один ответ:

a.wish
b.like
c.want
d.satisfy


Вопрос 3
He felt that he had become too (3) …..... on it for everything.

Выберите один ответ:
a.dependent
b.influenced
c.reliable
d.self-confident


Вопрос 4
Like many of us, Paul couldn’t imagine (4) …..... the internet for a full day, not checking his emails and his Twitter account.

Выберите один ответ:
а.trying out
b.giving up
c.going ahead
d.getting on


Вопрос 5
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How on earth would he cope (5) ...….. being offline for a whole year?
Выберите один ответ:
a.over
b.with
c.for
d.along

Вопрос 6
Paul has just (6) ...….. the halfway point of his challenge – six months with no internet have passed.
Выберите один ответ:
a.arrived
b.reached
c.come
d.got


Вопрос 7
Well, Paul admits that, at first, he did find it very (7) …..... not being able to contact people online.
Выберите один ответ:
a.rigorous
b.strong
c.strict
d.tough

Вопрос 8
As you'd (8) ...….. , it was the social networking sites that he missed most of all.
Выберите один ответ:
a.experience
b.believe
c.expect
d.consider

Вопрос 9
Interestingly, Paul is now finding it easier (9) …........ than harder as the weeks without the internet go by. He finds that he has much more time to read books and meet friends face to face these days

Выберите один ответ:
a.except
b.otherwise
c.rather
d.unless

Вопрос 10

He advises other people to (10) …..... a go at living without the internet, even if they can’t manage it for a whole year!

Выберите один ответ:
a.get
b.give
c.take
d.have