EXERCISE I
March
each word in the left-hand column with the best meaning in the right-hand
column. Place the letter of the best definition in the space provided.
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1
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carriage
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A.
a rather long journey, especially by water.
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2
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sea
voyage
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B.
a sea-voyage from port to port especially as a pleasure trip.
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3
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compartment
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C.
bags, trucks, etc. and their contents taken on a journey.
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4
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crew
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D.
portable flat-sided case for clothes, used when travelling.
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5
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railway
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E.
travelling by getting free rides in passing automobiles and walking
between rides.
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6
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tour
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F.
a journey, an excursion; a brief one, made by land or water.road or track laid by rails on
which trains run.
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7
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luggage
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G.
wheeled vehicle
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8
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hitch-hiking
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H.
one of several separate divisions of a structure, especially of a
railway carriage or coach.
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9
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hitch-hiking
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I. all the persons working on a ship,
aircraft, train, etc.
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10
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suitcase
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J. heavy piece
of iron with a ring at one end, to which a cable is fastened,
used for keeping a ship fast to the
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11
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cruise
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K.
sea bottom or a balloon to the ground
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EXERCISE II
Fill in the
blanks with prepositions
1. You needn't go ... the booking
office: it is possible to book ... phone ... advance.
2. Please, I want two lower berths ...
the Sevastopol
express ... Saturday, the second ... May.
3.1 was looking ... the porthole and saw how
our plane took ....
4.1 can give you one upper berth ... a separate
compartment.
5. The train ... Sochi leaves ... eleven-twenty-three ...
platform three, track five.
6. When did you last travel ...
railway?
7. Planes fly ... a speed ... over
eight hundred kilometres ... an hour.
8. She bought two tickets ... a through
train ... Kiev.
9. Fast trains only stop ... large
stations, while slow trains stop ... all stations.
10. The eleven-fifteen is a fast train
... sleeping accomodation.
11. The train ... Minsk is ... platform three.
12. When does the plane ... Warsaw take ... ?
13.
Our
train leaves ... eight-twenty-five ... platform three.
14. We got tickets ... the fast train
... Ekaterinburg.
15.
Why
is there no train ... Portsmouth
today?
16. Arriving ... the station where he
was to change the Moscow
train, he went... the inquiry office to find out what platform his train
started ....
17.
We
had to go ... Moscow
... a slow train because there were no tickets ... a fast train ... the booking
office.
18.
Our
plane took............ nine o'clock
... the morning.
19. We rang ... the air-travel booking
office and reserved seats ... a plane ... the tenth ... July.
20. It takes you only an hour to get ...
Moscow ...
plane.
21.1 could not get a
ticket ... a plane and had to stand ... a long queue to get a seat ... a train St. Petersburg.
22. There
are a lot ... trains going ... St. Peter: burg ... Moscow every day. Many ... them are overnight
trains ... sleeping accomodation, and some ... them are day coaches ... sitting
accomodation only.
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