Менеджеры и менеджмент (Executives and Management). Коломейцева Е.М - 90 стр.

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would argue, a small hole in the wall is preferable to a big hole in your pocket! But don’t ask for a room with a view!
Don’t ask for a room with a view!
Exercise 17
Write: Put in with, out to over, off, of, in, above, below, on top of.
THE AMAZING FLYING HAT
She was a striking woman
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of about 25, dressed for the races.
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_________ her smart dress and
fantastic hat made
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__________ feathers, she drew admiring glances as she walked down the street.
Her hat attracted even more attention when a gust
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________ wind lifted it
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_______ her head and
carried it into the air. We all stopped to watch as this amazing hat flew
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_________ out heads. People
came
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_______ buildings and into the street. The young woman
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_______ the smart dress was as
entertained as the rest
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________ us. Suddenly, the hat rested
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__________ a high building and we
lost sight of it. Then the wind lifted it up again. ‘There it is!’ cried a man
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______ an umbrella. He
jabbed his umbrella at the sky
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________. Then an amazing thing happened. The hat simply disap-
peared! The mystery was solved when someone shouted
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________ a loud voice. There was a tall
yellow crane
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________ a high building and the crane driver looked down at the crowd
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_________. ‘Lost your hat, miss?’ the crane driver cried and we all gasped
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_________ surprise
when we saw that the hat had been caught by his crane!
‘Lost your hat, miss?’
Exercise 18
Write: Put in at, for, from, in, of, on, out of or to. Use each word at least once.
IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?
A dentist in Bavaria has been haunted by a voice, which swears
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at him all
the time. The voice comes
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_______ light sockets, washbasins and the telephone.
It is a sharp, deep voice, which laughs
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_________, the dentist and mocks him.
The poor dentist is suffering
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__________ a bad case of nerves. Recently, the
voice was recorded and broadcast, so now everyone in Bavaria is looking
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_______ the ghost, but so far no one has succeeded
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_________ finding it. Peo-
ple who don’t believe
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________ ghosts think it is just a practical joke. The
voice always shouts
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________ the dentist, but speaks sweetly
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_______ his 17-
year-old assistant, Claudia. But no one can blame Claudia
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_______ the behav-
ior of the ghost or accuse her
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________ playing tricks
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________ her poor
boss. Engineers don’t know what to make
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________ it. ‘He’s a technical gen-
ius,’ one of them said. The ghost has responded
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__________ all this activity by
saying, in a thick Bavarian accent, ‘You’ll never get hold
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________ me!’
You’ll never get hold of me!
Exercise 19
Write: Put in about down, down on, in, in on, up, up on, up to, up with or to.
A CURE FOR SNORING
It’s very difficult for people who sleep silently to put _________ the sound of snoring. Some people are
asleep the moment they lie ___________; others stay ________ half the night waiting for the miracle of sleep to
come _________. Even insomniacs are. Insomniacs are the ones who need to lie _________ in the morning to
catch ________ lost sleep. Snorers will never admit to snoring. They know the rest of the world looks _______
them and they just can’t face __________ reality. My friend, Henry, a champion snorer, has just found a cure
and he let me ________ his little secret. He has just coughed _______ good money for a band with a stud on it. He
wears the band round his head at and if he tries to sleep on his back, the stud gives him a jab. I’m sure this news
will cheer ________ all snorers, who now have a new experience to look forward _________. With one of these on
their heads, all they have to lose is their sleep!

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