Прийменники та сполучні слова (prepositions, linkers) — теорія і завдання НМТ

Read the text below. For questions (23–27) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Singing the Way Home Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home! The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes. To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

Read the text below. For questions (23 – 27) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). The History of the T-Shirt At the beginning of the twentieth century, the T-Shirt quickly became an American favourite. Now, a century later, the T-Shirt (23) __________ as popular as ever. The American T-Shirt began (24) __________ WWI when American armed forces noticed European soldiers wearing a lightweight cotton undershirt on the hot European summer days. Compared to the wool uniforms that the American soldiers wore, these undershirts were cooler and more comfortable and they quickly caught on with the Americans. Due to their simple (25) __________, these shirts became known in the USA as “T-Shirts”. In the 60s people began to tie-dye and screen-print the basic cotton T-Shirt making it an even bigger commercial (26) __________. Advances in printing and dying allowed more variety and the Tank Top, Muscle Shirt, Scoop Neck, V-Neck, and many other variations of the T-Shirt (27) __________ into fashion.