Part IV. Complete each of the sentences with one of the phrasal verbs given below. Make any changes if necessary. (10 points)
look after slow down look down on make out call in draw up
try on ring off put aside sit up settle on
0. Can you look after our dog while we’re away on holiday?
1. His condition is worse than before. I think we should _____________________ a doctor.
2. A red car has just _____________________ in front of our house. Are we expecting anyone?
3. Don’t _____________________ Peter just because he’s not as good at the job as you are.
4. Could you _____________________, please. I don’t like driving so fast on country roads.
5. The name on the cheque is wrong. The cheque is ____________________ to your brother, not to you.
6. I wonder if this dress fits. I’ll ________________it__________ and see.
7. I’m sorry, but I’ll have to _____________________ now. Someone has just come into the office.
8. Don’t spend the money you won. Why don’t you ___________it________ to buy what you really want?
9. There was an excellent film on television late last night. We _______________________to watch it.
10. We couldn’t decide whether to book a holiday in Spain or Italy. We finally _________________ Spain.
Part II. Give the correct form of words in brackets. (5 points)
THE GENERATION GAP
People talk about the generation gap as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is (1. GERERAL) _________ a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results in (2. COMPLAIN) ____________ on both sides. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are disrespectful and disobedient, and in (3. ADD)____________, young people tend to be
(4. RESPONSIBLE) _______________ when spending because they don't appreciate the value of money. Adolescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don't understand them.
What has gone wrong? One (5. EXPLAIN)_____________ lies on how society has changed in the past, children would (6. TYPICAL)____________ continue the way of life of their parents. In today's world, parents are very (7. AMBITION)____________ for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that the children often (8. AGREE)____________ with their parents's plans. (9. TEENAGE) ____________also reach maturity at an (10. EARLY)______________ age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides.