Lagarde Chosen to Head IMF.

Exercise 1. Read the text and complete the sentences by choosing a suitable phrasal verb in the correct tense form.

Unit 3. Miscellaneous phrasal verbs.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

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Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The hurricanes _____ through Cuba.
2. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke out hours after Mr. Obama, Mr. Sarkozy and Mr. Brown _____ to the stage in Pittsburgh.
3. U.S. Congress _____ the bill through.
4. The troops were _____ through the city.
5. The officer _____ through the minutes of the last meeting.
6. The team _____ through to the final.
7. The hard work of Prime Minister _____ to his credit.
8. The case was _____ to the Court of Appeal.
9. The law _____ to every citizen of a country.
10. The bill of the tycoon _____ to more than three billion dollars.

1. This person was guilty but something did not _____ up.
2. A bomb _____ up in Shourja Market.
3. The police were trying _____ up demonstrations in the city.
4. Two of the bombers might _____ up the Moscow trains.
5. The world leaders were going to _____ up the nuclear issue.
6. The Orange Revolution failed to _____ up the corruption that runs deep in Ukraine’s business world.
7. The cost of _____ up the spill could run into billions of euros.
8. The project is _____ up a half of the company’s entire research budget.
9. The protesters want the ruling family to _____ up most of its powers.
10. Israel’s main international airport is frequently _____ up.

1. Many people were planning _____ up the vigil.
2. Syria has the backing of the Arab League, which _____ up a significant proportion of the regional group.
3. The basketball team _____ up their tenth win.
4. One man _____ a Libyan flag up on the post.
5. The leader of opposition party _____ up no resistance as he was transferred to the airport.
6. The group was _____ up to tackle world conflicts.
7. The Republican candidate will spend some time focusing on _____ up stronghold states.
8. The number of drug addicts in the country _____ up by nearly 60 percent over the past 10 years.
9. The protesters have been _____ up calls for Prime Minister to resign.
10. The U.S. diplomat _____ up a three-day visit in Cairo.

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France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was named the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Before becoming France's finance minister she was minister for foreign trade for two years. Prior to moving into politics Ms Lagarde was an anti-trust and employment lawyer in the US. Ms Lagarde 1._____ Mexico's Agustin Carstens for the job. She received backing from America and Europe, and also from China, India and Brazil. The post became vacant following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned after being arrested in New York for an alleged sexual assault. Ms Lagarde said that following the turmoil of his arrest, she wanted to unify the IMF's staff and restore their confidence in the organisation. She also said she wanted to meet Mr Strauss-Kahn. Ms Lagarde toured the world 2._____ powerful support in the Middle East, Asia and South America. Her appointment looked effectively sealed when America and Russia 3._____ in her favour. Her task will be to 4._____ the efforts of the IMF and European Union to resolve the Greek debt crisis and prevent contagion to other eurozone economies. Ms Lagarde pressed Greece to move quickly to 5._____ unpopular austerity measures that the IMF and EU have said are a prerequisite for further aid. On a day of riots and protests throughout Greece, she said: "If I have one message tonight about Greece, it is to 6._____ the Greek political opposition to support the party that is currently in power in a spirit of national unity."

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