Task Two

Choose the correct answer. Only one is correct.

№	Sentence	A	B	C	D
1.	He ___ it was important.	said	told	spoke	talked
2.	They ___ yet.	didn’t arrive	haven’t arrived	aren’t arriving	won’t arrive
3.	As it ___ at the moment, I’ll go for a walk.	doesn’t rain	rains	isn’t raining	had been raining
4.	This is ___ very interesting news.	-	a	the	another
5.	There wasn’t ___ in the park.	some people	anybody	any people	no people
6.	Which is ___ month in the year?	more cold	colder	coldest	the coldest
7.	I ___ understand him when he spoke very fast.	couldn’t	couldn’t to	hadn’t to	couldn’t have understood
8.	She is listening ___ the radio.	for	in	over	to
9.	Please may I ___ in your game?	take off	take care	take place	take part
10.	I need money badly, but I didn’t know where to get ___.	them	it	they	there
11.	It’s one of the ___ films I’ve ever seen.	bad	worse	worst	better
12.	What did the teacher ___ about your final test?	tell	speak	talk	say
13.	The parents let the child ___ television late on Saturday night.	watch	to watch	see	look
14.	If it’s dark for you here you may turn ___ the light.	on	off	out	of
15.	I’m afraid there is not very ___ I can do to help you.	little	many	much	a lot
16.	That was a stupid mistake to __.	do	many	make	take

Task Three

Out of 4 variants A,B,C,D choose one of the most suitable to the contents of the given example:

1. The book cost $ 3.65 and he had only $ 2.40.

A) He had more than enough money to pay for the book.

B) The book cost more than he had with him.

C) He had just enough money to pay for the book.

D) He needed two more dollars to pay for the book.

2. Mary could hardly find her mother in the overcrowded shop.

A) Mary could easily find her mother in the overcrowded shop.

B) Mary couldn’t find her mother in the overcrowded shop.

C) Because the shop was overcrowded, Mary and her mother couldn’t enter the shop.

D) Mary had some difficulty finding her mother.

Task Four

1. Read the text:

The USA Universities and colleges are divided into public and private.

At present there are over 2000 higher schools in the United States of America? Among them, 1200 are private, the rest being public. It is more prestigious to get a degree at private University or college where the quality of education is always better. The main task of the US colleges and universities is to develop the students’ creative potential and involve them into research.

Among the largest and most known Us Universities are Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, New York, Boston and some others.

2. Choose the most suitable headline for the text:

1. Public education in the USA.

2. American secondary and higher schools.

3. Higher schools in the USA.

3. Which of the following statements correspond to the text:

1. В США существуют государственные и частные вузы.

2. Только государственные вузы дают полноценное высшее образование.

3. Основная задача вузов и колледжей – развивать творческие способности студентов и привлекать их к исследовательской работе.

4. Более высокое качество образования обеспечивают государственные вузы.