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Московский государственный лингвистический университет центр довузовской подготовки

UNIT 6

Проверочное тестирование

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WHERE THE ENGLISH LIVE

It is (1) knowledge that about 80 per cent of British people live in houses and further 67 per cent own their houses or flats. Therefore, only 1/5 of the population live in rented accommodation. Apart from high-rise council houses, (2) as tower-blocks, which are very unpopular with the (3) public, there are three main types of houses in British towns: detached, semidetached and terraced.

Detached houses are usually more expensive than the other types. They are not connected on (4) side with any other building and can be found in expensive suburbs. Many British people think that a detached house is the best type of house to have.

A semidetached is a house that is one of a (5) of joined houses. Most of these houses can be found in suburbs which are (6) the town centre and have two storeys, with two rooms and a kitchen downstairs and two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.

A terraced house is part of a ‘terrace’ - a row of houses joined to each other. Many rows of terraced houses (7) for workers of factories and mines in the 19^th century. Terraced houses are cheaper to buy than to rent and most of them are (8) to the town centre.

Most British houses, even smaller ones, have a garden in front of them. Sometimes it is a tiny piece of land, but people manage to grow flowers on it and (9) a lawn. Some of the people rent a larger piece of land from the local council which is called an allotment. It is possible to grow more flowers and even vegetables on an allotment. Some of the houses have back gardens as well. However, these (10) in the country only.

1. А. common B. direct C. general D. intuitive	2. A. called B. calling C. known D. named	3. A. common B. general C. great British D. wide		4. A. any B. both C. each D. every		5. A. couple B. number C. pair D. two
6. A. near B. nearer C. nearest D. next	7. A. were originally built B. have been built originally C. were being originally built D. have been building		8. A. close B. closed C. open D. opened		9. A. do B. grow C. make D. found	10. A. may find B. must be C. should have been D. can be found

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А – “A” В – “AN” C – “THE” D – “-“ (zero) E – “SOME” F – “ANY”

MAGGIE'S DINNER PARTY

As Maggie will be at home tomorrow, after staying (1) long time with her grandparents, (2) few of her friends will be coming to (3) dinner. Her mother is going to have (4) wonderful meal ready for them.

First there'll be (5) soup. After this there'll be (6) fish and then (7) chicken, which has just arrived from (8) country. (9) sweet will probably be (10) ice-cream.

3. Instructions as above.

As (1) Priestleys grow quite (2) lot of fruit in their garden, (3) visitors will be able to have (4) apples and pears to finish with.

After (5) dinner, (6) Maggie's friends will go into (7) sitting-room and there they can sit by (8) fire and talk. One of her friends plays (9) piano very well, so they can also enjoy (10) good music.