Екзаменаційний білет № 33

I. Reading

Read the text and give a short summary.

II. Writing

1. Choose the correct answer.

1. Who (is/was/has/will) the company taken over by when he retired?

2. Let’s go for a walk, (won’t/don’t/shall/do) we?

3. The residents were made (leave/leaving/left/ to leave) their homes by the authorities.

4. We’ve got (several/plenty/hardly any/much) cartons of milk in the fridge. You don’t need to buy any.

5. Her wedding dress was designed (at/with/by/from) famous fashion designer.

2. Choose the correct item.

1. She didn’t (observe/notice) that she’d left the door open when she went to work.

2. She took a (bite/swallow) of the pie and gasped because it was so hot.

3. He asked for a second (helping/course) because he was so hungry.

4. A large crowd (collected/gathered) at the station after the train crashed.

5. The hurricane (caused/resulted) millions of pounds’ worth of damage.

III. Speaking

Your favourite film star.

Екзаменаційний білет № 34

I. Reading

Read the text and give a short summary.

II. Writing

1. Choose the correct particle(s).

1. His doctor told him to cut down on/off the amount of meat he ate.

2. The drought was so severe that the president turned up/to neighbouring countries for help.

3. Their application to hold a street party was turned off/down, because last year so many people complained about the noise.

4. The children often get carried away/off when they’re playing hide-and-seek.

5. His composition was too long so he had to cut off/out several sentences.

2. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.

1. Being an air traffic controller is one of the most (stress) jobs in the world.

2. The (predict) that the volcano would erupt this week was not accurate.

3. The London Symphony Orchestra gave a (spectacle) performance last night.

4. That new club has a really (live) atmosphere.

5. Although the collision did not sink the tanker it caused a lot of (structure) damage.

III. Speaking

A person from history you admire.

Екзаменаційний білет № 35

I. Reading

Read the text and give a short summary.

II. Writing

1. Choose the correct item.

1. Tom needed (something/some/an/any) information so he decided to use the Internet.

2. The new road (will build/is being built/will have built/will have been built) by next June according to the Mayor.

3. When he was little, he (spent/had spent/was spending/used to spend) his summer holidays with his grandparents.

4. She (attends/is attending/attended/has attended) a seminar on Monday so she can’t be here.

5. I’d rather (have gone/had gone/went/go) to bed early last night.

2. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.

1. Work to (strength) the structure of the bridge has begun after safety experts decided it was unsafe.

2. The police are asking motorists to drive slowly because (visible) is so poor at the moment.

3. Differences in (region) accents sometimes make it difficult for people from different areas to understand each other.

4. After they’d opened their Christmas presents the whole family were in a (cheer) mood.

5. Many doctors claim that the (alarm) number of heart attacks could easily be reduced if people ate better and exercised regularly.