7 Variant

1. You …for Diane, …?

a) are looking\aren’t you b) were looking\were you

c) looked\didn’t she d) have looked\have not

2. You want him … some stamps, …?

a) get\don’t you b) to get\don’t you

c) getting\don’t you d) to get\won’t you

3. Don’t worry … I’m late tonight

a) or b) till c) if d) before

4. I must go now. I promised … late.

a) not being b) not be c) not to be d) not to been

5. Choose the right variant: I want you … with me

a) go b) to go c) went d) going

6. Our librarian suggested … this book.

a) took b) to take c) take d) taking

7. He tried … my question

a) to avoid answering b) avoid answering

c) to avoid to answer d) avoiding answer

8. When I am at home, I enjoy … such books

a) not to read b) don’t reading c) to read e) not reading

9. I’m thinking … a house. Do you think that’s a good idea?

a) of to buy b) buying c) of buying d) buy

10. Choose the right variant: I’m afraid there aren’t any chairs. I hope you don’t mind … on the floor.

a) to sitting b) to sit c) sitting d) sit

11. Would you mind … me all the time?

a) not interrupt b) not interrupting c) not to interrupt d) not interrupted

12. It was a beautiful day, so I … out

a) suggest going b) suggested going c) suggested went d) suggested to go

13. Paul lives in Berlin now. He likes … there.

a) to live b) to living c) living d) live e) lives

14. I’m not tired enough to go to bed. If I … to bed now, I wouldn’t sleep.

a) go b) went c) had gone d) would go

15. If I were rich, … a yacht

a) I’ll have b) I can have c) I’d have d) I had

16. I wish I … have to work tomorrow, but unfortunately I do

a) don’t b) didn’t c) wouldn’t d) won’t

17. We … by a loud noise during the night

a) woke up b) are woken up c) were woken up d) were waking up

18. A new supermarket is going to … next year.

a) build b) be built c) be building d) building

19. There’s somebody walking behind us. I think …

a) we are following b) we are being following c) we are followed

d) we are being followed

20. Where … ? In London

a) were you born b) are you born c) did you born e) have you been born

Complete the sentences

21) I wish it were Friday because …

22) I wish I found a wallet with a lot of money, if I …

23) I wish my friend got married, if …

24) I wish I saw a ghost, if I …

25) I wish I could speak English well, if I …

Additional texts Texts for reading and retelling popcorn

There is a legend that old-timers tell of one particular summer when it got so hot that the corn in the fields stared popping right off the stalks. The cows and pigs thought it was a snow blizzard and they lay down and froze to death.

In American Indian folklore, some tribes were said to believe that quiet, contented spirits lived inside of each popcorn kernel. When their houses were heated, the spirits would become angrier and angrier, shaking the kernels, and when the heat became unbearable, they would burst out of their homes and into the air in a disgruntled puff of steam.

Most of the world's popcorn is grown in the Midwestern part of the United States - principally in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana where it can get mighty hot in the summer. Although popcorn has been with us since pioneer times, it was not until 1890 that popcorn became important enough to be raised as a crop for market. Before that time, individual families raised their own popcorn or bought it from their neighbors. Since that time, popcorn has brought enough income to its growers to earn the name “prairie gold.”

Prehistory - The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in the Bat Cave (a site known to have been occupied by cave dwellers practicing primitive agriculture three thousand years ago) of west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950 by anthropologist Herbert Dick and botanist Earle Smith, Harvard graduate students. They discovered layers of trash, garbage, and excrement, which had accumulated over two thousand years. In the trash were 766 specimens of shelled cobs, 125 loose kernels, 8 pieces of husks, 10 of leaf sheath, and 5 of tassels and tassel fragments. The deeper they dug, the smaller and more primitive the cobs, until they reached bottom and found tiny cobs of popcorn in which each kernel was enclosed in its own husk. Among those prehistoric kernels, they found six that were partly or completely popped. These grains have been so well preserved that they would still pop. In fact, they took a few unpopped kernels and dropped them into a little hot oil to prove that they could still pop. They have been carbon dated to be about 5,600 years old.