Test 1c

Task 1. Study the text.

My institute

Belarusian Law Institute was established in 1991 as a commercial institution of higher learning. It means that the Institute does not get any financial support from the state. The Institute operates on the basis of the Code on Education of 2011, National Educational Standard and curricula. The Institute trains lawyers in economy, finance and international relations as well as in accounting, analysis and auditing. The top rated fields are tax and banking law, and also public and private international law.

The Institute has branch departments in Minsk, Mogilev and Grodno.

Grodno department was established in 1994. It trains specialists in wide sphere of law, political science and economics. There are about 400 full-time students and about the same number of correspondent students. During first two years Grodno department had to lease premises from the technical college, then in 1996 an annex to the college was built and Grodno department received its own building, which was not big enough to host ever increasing number of students. In 2011Grodno department moved to a newly refurbished building in the center of the town. It has 24 rooms, 2 computer laboratories and a library, which provide excellent conditions for training and extra-curriculum work.

The staff of the department includes highly qualified lectures, some of them are invited from Grodno University and from Minsk department of the Institute. The department possesses audio-visual equipment which makes the educational process more effective. The work of the department is regularly inspected by the Ministry of Education inspections and the results of these inspections are so far very good, what shows a high standard of training at the Institute. Grodno department had its first graduation in June, 1998. The graduates work at industrial enterprises and business firms as legal advisers, at judicial offices as bailiffs and at Interior Ministry structures.

Task 2: Translate the marked paragraphs into Russian.

Task 3. Put the questions to the following sentences using prompts in brackets:

1. The graduates work at industrial enterprises and business firms.(Альтернативный вопрос, Where …?)

2. There are about 400 full-time students. (Общий вопрос, How many …?)

3. The Institute trains lawyers in economy, finance and international relations. (Разделительный вопрос, What lawyers …?)

Task 4. Fill in the gaps with indefinite pronouns some/any.

1. Are there .... letters for me this morning? 2. There are .... beautiful flowers in the garden. 3. Have you got .... brothers or sisters? 4. I haven't got .... stamps but Ann's got .... . 5. Do you know .... good solicitor in this village?

Task 5. Fill in the gaps with indefinite pronouns somebody/ someone/something/anybody/anyone/ anything.

1. Did ... see the accident. 2. I can't remember .... about that day. 3. Be quiet. Don't say .... without your lawyer. 4. I didn't know ... about the meeting. 5. "What did you say?"-"I didn't say .... ."

Task 6. Complete the sentences with reflexive pronouns myself/yourself/himself and so on.

1. I need no help. I am sure I can do it ... . 2. Goodbye! Have a good holiday and look after .....(two persons). 3. Suddenly she found ... in the middle of nowhere. 4. They can only blame ... for this mistake. 5. You won’t believe it! He draw this picture ... .

Task 7. Make the plural form of the following nouns:

River, name, chief, box, tooth, phenomenon, handful, airman, ox, lake, place, goose, antenna, calf, brother-in-arm, businesswoman.

Task 8. Insert the articles where necessary:

1. Ann is coming to see us at end of May or beginning of June. 2. Alan studied chemistry at London University. 3. Jack made very bad mistake.4. Everybody needs food. 5. Can you drive car? 6. We live in country, about five miles from nearest village. 7. I never drink milk. 8. "Is this book cheaper than that one?" - "No, they are same price." 9. Prime Minister is most important person in British government. 10. Britain is island. 11. When I finish my studies, I'm going to United States for a year. 12. Panama Canal joins Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. 13. There are two cinemas in our town - Regal and Plaza.

Task 9. Form the comparative and superlative degrees of comparison from the adjectives:

1.useful; 2.large; 3.far; 4.hot; 5.bad; 6.sly, 7.short.