III. Reading and Writing. Read the paragraph.

Nick Klimov is a 15 year-old boy. He comes from St. Petersburg, a city of museums and art galleries.

Nick has been in England for three months. He thinks London is an interesting city. He visited a lot of places there, but most of all he liked Madame Tussaud's. At Madame Tussaud's he enjoyed the company of celebrities from the world of entertainment.

Nick met many new friends in London and they asked him a lot of questions.

What questions could they ask him? Write down 5 guided-questions.

1) -where he comes from

2) - about his native city

3) -his opinion of London

4) -how long he has been in London

5) -what he saw and enjoyed in London

Key: I. 1)T 2)F 3)T 4)F 5)T 6)T 7)F 8)T 9)F 10)T

II. 1) best 2)loveliest 3)smaller 4) bigger 5)much 6)most modern 7) more comfortable 8) bigger

9)nearest 10)most

III. 1) Where do you come from?

2) What is StPetersburg famous for?

3) How do you like London?

4) How long have you been in London?

5) What did you see and enjoy inLondon?

Test 4 (pre-intermediate level)

I. Reading. Read the text and do the exercises.

The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster

There are a lot of lakes in Scotland. The people in Scotland call them «locks». And the most famous of all lochs is Loch Ness. Scientists say that it is a very old lake, perhaps, it is 25,000 years old. The water in the lake is dark and always very cold.

Loch Ness has its mystery. There are many stories about a water monster which, people say, lives in the lake. For many years there have been reports of unusual and great creature. People, who said they had seen Nessie, described it as a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body.

The stories of this mysterious creature, called the «Loch Ness Monster» have filled the people with excitement and curiosity. Many visitors and newspaper reporters have tried to photograph the monster. Not only newspaper reporters and curious visitors take a great interest in the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts. Expeditions of British, American and Canadian scientists took more than 100,000 underwater photographs in Loch Ness, but they didn't help to find out what the monster really is.

A lot is said and written about the monster, and for some people Nessie is good business: T-shirts with «Nessie» on them, books about the monster and all kinds of picture postcards and souvenirs are sold to thousands of visitors every year.

Is the monster a fact or fiction? The mystery of Loch Ness remains a mystery.

Exercise 1. Comprehension. Complete the information in column A with suitable information in column H.

A 1) Many tourists go to Scotland to sec the famous Loch Ness because...... 2) People describe Nessie as........ 3) A lot of people who live near the lake enjoy telling stories about the monster because...... 4) Not only tourists but also scientists wanted to photograph the monster because...... 5) The mystery of Loch Ness.......

В a) remains a mystery b) for some people Nessie is a good business c) a strange creature which had a giraffe-like neck, a very small head and a great dark grey body. d) scientists do not like mysteries, they want facts c) they wan! to see the monster

Exercise 2. Language and Grammar. Choose the correct answer.

6) The north of Scotland is famous.....Loch Ness. A) for B) with С) оf

7) If you went to Scotland, you........the famous A) will see B) would see C) saw

Nessie.

8) Many years ago the Loch Ness monster lived A) a B) - C) the

in........North Sea.

9) Could you tell me where............ A) the famous lake is B) is the famous lake

10) If I were a millionaire, A) will B) would C) can

I......organise a scientific expedition

to find Nessie.

11) I'm in Scotland.......holiday. A) for B) at C) on

12) I've........across Scotland for a year. A) travelling B)been travelled C) been travelling

13) Don't you think......English are A) a B) the C)-

Strange people?

14) They didn't go to Scotland last year,..........? A) did we B) didn't they C) did they

15) They........all day so they were very tired. A) are travelling B) travelled

C) had been travelling