TEST 11

1. USE THE CORRECT TENSE-FORMS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Technique-type: form-building

But there was no answer. The girl 1) (to stay) just as she 2) (to put), with her hands by her sides and her mouth slightly open. 3) (To be) quite sincere, she looked rather stupid. But Rosemary wouldn’t acknowledge it. She 4) (to lean) over her, 5) (to say): “Won’t you take off your hat? Your pretty hair 6) (to be) all wet. And one 7) (to be) so much more comfortable without а hat, (...) one?”

There was а whisper that sounded like “Very good madam” and the crushed hat 8) (to take off). “And let me 9) (to help) you off with your coat, too,” said Rosemary.

The girl 10) (to stand) up. But she 11) (to hold on) to the chair with one hand and let Rosemary 12) (to pull). It 13) (to be) quite an effort. And what was she 14) (to do) with the coat now? She left it on the floor, and the hat too. She 15) (to go) just 16) (to take) а cigarette off the mantelpiece when the girl said quickly, but so lightly and strangely: “I 17) (to be) very sorry, madam, but I

18) (to go) to faint. I 19) (to go off), madam, if I 20) (not to have) something”.

2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

Since the time of the Phoenician traders, Lebanon has been known as 1) a / the / – place where 2) a / the / – East and _____ West meet, the passport to the Orient, the Paris of 3) a / the / – Middle East. Today it is a country struggling to defy its history and to rebuild itself, both physically and metaphorically, after years of conflict.

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I am here with the British-Arab University Association (BAUA), with 4) a / the / – five other 5) a / the / – British students, united by a desire to move beyond 6) a / the / – media representations and see Lebanon for ourselves. We are hosted by a range of Lebanese, many of whom have come to 7) a / the / – Britain on BAUA exchanges in 8) a / the / – past. Every day is stretched to its limits (or rather ours), with 9) a / the / – discussions, ________

meetings and 10) a / the / – food.

9)I’m almost sure he’ll get ________ with the book again. He never does things at the proper time.

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s.when he came to a farm house. The farmer was standing at the 19 door

5.USE THE WORD GIVEN IN THE BOX AT THE END OF THE LINE TO FORM A WORD THAT FITS THE GAP

WITH THE SAME NUMBER

5) _______________, but also to protect the health of the staff who work there, and who have no choice about breathing in second hand smoke. But it was prepared to make an 6) ______________ for private members’ clubs, and bars and pubs which don’t 7) ______________ food. ... The new law in its final form is expected to come into force in the middle of next year.

(BBC. Learning English. News about Britain, 2006)

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6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

Technique-type: gap-filling

Juliaa, taken by his enthusiasm and his fantastic exuberance, 1) приняла his offer. Не started her in 2) скромных 3) ролях which under his direction she played as she had never played before. Не interested the critics in her, he 4) льстил them by letting them think that they had discovered а remarkable actress, and allowed the suggestion to come from them that he should let the public see her as Magda. She was а great hit and then in quick 5) последовательности he made her play Nora in The Doll’s Ноиsе, Ann

in Man and Superman, and Hedda Gabler. Middlepool was delighted to 6) обнаружить that it had in its midst an actress who it could 7) похвастаться was better than any star in Lоndоn, and crowded to see her in plays that before it had gone to only from 8) местного patriotism. The London paragrephers 9) упоминали her now and then, and a number of enthusiastic patrons of the drama made the 10) путешествие to Middlepool to see her.

(from “Theatre” by W. S. Maugham)

7.FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE TEXT CHOOSING THE BEST VARIANT GIVEN AFTER THE TEXT

Technique-type: cloze-test

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey was founded in 1)______________ 11th century. It is a fine Gothic building, which 2) __________________ opposite the Houses of Parliament. It is the work of 3) ______________ hands and different ages. The oldest part of the building dates 4) ____________________ the eighth century. It was a monastery – the West Minster. In the 11th century Edward the Confessor 5) ________________ a great Norman Abbey. One of the greater glories of the Abbey is the Chapel of Henry VII. The Chapel is of stone and glass, so wonderfully cut and sculptured that it seems unreal. There are many tombstones, monuments and statues in the Abbey. For nearly 1000 years all the Kings and Queens of England – 41 in all – have been crowned here. If you 6) _______________ past the magnificent tombstones of kings and queens, some made of gold and precious stones you will come to the Poets’ Corner. There many of the greatest writers 7) ________________ : Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Burns and Byron, Walter Scott and 8) ______________ great

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American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Here in the Abbey there is also the Grave of the Unknown Warrior that commemorates the men who 9) ______________________ 10) ___________________ the First World War.

8.SPOT ONE ERROR IN EACH SENTENCE AND WRITE DOWN THE CORRECT SENTENCE

Technique-type: error-correction

In the first few weeks of the fires I was in Birthwitch at the Blue Spur Inn. I met a team from the Personal Service Help who were helping people with lost glasses and other view problems.

They said me about one elderly couple that had come to see them.

The man was technically blind from the diabetes; the lady had smoke damaged eyes.

The PSH team studied them both and decided the man should see an ophthalmic specialist for a fresh opinion on his eye problems.

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Technology has changed considerably since he lost his vision and new procedures were available.

They arranged the visit and ultimately this resulted in surgery that dramatically approved his vision, so much that care was no longer needed.

9.COMPLETE THE TEXT CHOOSING THE WORD FOR EACH GAP FROM THE BOX

Technique-type: gap-filling

I’m sure / what a disaster / what a pain! / can I help you? / probably / actually / hello / thank you / come on / good morning / I’m afraid / could you please / as well / sir / can you wait

M = Marian, CA =Conference Assistant, T = Timothy, CM = Conference Manager

M: Yes, 1) _________________________. Er, we’ve come to register for the conference. I’m Marian Hudson and this is my colleague, Timothy Thomson.

CA: 2) __________________________ please? The queue is over there.

4) ______________________________ fill out some more, and then I can register you.

T: 5) ______________________. Can’t you tell us the number of our stand? Where is it exactly?

CA: I can give you number 56, 6) __________________________. You can see it on the plan. It’s the small one at the back near

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