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TEST 14

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

Technique-type: form-building

Dear Peter,

You by any chance 1) (to know) where Bob 2) (to be)? I’d like to find it out because I just 3) (to hear) of a job that exactly 4) (to suit) him, but if he

5) (not to apply) fairly soon of course he 6) (not to get) it.

I last 7) (to see) him about a month ago, when he just 8) (to leave) his job with the film company. He 9) (to say) he 10) (to go) to France for a holiday and 11) (to promise) to send me a postcard with his French address as soon as he 12) (to find) a place to stay. But I 13) (to hear) nothing about him since then and 14) (not to know) even whether he 15) (to go) to France or not.

If you 16) (to know) his address I 17) (to be) very grateful if you 18) (to phone) me. I 19) (to try) to phone you several times but your phone

20) (not to seem) to be working.

Yours, Jack

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2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

Bill Radford has 1) a / the / – job in a small factory. He doesn’t much like 2) a / the / – work, but he enjoys the relationships with the other workers, and he gets on well with 3) a / the / – boss. He belongs to 4) a / the / – trade union. Sometimes he has a chance to travel on 5) a / the / – business.

His wife, Ann, has been unemployed for 6) a / the / – last two years. She stays at 7) a / the / – home and looks after the house. After getting their six-year-old daughter Sally ready and driving her to 8) a / the / – school, she starts on the housework. She finds housework boring, and doesn’t like to stay

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at 7) ______ home all 9) a / the / – day. She doesn’t like to waste time, so after lunch she goes off to 10) a / the / – public library and reads books on politics or history until it’s time to fetch Sally from 8) _____ school.

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3. PUT IN PREPOSITIONS WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

1)It was her principle to do nothing against the rules. You couldn’t even find her among the students guilty ________ cheating.

2)

a)

for;

b) with;

c) of

 

 

Come on, join ________ our conversation! We need different opinions.

3)

a)

in;

b) –;

c) up

 

 

There is no lack ________ attention. Your children will be safe here.

4)

a)

of;

b) in;

c) with

 

 

The university is named ________ a great scientist.

 

 

5)

a)

for;

b) after;

c) about

 

 

If it’s comfortable you can pay________ cash.

 

 

6)

a)

for;

b) by;

c) in

 

 

It’s awfully cold here. The heating went________.

 

 

7)

a)

off;

b) on;

c) out

 

 

Babies should be kept________ sugar.

 

 

8)

a)

out of;

b) off;

c) to

 

 

Are you better? Hope the things are looking________ ?!

 

 

9)

a)

around;

b) down;

c) up

 

 

Let’s move further. It’s high time to pass ________ other subjects.

10)

a)

into;

b) up to;

c) on to

 

 

He is very good ________ me. He always helps me and gives good advice.

 

a)

to;

b) with;

c) for

 

 

4. PUT THE SENTENCES IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE TEXT

 

 

Technique-type: text-reconstruction

 

 

 

a.

Then he pulled the bell so hard that it could be heard all over

 

 

1

 

b.

the house.

 

 

 

 

 

Before the old gentleman knew what was happening,

 

 

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c.

“I will ring the bell for you.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

d.

The gentleman saw that the door-bell was too high for the boy.

 

 

4

 

e.

The little boy looked up at him and said,

 

 

5

 

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f. An old gentleman was walking slowly along a street one day.

g.So he stopped and said,

h.He was trying to reach a door-bell.

i.why he had rung the bell.

j.The man was left to explain to the angry owner of the house

k. “Now we will run away. Come on.” l. He was a kind-hearted old man.

m. While walking he saw a little boy.

n. the boy had run round the corner of the street.

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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

Technique-type: word-building

 

 

 

 

1.

(begin)

 

At the 1) ______________ of last decade,

2.

(day)

 

3.

(account)

the

average

American

was

watching television

4.

(violent)

about three

hours 2)________. We

are

hearing

5.

(view)

а great deal of talk these days about the

menace of television. One group

of

parents

6.

(perform)

and

teachers,

watching

all

ТV

programs

7. (much)

in

New York

city

during

а single

week

8.

(Library)

3) ___________3421 separate «acts or threats» of

4)__________. In previous television seasons, 5) ____________ have enjoyed

6)_______________ of the Taming of the Shrew, Richard I and Hamlet.

7)__________ significant of all is the fact that reading has been stimulated.

8)___________ throughout the country report similar reaction.

6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

Technique-type: gap-filling

Seeking perfection. Isn’t it an exciting 1) ощущение, closing your eyes occasionally, to imagine yourself a 2) модный dresser, a lady

of

the world and a nice person? Giving the

3)

сплетникам something to talk about, making

your 4) соперников 5) завистливыми and having men throwing themselves at your feet? A girl keeping up with fashion does not merely copy images from 6) глянцевых magazines. She uses them to her own ends creating her own style.

1.e______________.

2.t______________.

3.g______________.

4.r______________.

5.j______________.

6.g______________.

7.h___-m________.

8.l______________.

9.n______________.

10.r______________.

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It doesn’t matter that a skirt or a coat used to belong to the grandmother of our trendy dresser. A couple of 7) ручной работы accessories and those mothballed articles might very well pass for novelty designer 8) ярлыков. A true devotee of fashion looks after her health: green tea, a morning jog in the summer, a skating-rink session in the winter. Healthy lifestyles are now more popular than ever. Diets, 9) питание and traditional beauty 10) рецепты are the subject of a great many specialised magazines found in kiosks and newsagents all over the country.

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

Technique-type: cloze-test

 

 

Nowadays, the

computer is everywhere. It runs our

lives. You book

a holiday or theatre

or cinema seats or you pass through

the supermarket

1) ____________, and somebody starts pressing keys. Instantly a screen and a machine 2) ________________ your movements as a spender. 3) _______________ you pay by card or check, your bank or building society is also 4) __________________ of your life as saver or spender. There 5) ________________ a computer 6) ___________________ over your money. Where did it all begin, this modern 7) __________________ of accounting so different from that the poor clerks Dickens 8) ________________ about sitting on high stools from early morning till late 9) __________________

night? Well, in Britain if you take a train or bus and travel across to the Southwest, you may 10) __________________ yourself looking at the answer. A few miles outside Salisbury 11) __________________ a broken ring of large stones known as Stonehenge. The ring is 12) ____________________ over 4,000 years old.

Experts have 13) ___________________ that one use of henge was to make calculations, probably to 14) … with astronomy. If true then Stonehenge can 15) ________________________ to be Britain’s oldest computer – Stonehenge rules, you might well say.

1.

A

lookouts

B

sendoffs

C

knockouts

D

checkouts

2.

A

retail

B

record

C

retain

D

report

3.

A

Despite

B

Indeed

C

Whether

D

However

4.

A

piece

B

part

C

portion

D

amount

5.

A

again

B

however

C

more

D

over

6.

A

glances

B

looks

C

watches

D

cares

7.

A

path

B

rout

C

track

D

way

8.

A

described

B

wrote

C

told

D

reported

9.

A

in

B

the

C

of

D

at

10.

A

get

B

find

C

apply

D

appear

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A

stands

B

runs

C

grows

D

forms

12.

A

many

B

plenty

C

well

D

lots

13.

A

informed

B

suggested

C

advised

D

appealed

14.

A

do

B

make

C

have

D

refer

15.

A

demand

B

insist

C

claim

D

maintain

8.SPOT ONE EXTRA WORD IN EACH LINE AND WRITE IT DOWN IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE LINE. SOME OF THE LINES

MAY BE CORRECT

Technique-type: error-correction – extra word

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There was a boy who he was born without a right arm. On his

A

2

 

B

the ninth birthday he asked his parents if he could join a karate

3

 

C

club. They were delighted by the such idea and the boy quickly

4

 

D

became a regular at the local dojo. The boy has wanted to

5

compete

E

in a tournament and asked for his master if this was possible.

6

 

F

The master said he could it but only if he listened carefully

7to his master and trusted to him. The master taught the boy G one

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move and one move only. The boy practiced it diligently and

H

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won

I

the first round of the tournament and then the next round

10

 

J

and the one which after that until he found himself winning

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K

the entire tournament. The boy was baffled. How did he could

12

 

L

do it? He was asked the master how a boy with only one

13

 

M

arm and only one move could to win a karate tournament

14

 

N

against of these other boys. The master smiled and told the

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O

boy that there is only one defence against that the move

16

 

P

the boy learned and that defence involves grabbing

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Q

the attacker by on the right arm.

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

Technique-type: gap-filling

me too / very much / see you back / it was brilliant / just / fine / so / ah yes / yes / no thanks / now and again / please / madam, sir / it’s our pleasure / shall / thank you / thank you very much / ladies and gentlemen / yes we do / no, I haven’t

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W = Waiter, T = Tony, M = May, A = Anita

W: Good evening 1) ___________________________. Do you have a reservation?

T: 2) ______________________, in the name of Marshall.

W: 3) _______________________, a table for six at 8.30? Would you like a drink in the bar first?

M: Em, 4) ________________________. I think we’ll go straight to the table.

W: 5) _________________________. Can I take your coats? M: 6) ________________________.

W: We have over fifty specials today. A waiter will come and help you in a moment.

T: Thanks. Have you been here before, Anita?

A: 7) _________________________, but it’s quite well known in Manchester. It’s famous for its ’sizzling Chinese steak’, very hot!

T: 8) ______________________ we order an aperitif? What would you like Anita?

A: Em, sherry for me 9) ____________________________.

A: 10) _____________________, have you enjoyed your time in Manchester, Tony?

T: 11) _____________________. It’s been great. We haven’t stopped for a minute!

A: You had time to see the city then?

T: 12) ________________, we saw masses of things. We went to the disco, restaurants, all the shoe shops in the city, Castlefield, the Lake District...

A: And time for some work as well!

T: [laughs] Huh! 13) _____________________________! In fact the exhibition was a great success, wasn’t it, May?

M: Yeah, 14) _____________________________. …

W: Er, can I get you anything else, 15) _______________________? T: No, no, thank you, 16) ______________________ the bill, please.

A: That steak was delicious! 17) ____________________________ for inviting us.

T: 18) _________________________. Here’s to a long and fruitful partnership!

A: Thanks and 19) ____________________________ in Manchester next year, I hope!

T: 20) ________________________________!

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