TEST 15

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

Technique-type: form-building

Early the following morning Tracy 1) (to stop) at a travel agency and 2) (to reserve) a suite on the Signal deck of the Queen Elizabeth II. She 3) (to be) as excited as a child about her first trip abroad, and 4) (to spend) the next three days 5) (to buy) clothes and luggage.

On the morning of the sailing Tracy 6) (to hire) a limousine 7) (to drive) her to the pier. When she 8) (to arrive) at Pier 90, at West Fifty-fifth and Twelfth Avenue, where the Queen Elizabeth II 9) (to dock), it 10) (to crowd) with photographers and television reporters. Tracy 11) (to brush) past them, 12) (to show) her passport to a ship’s officer at the gangplank, and 13) (to walk) up onto the ship. On deck, a steward 14) (to look) at Tracy’s ticket and 15) (to direct) her to her stateroom. It 16) (to be) a lovely suite, with a private terrace. It 17) (to be) ridiculously expensive, but Tracy 18) (to decide) that it 19) (to go) 20) (to be) worth it.

2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

Felix Catt is 1) a / the / – typical resident of 2) a / the / – Siberia Avenue, Surbiton. He looks gloomy, but in fact he is 3) a / the / – quite happy, and he leads a quiet life in this suburb of 4) a / the / – London. His wife Gertie looks after him carefully; she cleans the house regularly, and feeds him daily on 5) a / the / – well cooked meat and 6) a / the / – tinned vegetables. There is always 7) a / the / – supply of fresh water for his whisky, so he is very comfortable and glad with suburban life.

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Felix is very fond of his dog, Sam. They go for walks together on 8) a / the / – Sundays. Today he is taking Sam to the local vet, because he is afraid that he is going blind. However, 9) A / The / – vet is sure of curing him by 10) a / the / – means of a small operation.

2)Nobody noticed that the lecture ran ________ for more than three hours. The professor was a real master.

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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

of 6) __________ and ignorance in others, harder, sharper, brighter with the surface 7) ________ of steel, than is an 2) ___________; but he is more brittle, less enduring, less malleable, and I think less capable of 8) ____________. ...

(by A. Trollope)

6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

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were sisters. She turned impulsively, saying: “Don’t’ bе 5) напуганной. After all, why shouldn’t you come back with me? We’re both women. If I’m the more 6) удачлива, you ought to expect ... ” But happily at that moment, for she didn’t know how the sentence was going to end, the car stopped. The bell was rung, the door opened, and with а 7) очаровательным, protecting, almost embracing movement, Rosemary drew the other into the hall. Warmth, softness, light, а sweet 8) аромат, all those things so 9) знакомые to her she never even thought about them, she watched that other receive. It was

10) очаровательно.

(from “A Cup of Tea” by K. Mansfield)

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

Technique-type: cloze-test

There are many ways of reading literature. We can 1) ____________________ into a novel to pass the time away, we can give ourselves to a writer to escape from boredom or the monotony of films and television, we can read plays, short stories, and poems simply because we have 2) ____________________ and would not be without our weekly instalment of reading. We can also read to make ourselves more mature by living 3) __________________ the emotional experience of other minds in this or another century. But 4) ___________________ attitude we 5) _______________________, there is always one element which keeps us fascinated in literature. This element is pleasure. We read because, generally 6)______________________, we find it pleasurable to read, and the more pleasure we find in reading, 7) ____________________ this activity becomes part of our daily lives.

What many of us have realized, of course, is that pleasure and understanding go 8) _______________________: the more we possess a book, the more we come to 9) ___________________ with its essence, the more satisfaction it gives 10) __________________________. The experience becomes more relevant, more urgent.

However, 11) ______________________ are some books which we suspect contain more pleasure 12) _______________ we are able to extract. Their spirit seems to elude us. But with 13) __________________ guidance, we feel, we could possess a novel, or a play, or a poem and retain its genius. With such assistance in mind the present series has been edited to brighten before the reader an opinion which may serve as a starting 14)___________

for discussion and 15) _______________________ understanding.

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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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