9.COMPLETE THE TEXT CHOOSING THE WORD FOR EACH GAP FROM THE BOX
Technique-type: gap-filling
in / down / up / up to / I better go / yeah / it means / later / that’s / what’s
John: Hi, Miyako. What are you 1) ________________________? Mike: I’m reading.
John: What are you reading? Mike: It’s a book about education.
John: 2) ________________________ it called?
Mike: It’s called Education is Ecstasy. Ecstasy is a drug, isn’t it?
John: 3) __________________________, but it’s also a feeling. 4) ___________________________ really happy. ‘Ecstatic’ is the adjective. Are you reading the book in English?
Mike: Yeah, it’s really hard too. I have to look 5) _________________
a lot of words in the dictionary.
John: Do you write the new words 6) ____________________?
Mike: Yes. I write them 6) ____________________ on a piece of paper then I put the paper 7) _____________________________ the book.
John: 8) __________________ a good idea. Oh, I have a class. 9) ___________________. See you.
Mike: See you 10) ________________________.
TEST 2
1. USE THE CORRECT TENSE-FORMS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS
Technique-type: form-building
Uncle Theo 1) (to apply) for a post in Camford University. It 2) (to be) a very good post and there were hundreds of candidates who 3) (to apply) for it, and about fifteen, 4) (to include) Theo, were asked 5) (to interview).
Now Camford 6) (to be) a very small town; there is only one hotel in it, and this was full. Theo 7) (to share) the room with a man who 8) (to be) a self-confident fellow, 9) (to call) Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice.
As a result of the first interview, the number of the candidates 10) (to reduce) to two: Theo and Adams. They 11) (to decide) 12) (to make) their final choice after each candidate 13) (to give) a public lecture in a college lecture-hall.
For three days Theo never 14) (to leave) his room 15) (to work) day and night. Adams 16) (not to seem) 17) (to do) any preparation at all. When the
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day of the lecture 18) (to arrive), Theo 19) (to discover) to his horror that the copy of his speech 20) (to disappear).
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Technique-type: multiple choice
1) A / The / – freedom is 2) a / the / – valuable gift, but ____ freedom for one group may become another group’s nightmare. There can be too much
____ freedom. I worked for 3) a / the / – eight years as 4) a / the / – doctor in 5) a / the / – Morocco. One day 6) a / the / – mother of 7) a / the / – government employee came to ask for my help. Her son, whom I knew as a clever, diligent and pleasant young man, had begun smoking hash some months before. He had become addicted, sloppy, neglected his work, and even stolen 8) a / the / – money. He was dismissed, started to work in a pub, and was dismissed again. When I saw him, I gave him 9) a / the / – facts on hash. He said, ’You should have told me before. Now I can’t stop.’ He was no longer 10) a / the / – free man.
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Technique-type: multiple choice
1)Any rebellion would be put ________ immediately. Don’t even think of anything like that!
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2) The workers demanded that they should pay________ all the debts. a) back; b) off; c) of
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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
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6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH
Technique-type: gap-filling
Lil, 1) например, who was а 2) дородный
3) некрасивый child, with big freckles, came to school in а dress made from а green art-serge 4) скатерти of the Burnells’, with red plush 5) рукавами from the Lоgаns’ curtains. Her hat, with а large scarlet quill perched on top of her high 6) лба, was а grown-up woman’s hat, оnсе the 7) собственность of Miss Lecky, the postmistress. What а little guy she looked! It was
impossible not to laugh. And her little sister, our Else, wore а long white dress, rather like а 8) ночная рубашка, and а pair of little boy’s boots. But whatever our Else wore she would have looked strange. She was а tiny wish-bone of а child, with 9) коротко стриженными hair and enormous solemn eyes – a little white owl. Nobody had ever seen her smile; she scarcely ever spoke. She went through life holding on to Lil, with а piece of Lil’s skirt screwed up in her hand…. The Kelveys never 10) не удавалось to understand each other.
(from “The Doll’s House” by K. Mansfield)
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7.FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE TEXT CHOOSING THE BEST VARIANT GIVEN AFTER THE TEXT
Technique-type: cloze-test
Students may not give or accept unauthorized assistance from other students. Unauthorized assistance 1) __________________ sharing oral and 2) ___________________ information during examinations, or consulting written materials not authorized 3) ___________________ the instructor. It is in each student’s 4) ____________________ interest to
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8)___________________________ be completed within the allotted time. Notes or other sources may not be 9) ______________________ unless specially authorized by the faculty member administering the examination. Students must be 10) _______________________________ and exercise honesty in their dealing with others.
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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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9.COMPLETE THE TEXT CHOOSING THE WORD FOR EACH GAP FROM THE BOX
Technique-type: gap-filling
how can I get to Mexico City? / no / yes / ok / hello / hi / good afternoon / obviously / oh no / wait a minute / once / a bit of / please
Mark: 1) __________________________.
The Travel Agent: 2) ____________________________, Sir. Can I help
you?
Max: Yes, 3) ____________________________, I just quit my job. I am finished here. I want to get out of China. I want to go and live in Mexico City. Can you sell me a ticket to Mexico City?
The Travel Agent: 4) _______________________. Let me just check on the computer…. 5) _____________________ John, have you heard anything about Mexico City? What? Oh! Have you got some tickets? Yes, John has got
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