LG: What do you want to eat 12) ______________________? M.: What is nice to eat around here?

LG: Traditional Mexican cuisine. It is the best you can imagine. You want to try it. 13) ________________________________.

M.: Ok. What kind of food?

LG: 14) _______________________. You know. It is all delicious. Are you a vegetarian?

M.: No, I eat anything.

LG: You like to eat a bit of meat.

M.: I eat anything. I like vegetarian food.

LG: For the vegetarian or meat-eater. 15) ______________________________. M.: This place here?

LG: That is the place.

M.: I am going to go in. 16) ______________________. LG: Thanks a lot. 17) ________________________.

TEST 4

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

Technique-type: form-building

When the boat which was to take him out of the hinterland of northern Canada 1) (to fail) 2) (to show up), Spencer 3) (to find) himself in a difficult situation. There 4) (to be) nothing for him 5) (to do) but 6) (to wait). Bob Hilton, a hunter, 7) (to live) in the small village, offered him hospitality which he gladly 8) (to accept).

Time 9) (to pass) quickly. Hilton 10) (to be) an entertaining old man, always ready with a story.

One evening the two men 11) (to sit) in front of the fire when an Indian

12)(to bring) in an armful of wood. “Thank you, Uncle.”

“Why you 13) (to call) him that?” Spencer 14) (to ask) as soon as the

Indian 15) (to leave) the room.

“Oh, everyone 16) (to do). Julius 17) (to be) a great favourite around here.” Uncle 18) (to reappear), this time 19) (to carry) a pot of tea. He set it down on the table, together with the two glasses, then silently 20 (to disappear).

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2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

Last year I went to 1) a / the / – international conference in 2) a / the / – Switzerland. 3) A / The / – theme was “Past, Present, Future – a shared responsibility”. My daughter was involved and persuaded me to attend. Its purpose was to foster intergenerational dialogue. My discussion group included people from Croatia, 4) a / the / – France, 5) a / the / – Netherlands, 6) a / the / – Belgium, 7) a / the / – United Kingdom and 8) a / the / – Australia. Ages ranged from 11 to 82 – truly a challenge to break down 9) a / the / – barriers. In addition to main meetings and discussion groups, there was time for participants to relax, mix and talk informally. In these times, friendships were made. 10) A / The / – freshness and eagerness of youth blended with _____ experience of the older generation to produce greater tolerance and understanding. Surely we would like to see this in everyday life in all countries.

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6)The criminal held his gun at the cashier’s head and ordered them not to give him ________ to the police.

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

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on “learning holidays” were guided around a famous 5) ___________ or past a 6) ____________ of 7) _______________ in a gallery. I always wondered why they wanted to listen and not to read about it later.

(Gt. H. June, 1997)

6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

Technique-type: gap-filling

UK residents spend an 1) среднее число £229 a year on food consumed in transit, the highest in Europe, the research group Datamonitor says. In 2) противопоставление, Spanish people spend only £56 a year, while Italians spend £128 a year on 1) в среднем. The report’s author says the difference is 3) благодаря (из-за) to the greater amount of time Britons spend at work and commuting. In the UK people spend on 1) в среднем 48 minutes a day travelling to and from work. The Spanish and Italians spend

the least in Europe on on-the-move-food and also the least 4) количество of time commuting: 34 and 24 minutes 5) соответственно. Attitudes towards food are also important, the study 6) утверждает. ’There are a lot of people in the UK who view most of their meals as 7) дозаправка,’ says Lawrence Gould, the report’s author. But it is not all bad, he adds. ’One thing emerging is a greater 8) требование for higher 9) качественная food,’ even if it is food- on-the-go says Mr Gould. Traditional 10) еда на скорую руку (быстрое питание) such as burgers and chips are now competing with low-fat alternatives.

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

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

Technique-type: cloze-test

In the old days, it was easy to talk about British society. There was the 1) ________________ class, the middle class and the upper class. There were factory workers and 2) ________________, northerners and southerners. But these 3) ____________________ it is harder to describe the 4) ______________________. The old differences 5) ____________________

still there, but people are divided in many new ways as well.

One difference is the change in age groups. More people are living 6) __________________ than seventy or eighty years, so the number of old people is growing. At 7) ________________________ same time, fewer babies

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are being born (the average British family has two 8) ____________________). This means that the population of Britain is getting older all the time. Also, fewer people live with or near their families. This means that old people live on their own, or in old people’s homes. And many young people live in bed-sitting rooms, or in flats with older people of the same age. Traditions of work are changing 9) ________________________. About three million people have no 10) __________________________ job. Poor people these days are not only people with badly paid jobs, but people without a job at all

(from “Faces of Britain” by E. Laird)

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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18three techniques. And suddenly, Bobby started behaving better. R

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

Technique-type: gap-filling

I will have that / take your time / certainly / come with / thank you / thank you / sir / please / oh, it is free? / sounds great, sounds great / gee! / excuse me / here you are

Max: 1) _____________________. The people are friendly here. This is a really nice place. Well. I am hungry. Here we are. I am in the restaurant now. 2) ________________. Could I see the menu please?

The Waiter: Certainly Sir. 3) __________________________. Max: Thank you very much.

The Waiter: 4) ___________________________.

Max: 5) __________________________. Ok. They have got a lot of different food here. This looks good.

The Waiter: Can I recommend today’s special, 6) ______________________? Max: Yes, 7) ________________________. What is it?

The Waiter: Well it is vegetarian. Vosges Quiche. Max: Vosges Quiche?

The Waiter: Vegetarian style.

Max: Ok. 8) ______________________________.

The Waiter: Locally grown vegetables. Organic vegetables, Sir.

Max: 9) ____________________________________. And do you have any wine?

The Waiter: 10) ________________________ Sir. We have locally grown…I mean locally made wine. (embarrassed laugh)

Max: Could I have a glass of red wine and a piece of quiche? Does that 11) _________________________ salad?

The Waiter: Yeah. That’ll 11) ___________________________ salad. It all comes together.

Max: And bread?

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