Thomson: See ya later, 13) _____________________________. Brad: 14) ______________________________.

Thomson: See ya.4

TEST 7

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

Technique-type: form-building

One afternoon I was sitting outside the Саfе de lа Paix, 1) (to watch) the beauty and shabbiness of Parisian life, and 2) (to wonder) over my vermouth at the strange panorama of pride and poverty that 3) (to pass) before me, when I 4) (to hear) someone 5) (to call) my name. I 6) (to turn) round, and saw Lord Мurсhisоn. We 7) (not to meet) since we 8) (to be) at college together, nearly ten years before, so I was delighted 9) (to come) across him again, and we 10) (to shake) hands warmly. At Oxford we 11) (to be) great friends. I 12) (to like) him immensely, he was so handsome, so high-spirited, and so honourable. We used 13) (to say) of him that he 14) (to be) the best of fellows, if he 15) (not always to speak) the truth, but I think we really admired him all the more for his frankness. I 16) (to find) him а good deal 17) (to change). He looked anxious and puzzled, and seemed 18) (to be) in doubt about something. … I concluded that it 19) (to be) а woman, and asked him if he 20) (to marry) yet.

2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

In this cinematic version of 1) a / the / – Jane Austen’s novel, McFadyen gets 2) a / the / – role of 3) a / the / – shy Mr. Darcy that attracts the attentions

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of Elizabeth Bennet, 4) a / the / – role performed by Knightley. The girl first hates the boy, she is then intrigued by him, then the young man begins to notice the girl.

You may enjoy this film 5) a / the / – best if you have not watched previous versions of 6) a / the / – story, particularly 7) a / the / – one involving Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth by BBC TV. This is 8) a / the / – workmanlike adaptation, it presses all 9) a / the / – right buttons when it needs to. Viewers may still feel 10) a / the / – BBC version is better but not everyone needs comparisons and if you feel like seeing a period recreation of a classic, you’re likely to enjoy this one.

5)It’s a store of ready-made clothes. He always comes here and buys his things ________ the peg.

6)They were getting ready to leave for the city as winter was setting________.

7)Rosemary was ready to take the starving girl ________ and provide her with home and food.

8)After several days of calculation and reasoning he at last worked ________

the decision.

9)Although she called his name several times he only turned ________ in his bed and continued to sleep.

a) away; b) over; c) back

10) This house stands ________ from all the rest in this countryside. a) over; b)off; c) out

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

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

Now I know why all those 1) ____________

on learning holiday listened to a man in corduroy trousers and didn’t just 2) ____________ and absorb and read about it 3)______________. 4)__________________, you never do read about it 3)______________, and, what’s more, there’s

nothing more 5) _______________ than being told something you don’t know by a clever 6) __________ who can flood a dull morning in a gallery, house or cathedral with the 7) ____________ and colour of understanding.

(Gt. H. April, 1997)

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6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

Technique-type: gap-filling

Katherine Mansfield is a 1) псевдоним of Kathleen Beauchamp, a well-known 2) рассказа (новеллы) writer, who has often been compared to Chekhov. Mansfield’s first book of 2) рассказов, “In a German Pension”, 3) появилась in 1911. In 1912 she began to write for “Rhythm”, a literary periodical 4) под редакцией by John Middleton Murry, a well-known critic. Murry, whom she married in 1918, encouraged and cultivated her 5) очевидный talent, which expressed itself best in deeply psychological

stories. The peculiar 6) черты of Mansfield’s stories are symbolic use of objects and 7) событий and accuracy of detail. Describing her character she doesn’t so much 8) подчеркивает (выделяет) what they do, but what they are and what they feel. She is more interested in their life, which is naturally

9)раскрыта through their behaviour. Mansfield is very sensitive to class

10)различиям and her sympathy is always on the side of the have-nots, though she usually writes about the English upper class. Besides, any kind of egoism and pretence on the part of her bourgeois characters is treated with irony.

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

Technique-type: cloze-test

Progress and Challenges

The economies of lowand middle-income countries have been growing at historically rapid 1) _______________. Progress in education – expanded enrolments and longer schooling – has 2) __________________ to this growth and so has helped to reduce poverty in developing countries. For the first time in history, most children at least start school. By 1990, 76 percent of the 538 million children between the ages of 6 and 11 in developing countries 3) ______________ in school, up from 48 percent in 1960 and 69 percent in 1980. 4) ______________ a result of these gains, in 1990, an average 6- year-old child in a developing country could expect to complete 8,5 years of school, up from 7,6 years in 1980. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the norm is 9 or 10 years of 5) ____________. In East Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, 6) _______________ education is almost universal. Countries in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa are also 7) ______________

steady progress in increasing primary school enrolments, though South Asian

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countries lag considerably 8) ______________. The number of expected years of schooling 9) ______________ in the 1980s in every region except Africa, where the gross enrolment ratio for primary school actually fell and 50 percent of 6-to-11-year-old children were not in school as of 1990.

The transition economies of Eastern and Central Europe have high primary and secondary enrolment ratios but need to adjust their entire education systems to better 10) ___________________ the needs of a market economy. It is particularly important for 11) ____________ countries to maintain funding levels for basic and upper-secondary education; to shift away from overspecialization 12) ___________ vocational, technical, and higher education institutions; and to reform the governance and financing of

13)__________________ education.

14)____________ substantial achievements in the world as a whole, major educational challenges 15) ___________: to increase access in some countries; improve equity; improve quality; and, where needed, speed reform.

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

Technique-type: error-correction

Earlier in this year our group conducted a ’Switch-off Blitz’.

After hours, the group assembled and went through every floor and checked every workstation to check computers, and monitors, were switch off.

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Everyone who had done the right thing was rewarded by a note from the “green ninja” saying well done and a block of fair trade chocolate.

That who have not switched off their computers properly received a note saying, “no chocolate for you, the green ninja is not happy”.

The energy monitoring system recorded a significant fall in energy consumption following the switch off blitz which has been maintained.

It’s a great example of how the informal system can make a differ.

It was inspiring to see this group in the action.

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

Technique-type: gap-filling

else / it was pointless / ready / that’s a pity / it’s natural / no / of course not / yeah / actually / all the time / first / a bit / how are you? / just / oh really / really?

Jim: Hey, Myinoko. 1) ________________________________. Myinoko: Not so good. I burned the pancakes. I was making Korean

pancakes and I burned them.

Jim: 2) ____________________________________. Can you make some more?

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Myinoko: 3) __________________________. I’m making some more now. 4) __________________ I have to make the batter then I’ll fry them. I’ll watch them more carefully this time. What did you do today?

8) _______________________________. I am really sorry about what happened before.

Jim: I’m glad you see it that way. What did you do today?

Myinoko: Oh, I 9) ___________________ stayed home. I went shopping after lunch. I studied a bit.

Jim: Didn’t you have any classes today?

Myinoko: 10) _______________________, I had a free day, so what did you talk about with Hironoki?

Jim: 11) ________________________, we talked about education. The book she was reading was about education and we talked about education.

Myinoko: What did she say?

Jim: She said education is fun. Learning things is fun. Myinoko: Do you agree?

Jim: Yeah, but not 12) _________________________. When I was at school, I did Chemistry. That wasn’t fun. The teacher was boring and there was too much Maths. 13) ___________________________. I didn’t like it. I didn’t enjoy it at all. It was terrible. It was really really boring.

Myinoko: 14) ________________________. I had a good Chemistry teacher. I liked Chemistry. I thought it was interesting.

Jim: Everybody is different. Everybody has different likes and dislikes. Everyone has different taste.

Myinoko: What 15) ________________________ did you talk about with Hironoki?

Jim: Well, we talked a bit about the future. I said I wanted to be a writer and she said she liked education and I said she should be a teacher but she said she was not sure.

Myinoko: Are you 16) ____________________________ to eat?

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