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Файл:Тесты по английскому языку с заданиями повышенной сложности. Пособие для подготовки к централизованному тестированию и экзамену
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6. Miss Tox had … softest voice that ever was heard.
7. … moon was smiling through … green trees.
8. … silence became oppressive.
9. The three men came to … turning at … corner of … Grosvenor
Hotel.
10. … cold May is … usual thing in Minsk.
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1. Robinson Crusoe found his servant on … Friday
2. I wonder why she took … fancy to … little girl.
3. They appointed him … head-master.
4. It was … early spring.
5. She drove … Ford.
6. There were … tearful scenes at … Gatwick Airport.
7. My advice is to leave this hotel. Go to … Chambord, or if you
need a lot of service go over to … Majestic.
8. “… late Mrs. Jones was a very nice person,” he said in …low voice.
9. While packing, George and Harris upset … salt over everything.
10. He accused … Tories of taking away … citizens’ right to vote
freely for … metropolitan councils.
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Complete these descriptions with a,
an, the
or no article (-).
The Channel Islands are a group of islands in (l)…English
Channel near (2)…..north-western coast of (3)….France. They have
belonged to (4)…Britain since (5)….Normans arrived in (6)….11th
century, although they are not part of (7)…United Kingdom.
Charlie Chaplin was (8)….English film actor. He was also
(9)…director. He did most of his work in (10) …USA. Many people
consider him (ll)….greatest comic actor of (12)… silent cinema. He
appeared in many films as (13)….poor man with (14)…small round hat,
(15) …small moustache and (16)….trousers and (17) …shoes that were
too big for him, causing him to walk in (18)….funny way.
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10
Choose an answer (a-f) for each question (1-6) and add a or
1. How often have you done this? (. .)
2. What exactly is an olive? (...)
3. Where's your dictionary? (. .)
4. Why is it so bright outside to-
night? (...)
5. What kind of career does Sally
want? (...)
6. What does Mrs Reynolds' son
do? (. .)
a It's on … bottom shelf of my
bookcase.
b I think he's in..navy.
с She'd like to be..journalist.
d I'm sure it's..fruit.
e It must be..moon.
f Yesterday was actually … first
time.
NOUNS
Q
INSERT “IS” OR “ARE”
1
1. Knowledge … power.
2. My hair … clean.
3. The crowd … enormous.
4. The team … discussing strategy now.
5. Wages … paid to workmen by the day or week.
6. What … your politics?
7. The biggest time waster … meetings.
8. Your jeans … too tight.
9. Billiards … a game played with balls and long tapering sticks
called cues on an oblong, cloth-covered table.
10. The police … looking for a fair-haired man in his twenties.
2
1. The family … fond of their house.
2. There … five people in the room now.
the.
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3. There … a wardrobe, two arm-chairs, a sofa and a coffee table in
the room.
4. Twenty miles … a long way to walk.
5. The majority of criminals … non-violent.
6. Some of these people … friends of mine and the rest … people
from the office.
7. A lot of social problems … caused by unemployment.
8. A couple of my friends … going to open a travel agency.
9. Statistics … useful in language testing.
10. Everybody … ready.
3
1. There … two fish in the basket.
2. The summons … already overdue.
3. The job is unpaid, but quite a number of people … willing to un-
dertake it.
4. When the News … over, we’ll have supper.
5. I know that there … a lot of trouble, but I don’t know who was
behind it.
6. Where … the greens?
7. My watch … on the table.
8. The most important news … broadcast on this channel.
9. There … hardly any furniture in this room.
10. What colour … your new trousers?
Q
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VARIANT
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1. The (wolves, wolfs) have been shot.
2. My sister has a (two-months old, two-month old) baby.
3. He showed me the (photoes, photos) of his country house.
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4. They found the only (means, mean’s, mean) to cross the river
was to swim.
5. All the available (data, datum, dates) show that the revolution
th
started in the 18
century.
6. Three (policemen, policeman, policemans) were present there.
7. He goes out in all (weather, weathers).
8. It costs 25 (pennies, pence).
9. They became successful (businessmen, businessman).
10. News (travel, travels, are travelling) fast.
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1. I don’t want (advice, an advice, advices) or help.
2. There are too many (mouses, mice, mices) in the barn.
3. (Children, childrens) usually inherit some characteristics from
their father and some from their mother.
4. I bought three (grouses, grouse) for dinner.
5. We met many (Japaneses, Japanese) on our holiday.
6. The first class passengers filed before the captain as solemn as
(oxes, oxen, ox).
7. There seemed to be varying (criteriums, criteria, criterias) for the
treatment of passengers.
8. The (hangers-on, hanger’s-on, hanger-ons) stared at us as though
we were curious (phenomenons, phenomena, phenomenas).
9. The (deer, deers, deeres) were ravaging the man’s fields.
10. He ordered two (gin-and-tonics, gins-and-tonic, gins-and-tonics).
.
6
1. – My son painted these landscapes. – I know, I particularly like
(this picture of your son, this picture of your son’s, this picture of
a son of yours).
2. – Who was it? – Oh, it was (a student of Mrs. Grey’s, a student
of Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Grey’s a student).
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3. I was in the (grocer’s, grocers’) and I heard some woman say it.
4. (Tess’s, Tesses’, Tess’es) mother doesn’t allow her to stay long
in the open.
5. (Peter and Helen’s, Peter’s and Helen’s) flat is on the second
floor.
6. My (parent’s, parents’, parentses’) son is my brother.
7. In stressing her (mother’s-in-law, mother-in-law’s, mother’s-in-
law’s) peasant origin she found it easier to disregard her.
8. Wormwood Shrubs is a first (offender’s, offenders’) prison.
9. – What is Ann now? – She is the (PM’s, P’sM, P’sM’s) secretary.
10. I think you can buy it at (Harrods’s, Harrods’, Harrods).
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Q
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VARIANT
1
1. I hate arriving (late, lately).
2. I haven’t been to the theatre much (lately, late).
3. Throw it as (highly, high) as you can.
4. I can (highly, high) recommend it.
5. He can jump really (high, highly).
6. My friends are (mostly, most) non-smokers.
7. You are a (most, mostly) unusual person.
8. She is sleeping (sound, soundly).
9. Can you be there at 6 o’clock (sharp, sharply)?
10. She looked at him (sharply, sharp).
2
1. The door was (widely, wide) open.
2. She travels (wide, widely).
3. (Than, then) I went home.
4. I go there (always, quite often).
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5. I am going to do my exams and (after, afterwards) I am going to
study medicine.
6. Your idea sounds (greatly, great).
7. You sound (unhappily, unhappy).
8. It tastes (nice, nicely). What’s in it?
9. Are you going (somewhere, anywhere) tomorrow?
10. The plane flew very (low, lowly).
3
1. He lives quite (near, nearly).
2. It’s (near, nearly) 5 o’clock.
3. I haven’t seen the postman (yet, already).
4. I received a letter from him (recently, lately).
5. I saw him (lately, recently).
6. He has read (a lot, a lot of, many).
7. My room is (more, much) larger than yours.
8. I shall be there (either, too).
9. I haven’t seen him (too, either).
10. They came (more, much) later than I.
4
1. John bought Maria a pair of (black leather, leather black) gloves.
2. A (new Japanese car, Japanese new car) factory will be opened
in the north.
3. She was wearing a (red lovely, lovely red) dress.
4. He’s bought a (German sports posh, German posh sports, posh
German sports, posh sports German) car.
5. Winning the Nobel prize has made her (highly, well, generally)-
known throughout the world.
6. If you feel (boring, bored), why don’t you go to the cinema?
7. You look (worried, worrying). Is anything the matter?
8. We won’t go camping until the weather is (more warm, warmer).
9. Jill couldn’t drive any further that day as she was so (tired, tiring).
10. I am getting (prettily, pretty) fed up.
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5
1. The first part of the film was really (exciting, excited).
2. It was the best film I’ve ever seen. It was (fantastic, good).
3. I didn’t think you were (interesting, interested) in ancient history.
4. It made me (tiring, tired).
5. Too much exercise can make you feel (tiring, tired).
6. I am not really (interested, interesting) in this car.
7. The skyscraper is one of the (tallest, taller) buildings in the
world.
8. Could you work (more quietly, more quieter), please?
9. The test wasn’t (as hard as, hard as) I expected.
10. Nothing is (worse, worst) than being stuck in a traffic jam.
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1. The fish was (so tasty as, as tasty as) the meat.
2. The temple is the (eldest, oldest) in Europe.
3. Can you work (quicklier, more quickly)?
4. This film is not as (interesting, less interesting, more interesting)
as that one.
5. This house is (much, more, most) bigger than that one.
6. She’s not as intelligent (as, than) her sister.
7. She works (as, like) an accountant in a local bank.
8. She is getting (richer, more rich) and (richer, more rich) every
year.
9. The film was not (such, so) good as I had expected.
10. She worked (so, as) hard as she could to finish early.
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PRONOUNS
Q
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VARIANT
1
1. I hardly know (somebody, anybody) here.
2. Do you want to spread (little, a little, few, a few) honey on your
slice of bread?
3. They haven’t met for twenty years, neither of them has seen even
a photo of (another, others, the other).
4. We’ve got (much, lots, a lot of, little) problems at the moment.
5. There is (something, anything, nothing) new under the sun.
(Shakespeare)
6. You can buy stamps at (any, no, each) post office.
7. What are you going to have, orange juice or Coke? – (Both, ei-
ther, neither), I am not thirsty.
8. I usually put (much, many) more sugar in my tea.
9. She liked the diamond (itself, herself, oneself) but not the setting.
10. Tom and Ann blamed (themselves, themselfs, theirselves) for the
accident.
2
1. The man (who, whom, what) robbed you has been arrested.
2. The woman (which, that) we spoke to gave us directions.
3. She heard steps behind (her, herself).
4. Among all the crowd who came and went she cared for (any-
body, nobody).
5. Buses into town run (each, every, all) twenty minutes or so.
6. – What would you like to eat? – I don’t mind (anything, nothing,
something). Whatever you’ve got.
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7. He is lazy. He never does (any, some, no, none) work.
8. I am going to a wedding on Saturday. A friend of (my, mine, me)
is getting married.
9. We couldn’t buy anything, because (no one, none) of the shops
were open.
10. The climate here is just right, neither cold (not, or, nor, non, nei-
ther) hot.
3
1. We had (such a, so a, such, so) hard time trying to persuade him
that we gave up.
2. It was a great party. (Everybody, all, everybody of us) enjoyed it.
3. I asked two people the way to the station but (neither, both, none,
either of them) knew.
4. Do you like this new hat of (her, hers)?
5. We’ve got (few, some, any, none) eggs. Let’s make an omelet.
6. There were chairs on (both, either, any) side of the table.
7. (They say, one says) her husband’s been seeing that Mrs. Hast-
ings again.
8. There is no need to hurry, we still have (a little, a few, few, little)
time left.
9. Who’s speaking? – It’s (me, I).
10. I like this pen, but I don’t like (the others, others, another).
4
1. Who did you invite? – (All, all of them, them all).
2. She had a child holding on to (each, every) hand.
3. She’s lost nearly (every, each) friend she had.
4. I want him to do it (myself, himself).
5. It was (so, such) good milk that we couldn’t stop drinking it.
6. She is (so, such) babyish.
7. There is only (little, a little) yoghurt left in the fridge.
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8. No one objected, did (they, he, she)?
9. The girl is with (there, their) father now.
10. He says he is a phrenologist (whatever, whichever, whoever) that is.
MODALS
Q
CHOOSE THE BEST VARIANT (TENSES MAY BE CHANGED)
1
Complete the following sentences with the suitable form of
1. I feel absolutely awful. I think I …..(have) flu.
2. Are you going to ……. (come) to Charlie’s birthday party next
Saturday?
3. My word! It ……. (take) you ages to write all this. There are
more than 2,000 pages!
4. Which bus do you think you ……. (leave) your bag on?
5. ‘It’s odd we haven’t received that cheque. Showerings said
they’d sent it.’
‘Yes I suppose it ……. (get) lost in the post but I doubt it.’
6. I ……. (swim) really well when I was six years old.
7. Although she had a broken leg, she ……. (swim) to the shore.
8. You ……. (tell) me it was a formal party. I looked a real idiot in
my pullover and jeans!
9. It’s not surprising we ……. (not find) the house. You gave us the
wrong address!
10. I used to ……. (run) for miles. Now I ……. (not even run) round
the block!
can, could, be able, may, might, must
2
1. 1.When we were at school, we (had to, ought to) wear a uniform.
2. You (don’t have to, mustn’t) wear your seatbelt during the whole
of the flight.
and the verb in brackets.
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