3. Test

1. Choose the correct answer: (A), (B), (C), (D).

1. It is known that Ivan the Terrible was very cruel.

1. impatient

2. serious

3. brutal

4. reliable

2. The biography is a very popular form of prose.

(A) science fiction

(B) poetry

(C) historical work

(D) writing

3. I like Mark Twain’s humorous stories.

(A) funny

(B) intelligent

(C) artistic

5. interesting

4. This railway line connects Moscow and ST Petersburg.

1. separates

2. divides

3. links

4. serves

5. Most students hate exams.

1. fear

2. strongly dislike

3. fail

4. find pleasant

6. I think he is an imitator, not a creator.

1. a copier

2. an originator

3. a burglar

4. a writer

7. In Britain the Queen is the formal head of the state, but it is the prime minister and the cabinet who govern.

(A) rule

(B) choose

(C) advise

(D) watch

8. Sharks must swim all the time to avoid sinking.

1. swiftly

2. often

3. accurately

4. constantly

2. The number of unemployed people in our country is increasing.

1. working

2. well-to do

3. jobless

4. educated

3. It is a school for gifted children.

1. talented

2. ordinary

3. blind

4. handicapped

4. Test

1. Choose the correct answer: (A), (B), (C), (D).

1. In _______________, there are a lot of car accidents in the streets of big cities.

1. a rainy weather

2. rainy weather

3. the rainy weather

4. rainy weathers

2. Our English lessons at school were very boring. We ____________ long exercises and learn a lot of grammar rules by heart.

1. must to write

2. must write

3. had to write

4. to write

3. Alice said that her parents _______________ in a week.

1. will come back

2. comes back

3. would come back

4. had come back

4. Who __________ to take part in our concert?

1. does want

2. want

3. do want

4. wants

5. The policeman asked me if I __________ the car accident.

1. have seen

2. saw

3. had seen

4. had been seen

6. You had to stay at home yesterday, ____________?

1. isn’t it

2. had you

3. hadn’t you

4. didn’t you

7. I haven’t seen the film yet and _______________.

1. neither has my brother

2. my brother has neither

3. neither saw my brother

4. neither my brother

8. By the time he was 25 Alexander the Great ______________ the whole East from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River.

1. was conquered

2. had been conquered

3. conquered

4. had conquered

9. She wants to be a doctor _________________.

(A) when she will leave school

(B) when she leaves school

(C) when she is leaving school

(D) when she left school

5. Test

1. Choose the correct answer.

1. The door was locked and she __________ the conversation.

1. wasn’t able hear

2. didn’t can hear

3. couldn’t hear

2. I think _________ table tennis after a bit of practice.

1. ‘ll be able to play

2. Can to play

3. May play

3. I _________ to Ann, I haven’t written her for ages.

1. must write

2. have to write

3. may write

4. She didn’t like her former job as she ____________ a uniform.

1. must wear

2. had to wear

3. might wear

5. The baby is asleep. You ________________.

(A) mustn’t shout

(B) needn’t shout

(C) don’t have to shout

6. Ann ________________ school yesterday as she wasn’t feeling well.

1. might leave

2. could leave

3. was allowed to leave

7. Our baby _____________ in a few weeks.

1. can walk

2. will be able to walk

3. will can walk