Вариант 1

Задание 1.

The bryansk branch

Of the oryol regional academy of state service

Choose the right variant.

The Oryol Branch of the Russian Academy of State Service 1. _______ formed on the 24 of September, 1993 and on the 20 of June, 1996 it was 2. ________ into the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Since then more than 4500 students 3. ________ the diplomas. Now the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service is one of the 4. ________ educational institutions which 5. ______ and retrains the state and municipal 6. ___________ . It has three faculties: «State and Municipal Administration», «Economy and Management», «7. _______ ». The Academy provides a post-graduate course. In the Academy there are 15 departments, 7 branches in Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Lipetsk, Smolensk, 8. __________ and Tula.

The Bryansk Branch of the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service was organized in 9. __________. It was 10. _______ by the candidate of political science Tatiana Sergeevna Bolhovitina. Tatiana Sergeevna 11. ______ to create one of the most popular educational institutions of the Bryansk region. People can get here the following 12. ________ : «State and Municipal 13. ________ »; «Organizational Management»; «Jurisprudence»; «Finance and Credit».

The Bryansk Branch of the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service 14. ________ two forms of study: full-time and part-time. Full-time students should have 15. ___________ vocational education; part-time students have secondary vocational or 16. ___________ education. Besides, the Bryansk Branch of the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service 17. _________ retraining state employees and improvement of their professional skills.

The priority guideline of the Bryansk Branch of the Oryol Regional Academy of State Service is the 18. _________ professional level of the 19. _________ staff that successfully allows solving the problems of up-to-date education, to connect training with 20. __________ , and it is one of the distinctive features of the Academy. The director of this 21. _________ institution T.S.Bolhovitina has collected 22. ________ qualified teachers. Students can attend lectures and seminars of the professors and lecturers not only from Bryansk, but from Moscow and Oryol.

1.	a. was	b. have been	c. had been	d. been
2.	a. reorganize	b. reorganized	c. reorganizing	d. reorganizes
3.	a. gave	b. got	c. put	d. took
4.	a. lead	b. led	c. leadering	d. leading
5.	a. trains	b. prepares	c. teaches	d. studies
6.	a. employees	b. employers	c. employed	d. employs
7.	a. Justice	b. Juror	c. Jurisprudence	d. Jurisdiction
8.	a. Taganrog	b. Tambov	c. Kaluga	d. Oryol
9.	a. 1996	b. 1997	c. 1998	d. 1999
10.	a. headed	b. heading	c. to head	d. head
11.	a. managed	b. was managed	c. have managed	d. has managed
12.	a. subjects	b. specialties	c. things	d. objects
13.	a. Administration	b. Government	c. Management	d. Directing
14.	a. gives	b. provides	c. offers	d. pleases
15.	a. secondary	b. primary	c. compulsory	d. higher
16.	a. secondary	b. primary	c. compulsory	d. higher
17.	a. gives	b. provides	c. carries out	d. offers
18.	a. higher	b. high	c. highest	d. highly
19.	a. working	b. teaching	c. administrative	d. office
20.	a. theory	b. practice	c. work	d. managing
21.	a. financial	b. social	c. political	d. educational
22.	a. higher	b. high	c. highest	d. highly

Задание 2. Выберите и вставьте в текст вместо точек подходящие по смыслу слова и словосочетания.

suffered, was dropped, of the world, was taken, were advisable, trip to, to accept, were suspicious, comes to an agreement, would meet, into quarrels, be easy, set off on

The League of Nations was to be an organization where representatives of the world's nations (1) ... and settle their differences by discussions instead of war. It had taken Wilson months of hard bargaining to persuade the other Allied leaders (2)... this plan. Now he faced a battle to persuade Congress and the American people to accept it, too.

Wilson knew that this would not (3) ... . Many Americans were against their country becoming permanently involved in the problems of Europe. And they (4) ... of the League of Nations. Wouldn't joining such an organization mean that the United States might be dragged (5) ... , perhaps even wars that were none of its business?

Wilson tried to remove such fears. But as the months passed it began to seem that he was failing to do so. After another (6)... Europe he returned to America, tired and ill. But he boarded a special train and (7) ... a speaking tour of the western United States to plead for the League.

The tour was never completed. On September 25, 1919, the exhausted Wilson (8) ... a severe stroke. He (9) ... back to Washington, his health broken for ever. In March 1920, the Senate voted against the United States joining the League of Nations, and the idea (10) ... .

From his invalid's armchair in the White House a sick and disappointed Wilson spoke the last words on the subject. "We had a chance to gain the leadership (11) ... We have lost it and soon we shall be witnessing the tragedy of it all."

Задание 3.

а) выберите соответствующий вариант

1. There are ... people in the room. I'm not alone.

a) a few b) a little c) few d) все не верно

2. The newspaper... about a dozen passengers had been injured in an accident.

a) talked b) told c) spoke d) все не верно

3. Of course, I am always punctual myself, ...?

a) don't I b) am I c) aren’t 't I d) все не верно

4. The library is mine, but nothing ... that book of poetry belongs to me.

a) besides b) except c) unless d) все не верно

5. Не used his briefcase ... a table to rest his notes on.

a) as b) like c) for d) все не верно

6. I can't find my umbrella; I've a feeling I ... have left it on the bus.

a) can b) ought c) might d) все не верно

I. Joan suggested ... for a picnic in the afternoon if it didn't keep on raining.

a) go b) going c) to go d) все не верно

б) поставьте глагол в соответствующей форме

8. Ever since Dan met Maria, he (8) (not to be able) to think about anyone else.

9-10. We (9) (to fly) to Crete next Friday. The plane (10) (to take) off at 7 a.m.

11. She realized that it (11) (to be) completely dark and she had been walking for a long time.

12. If I were offered a job abroad, 1(12) (to take) it if conditions were good.

13-14. While the bus (13) (to go) along the motorway last night something very strange (14) (to happen).

15. If I continue with my diet I (15) (to lose) 10 kilos by the end of the month.

Задание 4. Составьте предложения из данных слов

1. Experience, not, but, have, he, a lot of, may, is, easy, he, to deal with

2. Sank, top, ground, the, reaching, the, we, mountain, of, to, the

3. Part, are, to be, the, many, city, there, found, of, this, cafes, in

4. Want, tell, on, her, I'll, that, phone, the, you, her

5. Explanations, with, asked, as, satisfied, additional, he, wasn't, answer, for, he, the

6. Knew, would, he, me, introduce, better, her, if, her, to, he

7. Not, the, as, usually, champion, as, he, playing, does, tennis, well, is

8. Is, him, no, it, that, wrong, use, he, to, is, explaining

9. Of, strong, face, the, to see, enough, his, light, the, wasn't, expression

10. Read, you, directions, and, drive, map, will, the, if, give, I, you?

Задание 5. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу предлогами, артиклями, союзами, местоимениями, наречиями или вспомогательными глаголами

On the morning of Friday, August 3, 1492, an Italian adventurer named Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain to find a new way (1) ... Europe to Asia. His aim was to open up a shorter trade route (2) ... the two continents. In Asia, he intended to load his three small ships (3) ... silks, spices and gold, and sail back to Europe a rich man.

Columbus first sailed south to the Canary Islands. Then he turned west across the unknown waters of the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Ten weeks (4) ... leaving Spain, he stepped ashore on the beach of a low sandy island. Columbus believed that he (5)... landed in the Indies, a group of islands close (6) ... the mainland of India. For this reason, he called the friendly, brown-skinned people (7) ... greeted him "los Indies" — Indians.

In fact, Columbus was not near India. It was not the edge of Asia (8) ... he had reached, but islands off the shores of a new continent. Europeans would soon name (9) ... new continent America, but (10)... many years they went on calling its inhabitants Indians. Only recently have these first Americans (11) ... described more accurately as "native Americans" (12) ... Amerindians.

There were many different groups of Amerindians, which lived (13) ... separate groups called "tribes." These tribes followed very different ways of life. Some were hunters, some were farmers. Some were peaceful, others warlike. They spoke over three hundred separate languages, some of (14) ... were as different from one another (15) ... English is from Chinese.