1. Why does Mr. Blake employ a lot of people?

A Because he gets a lot of satisfaction being a businessman. □

В Because he has enough time to do everything himself. □

С Because he likes to interview many people. □

D Because he doesn't have enough time to do everything himself. □

2. Blake's employees: А are lazy. □

В earn a lot of money. □

С are intelligent □

Экзаменационный билет № 1

1. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени.

Barbara cartland

Barbara Cartland is a famous love-story writer. According to the Guinness Book of Records she (to be) the best-selling author in the world.

Barbara Cartland (to be born) at the beginning of the century. She (to write) her first book when she (to be) twenty-one, and it sold out as soon as it (to reach) the shops.

Since then she (to write) over 450 books, and all of them (to be) about love.

This is what Barbara says about herself: “I (to be) very organized. I (to have) 5 secretaries. I (to lie) on the sofa, (to shut) my eyes and just (to tell) the story. I (to make) very few corrections. I only (to cut) the paragraphs if they (to be) very long. When I (to want) a plot, I (to say) a prayer.”

Today Barbara (to hold) the world record for the amount of books she (to sell).

2. Задайте 5 вопросов (5 типов вопросов) к тексту.

3. Из четырех вариантов А, Б, С, D выберите единственно правильный.

1. Mount Everest is ___________ mountain in the world.

A) high B) highest C) the higher D) the highest

2. She wants to be a doctor when_______________.

A) she will leave school B) she leaves school C) she is leaving school D) she left school

3. I know Nora Norman. I ________________her at the party a couple of weeks ago.

A) met B) have met C) had met D) was met

4. The earliest known manuscript of Beowulf ___________ in the British Museum.

A) keeps B) kept C) is keeping D) is kept

5. I don’t know _______________________.

A) where is the phone-book. B) the phone-book where is.

C) where the phone-book is. D) the phone-book is where

4. Переведите на английский язык следующие предложения.

1. Я еще не видел этого фильма. 2. Погода вчера была плохая, и нам пришлось остаться дома. 3. Перестаньте разговаривать! Я ничего не слышу. 4. У меня много английских книг. Ты можешь взять любую. 5. Будущей весной здесь построят новую больницу.

Экзаменационный билет № 2

1. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени.

Adam smith

Adam Smith (to be) a great scientist who (to make) extraordinary contribution in economics.

He (to be born) in 1723 in small fishing town near Edinburgh, Scotland. His father (to be) a customs officer. He (to die) before his son (to be born).

At the age of 28 Adam Smith (to become) a Professor of Logics at the University of Glasgow. It (to be) his first academic appointment. Later he (to become) a tutor to a wealthy Scottish duke¹. Then Adam Smith (to receive) from him a very big sum of money.

With the financial support ²of this money, Smith (to devote) 10 years to writing his work, which founded economic science. Its name (to be) well-known now: “The Wealth of Nations”. It (to be published) in 1776 with great success.

Adam Smith (to make) economics a science. This Scottish economist (to be) often spoken about as the founder of political economy too.

2. Задайте 5 вопросов (5 типов вопросов) к тексту.

3. Из четырех вариантов А, Б, С, D выберите единственно правильный.

1). The four great deserts of central Australia ___________ 2,000,000 square kilometres.

A) covers B) cover C) covering D) are covering

2). I ___________ two tickets of The Marriage of Figaro.

A) just bought B) just buy C) bought just D) have just bought

3). What do you want ________________?

A) me do B) that I do C) me to do D) what I do

4). Our English lessons at school were very boring. We ______ long exercises and learn a lot of grammar rules

A) had to write B) to write C) must write D) must to write

5). Who __________ to take part in our concert?

A) does want B) do want C) wants D) want

4. Переведите на английский язык следующие предложения.

1. Эта книга интереснее той. 2. Волга самая длинная река в Европе, не так ли? 3. Кто старше, Ольга или Маша? – Ольга. Она на три года старше Маши . 4. На этой площади будет построен новый дом. 5. Мама заставляет меня каждый день делать утреннюю зарядку.