55 Points

Test 2. CAE Level. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the sentence printed before it. Don’t change the words that are given to you.

Example: Make sure you finish this book before you start on the others. - Don't start the other books until you have finished this one.

1. Nobody has seen Jo for over a month. - Jo was _________________________

2. Shevchenko’s goal was the most extraordinary one I have ever seen. - I've yet _____________

3. No one has asked me that before. - This is the first time ________________

4. The journey to Paris took much longer before they built the Channel Tunnel. - Since the ______

5. It's almost a year since I stopped smoking. - I gave __________________

6. This cafe used to be a lot more popular before they opened the new one next door. – Since ______

7. Don't use that milk until you’ve finished I this carton. Make sure you’ve finished this carton before you use that milk.

8. I’m sure he will arrive before you get there. - By the time ______________

9. After keying in that report, could you perhaps check this order for me? - When that ________

10. I'm sure Helen will have got there before everyone else. - Helen is sure _________________

11. We will fax you further details on receipt of your completed application form. – Having _______

12. What a pity he couldn’t come! - I wish ____________________

13. Anna didn’t come to the dinner yesterday evening, so perhaps she was ill. – Anna must __________

14. It wasn’t necessary for you to call him as he already knew about the meeting. - You needn’t ____________

15. The team managed to finish the preparation for the product launch in time. - The team succeeded __________

15 Points

TEST 3. CAE Level. Open the brackets and fill in the gaps with a suitable verbal or tense-form of the verb.

Despite all the lessons we _______ (1 - to learn) from history, it is difficult to conceive what people are likely _______ (2 – to do) a hundred years from now. During this century, so many changes _______ (3 – to take) place that any idea as to what new invention is about _______ (4 - to become) an integral part of our lives _______ (5 - to become) more of a guessing game than ever. For a start, in ten years' time, today's innovations _______ (6 – probably / to go) out of date. There is little doubt that many of our habitual, taken-for-granted activities such as shopping and going to school _______ (7 – to disappear) by the year 2100, largely due to the growth of electronic media. But what we have little idea about is how this _______ (8 – to affect) our personal relationships. Or rather, not ours as this will be long after we have left (9 – to leave) this earth. What _______ (10 – to concern) us now is how our great-great­-grandchildren _______ (11 – to live). People _______ (12 – still / to talk) to each other face to face, or only via computers? They _______ to find (13 – still / to be able) a friendly shoulder to cry on when they _______ low (14 – to feel)? In the long run, who _______ (15 – to know)?