TEST 2
(Variant 2)
To complete this Test refer to GRAMMAR REFERENCE for revision (pp…).
PRONOUNS
TASK1. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO.
1. The race will be held in … weather.
2. Have you got … more money? – No, there is … money left.
3. … time ago I came across this photo in an old magazine.
4. Call on me … time you need my advice.
5. Go and ask him for … paper. I haven’t got … .
6. He can do this work without … problem.
7. There is hardly … way out of the situation.
8. Could you give me … water? I’m very thirsty.
TASK2. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO + BODY/ONE/THING/WHERE.
1. It’s a stupid idea. Ask … and they will answer you.
2. … understood the rule and the teacher had to explain it again.
3. Are you going … tonight?
4. I thinл there’s … wrong with the car. I can’t start it.
5. I can’t add … to what I’ve said.
TASK4. Use ONE, ONES, the ONE, the ONES, or ONE’s to complete the sentences below.
1. Which kittens will you take? – The black … .
2. The ring is in that drawer – … with the key in the lock.
3. Here are some books on European history. Which … do you want?
4. There’s a right answer and a wrong … .
5. … mustn’t forget … friends.
TASK5. Complete these sentences with NO, NONE, NOBODY, NO-ONE, NOTHING.
1. I said … . Not a word.
2. The accident looked serious but fortunately … was injured.
3. … intelligent person could do such a stupid thing.
4. How many of them have come back? – … .
5. … could find their luggage.
6. I wanted some milk but there was … in the house.
7. How many students attended the meeting? – … .
8. Who attended the meeting? – … .
9. There are faults from which … of us is free.
10. … words could describe the scene.
TASK6. Complete the sentences with MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF.
1. I don’t have … patience with incompetence.
2. I think there is too … violence on TV.
3. Martin spent … time in France last year.
4. Are there … students among your friends?
5. I have so … things to do that I don’t know which to do first.
TASK7. Complete the sentences with LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW.
1. He is very successful even though he has very … education.
2. There’s no need to hurry. We still have … minutes left.
3. When she sold her house she only took … furniture with her and … personal possessions.
4. I tried to help but there was so … I could do.
5. The group have brought very … luggage, only … suitcases.
NUMBERS
TASK1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
Example: May 20 – May the twentieth;
1) A man wearing a stocking mask and armed with a shotgun held up cashiers at the National Bank yesterday, May 20, and stole £5.500. The robbery happened at about 4.15 p.m. It is the 3rd robbery in the area this year. Luckily, there were no clients inside. Police have appealed for witnesses. The number to ring is 0106-744391.
2) Unemployment figures were released on Thursday, November 13. Last month there were 3,649,712 registered unemployed. That is 14.5% of the work force. Over the past 2 years this number has increased by over 260,000.
PREPOSITIONS
(Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
TASK1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
Example: 1 – on;
1. Could you come to see me … Saturday morning?
in at on
2. Their children and are camping … this week.
at - in
3. you shouldn’t go out late … night.
over at by
4. Sit down. Mr Brown will join you … moment.
at for in
5. I’ve studied English … I was ten, and still I can’t speak it.
till for since
6. How long are you going to wait for him? - … five.
for till since
7. I got a letter from my American friend … last Saturday.
- on during
8. I live … Central Avenue not far from the station
on in at
9. Put your signature … the bottom of the letter.
at on above
10. What’s going on … the corner of the street?
on in at
11. The Alps are … the South of Europe.
to in on
12. I don’t like office work. I can’t spend the whole day sitting … the desk
in front of at by
13. The weather is sunny. There isn’t a single cloud … the sky.
in on at
14. As soon as you arrive … London give me a call.
at in into
15. We walked … the bridge to the other side of the river.
along across through
16. Planes fly … Amsterdam … Paris every day.
from, in from, to out of, to
17. They are leaving … Japan next Tuesday. They will stay for a fortnight in Tokyo.
- for to
18. I’ve been … Canada but I haven’t been … the USA.
in, in to, to to, in
19. He got … the car and started the engine.
in on into
20. When I came … the hotel I started to take my clothes … my suitcase.
in, from to, out of into, out of
PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE
TASK1. Choose between the Present Simple and Present Progressive.
1. He gave/was giving up his job as a journalist and became/was becoming a teacher.
2. We went/ were going down in the lift when it suddenly stopped/was stopping.
3. It happened/was happening while I lived/was living in Bristol.
4. They lived/were living in London all their life.
5. “What did you do/were you doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?” asked the detective. – “I cleaned/was cleaning my house.”
TASK2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
1. Everyone was talking but stopped then/the moment Mr. Smith entered the room.
2. I lived in Glasgow until/by the time I was fourteen.
3. While/Once I was having breakfast this morning, my sister called from the States.
4. James always let me know at the time/ whenever he was going to be late.
5. Now, Mr. Star, what were you doing between/by ten and ten thirty last night?
TASK3. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.
1. The driver (fall) asleep as he (drive) along.
2. I (not/understand) what (go on). Several people (shout) at me and one (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.
3. The only thing I disliked about him when we (study) at college was that he always (borrow) my things without asking.
4. She said she (get) more forgetful as she (grow) older.
5. The sun (shine) brightly and Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses.
6. He (use) to smoke forty cigarettes a day till he finally (give) up smoking.
7. I (visit) London last year.
8. He (enter) the office, (look) around and (come) up to the secretary.
9. What you (do) yesterday at seven p.m.?
10. Peter (meet) someone that night so I (stay) at the office and (work) for a few extra hours.
PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
TASK1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.
1. Sorry about the mess. I have painted/been painting the house.
2. How long has he lived/been living in Manchester? – All his life. He was born there.
3. They are in London now. They have lived/been living there for the last six months.
4. It has rained/been raining since morning already.
5. I’m afraid I have broken/been breaking one of your glasses.
ALL THE PRESENT TENSES
TASK1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
1. You look tired. – Yes, I (work) non-stop all day.
2. The police (investigate) the break-in at the college since last September.
3. My mother-in-law always (grumble)!
4. Older people (become) more isolated now.
5. How long you (be) in business?
6. Carol already (make) ten phone calls and it’s only nine o’clock.
7. I can smell something nice. What you (cook)?
8. I (not/see) you for ages. What you (do)?
9. I’m fed up. I (wait) for the bus for forty minutes.
10. Where you (come) from? – I (come) from Minsk.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the text carefully.
CLINTON’S TRAIN
Clinton’s hands rested on the power-handle of the electric train, pressing it down. If he lifted them the ‘Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly. Clinton had never yet heard of a driver who had died at his post, but the handle would save the train if such a thing ever happened.
Through the window in front his cool eyes watched the lines racing towards him; green signals rushed nearer and passed. He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
Clinton usually travelled at sixty-eight miles an hour on this part of the line. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again. This was his regular habit, and he nearly always drew into Brighton station as the hands of the clock pointed exactly to the hour. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time. He did not want to be late: it gave him a good deal of personal satisfaction to arrive at the right moment. Besides, it was a famous train: all the passengers depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
He thought of the people in the crowded train behind him: all the doctors and nurses, the businessmen, the holiday-makers. He used to watch them leaving the station in Brighton, carrying away safely all the plans, all the ideas and troubles in their interesting heads.
1. Choose the best answer.
1. Why is the handle called “Dead Man’s Handle’?
a) It has to be pressed down if the driver dies.
b) It stops the train suddenly, when something happens.
c) It switches the electric power on and off.
d) It will stop the train if the driver dies.
2. The word ‘cool’ in ‘Through the window in front his cool eyes watched …’ implies that
a) Clinton’s eyes were rather cold.
b) Clinton was calm.
c) Clinton was nervous.
d) Clinton was not warm.
3. The ‘finger’ in ‘He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window.’ belonged to
a) Clinton
b) the power-handle
c) the thermometer
d) the speedometer
4. At which of the following possible times should the train arrive at Brighton station?’
a) 18.00
b) 18.15
c) 18.30
d) 18.55
5. Why didn’t Clinton want to be late?
a) He felt good when he was on time.
b) He got a fine when not on time.
c) His boss would surely dismiss him.
d) He got a good deal of money when on time.
2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
1. Clinton had heard about many drivers who had died at their posts.
2. The handle would save the train in case something terrible happened to a driver.
3. Clinton usually traveled at the same speed all the way to the station.
4. Clinton didn’t want to be late because all the passengers on this train depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
3. Choose the best translation.
1. If he lifted them the “Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly.
a) Если он поднимет их (руки), автоматический тормоз поднимется и остановит поезд, остановит навсегда.
b) Если бы он поднял их (руки), сработал бы переключатель тока и остановил поезд, остановил бы внезапно.
c) Если бы он поднял их (руки), “мертвецкая рукоятка” поднялась бы и остановила поезд, остановила внезапно.
2. He looked at the finger on the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
a) Он посмотрел на стрелку прибора под окном. Она указывала на 68.
b) Он посмотрел на палец на приборе под окном. Он указывал на 68.
c) Он посмотрел на указатель инструмента под окном. Он указывал на 68.
3. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again.
a) Дальше по пути он то уменьшал скорость до 55, то увеличивал ее опять.
b) Дальше он снизил бы скорость до 55, а затем увеличил бы ее опять.
c) Дальше он снижал скорость до 55, а затем увеличивал ее опять.
4. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time.
a) Сегодня, насколько он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
b) Сегодня, так далеко, как он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
c) Сегодня, пока он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
5. He used to watch them leaving the station at Brighton …
a) Он привык смотреть, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
b) Он обычно смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
c) Он пользовался тем, что смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
TEST 2
(Variant 2)
To complete this Test refer to GRAMMAR REFERENCE for revision (pp…).
PRONOUNS
TASK1. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO.
1. The race will be held in … weather.
2. Have you got … more money? – No, there is … money left.
3. … time ago I came across this photo in an old magazine.
4. Call on me … time you need my advice.
5. Go and ask him for … paper. I haven’t got … .
6. He can do this work without … problem.
7. There is hardly … way out of the situation.
8. Could you give me … water? I’m very thirsty.
TASK2. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO + BODY/ONE/THING/WHERE.
1. It’s a stupid idea. Ask … and they will answer you.
2. … understood the rule and the teacher had to explain it again.
3. Are you going … tonight?
4. I thinл there’s … wrong with the car. I can’t start it.
5. I can’t add … to what I’ve said.
TASK4. Use ONE, ONES, the ONE, the ONES, or ONE’s to complete the sentences below.
1. Which kittens will you take? – The black … .
2. The ring is in that drawer – … with the key in the lock.
3. Here are some books on European history. Which … do you want?
4. There’s a right answer and a wrong … .
5. … mustn’t forget … friends.
TASK5. Complete these sentences with NO, NONE, NOBODY, NO-ONE, NOTHING.
1. I said … . Not a word.
2. The accident looked serious but fortunately … was injured.
3. … intelligent person could do such a stupid thing.
4. How many of them have come back? – … .
5. … could find their luggage.
6. I wanted some milk but there was … in the house.
7. How many students attended the meeting? – … .
8. Who attended the meeting? – … .
9. There are faults from which … of us is free.
10. … words could describe the scene.
TASK6. Complete the sentences with MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF.
1. I don’t have … patience with incompetence.
2. I think there is too … violence on TV.
3. Martin spent … time in France last year.
4. Are there … students among your friends?
5. I have so … things to do that I don’t know which to do first.
TASK7. Complete the sentences with LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW.
1. He is very successful even though he has very … education.
2. There’s no need to hurry. We still have … minutes left.
3. When she sold her house she only took … furniture with her and … personal possessions.
4. I tried to help but there was so … I could do.
5. The group have brought very … luggage, only … suitcases.
NUMBERS
TASK1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
Example: May 20 – May the twentieth;
1) A man wearing a stocking mask and armed with a shotgun held up cashiers at the National Bank yesterday, May 20, and stole £5.500. The robbery happened at about 4.15 p.m. It is the 3rd robbery in the area this year. Luckily, there were no clients inside. Police have appealed for witnesses. The number to ring is 0106-744391.
2) Unemployment figures were released on Thursday, November 13. Last month there were 3,649,712 registered unemployed. That is 14.5% of the work force. Over the past 2 years this number has increased by over 260,000.
PREPOSITIONS
(Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
TASK1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
Example: 1 – on;
1. Could you come to see me … Saturday morning?
in at on
2. Their children and are camping … this week.
at - in
3. you shouldn’t go out late … night.
over at by
4. Sit down. Mr Brown will join you … moment.
at for in
5. I’ve studied English … I was ten, and still I can’t speak it.
till for since
6. How long are you going to wait for him? - … five.
for till since
7. I got a letter from my American friend … last Saturday.
- on during
8. I live … Central Avenue not far from the station
on in at
9. Put your signature … the bottom of the letter.
at on above
10. What’s going on … the corner of the street?
on in at
11. The Alps are … the South of Europe.
to in on
12. I don’t like office work. I can’t spend the whole day sitting … the desk
in front of at by
13. The weather is sunny. There isn’t a single cloud … the sky.
in on at
14. As soon as you arrive … London give me a call.
at in into
15. We walked … the bridge to the other side of the river.
along across through
16. Planes fly … Amsterdam … Paris every day.
from, in from, to out of, to
17. They are leaving … Japan next Tuesday. They will stay for a fortnight in Tokyo.
- for to
18. I’ve been … Canada but I haven’t been … the USA.
in, in to, to to, in
19. He got … the car and started the engine.
in on into
20. When I came … the hotel I started to take my clothes … my suitcase.
in, from to, out of into, out of
PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE
TASK1. Choose between the Present Simple and Present Progressive.
1. He gave/was giving up his job as a journalist and became/was becoming a teacher.
2. We went/ were going down in the lift when it suddenly stopped/was stopping.
3. It happened/was happening while I lived/was living in Bristol.
4. They lived/were living in London all their life.
5. “What did you do/were you doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?” asked the detective. – “I cleaned/was cleaning my house.”
TASK2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
1. Everyone was talking but stopped then/the moment Mr. Smith entered the room.
2. I lived in Glasgow until/by the time I was fourteen.
3. While/Once I was having breakfast this morning, my sister called from the States.
4. James always let me know at the time/ whenever he was going to be late.
5. Now, Mr. Star, what were you doing between/by ten and ten thirty last night?
TASK3. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.
1. The driver (fall) asleep as he (drive) along.
2. I (not/understand) what (go on). Several people (shout) at me and one (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.
3. The only thing I disliked about him when we (study) at college was that he always (borrow) my things without asking.
4. She said she (get) more forgetful as she (grow) older.
5. The sun (shine) brightly and Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses.
6. He (use) to smoke forty cigarettes a day till he finally (give) up smoking.
7. I (visit) London last year.
8. He (enter) the office, (look) around and (come) up to the secretary.
9. What you (do) yesterday at seven p.m.?
10. Peter (meet) someone that night so I (stay) at the office and (work) for a few extra hours.
PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
TASK1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.
1. Sorry about the mess. I have painted/been painting the house.
2. How long has he lived/been living in Manchester? – All his life. He was born there.
3. They are in London now. They have lived/been living there for the last six months.
4. It has rained/been raining since morning already.
5. I’m afraid I have broken/been breaking one of your glasses.
ALL THE PRESENT TENSES
TASK1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
1. You look tired. – Yes, I (work) non-stop all day.
2. The police (investigate) the break-in at the college since last September.
3. My mother-in-law always (grumble)!
4. Older people (become) more isolated now.
5. How long you (be) in business?
6. Carol already (make) ten phone calls and it’s only nine o’clock.
7. I can smell something nice. What you (cook)?
8. I (not/see) you for ages. What you (do)?
9. I’m fed up. I (wait) for the bus for forty minutes.
10. Where you (come) from? – I (come) from Minsk.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the text carefully.
CLINTON’S TRAIN
Clinton’s hands rested on the power-handle of the electric train, pressing it down. If he lifted them the ‘Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly. Clinton had never yet heard of a driver who had died at his post, but the handle would save the train if such a thing ever happened.
Through the window in front his cool eyes watched the lines racing towards him; green signals rushed nearer and passed. He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
Clinton usually travelled at sixty-eight miles an hour on this part of the line. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again. This was his regular habit, and he nearly always drew into Brighton station as the hands of the clock pointed exactly to the hour. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time. He did not want to be late: it gave him a good deal of personal satisfaction to arrive at the right moment. Besides, it was a famous train: all the passengers depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
He thought of the people in the crowded train behind him: all the doctors and nurses, the businessmen, the holiday-makers. He used to watch them leaving the station in Brighton, carrying away safely all the plans, all the ideas and troubles in their interesting heads.
1. Choose the best answer.
1. Why is the handle called “Dead Man’s Handle’?
a) It has to be pressed down if the driver dies.
b) It stops the train suddenly, when something happens.
c) It switches the electric power on and off.
d) It will stop the train if the driver dies.
2. The word ‘cool’ in ‘Through the window in front his cool eyes watched …’ implies that
a) Clinton’s eyes were rather cold.
b) Clinton was calm.
c) Clinton was nervous.
d) Clinton was not warm.
3. The ‘finger’ in ‘He looked at the finger of the instrument below the window.’ belonged to
a) Clinton
b) the power-handle
c) the thermometer
d) the speedometer
4. At which of the following possible times should the train arrive at Brighton station?’
a) 18.00
b) 18.15
c) 18.30
d) 18.55
5. Why didn’t Clinton want to be late?
a) He felt good when he was on time.
b) He got a fine when not on time.
c) His boss would surely dismiss him.
d) He got a good deal of money when on time.
2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
1. Clinton had heard about many drivers who had died at their posts.
2. The handle would save the train in case something terrible happened to a driver.
3. Clinton usually traveled at the same speed all the way to the station.
4. Clinton didn’t want to be late because all the passengers on this train depended on its arrival exactly at the minute.
3. Choose the best translation.
1. If he lifted them the “Dead Man’s Handle’ would rise and stop the train: stop it suddenly.
a) Если он поднимет их (руки), автоматический тормоз поднимется и остановит поезд, остановит навсегда.
b) Если бы он поднял их (руки), сработал бы переключатель тока и остановил поезд, остановил бы внезапно.
c) Если бы он поднял их (руки), “мертвецкая рукоятка” поднялась бы и остановила поезд, остановила внезапно.
2. He looked at the finger on the instrument below the window. It pointed to 68.
a) Он посмотрел на стрелку прибора под окном. Она указывала на 68.
b) Он посмотрел на палец на приборе под окном. Он указывал на 68.
c) Он посмотрел на указатель инструмента под окном. Он указывал на 68.
3. Further along he would reduce the speed to fifty-five, and later increase it again.
a) Дальше по пути он то уменьшал скорость до 55, то увеличивал ее опять.
b) Дальше он снизил бы скорость до 55, а затем увеличил бы ее опять.
c) Дальше он снижал скорость до 55, а затем увеличивал ее опять.
4. Today, so far he could judge, he was only half a minute behind time.
a) Сегодня, насколько он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
b) Сегодня, так далеко, как он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
c) Сегодня, пока он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол минуты.
5. He used to watch them leaving the station at Brighton …
a) Он привык смотреть, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
b) Он обычно смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
c) Он пользовался тем, что смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне …
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