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ტესტის შესასრულებლად გეძლევათ 1 საათი და 30 წუთი.

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 TASK 1

Read the sentences and mark the correct choice. Write the answers in the answer sheet.

1. My grandma ………. this dress for ten years before she decided to buy a new one.
A. has been wearing B. has worn C. had been wearing D. wore

2. Our neighbours’ baby is crying all the time. He needs ………. every four hours.
A. having fed B. to feed C. feed D. to be fed

3. By this time tomorrow we ………. flying to Paris.

A. will have been B. should be C. will be D. have been

4. On our way to the village we ran ………. petrol. We had to walk for an hour.
A. across B. out of C. off D. away with

5. When the police arrived they ………. the thieves immediately.

A. had caught B. have caught C. have been caught D. caught

6. Tom ………. my portrait for a week only, but it seems like months.
A. had been painting B. is painting C. was painting D. has been painting

7. Sarah will never forget ………. over the snowy mountains. It was a fantastic view.
A. flying B. will fly C. fly D. have flown

8. I haven’t seen Nino for ages and now after so many years she ………. a beautiful girl.
A. has been turning into B. has turned into C. is turning into D. going to turn into

9. When I was tidying the attic I came ………. my mum’s old cookery books.
A. out B. on C. for D. across

10. All of the staff members have been informed that we ………. a staff meeting next
Monday.
A. had B. are having C. would have D. were having

11. I insist ………. seeing the manager. The service in this hotel is terrible.
A. on B. up C. down D. out

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12. Tina’s handwriting is so bad that I can’t make ………. what she has written.
A. through B. after C. on D. out

13. There are no trains at the railway station because all the workers are ………. strike.
A. in B. on C. for D. away

14. If I were mad at Mary, I ………. talk to her.

A. hadn’t B. haven’t C. wouldn’t D. won’t

15. Leonardo da Vinci is considered ………. the best artist of all time.
A. be B. being C. have been D. to be

16. When I left home, I realized that I ……. any idea where to go.
A. wouldn’t have B. didn’t have C. hadn’t D. doesn’t have

17. All the children ………. nice presents for taking part in the competition.
A. were given B. was given C. gave D. give

18. When we arrived from our holidays our house ………. .There was a mess everywhere.
A. was burgled B. had been burgled C. has burgled D. has been burgled

19. The way he talked reminded me ………. someone very familiar.

A. from B. to C. with D. of

20. By the end of the month I ………. for this bank for 25 years.
A. will be working B. will have been working C. will work D. have been worked

21.We are waiting for our house ………. but the workers haven’t turned up.
A. to repaint B. repainted C. to be repainted D. repaint

22. I don’t remember ………. this film before.

A. to see B. see C. seeing D. to seeing

23. Nobody knew where the kidnappers ………. the Smiths’ baby.
A. had hidden B. are hiding C. have hidden D. had been hidden

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 TASK 2

Read the text and fill the gaps (1-12) with the words given below. Use each word only once.
Four words are extra.
Mark the corresponding letter (A-P) on the answer sheet. Do not copy the words from the
text on the answer sheet.

an (A) during (G) the (M)

as (B) into (H) to (N)
but (C) of (I) which (O)
us (D) on (J) why (P)
for (E) or (K)
from (F) so (L)

Biorhythms

At the beginning of this century medical scientists made a surprising discovery: that we are built
not just of flesh and blood ……….. (1) also of time. They discovered that we all have an internal
“body clock”………. (2) regulates the rise and fall of our body energies, making us different
………. (3) one day to the other.

The idea of an internal “body clock” should not be surprising, as the lives of most living things
are regulated by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle. The most obvious feature of this cycle is
……….. (4) way we feel tired and fall asleep at night and become awake ………… (5) the day.
If the 24-hour rhythm is interrupted, most people feel unpleasant side effects. As well ………..
(6) the daily rhythm of sleeping and waking we also have other rhythms which last longer than
one day and which influence wide areas of our lives.

Most of ……….. (7) would agree that we feel well on some days and not so well on others.
Scientists have found out the following three biorhythmic cycles: physical, emotional and
intellectual. Each cycle lasts about 28 days and each is divided ………… (8) a high energy
period and a low energy period of equal length. During the low energy period we are less
resistant to illness and get tired more easily. The low period puts energy into our “batteries”
……….. (9) the next high period. During the high energy period of a physical biorhythm we are
more resistant to illness, better coordinated and more energetic.

The “critical” ……….. (10) the weakest time is the time of change from the high energy period
………….. (11) the low energy period, or vice versa. This “critical” time usually lasts one day.
On the critical day of a physical biorhythm, there is a greater chance ……… (12) an accident
and illness. Human experience is always individual and we each have our own biorhythmic
experiences.

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 TASK 3

Read the text and fill the gaps (1-12) with the words given below. Use each word only once.
Four words are extra.
Mark the corresponding letter (A-P) on the answer sheet. Do not copy the words from the
text on the answer sheet.

brain (A) latest (G) surrounds (M)

close (B) order (H) training (N)
dangers (C) pick up (I) transport (O)
helmet (D) powerful (J) world (P)
hurt (E) resembles (K)
invention (F) stages (L)

Virtual Reality

Not long ago computers were considered an amazing ………. (1). Today they form part of our
everyday lives. The ………. (2) thing today is Virtual Reality. A Virtual Reality system can
transport the user to exotic locations such as a beach in Hawaii or the inside of the human body.

The Virtual Reality system is still in the early………. (3) of its development. At the moment it is
necessary to put a large helmet on your head to see the simulated ………. (4) and you have to
wear a special glove on your hand in ………. (5) to manipulate the objects you see there. Lenses
and two miniature display screens inside the ………. (6) create the illusion that the screen
………. (7) you from every side. You can “look behind” computer-generated objects, pick them
up and examine them, walk around and see things from a different angle.

Already today Virtual Reality is used in medicine. In hospitals, surgeons could plan operations
by first “travelling” through the ………. (8), heart or lungs without damaging the body. It is also
used in police ………. (9) schools. In schools pupils could explore the Great Pyramid or study
molecules from the inside. Developers of Virtual Reality say its potential is very………. (10).

The word which comes very close to describing Virtual Reality is “simulator”. Virtual Reality
technology ………. (11) the flight simulators that are used to train pilots. But of course there are
………. (12) as well as benefits. In the wrong hands Virtual Reality can be used for power
fantasies and pornography.

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 TASK 4

Read the dialogue and fill in the spaces (1-5) with the sentences given (A-H). There are
three extra sentences. Write your answers in the answer sheet.

- What are you doing for your holiday this year?

- ………… (1)
- Wow! How can you do that?
- Well, my uncle and aunt are going to Algeria for a month, and they’ve asked
me to go with them. I have to pay for my air fare, but that’s all.
- ………….. (2). It’s a really wonderful place for a trip, I’ve heard.
- The thing is, I’ve been saving up, but I don’t know whether I’ll have enough.
- ………….. (3)
- The problem is, they want me to spend my holiday with them in France. They haven’t
said I can’t go to Africa, but they don’t sound very happy about that.
- ………….. (4)
- Yes, especially as I can go to France anytime. My two cousins live in Paris with their
families, so it’d be easy.
- Oh, well, it all sounds very exciting. I don’t expect I’ll get farther than our country house.
- …………... (5)
- Oh, of course we could. But my dad says he’s out at work all year and he wants a week or
two in his own garden. It certainly isn’t the place where I’d like to spend my holiday though.
- Yeah, I can imagine.

A. I’m going to take a week off.

B. What a pity!
C. Well, I hope to go with my friends.
D. Couldn’t you borrow some money from your parents?
E. I’m looking forward to my holidays.
F. You’re so lucky.
G. Your family could afford to go abroad if they wanted to, couldn’t they?
H. I might be going to Africa.

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 TASK 5

Read the text. Then read the sentences (1-8) which follow and circle the right choice (A-D).
Write your answers in the answer sheet.

The other day I came across an interesting article, which said that in 1954, American President
Eisenhower met with alien visitors. According to the article the President was on a planned
meeting in Palm Springs, California, when he suddenly disappeared from the meeting. This fact
did not stay unnoticed from the inquisitive journalists who demanded an explanation. The
explanation was not given immediately which caused further spreading of the rumours. The
media suspected that the President was either very ill, or worse, had died.

In order to stop these rumours from spreading, Press Secretary James Haggerty invited the
journalists to a press conference, and told them that Eisenhower had suffered from a broken
tooth while eating a chicken dinner, and was treated by a local dentist. Sounds reasonable, right?
But, later in 1979 it was discovered that the dentist’s wife knew nothing of this visit. The
rumours gained new strength, and continue even to this day.

The journalists went further and examined Eisenhower’s health documents kept at the
Eisenhower Library. The documents said nothing about the dental treatment as if he had for the
month of February, 1954. Furthermore, many ‘thank you’ notes were sent out to those who
assisted in the President’s visit to California including florists, those who offered to play golf
with Eisenhower, people who met his plane, and the minister who attended the Sunday church
service with the President. However, no dentist was mentioned.

This ongoing rumour has been lately discussed on Larry W. Bryant’s blog site. Bryant is a well
known columnist for UFO ⃰ Magazine. Bryant raised this issue again after a man who called
himself ‘Bob’ called the radio programme ‘Coast to Coast AM’ and told its journalist George
Noory that he had an old 16mm black and white film which showed Eisenhower and eccentric
inventor and billionaire, Howard Hughes. The two men were shown inspecting remains of a
crashed flying saucer, along with its alien crew.

Of course, all we have here is one man’s testimony. And a disturbing fact is that during the radio
broadcast, George Noory told the man that he would talk to him off the air. What the two
discussed or what additional details Noory obtained from this conversation is not known. While
on the air, the unknown man told the audience that he was military, and his job was monitoring
satellite cameras. When the man was asked how he got the film, he stated that his parents gave it
to him. The man added that he had watched some of the film, and what he had seen ‘scared him
to death’. This is all very interesting, and if the entire story could be proven, it would certainly
shock the world.

⃰ UFO: ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი

1. The article is about how President Eisenhower

A. had an accident.
B. met the journalists.
C. visited a dentist.
D. had a mysterious day.

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2. Because of the President’s unexpected disappearance, the journalists
A. started an investigation.
B. thought he went to another state.
C. initiated a special programme.
D. started questioning doctors.

3. The dentist’s wife said

A. her husband treated the President.
B. she was invited to the press conference.
C. the President never came to her husband.
D. she saw the President and her husband together.

4. ‘Thank you’ letters were addressed to

A. journalists and doctors.
B. dentists and golf players.
C. ministers and florists.
D. florists and golf players.

5. A man called Bob contacted the radio programme to tell the people that
A. he had seen the President at the dentist’s office.
B. he had an old but a very special black and white film.
C. the billionaire Howard Hughes was his relative.
D. he had the photo with the President and aliens on it.

6. What Bob told the journalist on the radio is

A. unknown.
B. well known.
C. untrue.
D. funny.

7. How did Bob get hold of the film?

A. He got it at his job.
B. Military people gave it to him.
C. He received it from the satellite.
D. He got it from his family members.

8. Which of the following would be the best title for the article?
A. Aliens’ invasion
B. The press conference
C. The truth or the myth?
D. The curious journalists