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Listen to the audio and answer the questions 1-6. 7. Choose the correct tense form.
Betty watched him ... the gate and ... down the street.
1. The passage is mainly about .... A) passed, walked
A) how Mendeleev met Stanislao Cannizzaro. B) to pass, walk
B) The place where Mendeleev studied. C) to pass, walking
C) Mendeleev and the periodic table. D) passing, walked
D) name of the elements which Mendeleev developed. E) pass, walk
E) Mendeleev's childhood experience.
8. Choose the correct preposition.
2. Which statement is true according to the passage? ... the 1st of August he arrived ... Moscow.
A) Existence of all elements had been discovered. A) In, in
B) The atomic number has no equality to the amount of B) At, to
protons. C) On, in
C) Mendeleev was born in Sicilia, Italy. D) On, at
D) When Mendeleev wrote the book, he classified the E) On, to
elements to their chemical properties.
E) Elements gallium, germanium, and scandium were 9. Choose the correct exclamatory sentence.
discovered by Stanislao Cannizzaro. A) What a warm blanket it is!
B) How warm blanket it is!
3. Choose the correct answer according to the passage. C) What warm blanket she's bought!
What did Mendeleev do in 1871? D) How warmly the blanket is!
A) He published his first version known as the periodic E) What a warm blanket is it!
table.
B) He discovered the element of germanium and gallium. 10. Complete the sentence.
C) He was sent to study at the University of Heidelberg. Ask Helen ...
D) He met the Italian chemist Cannizzaro. A) what did trouble her last night.
E) He published an improved version of the periodic table B) when she has bought the hat.
C) if she know his address.
4. Write your answer to the question. D) if she recognized the man.
Which book did Mendeleev write that became a classic? E) if is it easy to learn the poem.
13. Choose the correct variant. 18. Choose the correct variant in Genetive Case.
... made you buy a new equipment? 1. the police's responsibility
1. Why 2. The Black's house
2. How 3. tomorrows' weather
3. What 4. two weeks' holiday
4. Who A) 1,3 B) 2,4 C) 1,2
A) 2, 3 D) 2,3 E) 1,4
B) 3, 4
C) 1, 2 19. Choose the correct variant.
D) 1, 4 They needn't ...
E) 1, 3 1. sweep the carpet.
2. any more advice.
14. Choose the correct variant. 3. begin early.
He's travelled around Australia. ... 4. a holiday.
1. David also has. A) 1,4 B) 1,2 C) 2,4
2. David also is. D) 1,3 E) 3,4
3. So has David.
4. So is David.
A) 1, 3 20. Choose the correct variant.
B) 2, 4 When Betty..., the wind ... .
C) 1, 2 A) go out, has stopped
D) 3, 4 B) went out, had been stopped
E) 1, 4 C) went out, had stopped
D) goes out, has stopped
15. Choose the correct variant in the Passive Voice. E) went out, was stopped
Our granny often tells us fairy tales.
A) Fairy tales often told to us by granny. 21. Choose the correct variant.
B) Fairy tales are often told to our granny. These chairs were ... than the others.
C) Our granny is often told fairy tales. A) the most comfortable
D) We are often told fairy tales by our granny. B) most comfortable
E) We were often told fairy tales to our granny. C) comfortable
D) more comfortable
16. Choose the correct articles. E) a more comfortable
... people in ... village told them that there was ... school
there, but it was ... small one.
A) the, the, a, - 22. Make up a sentence.
B) -, the, -, - 1. need
C) -, the, the, at 2. tell
D) the, the, a, a 3. you
E) the, -, the, the 4. me
5. what
17. Match the words with their definitions A) 2,4,5,3,1
1. riches a. a large amount of money B) 3,5,4,1,2
2. ground b. not weighing a lot C) 5,2,4,1,3
3. light c. solid surface of the earth D) 3,1,5,4,2
A) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b E) 5,3,1,2,3
B) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
C) 1-a ,2-c, 3-b
D) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
E) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a