2009 Тест 4

2009 Test 4
I. Выберите слово, точно подходящее по смыслу, и обведите его кружком.

1. If pupils are to understand the task, the instructions must be _____ clearer.
done got made wrote

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2. It’s your _____ that we’re late for school again.
care fault mistake trouble

3. You are not very _____ today, Mike. What’s the matter? I’ve never known you so quiet.

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chattering loud speaking talkative

4. An I.Q. test is supposed to measure the _____ of your intelligence.

degree extent level size

5. Have you _____ for any evening classes next term?

entered joined enrolled inscribed

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6. It was very difficult for the examiner to _____ what recommendations he should make.
realize settle decide solve

7. Secondary schools offer a wide _____ of subjects.

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field list range sphere

8. Frank has a good _____ for figures.

brains head mind thought

9. I expect all of you to be here ten minutes before the examination begins, without _____.
fail failure fault miss
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10. The firm will go bankrupt if it cannot meet its _____.

charges duties liabilities promises

из 10 баллов __________
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II. Заполните пропуски предлогами и наречиями.

1. She is so careful ____ her health that she sends ____ a doctor even when there’s nothing
wrong ____ her ____ all.
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2. She was ____ such a hurry to get ____ the airport that ____ first she took no notice ____ a
stranger following her.

3. I’m interested ____ chess but I’m not very good ____ it.
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4. I’ve heard such a lot ____ him that I’m looking ___ ___ seeing him very much.

5. He was so absorbed ____ his work that when I came ____, he didn’t even look ____ (raise his
head).

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6. ____ my mind the boy is growing ____ a very nasty young man. If his parents don’t pay
attention ____ his behaviour, all this can lead ____ trouble.

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III. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в нужную форму, написав правильный ответ в
отведенном месте.

l. I arrived in England in the middle of July. I (be told) (1) _____________________ that

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England (be) (2) __________________ shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) (3)
_________________ quite surprised to find that it merely (rain) (4) _______________
I (ask) (5) ________________ another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) (6)
_________________ that there (not be) (7) __________________ any since the previous
February. If I (want) (8) _______________ fog, he said, I (come) (9) _____________________
at quite the wrong time. However, he (tell) (10) __________________ me that I (can buy) (11)
______________ tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue. He (admit) (12) ____________

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that he never (buy) (13) ______________ fog there himself but (assure) (14)
__________________ me (hat they (sell) (15) _________________ good quality fog and that it
(not be) (16) _______________ expensive. I suppose he (joke) (17) ___________________.

2. I thought my train (leave) (18) __________________ at 14.33, and (be) (19)

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________________ very disappointed when I (arrive) (20) __________________ at 14.30
and(learn) (21) ____________ that it just (leave) (22) _________________. I (find) (23)
________ later that 1 (use) (24) __________________ an out-of-date timetable.
So at 14.30 I (stand) (25) __________________ alone on the platform (feel) (26)
_________________ tired because I (work) (27) __________________________ hard all day
and hungry because I (have) (28) ___________________ nothing to eat since breakfast as my
wife who usually (bring) (29) _________________ me sandwiches at lunch time, today for some
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reason (not come) (30) __________________.

из 30 баллов _________
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IV. Выберите модальный глагол из предложенного списка и внесите его в

отведенное место в нужной форме, при этом глагол в скобках также
необходимо поставить в соответствующую форму.

/ can, may, must, should, have to, be to, be able to, needn’t/
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1. A: The instructions were in French. I translated them into English for him.
B: You _____________________ (not translate) them. He knows French.

2. He managed to live in England for years without ______________________________

_______ (speak) English. Imagine (what inconveniences he put himself to!
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3. A: You always keep me waiting!

B: Why, you _____________________ (not wait) long. I’m only 5 minutes late, after all.

4. A: Help me with these letters, please.

B: Oh, let’s put it off till tomorrow.

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A: No, I _____________________ (post) them yesterday, really.

5. A: He says that when walking across Kensington Gardens he was attacked by

wolves.
В: Не _____________________ (not attack) by wolves. There aren’t any wolves in the centre of
London. I’m absolutely sure that he _____________________ (see) some Alsatian dogs and

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_____________________ (think) they were wolves.

6. According to our plan he _____________________ (be) here by seven but now it’s nine and
there’s no sign of him.

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7. A: It was the depths of winter and we _____________________ (wait) eighteen hours in an
unheard station!
B: Oh, you ___________________________ (freeze) to death by the time the train arrived, I’m
sure!

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V. Переведите с русского языка на английский следующие предложения.

1. Интересно, когда они сумеют найти эту ошибку, если ни ты, ни я не обратим их
внимание на нее?
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2. - Кто из вас знает, где она купила эту книгу?

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- Том. Он слышал, как она рассказывала своей старшей сестре о новом книжном магазине.
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3. Моим друзьям не следовало ездить за город в такую дождливую и холодную погоду.

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4. Анна говорит, что уже напишет статью ко вторнику, и мы сможем напечатать её на этой
неделе.
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5. У меня хорошие новости, но я сообщу их тебе при встрече.

_____________________________________________________________________________
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6. Дети и не могут ответить на твой вопрос, так как им еще не объяснили это
грамматическое правило.
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7. - Ты давно знаешь Марию?
- Нет. Мы встретились, когда я уже училась в университете почти три года.
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8. Я не знаю точно, сколько людей сейчас на стадионе, но мне кажется, что на

матч пришли несколько тысяч болельщиков (fans).
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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9. - Как ты думаешь, сколько времени мне понадобится, чтобы доехать до

города?
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- Если ты поедешь со скоростью 80 км. в час, то будешь в городе к вечеру.
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10. Петр сказал, что много раз пытался поговорить с Анной по этому поводу, но
она никак не хочет его слушать.
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из 20 баллов _______
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VI. Прочтите текст и ответьте на предложенные вопросы, обведя кружком букву,

соответствующую правильному варианту ответа.

Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities,
came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings.This oldest of American universities was
Line founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan

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emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of
(5) England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and these university graduates in the
New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that
they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher

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learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October
of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in
(10) an area called Newtown, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the
site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of
Charlestown, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the
fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General

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(15) Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of
the bequest may not have been large, particularly by todays standards, but it was more than the
General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted
that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman
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(20) class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its
existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.

1. The main idea of this passage is that
(A) Harvard is one of the world's most
prestigious universities
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(B) what is today a great university
stalled out small
(C) John Harvard was key to the
development of a great university
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3. It can be inferred from the passage that
the Puritans who traveled to the
Massachusetts colony were
(A) rather well educated
(B) rather rich
(C) rather supportive of the English
government

(D)Harvard University developed under (D) rather undemocratic

the auspices of the General Court of
Massachusetts 4. The pronoun "they” in line 7 refers to

2. The passage indicates that Harvard is (A) Oxford and Cambridge Universities
(B) university graduates
(A) one of the oldest universities in the (C) sons
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world (D) educational opportunities

(B) the oldest university in the world
(C) one of the oldest universities in 5. A "pound” in line 8 is probably
America
(D) the oldest university in America (A) a type of book
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(B) a type of student

(C) a type of money
(D) a type of college

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6. The "English cousin" in line 10 refers to a 9. The passage implies that

(A) city (A) Henry Dunster was an ineffective

(B) relative president
(C) person (B) someone else really served as
(D) court president of Harvard before Henry

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Dunster
7. Which of the following is NOT (C) Henry Dunster spent much of his
mentioned about John Harvard? time as president managing the
Harvard faculty

(A) What he died of
(B) Where he came from
(C) Where he was buried
(D) How much he bequeathed to
Harvard
8. The word "fledgling” in line 14 could
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(D) the position of president of Harvard
was not merely an administrative
position in the early years
10. The word "somewhat” in line 20 could
best be replaced by

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best be replaced by which of the (A) back and forth
following? (B) to and fro
(C) side by side
(A) Newborn
(B) Flying
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(C) Winged
(D) Established

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Ответы 2009 Тест 4

I. II.

1. made 1. of, for, with, at

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2. fault 2. in, to, at, of
3. talkative 3. in, at
4. level 4. about, forward, to
5. enrolled 5. in/by, in, up

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6. decide 6. to, into, to, to
7. range
8. head
9. fail
10. liabilities

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III.

1. Had been told 16. was not

2. was 17. was joking
3. was 18. left
4. was merely raining 19. was
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5. asked 20. arrived
6. said 21. learnt
7. hadn’t been 22. had just left
8. wanted 23. found
9. had come 24. had used
10. told 25. was standing
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11. could buy 26. feeling
12. admitted 27. had been working
13. had never bought 28. had had
14. assured 29. brought
15. sold 30. hadn’t come
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IV. VI.

1. needn’t have translated 1. B

2. being able to speak 2. D
3. can’t have been waiting 3. A
4. should have posted 4. B
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5. couldn’t have been attacked, must have 5. C

seen, must have thought 6. A
6. was to have been 7. C
7. had to wait, must have been frozen 8. A
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9. D
10. D

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V.
1. I wonder when they will manage to find this mistake if neither you nor I draw their
attention to it?

2. -Which of you knows where she bought this book?

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-Tom does. He heard her telling her elder sister about a new bookstore.

3. My friends shouldn’t have gone to the countryside in such cold and rainy weather.

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4. Ann says that she will have already written the article by Tuesday, and we will be
able to publish it this week.

5. I’ve got some good news, but I will tell it to you when we meet in person.

6. The children cannot answer your question, as this grammar rule hasn’t been

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explained to them yet.

7. -Have you known Mary for a long time?

-No, I haven’t. We met when I had been studying at the university for almost three
Years.
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8. I don’t know exactly how many people there are at the stadium now, but it seems to me
that several thousand fans have come to the match.

9. -How long do you think it will take me to get to the city?

-If you drive at a speed of eighty kilometers per hour, you will be in town by the
evening.
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10. Peter said that he had already tried to talk to Ann on this matter many times, but
she wouldn’t listen to him.
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