1. The teacher said: “ Students, don’t chat during the lesson “.

The teacher told the students .............

a) Not to chat during the lesson
b) Didn’t chat during the lesson
c) Don’t chat during the lesson
d) Doesn’t chat during the lesson
2. When I went to visit John, I was shocked to find him wrapped in bandages from ......... head
to ........toe.
a) The/ a c) - / -
b) - / the d) the / the
3. If ancient Greeks ....... better instruments, they ..................... much bigger buildings.
a) Had had / wouldn’t have construct
b) Have / will construct
c) Had had / would have constructed
d) Had / would construct
4. I’ve never seen anyone ..............as little as you do.
a) To eat c) eat
b) Eating d) in eating
5. Ann looks very pale. I think she is ill. She ..............at home.
a) should have stayed c) shouldn’t have stayed b)must have
stayed d) mustn’t have stayed
6. Сhoose the correct answer.
........ youngest boy has just started going to ....... shool, ....... eldest boy is at .... college.

A) The / the / the / - C) The / - / the -

B) The / - / the / a D) - / - / - / -
7. Choose the best answer.
These two photographs are ...... same.

A) The B) a C) - D) all
8. We started early ......... to miss the worst of the traffic.
A) So long as C) so that
B) In order D) in case
9. Choose the correct answer.
His unpunctuality and bad work soon led ......... his dismissal from work.

A) Up B) to C) down D) on
10. They stayed only ...... day at ...... hotel.
A) A / the B) the / the C) a / a D) The / -
11. Americans have greater success in ...........ice hockey than they did 15 years ago.
A) Play B) playing C) played D) to play
12. Richard’s parents, who are both doctors, really want ...... a doctor too. But he isn’t so sure.
A) That he becomes C) him become
B) That he became D) him to become
13. She was the first woman ......... Concorde.
A) To fly C) fly
B) Flying D) to flying
14. We decided to take rooms in Longwood House, .......... we knew we could not really afford the
rent.
A) In spite of C) although
B) despite D) so that
15. I wish, Tom ..............to our party. Look, he spoiled everything.
a) Wouldn’t have come c) hadn’t come
b) Had come d) came

16. Elizabeth insisted on ...........the bus insead of the plane.

a) Taken c) to take
b) Taking d) take

17. It has been raining for a long time. I’m really ..............with this constant rain.
a) Catch up c) go down
b) Put up d) fed up

18. If you are interested in ............. details ask the head of the office.
a) Further c) farther
b) Furthest d) farthest

19. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.

Mr and mrs Smith wanted to buy a new car .......... they bought a bike because of their son.
a) But c) so
b) As d) though
20. Choose the appropriate words.
People who stay at home at the weekend try ............. to relax .......... catch up with all the jobs they are too
busy to do during the week.

a) Both / and c) neither / nor

b) And / and d) and / both
21. In Britain, most shops close at 6 p.m. .................. in other countries they are open in the evening
too.
a) Whereas c) despite
b) Besides d) moreover
22. Choose the correct answer.
The United Nations .......... into existance in 1945.
a) Come c) had come
b) Came d) will come
23. Choose the correct answer.
If I ........you, I ....... him. It’s high time you ....... his advice.

a) Were, would contact, would take

b) Had been, would have contacted, would have taken
c) Am, will contact, will take
d) Were, would contact, took
24. Choose the correct form of the verb.
He could copy other people’s signature perfectly. He was finally .............. to prison for forgery.
a) Sent c) send
b) Sending d) had sent

25-27. On the day of my first piano recital, I became more and more
nervous. To help me calm down, my piano teacher told me to place
several cabbages in the room where I practiced. I was so eager to get
over my nerves that I was willing to try anything. For the next few
hours, I played to an audience of cabbages. When the time of the
recital finally arrived, I was still terribly nervous. My hands felt like
ice. When I finally walked across the stage, I looked out into the dark
audience. I could not see anyone! All those people out there could
just as easily have been cabbages. As I sat down to play, my hands
relaxed. Before I knew it, I had played all my pieces without a mistake.
For the first time, the cabbage heads applauded.
25. On the day of the recital the music teacher _____.
A) advised the writer to put cabbages in the room where he practiced
and play for them.B) warned the writer not to look at the audience.
C) had no patience with the writer because he was nervous too.
D) felt nearly as nervous about the recital as the writer did.
E) couldn’t think of a way of helping the writer to stay calm.
26. The writer stopped feeling nervous _____.
A) because he had practiced a great deal
B) when the audience began to applaud
C) before he walked onto the stage
D) as soon as the concert was over
E) when he found he couldn’t see the audience.
27. In the passage it is explained that _____.
A) the writer was always nervous on the day of a concert
B) the writer played to some cabbages because there was no real
audience
C) the writer finally began to relax just before he began his recital
D) the room was so cold the writer’s hands felt like ice
E) the writer always practiced in a room where there were cabbages
28-30.Nowadays, in England, tea is quite the most popular, and also the
cheapest, of all drinks. People drink their tea in different ways. Some like it
with sugar, some without. Some drink it with milk, some with lemon; yet,
one way or another just about everyone drinks tea. This, however, has not
always been the case. During the last century, when tea was very expensive,
it was kept locked up, and the lady of the house had the key. Tea drinking
then was quite a ceremony, reserved for the evenings. At breakfast everyone
drank beer!
28.Compared with the past, in England today _____.
A) more and more people prefer tea to beer.
B) tea is regarded as a luxury.
C) tea is very cheap and commonly available.
D) sugar is becoming less and less popular.
E) people don’t care about the quality of tea.
29. It is obvious from the passage that _____.
A) English people have always regarded tea as better than beer.
B) over the years the popularity of tea in England has increased
tremendously.
C) drinking tea with lemon is only a recent habit in England.
D) like tea, beer also is an extremely popular drink.
E) English people are no longer fond of ceremonies.
30.In the passage it is explained that _____.
A) in England today people have different habits of tea drinking.
B) in the past in England only the wealthy were able to drink beer.
C) at breakfast English people also like to drink beer.
D) English people mostly prefer to have their tea in the evening.
E) in England usually a ceremony is held in the family before tea is
served.

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