I. Reading Part 1. You are going to read five texts. Match each of the headlines A-D to one of the texts. One heading is extra.
1. Russia's Alexei Yagudin is just one of the defending champions under pressure before this week's world figure skating championships, which promise to be the most unpredictable in recent memory. 2. Oil markets gave the OPEC producers' cartel Monday a lukewarm response to its weekend decision to slash world crude supplies by 1 million barrels per day from April. 3. Those on the left don't like it because they would prefer an increase in state spending. Those on the right don't like it because they want more fiscal austerity. And it is with the liberals that Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov will have his toughest debates. 4. This time, exhibits arrived: from the Kovalenko Krasnodar Regional Museum of Arts - a total of 42 color paintings and 12 drawings and sketches from artists such as Kazimier Malevich, Vasily Kandinsky and Marc Chagal. 5. The designer presented her new collection of fur coats with a symbolic name, "Warm Up Your Soul," in the National Hotel on Sept. 7. A. Business news B. Political news C. Cultural news D. Sports E. Fashion F. TV guide
Part 2. Read the text and the missing sentences A-F below. Choose from the sentences the one which fits each gap (6-10). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Myths and Reality Ten students from a Moscow school took part in an exchange programme. They spent three weeks in the United States in a small town, Fairfax, which is not far from Washington, D.C. Russian pupils at¬tended classes in Fairfax High School; so they had the perfect opportunity to lead the lifestyle of typi¬cal American teenagers. Naturally all our students had their own image of the USA before the visit. (6) _______. Russian students were shocked when they saw Fairfax School. (7)______ But at school stu¬dents are not allowed to wear hats; they also have to stay at school from 7.30 a.m. when the lessons start, till 2 p.m. They are not even allowed to leave school if they are sick. Many Russians suppose that American people don't speak any language except English, but it is not really true. (8) _____ Many students take some other language as an option. Another unexpected realization was that some Americans go to school every Saturday. What is more, after the events of September 11, the school day starts with the prayer "Thank God for our nation...". And one more thing that struck them as unusual: some schools now have metal detectors and secu¬rity guards checking students' backpacks and lock¬ers. Students and teachers practice what they must do if someone attacks them with a gun. They have to go to a classroom and lock the door. In the past 5 years there has been a large in¬crease in the number of school shootings in the USA. (9) ______ There is no simple answer to this question. There may be several causes: bully¬ing, violent video games and films, and the absence of stricter gun control laws. (10) _______ In the USA, social support for the poor and homeless is very welt developed. And many people work in such services because they want to help people. A. Most of them thought that Americans have much more independence. B. If you think that all American people are sel¬fish and just want to make profit, you are not right. C. You can only notice the bad side of the lifestyle. D. But some of the stereotypes were broken. E. For example, Spanish is an obligatory subject at some schools. F. What are the causes of this new danger?
Part 3. Read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. History of the Olympic games According (11)____ Greek legend, the Olympic Games were started (12)___ Hercules, son of Zeus, (13)___ honour of his father. The first Olympic Games about (14) ______ we have information were held in 776 ВС on the plain of Olympia. Games had taken (15)___ before this date but (16) ______ consisted mainly of chariot races. The ancient Greeks thought the Games were (17) ______ important that they measured time (18)___ the interval between them. A period of four years (19)___ referred to as an Olympiad. The Games also represented the Greek ideal of physical fitness and beauty, which they considered (20)___ impor¬tant as the development of the mind. Nothing, not even war, was allowed to interfere with the Games. They were held continuously (21)___four years for more than 1000 years (22)___the Romans brought them to an end in AD 394.
Part 4. Read the text and choose the best answer for questions 23-27. American jazz American jazz is a conglomeration of sounds borrowed from such varied sources as American and African folk music, European classical music, and Christian gospel songs. One of the recognizable characteristics of jazz is its improvisation: certain parts of the music are written out and played the same way by various performers, and other improvised parts are created spontaneously during a per¬formance and vary widely from performer to performer. The earliest form of jazz was ragtime, lively songs or rags performed on the piano; the best-known of the rag¬time performers and composers was Scott Joplin. Born in 1868 to former slaves, Scott Joplin earned his living from a very early age playing the piano in bars in towns around the Mississippi River. One of his regular jobs was in the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Missouri. It was there that he began writing the more than 500 compositions that he was to produce, the most famous of which was "The Maple Leaf Rag." 23. The word "conglomeration" (line 1) could best be re¬placed by A. selection. B. disharmony. C. collection. D. mixture. 24. When a musician improvises, he A. makes up some parts of music as he plays. B. plays only the written parts of the music. C. performs only some parts of the music. D. performs the same way as other musicians. 25. According to the passage, ragtime was A. songs performed only at the Maple Leaf Club. B. songs performed only in bars in towns around the Mississippi River. C. the first type of jazz. D. lively songs of slaves. 26. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Scott Joplin was a slave when he was born. B. Scott Joplin's parents were slaves when Scott was born. C. Scott Joplin's parents had been slaves before Scott was born. D. Scott Joplin's parents stopped being slaves in 1868. 27. The name of Scott Joplin's most famous composition probably came from A. a Christian gospel song. B. the name of the place where he was born. C. the maple tree near his school. D. the name of a saloon where he performed.
Word forms. Choose the correct word. 1. Brain's room was an place. A) amazing B) amazed 2. It doesn't matter. It's of no A) important B) importance 3. What's the of that building? A) height B) high 4. If you don't do something about that cut, it'll, all over the place. A) bleed B) blood 5. If you want to speak English fluently, you need more English . A) practice B) practise 6. It's not easy to operate this machine. We have great in doing it, A) difficult B) difficulty 7. I need your on this paper. Could you do it just now? A) signature B) sign 8. It's 30 degrees in the shade. The is unbearable. A) hot B) heat 9. Let's meet at seven o'clock. Will that time__ you? A) suitable B) suit 10. My flat is very old. I'd like to it. A) modernise B) modern 11. Your explanation is too complicated. Could you it? A) simplify B) simple 12. I too much. I'm going to have a diet. A) weight B) weigh 13. Did you tell anybody about your ? A) lose B) loss 14. How long is it? You should be accurate with the . A) measure B) measurement 15. The police found a body in the river. A) dead B) died
Pairs of words often confused. Choose the correct word. 1. Our holiday was spoiled by bad . A) weather B) whether 2. There are several big parks in London Hyde Park. A) beside B) besides 3. The information comes through secret . A) canals B) channels 4. We his excuse. A) accepted B) excepted 5. It will go with the murderer if he is caught. A) hard B) hardly 6. Windsor on the Thames west of London. A) lies B) lays 7. I have to you that our business with that company is very important to us. A) remember B) remind 8. The boys the old barn for use by the club. A) adapted B) adopted 9. The captain ordered all the to be fired. A)canons B) cannons 10. The mercury in the thermometer is to changes in temperature. A) sensitive B) sensible 11. The disease his mind so that he could not remember what he had done. A) effected B) affected 12. The population of this town has been for ten years at about 5000 people. A) stationary B) stationery 13. It isn't very to leave the lights on when you're not in the room. A) economic B) economical 14. Do you believe in the that all men are equal? A) principal B) principle 15. You are losing your things! A) continuously B) continually 16. The police are on the of the thieves. A) cent B) scent 17. Witnesses the policeman's statement. A) collaborated B) corroborated 18. His blood the ground. A) dyed B) died 19. A referee will judge a basketball game fairly. A) disinterested B) uninterested 20. He was only three years old when his family from Germany. A) immigrated B) emigrated
Active or Passive. Choose the correct form of each verb.
What Is Wonderful About the Brain? Inside your head is a remarkable organ, the brain. You use it to understand and remember things that 1 (to happen) around you. The brain is soft and spongy. It 2 (to make up) of billions of tiny parts called cells. Three coats or membranes 3 (to cover) the brain. The brain sometimes 4 (to call) the busiest communication centre in the world. The brain 5 (to control) your body functions and keeps all parts of your body working together. Thousands of messages from all parts of the body 6 (to send) to and from the brain. Messages 7 (to carry) to the brain by sensory nerves. Special places, or centres, on the brain receive sensory messages from all parts of the body. When messages 8 (to receive) by centres, the brain 9 (to interpret) them. All day long your muscles and your brain 10 (to work). By the end of the day they 11 (to be tired). Then your brain and your muscles 12 (to start) to relax. Before long, you go to sleep. As you sleep, the big muscles in your body relax.
1. A) are happened B) are happening C) happens 2. A) is made up B) makes up C) made up 3. A) is covered B) covered C) cover 4. A) is called B) has called C) calls 5. A) is controlled B) controlled С) controls 6. A) send B) are being sent C) has sent 7. A) are carried B) was carried C) carried 8. A) are received B) will be received C) will receive 9. A) is interpreted B) interpreted C)interprets 10. A) are worked B) is worked C) are working 11. A) have be tired B) are tired C) are being tired 12. A) are started B) started C) start
The following text is divided into short extracts marked with numbers. Some of the extracts are correct and some have words which shouldn't be there. If there is an odd word, write it next to the number of the extract (given below the text). (1) All bread starts from a simple recipe: you mix a flour and water and (2) cook it. Yet from this simple beginning are come hundreds of different (3) kinds of bread. There are flat breads from the Middle East and the Asia and (4) small thin sticks from Italy. The typical French loaf is a long, thin, soft and (5) white inside; German pumpernickel is dark and heavy and square. (6) Bread can be cooked in some several ways: often it is baked in an oven, (7) but chapattis in India and tortillas in South Africa are not fried, and there's (8) at least one bread that's boiled before it's baked. Bread can also include (9) things other than flour, for instance, onions, sausages, potatoes or fruit. (10) In some others countries bread is an important part of everyday food. (11) When we people sit down for a meal, there is always bread on the table. (12) They say that if there is no bread, there is no anything food. (13) In countries where people eat a lot of bread words like "bread" and (14) "dough" are sometimes is used to talk about other important things. In (15) English-speaking countries, for instance, "bread" and "dough" are all both (16) used to mean "money". Similarly, people to talk about their jobs as their (17) "bread and butter", and the person in a family who brings home the money (18) is called the "breadwinner". If you're very poor, you might be say that (19) you're on the "bread-line" - a memory of the days when everybody poor (20) people waited in a line or to be given bread. 1. _ a _; 2. ; 3. 4. ; 5. ; 6. 7. ; 8. ; 9. 10. ; 11. ; 12. 13. ; 14. ; 15. 16. ; 17. ; 18. 19. : 20. .
Used to I be (get) used to. Choose the correct sentence. 1. A) My grandma often used to sitting outside the door of his house. B) My grandma often used to sit outside the door of his house.
2. A) Did you use to playing football at school? B) Did you use to play football at school?
3. A) I'm sure you'll get used to living in the country. It's so nice here. B) I'm sure you'll get used to live in the country. It's so nice here.
4. A) I didn't use to liking reading reference books, but now I'm getting interested in it. B) I didn't use to like reading reference books, but now I'm getting interested in it.
5. A) He always used to teasing his sister. B) He always used to tease his sister.
6. A) We aren't use to cold weather. B) We aren't used to cold weather.
7. A) I've watched TV every night recently. I never used to doing it before. B) I've watched TV every night recently. I never used to do it before.
8. A) They aren't used to hard working. B) They aren't used to hard work.
9. A) It's difficult to understand Scottish people if you're not use to their accent. B) It's difficult to understand Scottish people if you're not used to their accent.
10. A) I'm not used to playing tennis so long. B) I'm not used to play tennis so long.
11. A) People used to thinking that the earth was flat. B) People used to think that the earth was flat.
12. A) As far as I know, you used to smoking a pipe, aren't you? B) As far as I know, you used to smoke a pipe, didn't you?
13. A) When I was younger I was used to swimming long distances, but now I'm out of practice. B) When I was younger I was used to swim long distances, but now I'm out of practice.
14. A) There used to being a castle before the Romans came. B) There used to be a castle before the Romans came.
15. A) David can't get used to studying regularly. B) David can't get used to study regularly.
16. A) She used to dancing every night, but now she is taking English. B) She used to dance every night, but now she is taking English.
17. A) Are you used to sleeping late at weekends? B) Are you used to sleep late at weekends?
Mixture of tenses. Put in the correct auxiliary verb in each sentence. A) do B) did C) are D) have 1. I not see Andrew yesterday. 2. How long you lived there? 3. Why you learning English? 4. you seen anybody today? 5. What you think of your new teacher? To my mind she is very nice. 6. you angry about what happened? 7. you read a newspaper yesterday? 8. My mother knows Mrs. Dave better than I 9. you ever forgotten about your friend's birthday? 10.you get to the station when you are late? 11.you disappointed with you exam results? 12.you been abroad? you enjoy it? 13. known Jane for three years, but I not know what she's thinking. 14. They a lot of crying last night. 15. You always making mistakes.
