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Read the text carefully.
Margaret is a cleaner and she works night hours. She gets home about 6.30, gets the children ready for school, and then starts on her own housework. Some days she goes to bed for two or three hours, others she doesn’t go to bed at all. She then goes two or three days without any sleep. At first she found it hard, but that was because she had never done any cleaning before. She soon got used to it. She also got used to the reaction of other people when she told them what she did for the living. “They think just because you are a cleaner you don’t know how to read or write”, says Margaret. “But it’s about the only job I can do at the moment that suits me, what with the children and everything. I don’t dislike my work, but I can’t say I’m mad about it. If they opened a factory round here and the hours and pay were the same as I’m getting now, then I’d rather take a job there. I’ll give myself another year or eighteen months at the cleaning. The children will be much older then. Though what I’ll do I’m not sure.”
The fact that she is working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some buildings where there is very little lighting at night – and where a cleaner who had an accident could easily not be found for hours because no one else is working on her floor – the building where she works is fully lit all night, and the women work in groups of three. “I’m doing the job because I have to. But since I’ve got to be here night after night I try to enjoy myself. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags”.
Mark the statements below as True or False.
Example: 1 -False
1. Margaret goes to bed for two or three hours every day.
2. Margaret has got used to her daily routine because she likes cleaning.
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3. People think that all cleaners are uneducated.
4. Cleaning is the only job Margaret can do at the moment.
5. Margaret would like a job at a factory but there is no factory in the neighborhood.
6. In a year or so Margaret is going to look for another job.
7. Margaret doesn’t mind working at night.
8. The time passes quickly because Margaret works with three other cleaners.
Write questions to these answers.
1. She’s a cleaner. (What?...)
2. No, she goes to bed for two or three hours only. (Disjunctive)
3. Because she had never done any cleaning before. (Why?...)
4. Because it’s the only job that suits her at the moment. (Why? …)
5. For another year or eighteen months. (How long? …)
6. She is not sure what she’ll do then. (What? …)
7. It is fully lit all night. (Alternative)
8. No, the women work in groups of three. (General)
Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.
Example: 1 – b;
1. She often goes two or three days without any sleep.
a) Она часто обходится без сна в течение двух или трех дней.
b) Она часто ходит в течение двух или трех дней, не имея возможности поспать.
c) Она часто страдает от бессонницы в течение двух или трех дней.
2. But it’s about the only job that suits me, what with the children and everything.
a) Но это практически единственная работа, которая устраивает меня из-за детей и всех прочих дел.
b) Но это практически единственная работа, которая устраивает меня, детей и всех остальных.
c) Но только эта работа устраивает меня, что касается детей и всего.
3. I’d rather take a job there.
a) Я бы, возможно, работала там.
b) Я бы скорее взяла работу там.
c) Я бы предпочла работать там.
4. But since I’ve got to be here night after night …
a) Но хотя мне приходится бывать здесь каждую ночь …
b) Но поскольку мне приходится бывать здесь каждую ночь …
c) Но с тех пор, как я бываю здесь каждую ночь …
1st Year 2nd Term
TEST 2
(Variant 1)
To complete this Test refer to GRAMMAR REFERENCE for revision.
PRONOUNS
1. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, NO.
1. I’ll lend you … tie except the red one.
2. Can you spare me … time before leaving? – Sorry, I have practically … time left.
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3. … time ago I read about it in a magazine.
4. Phone me … time tomorrow.
5. John gave me … good advice, but I didn’t take … notice.
6. He started his car without … difficulty.
7. There can hardly be … doubt that he is the best tennis player in the world.
8. Would you like … tea?
2. Complete the sentences with SOME, ANY, NO + BODY/ONE/THING/WHERE.
1. That’s a very easy question. … can answer it.
2. The accident looked serious. Fortunately … was injured.
3. I’m bored. I’d like to go … tonight.
4. It was disappointing. Absolutely … happened.
5. I left the house without saying … to her.
3. Use ONE, ONES, the ONE, the ONES, ONE’s to complete the sentences below.
1. I haven’t got a pen. Can you lend me …?
2. I drew my chair nearer to … on which Mary was sitting.
3. The students who do best in examinations are not always … with the best brains.
4. Your plans are good … on paper.
5. … cannot eat … cake and have it.
4. Complete these sentences with NO, NONE, NOBODY, NO-ONE, NOTHING, NOWHERE.
1. The town was still the same when I returned years later. … had changed.
2. We saw … we knew.
3. … two men think alike.
4. How much of this money is yours? – … of it is mine.
5. He said he would marry her or ….
6. We cancelled the party because … of the people we invited could come.
7. How many of them know the news? – ….
8. Who knows the news? - ….
9. Is there any coffee left? – No, … at all.
10. The bus was completely empty. There was … on it.
5. Complete the sentences with MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF.
1. There isn’t … international news in the local paper.
2. In the last twenty-two hours too … things happened.
3. I found … information in the NET.
4. How … progress has your government made to improve the quality of medical care?
5. There were twice as … women at the meeting as men.
6. Complete the sentences with LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW.
1. He worked hard but achieved very ….
2. It was very cheap. It only cost … pounds.
3. John has too much money and too … common sense.
4. I can’t decide now. I need … time to think it over.
5. There are so … job opportunities here.
NUMBERS
1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
Example: 182 – one hundred and eighty two;
1) It is feared that 182 people may have died in a plane crash on Wednesday, June 4. The accident happened at 7.20 a.m. It was Bel Air flight 409, going from Singapore to New York. The plane had covered ¾of the 12,000 mile trip, and had stopped to refuel. Eye witnesses said that the plane had reached its take-off speed of 150 mph when a fire broke out in the rear engine. 106 people managed to escape the blaze. The hot-line number is 6020-477913.
2) 672 car workers walked out on strike today in Coventry. They had asked for a pay rise of 8-7%, but the management said they could only offer 5½ %. This would mean an extra £27.50 per week. A union spokesman said ‘It’s not enough.’
PREPOSITIONS
(Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
Example: 1 – on;
1. Most people go out … Friday night.
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2. It happened … the war: … August 1943, to be precise.
| at, in | in, at | during, in |
3. You must finish this work … the end of the week.
| by | at | in |
4. We’ll arrive in New York … three hours.
| at | before | in |
5. I’ve been sitting here … 9 o’clock, but nobody has phoned yet.
| during | since | till |
6. We waited … half past nine but he didn’t come.
| since | till | for |
7. He is leaving … next Sunday.
| - | on | at |
8. He lives … 21 Central Avenue.
| in | on | at |
9. Write your name … the top of the page.
| in | by | at |
10. In England they drive … the left.
| on | to | at |
11. Finland is … the North of Russia.
| on | to | in |
12. It’s dinner time. The family are … table.
| behind | opposite | at |
13. A bird is singing … the tree.
| in | on | behind |
14. It was almost midnight when we arrived … the station.
| in | at | into |
15. Drive … the road.
| across | along | through |
16. Ships come … the port of Cardiff … all parts of the world.
| from, in | from, to | out of, into |
17. They are leaving … Moscow … the evening and arrive … Minsk … the morning.
| for, at, in, at | -, in, in, in | -, in, at, in |
18. My boss has been … Paris three times.
| in | at | to |
19. Mrs. Wood got … the bus and walked … towards the post office.
| on, to | from, across | off, along |
20. I was going … Berlin on business when, by accident, I got … the wrong train.
| to, on | in, on | to, in |
PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE
1. Choose between the Past Simple and Past Progressive.
1. When the door-bell rang/was ringing he stood/was standing up and went/was going to the door.
2. Linda waited/was waiting for the bus when I saw/was seeing her.
3. Yesterday evening we waited/were waiting for him in the office for nearly an hour.
4. It rained/was raining the whole morning.
5. What did you do/were you doing on the corner last night around 9 o’clock?
2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
1. It wasn’t until/up to last year that they could afford to buy a car.
2. I was sitting at my report by 5p.m./at 5 p.m.
3. When/While I got to the cinema Jack was waiting for me.
4. He was drinking quite a lot those/these days.
5. When/during I was shopping I met Max, my sister’s boy-friend.
3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
1. I (look) out of the window and (see) that it (snow) hard.
2. This (use) to be a station and all the London trains (stop) here. But two years ago they (close) the station and (give) us a bus service instead.
3. We (cycle) along the road when we (see) a huge lorry.
4. She (weep) bitterly while he (tell) her story.
5. I (try) to explain the situation to my parents, but they just (not understand) what I (talk) about.
6. She (injure) her ankle while she (jog) in the park.
7. How often you (visit) your cousins when you (be) in the States last year?
8. At school I (dislike) the English teacher because she always (find fault) with me.
9. She said she (get) more forgetful as she (grow) older.
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10. Ann (spend) a lot of money on books yesterday.
PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.
1. You look hot. Have you run/been running all the way?
2. His parents have lived/been living in London all their lives.
3. I’ve lived/been living in Sally’s flat for the last month.
4. He has repaired/been repairing his car for an hour already.
5. The police have arrested/been arresting the man who is suspected of committing the murder.
