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1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
1. Look. Can you see Simon over there? – He (sit) in the corner. – Yes, he (wait) for Jack. He (sit) there since two o’clock.
2. I (learn) Spanish since last year.
3. How many driving lessons you (have) lately?
4. They (repair) the road all this week, but they (not/finish) it yet.
5. You are out of breath. You (run)?
6. Don’t rush me. I (work) as fast as I can.
7. It (get) harder and harder to find time.
8. He always (argue) and (fight)!
9. You never (know) how he is going to react.
10. What you (do)? – I’m a doctor.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the text carefully.
THE STOP-SMOKING SHIP
The most difficult thing in the world for someone to do when he is trying to give up smoking is to refuse a cigarette when a friend offers one. While people who smoke are near, the temptation to do the same is too strong. But how can someone who desperately wants to give up smoking get away from all his friends and their cigarettes?
An American doctor thinks he has found the answer at least to part of the question: sit on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic! On the ‘stop-smoking ship’ which left New York on the 21st November for a two-week cruise, there isn’t a tobacco shop in sight; there are no cigarette machines and all the passengers have only one idea – to give up smoking.
The cost alone would frighten some people into never wanting to see a cigarette again. The passengers pay $25 a day each for the pleasure of being shut up with one another’s bad temper. But giving up tobacco for good is not easy for those poor travelers who are not very strong-minded. One man even tried to smuggle a suitcase full of cigarettes onto the ship, hoping to get back some of his $25 a day in black market prices. Fortunately he was caught before he could infect the more weak-minded passengers.
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Two weeks might not seem a long time for a holiday cruise but it must seem a lifetime to a smoker with nothing to smoke. However, how many of those brave passengers have now given up smoking permanently, is a big question.
Choose the best answer.
1. What is so very difficult for a person who wants to stop smoking?
a) To accept a cigarette.
b) Not to accept a cigarette.
c) To offer a cigarette.
d) Not to offer a cigarette.
2. What is too strong in the sentence ‘While people who smoke are near, the temptation to do the same is too strong’?
a) a friend’s cigarette
b) the desire to smoke too
c) the smell of the tobacco
d) the smoking people near you
3. What kind of ship is meant in the title of the story?
a) A ship for people who don’t want to give up smoking.
b) A ship for people who have never smoked.
c) A ship for people who have stopped smoking.
d) A ship for people who want to give up smoking.
4. What did one man who tried to ‘smuggle’ a suitcase full of cigarettes onto the ship want to do? ’
a) to steal a suitcase full of cigarettes from the ship
b) to bring a suitcase full of cigarettes onto the ship secretly
c) to order a suitcase full of cigarettes
5. What makes the doctor think that being on the ship may help?
a) A cruise makes people forget about smoking.
b) All the passengers have the same intention.
c) The passengers will have no money left for cigarettes.
d) There are not enough tobacco shops on the ship.
Mark the statements below as True or False.
1. The temptation to smoke is strong when people who smoke are near.
2. The doctor guarantees that people will give up smoking for ever on the ‘stop-smoking ship’.
3. According to the text, the cost of a two-week cruise on the ‘stop-smoking’ ship is not high.
4. The rules on the ship are so strong that nobody can violate them.
Choose the best translation.
1. The most difficult thing in the world for someone to do when he is trying to give up smoking …
a) Самая трудная вещь в мире для того, кто пытается бросить курить …
b) Самое трудное сделать в мире для кого-либо – это попытаться бросить курить …
c) Самое трудное на свете для того, кто пытается бросить курить …
2. But how can someone who desperately wants to give up smoking …
a) Но как может тот, кто очень хочет бросить курить …
b) Но как может тот, кто в отчаянии хочет бросить курить …
c) Но как может тот, кто от отчаяния хочет бросить курить …
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3. … all the passengers have only one idea – to give up smoking.
a) … всем пассажирам пришла в голову одна идея – бросить курить.
b) … у всех пассажиров только одна мысль – бросить курить.
c) … у всех пассажиров только одно желание – как бросить курить.
4. But giving up tobacco for good is not easy.
a) Но бросить курить для чего-то хорошего не легко.
b) Но бросить курить хорошо, но не просто.
c) Но бросить курить навсегда не легко.
5. … but it must seem a lifetime to a smoker with nothing to smoke.
a) … но они (две недели) могут показаться пожизненными для курильщика, которому нечего курить
b) … но они (две недели) могут показаться целой жизнью для курильщика, которому нечего курить
c) … но это может оказаться пожизненным для курильщика, которому нечего курить
TEST 2
(Variant 2)
To complete this Test refer to GRAMMAR REFERENCE for revision.
PRONOUNS
1. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO.
1. The race will be held in … weather.
2. Have you got … more money? – No, there is … money left.
3. … time ago I came across this photo in an old magazine.
4. Call on me … time you need my advice.
5. Go and ask him for … paper. I haven’t got ….
6. He can do this work without … problem.
7. There is hardly … way out of the situation.
8. Could you give me … water? I’m very thirsty.
2. Complete the following sentences with
SOME, ANY, or NO + BODY/ONE/THING/WHERE.
1. It’s a stupid idea. Ask … and they will answer you.
2. … understood the rule and the teacher had to explain it again.
3. Are you going … tonight?
4. I think there’s … wrong with the car. I can’t start it.
5. I can’t add … to what I’ve said.
3. Use ONE, ONES, the ONE, the ONES, or ONE’s to complete the sentences below.
1. Which kittens will you take? – The black ….
2. The ring is in that drawer – … with the key in the lock.
3. Here are some books on European history. Which … do you want?
4. There’s a right answer and a wrong ….
5. … mustn’t forget … friends.
4. Complete these sentences with NO, NONE, NOBODY, NO-ONE, NOTHING.
1. I said …. Not a word.
2. The accident looked serious but fortunately … was injured.
3. … intelligent person could do such a stupid thing.
4. How many of them have come back? – ….
5. … could find their luggage.
6. I wanted some milk but there was … in the house.
7. How many students attended the meeting? – ….
8. Who attended the meeting? – ….
9. There are faults from which … of us is free.
10. … words could describe the scene.
5. Complete the sentences with MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF.
1. I don’t have … patience with incompetence.
2. I think there is too … violence on TV.
3. Martin spent … time in France last year.
4. Are there … students among your friends?
5. I have so … things to do that I don’t know which to do first.
6. Complete the sentences with LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW.
1. He is very successful even though he has very … education.
2. There’s no need to hurry. We still have … minutes left.
3. When she sold her house she only took … furniture with her and … personal possessions.
4. I tried to help but there was so … I could do.
5. The group have brought very … luggage, only … suitcases.
NUMBERS
1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
Example: May 20 – May the twentieth;
1) A man wearing a stocking mask and armed with a shotgun held up cashiers at the National Bank yesterday, May 20, and stole £5.500. The robberyhappened at about 4.15 p.m. It is the 3rd robbery in the area this year.Luckily, there were no clients inside.Police have appealed for witnesses. The number to ring is 0106-744391.
2) Unemployment figures were released on Thursday, November 13. Last month there were 3,649,712 registered unemployed. That is 14.5% of the work force. Over the past 2 years this number has increased by over 260,000.
PREPOSITIONS
(Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
Example: 1 – on;
1. Could you come to see me … Saturday morning?
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2. Their children are camping … this week.
| at | - | in |
3. You shouldn’t go out late … night.
| over | at | by |
4. Sit down. Mr Brown will join you … а moment.
| at | for | in |
5. I’ve studied English … I was ten, and still I can’t speak it.
| till | for | since |
6. How long are you going to wait for him? - … five.
| for | till | since |
7. I got a letter from my American friend … last Saturday.
| - | on | during |
8. I live … Central Avenue not far from the station.
| on | in | at |
9. Put your signature … the bottom of the letter.
| at | on | above |
10. What’s going on … the corner of the street?
| on | in | at |
11. The Alps are … the South of Europe.
| to | in | on |
12. I don’t like office work. I can’t spend the whole day sitting … the desk
| in front of | at | by |
13. The weather is sunny. There isn’t a single cloud … the sky.
| in | on | at |
14. As soon as you arrive … London give me a call.
| at | in | into |
15. We walked … the bridge to the other side of the river.
| along | across | through |
16. Planes fly … Amsterdam … Paris every day.
| from, in | from, to | out of, to |
17. They are leaving … Japan next Tuesday. They will stay for a fortnight in Tokyo.
| - | for | to |
18. I’ve been … Canada but I haven’t been … the USA.
| in, in | to, to | to, in |
19. He got … the car and started the engine.
| in | on | into |
20. When I came … the hotel I started to take my clothes … my suitcase.
| in, from | to, out of | into, out of |
PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE
1. Choose between the Past Simple and the Past Progressive.
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1. He gave/was giving up his job as a journalist and became/was becoming a teacher.
2. We went/ were going down in the lift when it suddenly stopped/was stopping.
3. It happened/was happening while I lived/was living in Bristol.
4. They lived/were living in London all their life.
5. “What did you do/were you doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?” asked the detective. – “I cleaned/was cleaning my house.”
2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
1. Everyone was talking but stopped then/the moment Mr. Smith entered the room.
2. I lived in Glasgow until/by the time I was fourteen.
3. While/Once I was having breakfast this morning, my sister called from the States.
4. James always let me know at the time/ whenever he was going to be late.
5. Now, Mr. Star, what were you doing between/by ten and ten thirty last night?
3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
1. The driver (fall) asleep as he (drive) along.
2. I (not/understand) what (go on). Several people (shout) at me and one (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.
3. The only thing I disliked about him when we (study) at college was that he always (borrow) my things without asking.
4. She said she (get) more forgetful as she (grow) older.
5. The sun (shine) brightly and Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses.
6. He (use) to smoke forty cigarettes a day till he finally (give) up smoking.
7. I (visit) London last year.
8. He (enter) the office, (look) around and (come) up to the secretary.
9. What you (do) yesterday at seven p.m.?
10. Peter (meet) someone that night so I (stay) at the office and (work) for a few extra hours.
PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
TASK1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.
1. Sorry about the mess. I have painted/been painting the house.
2. How long has he lived/been living in Manchester? – All his life. He was born there.
3. They are in London now. They have lived/been living there for the last six months.
4. It has rained/been raining since morning already.
5. I’m afraid I have broken/been breaking one of your glasses.
