PART A. LEXICAL-GRAMMAR TEST (46
points)
1. Use the correct tense-forms of the
verbs in brackets. (7 points)
- Would you like to come to the cinema with
me, Mike?
- No. I (to work) (1) _________________ all
day and I'm tired.
- And you (to come) (2) ________________ when
you (to finish) (3) ________________
resting?
- What film (to be) (4) __________________
on at the cinema?
- It's a new historical film and it (to base)
(5) ________________ on a historical
novel.
- Oh, I (to see) (6) ____________________ the
novel before I (to go) (7) __________________ to see
it.
2. Put
in a
(an), the where necessary. (11
points)
1. I would like 1 ______ porridge for 2
______ breakfast.
2. Would you like to stay in 3 ______ town,
or go to 4 _____ country 5 ______ next
Sunday?
3. 6 ______ Mount Everest is 7 ______ tallest
mountain in 8 ______ world.
4. 9 ______ Hague isn’t 10 _____ capital of
11 _____ Netherlands.
3. Put in the correct
prepositions. (8 points)
l. He came _______ Minsk _______
25th June.
2. People believe that this thing can
protect their homes _______ evil spirits.
3. We see _____ the New Year with our
friends and relatives.
4. I never borrow money _______ my
friends.
5. He gave _______ smoking and took _______
jogging in the morning.
6. She never lets me _______. I can
trust her.
4. Write the verbs in brackets in the
correct form (Infinitive or
Gerund). (10
points)
1. I want _______________ (to know) when my
friend goes sightseeing.
2. I like ________________ for my
friends. My granny taught me ________________ (to
cook).
3. I remember ________________ (to meet)
him for the first time five years ago.
4. Our dance teacher
learnt ________________ in France. She's fond of
_______________ classical ballet. (to
dance)
5. I’m interested in ______________ my own
web site. Can you teach me _____________ it at your computer
club? (to make)
6. It’s not worth ____________ (to take) a
taxi.
7. He doesn’t mind ______________ (to get
up) early.
5. Complete the sentences with
adjectives ending in -ed or -ing formed from the verbs in brackets. (5
points)
l. It’s ______________ (to relax) to listen
to jazz.
2. I am _______________ (to relax) when I
listen to jazz.
3. He says that classical music is
________________ ( to bore).
4. Country music is __________________ (to
excite).
5. He gets very _______________ (to depress)
when he listens to heavy metal..
6. Find one mistake in each sentence and
correct it if it needs. (5
points)
1. He is interested in an Eastern
History.
2. Peter and Ann did the project
himself.
3. I would be like to have many
pen-friends.
4. At the age of six children go back to
school.
5. In the beginning of the lesson all pupils
stand up.
PART
B. READ THE TEXT AND MARK THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
AS TRUE OR FALSE ACCORDING TO THE TEXT. ( 6
points)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976), whose books
are famous all over the world, was an English crime novelist,
short-story writer, and playwright. Often called the
“Queen of Crime”, she is the only detective writer who has created
two equally famous and much loved characters – Hercule Poirot
and Miss Marple. Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels and
14 short-story collections which have sold over four billion
copies – a record beaten only by the Bible and the works of
William Shakespeare. The “Guinness Book of Records” ranks
Christie as the best-selling novelist ever. Her books
have been translated into at least 103
languages.
Agatha Christie was born in Devon,
England. When she was 11, she wrote a poem which was
printed in a London newspaper. In her late teens Agatha,
whose passion was music, studied to be a classical musician
but was too nervous to perform. During World War I, she
worked at a hospital and then a pharmacy. That’s why many of
the murders in her books involve poison.
The event which happened in December 1926
caused quite a storm in the press and transformed Agatha
Christie’s life and personality. The woman disappeared
for eleven days and couldn’t remember her name when she
was found. Soon after that her first marriage, which
turned out unhappy, was over. In 1930, Christie married
again. Her second husband was an archaeologist with whom
she travelled a lot. So several of her novels are set in the
Middle East.
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels
and plays, which were very successful too. In 1971, the
writer was given the title Dame Commander of the Order of the
British Empire.
1. Agatha Christie often called the “Queen of
Crime”.
2. Her collections have sold over five billion
copies.
3. She worked at a hospital during World War
II.
4. Her second husband was a
psychiatrist.
5. She wrote only romance novels and
plays.
6. She was given the title Dame Commander of
the Order of the British Empire.
Key
(8th form)
Total: 52 points
PART A
I.
-
have been working\ have
worked
-
will you come\ are
coming
-
finish\ have
finished
-
is\ will be
-
is based\ was based\ has been
based
-
saw
-
went
(8 points)
II. 1. - 2. - 3. - 4. the 5. - 6. - 7. the 8.
the 9. the 10. the 11. the
(11 points)
III.
1.to; on
2. from
3. in
4. from
5. up; up
6. down (8 points)
IV.
1. to know
2. cooking; to
cook
3. meeting
4. to dance;
dancing
5. making; to
make
6. taking
7. getting up (10
points)
V.
1. Relaxing
2. Relaxed
3. Boring
4. Exciting
5. depressed (5
points)
VI.
1. An
2. Themselves
3. Be
4. Back
5. At (5
points)
PART B
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. True (6 points)