Listen To The Passage and Answer The Questions
Listen To The Passage and Answer The Questions
Listen To The Passage and Answer The Questions
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11. Complete the sentence 17. Choose the correct articles.
I don't like to spend time with people ... … day of … race came at last. It was … bright winter day
A) who lose their temper. and … sun was shining brightly
B) which lose their temper. A) a, a, a, the
C) that loses their temper B) the, a, a,-
D) whom lose their temper C) the, the, a, the
E) who loses their temper, D) the, the, the, -
E) a, a, -, the
12. Choose the correct interrogative sentence
A) Haw you a sore throat today? 18. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined
B) Please, come in time, will you? word.
C) Did she used to edit a woman's magazine? They assented to my proposal carefully,
D) Have you excited this morning? A) accepted
E) The books were distributed , were they? B) rejected
C) asked
13. Choose the correct exclamatory sentence. D) received
A) How bad humor it is ! E) amended
B) What insulting offer it is!
C) How clever the inspector he is! 19. Choose the correct conjunction
D) How popular the singer is! Thomas will be late to work , ... he has a dental
E) What a beautiful handwriting is! appointment.
A) but
14. Choose the correct variant. B) or
1. a few Maths teacher C) because
2. such a beautiful scenery D) why
3. a pair of leather boots, E) nor
4. some jars of honey
5. very a few monuments 20. Choose the sentence with the Gerund
6. So high buildings A) Being alone, he finished all his work
A) 1,5,6 B) She had a strange feeling about this accident
B) 3,4,6 C) Decorating rooms with balloons has become popular all
C) 3,4 over the world.
D) 2,6 D) The girl living next to us was seriously ill
E) 3,6 E) I saw them jumping over the fence
15. Choose the correct prepositions 21. Choose the correct pronouns.
When we get ready ... dinner, I have to take my books ... Some of these belongings are ... and the rest of ... belong to
the table Sam.
A) for, off A) yours, it
B) for, to B) my, them
C) after, out C) hers, their
D) after, of D) me, they
E) for, out of E) mine, them
16. Choose the correct variant. 22. Choose the correct sentence in the Possessive Case
He said that the letter was personal and didn't let me ... it . A) Helen's got some friends
A) reading B) the lives at four mile's distance from here
B) read C) Tom's very active student
C) to read D) Laura's drawings are the best
D) read to E) Don't worry. The bag's here on the table
E) had read
Read the passage and answer the questions 23-30.
27. Which words in the passage mean the same as the
Long ago it was hard to get news from place to place. word exhausted?
Traveling took a lot of time. Most people had to walk. A) place to place
Some rode horses or buggies; others traveled in boats. B) wait a long time
People called town criers walked through town yelling the C) full of energy
news. Few towns had newspapers. D) too tired
In 1807, Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. It was E) very busy
a boat that moved up and down the river using steam. It
was the first boat to move without paddles. In 1844, the 28. Write the answer to the question according to the
telegraph machine was invented by Samuel Morse. This passage?
new tool brought people together. It could send messages What was the fastest way to send a message in the year
over electric wires. The machine used a special code to 1846 ?
send messages. Cities and towns far apart could share the ________________________________________
news in minutes.
In 1860, the Pony Express took mail across the United 29. Write the word from paragraph which best fits the
States. Riders were paid to carry mail in leather bags. New definition ‘animal skin that has been treated to preserve it,
riders took the bags every 80 to 100 miles. They got fresh and is used for making shoes,
horses every 10 to 15 miles so they could keep the horses etc’________________________________________
from getting too tired.
In 1908, the first plane was invented. Wilber and
Orville Wright flew the first plane. 30. Find the best synonym for the word "act" from the
passage.
23. What is the passage mainly about? ________________________________________
A) Improving transport
B) Roads and horses
C) Advantages of plane
D) Disadvantages of Boats
E) Leather bags
A) an engine
B) horses
C) gasoline
D) manpower
E) steam