Preparation for ENT 2012 working on the

Preparation for ENT – 2012: working on the texts 88 texts

Working on the texts: (100 from ENT) 1. This text is about …………. (5 texts); the right answer is …. 2. 1 text for retelling 3. choose all the verbs from this text: give synonyms; /give antonyms; / give definitions; tell regular or irregular – give 4 forms; define the tense of the verb; define the type of question given in this text; 4. choose all adjectives from this text: give comparative and superlative forms; give synonyms; / give antonyms; /give definitions;

#1. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Jonathan Swift, a famous English writer was travelling on horseback with a servant. It was raining and the roads were muddy. In the evening the two men came to an inn. Before going to bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But the servant was lazy and did not do what his master said. The next morning when Swift saw the dirty boots he asked the servant why he had not cleaned the boots. The servant answered that he had not cleaned the boots because they would soon become dirty again. Swift did not answer anything and soon told the servant to get ready because they would start at once. But the servant looked very displeased and said that he had not eaten his breakfast yet. Swift answered that they would go without any breakfast. "What is the use of eating now? You will soon be hungry again", he said. Choose the title to this story: a) You will Soon Be Tired Again. b) A Good Lesson. c) No Dinner. d) Breakfast and Rest. e) An Industrious Servant.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 was travelling 2 were muddy 3 came to an inn 4 before going to bed 5 to clean his boots 6 had not cleaned the boots 7 would soon become dirty 8 will soon be hungry auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 was travelling was/were+ing Past Continuous 2 were muddy was/were verb to be in Past 3 came to an inn did Past Simple 4 before going to bed after prepositions/verbs Gerund 5 to clean his boots 1 st form of irregular Infinitive verbs 6 had not cleaned the boots had+verb 3/ed Past Perfect 7 would soon become dirty would+verb Future in the Past 8 will soon be hungry will/shall+be Future Simple rules like/love/stop/ finish/enjoy

#1. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Who was Jonathan Swift? What was he doing with his servant? What was the weather like then? Where did they come in the evening? What did Swift tell to his servant before going to bed? What kind of person was his servant? What happened next morning? What did his servant answer? Did Swift say anything to him? How did his servant look? How did the great writer teach him?

#2. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: Jonathan Swift liked order in everything. All the people in his house, for example, had to shut the door behind them when they came into the room or left it. One day a maid servant came and asked him to let her visit her sister who lived ten miles away. Swift not only agreed, but let her go there in his own carriage. The girl was so happy that she forgot to shut the door when she left the room. Swift let her go, but about half an hour later he ordered one of the servant to ride after the carriage and tell the girl come back. The poor girl had to turn back. She asked him what he, wanted. «I only want you to shut the door» , was his answer. «Now you may go to visit your sister. I wish you a pleasant journey» . Дополните предложение: Swift ordered. . . to tell the girl come back. a) the servant b) the carnage c) her sister d) the girl e) the author Choose the title to this story: a) Swift’s servants b) Swift’s carriage c) A pleasant journey d) Shut the door e) A great writer

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 liked order 2 had to shut the door 3 came into the room 4 to let her visit 5 girl was so happy 6 I only want you to shut the door 7 you may go auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses rules 1 liked order did Past Simple 2 had to shut the door do - have to / Modal verb – does -has to/did - вынужден had to придется 3 came into the room did 4 to let her visit 5 girl was so happy 6 I only want you to want/would shut the door like/expect Complex object Я хочу чтобы ты закрыл дверь 7 you may go Modal verb можно Did you have to shut the door? Past Simple Infinitive was/were verb to be

#2. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What did Jonathan Swift like? What kind of rule was in his house? What happened one day? Did Swift allow his maid to go away? What did the maid forget to do? What did Swift order to do his servant? Did the maid come back? What did she ask? What did the great writer say her?

#3. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. At a party Bernard Shaw stood up and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, the leaders of our society are corrupt. I know at least twenty well known men who do crooked things”. Everybody protested but Shaw said that he would prove it. Some weeks later he sent a letter to each of the twenty men: “Everybody has come out. Get away quickly”. They all followed his advice. Завершите предложение: Some weeks later he … a) published an article b) wrote to each of them c) informed the police d) advised them to work e) invited all the twenty men to a party

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 stood up and said 2 are corrupt 3 I know 4 Everybody protested 5 He said he would prove it. Everybody has come out 6 7 Get away quickly auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 stood up and said did Past Simple 2 are corrupt am/is/are Verb to be 3 I know do/does Present Simple 4 Everybody protested He said he would prove it. did Past Simple Past simple+ would+verb Future in the Past 5 6 7 have/has+verb 3/ed Everybody has come out Get away quickly / Don’t get away Present Perfect Imperative rules

#3. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did Bernard Shaw say at a party? 2. What did the members of society say? 3. What did he do later? 4. What did the men do then?

#4. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. After a War of Independence the USA needed a capital city. It was difficult to choose it because different cities in different parts of the country wanted to be the nation's capital. In the end it was decided to build a new city. In 1791 George Washington, the first president, chose the place where the city now stands. He thought it was a good place because the Potomac River was large enough for ships to come as far as the site of the city. The land round the city was called the District of Columbia, after Christopher Columbus; and the city on it was named Washington, in honor of the country's first president. 1. Choose the title to this story: a) The history of the capital. b) The first President. c) The War of Independence. d) Different cities of America. e) The discovery of America 2. Why did George Washington choose this place for the city? a) because it was the district of Columbia b) because it was the first president c) because the of Independence was over d) because it was good for ships to come to the city e) because Christopher Columbus discovered this place

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 USA needed 2 It was difficult 3 it was decided 4 to build the city now stands the city was called 5 6 auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 USA needed did Past Simple 2 It was difficult was/were Verb to be in Past 3 it was decided was/were+verb 3/ Past Simple ed 4 5 6 to build the city now stands the city was called Passive voice Infinitive 3 form for he/she/it –does Present Simple was/were+verb 3/ Past Simple ed Passive voice rules

#4. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did the USA need after a War of Independence? 2. Why was it difficult to choose the capital? 3. What was decided then? 4. When did the president choose the place for the capital? 5. Why did he choose the Potomac River? 6. How was called the land round the city? 7. In whose honor was named the city?

#5. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. A king liked to write stories which he thought they were very good. The people were afraid to criticize them. One day he showed some of his stories to a well known critic, who said they were bad. The king got angry with him and sent him to prison. After some time the king invited the critic to his palace to dinner. Again he showed him some of his stories and again asked him what he thought of them. The critic said to the king: "Take me back to the prison". Завершите предложение. A king thought. . a) people liked his stories. b) critic wrote good stories. c) he was a good writer. d) the critic didn't read his stories. e) they were afraid of him.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 liked 2 "Take me back’’ 3 to criticize them auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 liked did Past Simple 2 "Take me back’’ Imperative 3 to criticize them Infinitive rules

#5. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What did a king like? What were people afraid to do? Whom did the king show his stories? What happened then? Whom did the king invite to his palace? What did he ask again? What did the critic say then?

#6. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение. A hundred years ago people knew how to entertain themselves much better than they do now. When a group of people gathered together, they talked, played cards or other games, read aloud to each other, or went out shooting or walking together. Most people could sing a little or play a musical instrument, so at a party the guests entertained each other. Conversation was an art, amusing conversation could keep people happy for hours. As for games, such as football, tennis, people played them more often than they do now. Most of them didn't play very well, but they could amuse themselves and their friends. A hundred years ago people. . a) did not entertain themselves. b) entertained themselves better than they do now. c) worked hard. d) waited for the invention of the radio, cinema and television. e) had no free time.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 people knew 2 to entertain 3 people could sing auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 people knew did Past Simple 2 to entertain 3 people could sing Infinitive could/can/will be Modal verb able to rules

#6. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did people know a hundred years ago? 2. What did the people do when they gather? 3. How did they entertain themselves? 4. What was a conversation? 5. What kind of games did they know then? 6. Did they play well?

#7. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение About the year 1600, there lived in London a noted executioner named Derrick who used to hang criminals. So skilful was he in raising on high these unfortunate men that his name was given to the machines used for lifting up or moving from place to place heavy weights. Today derricks are specially used on ships for loading and unloading cargo. Derricks are. . a) coins in some countries b) machines c) instruments for musicians d) ships e) the buses for criminals

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 used to hang 2 in raising 3 name was given 4 used 5 derricks are specially used for loading and unloading cargo. 6 auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses rules 1 used to hang Did you use_ to…? did Don’t confuse! to be used to привыкать Действия в прошлом 2 in …raising love/like/stop/finish Gerund /enjoy 3 name was given was/were+verb 3/ed Past Simple in Passive Voice 4 used 5 derricks are specially used 6 for … loading and unloading cargo. Participle II После предлогов и герундиальных глаголов использованные am/is/are+verb 3/ed Present Simple Passive Voice Gerund После предлогов и герундиальных глаголов

#7. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. When did the executioner live? 2. Who is an executioner? 3. How was his name given to the machines? 4. How are used derricks today?

#8. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Bisons have not always lived in North America; they are relative newcomers. They belong to the wild bull family, like domestic cattle and the wild oxen of Africa and Asia. The oldest known bison traces or remains have been found in China and the Himalayan foothills, where an animal with all the essential features of the genus lived a million years ago. They developed fast and spread over most of the northern hemisphere in Europe and Siberia. During one of the Ice Ages, the sea level dropped, exposing a land bridge across the Bering Strait, allowing the faunas of Asia and North America to meet. Very early, the steppe bison moved eastward to the North American continent. Much later, men followed the same route.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 have not always lived belong to 2 3 5 known have been found developed 6 allowing 7 to meet 4 auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 have not always have/has+verb 3/ Present ed Perfect lived Present belong to 2 auxiliary verbs tenses rules Simple 3 Participle II 4 known have been found 5 developed did Past Simple 6 allowing Participle I 7 to meet to+verb Infinitive известные have/has+been+ Present verb 3/ed Perfect Passive Voice позволяя

#8. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Which of the following subjects the passage would most likely be reading in? a) Botany b) Zoology c) Geography d) Modern science e) Anthropology 2. According to the passage, when did the bison move to North America? a) Over a million years go. b) Relatively recently in North American history. c) During one of the Ice Ages. d) Early in man's habitation of North America. e) Half a century ago. 3. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage? a) The classification of Asian and North American fauna. b) An introduction to the North American bison. c) An analysis of the bison genus in the bull family. d) A hypothesis of the evolution of the bull. e) An introduction to the Asian faunas. 4. According to the passage, the bison moved from Asia to North America by. . . a) crossing the sea b) walking over the land c) traveling through the foothills d) climbing over a bridge e) walking through the forest

#8. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. How long have Bisons lived in North America? 2. What kind of animals are they? 3. Where were the oldest ones found? 4. How did they develop? 5. What happened during the Ice Ages? 6. Where did the Bisons move then? 7. What happened later?

#9. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. When a child goes to school for the first time, this marks the beginning of a new period in his life. It is of great importance that the day should leave a lasting memory. The beginners bring flowers with them on their first day and their parents and relatives come to the school to give them a good send off. When the child comes home after his first day, the family gets together to listen to his impressions and a party is usually arranged to mark the occasion. Завершите предложение согласно содержанию текста. When a child comes home after his first day at school, the family usually. . a) is very busy b) doesn't pay attention to him c) sends him to the Library d) makes a party e) buys him a bag.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 goes 2 should 3 to give 4 is usually arranged auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 goes do/does 2 should Present Simple Modal verb следует 3 to give Infinitive 4 is usually arranged am/is/are+ver Present v 3/ed Simple Passive Voice rules

#9. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. When does a new period begin in child’s life? 2. How can be remembered this day? 3. How does this day start? 4. What usually happens after his first day?

#10. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложения. Mr. Nelson wanted to be elected sheriff in a New Hampshire county. He went from farm to farm asking people to vote for him. Mrs. Marrow saw him coming up one day and reached for the broom. "Get off, you good for nothing loafer", she shouted. "But Mrs. Marrow", said Nelson. "I have just come to ask you if you'll vote for me for sheriff'. "Sheriff!" shouted Mrs. Marrow. "Your place is in the lockup, not in the sheriff’s office. You are a scoundrel, and your father was a scoundrel, and your grandfather was a scoundrel. Get out of here before I take this broom to you". Nelson decided to go. Before climbing back into the car. He took out his notebook and wrote, after the name of Marrow, one word: "Doubtful". Mr. Nelson was. . . a). . . a candidate for sheriff. b). . . a graduate from New Hampshire University. c). . . a President. d). . . a cruel and brave man. e). . . a sheriff.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 wanted 2 asking people 3 to vote 4 saw him coming up 5 "Get off!” 6 7 I have just come you'll vote 8 Before climbing auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 wanted did Past Simple 2 asking people Participle I 3 to vote Infinitive 4 saw him coming up 5 "Get off!” 6 I have just come have/has+verb 3/ Present Perfect ed 7 you'll vote will/shall Future Simple 8 Before climbing like/love/stop/ finish/enjoy Gerund to see/to feel/ Complex object to notice/to hear Imperative rules расспрашивая Она увидела как он подходил Повелительное наклонение После предлогов и герундиальных глаголов:

#10. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did Mr. Nelson want? 2. What did he do to vote for him? 3. What happened one day? 4. What did Mr. Nelson say? 5. What did Mrs. Marrow answer? 6. What did Mr. Nelson decide to do? 7. What did he write on his notebook?

#11. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. I've been in England for three months now. I won't tell you about London. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about life here. I find some of the customs new and interesting. People here do not shake hands when they meet. Concerts and plays start rather early. Завершите предложение согласно содержанию текста. When people meet, they. . a) smile at each other. b) never shake hands. c) don't speak to each other. d) greet each other taking off their hats. e) kiss each other.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 I've been 2 I won't tell 3 I'm sure 4 to know 5 I think auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 I've been have/has+verb 3/ed 2 I won't tell will/shall Present Perfect Future Simple 3 I'm sure am/is/are to be 4 to know 5 I think Infinitive do/does Present Simple rules

#11. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. How long have you been in England? 2. What do you think about London? 3. What can you say about customs? 4. What don’t the people do when they meet? 5. When do the concerts and play start?

#12. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. London parks are the most beautiful areas of the city. In the summer you can sit in St. James's Park by the side of the lake and listen to the band playing music. Green Park is a different kind of park. It is a quiet, wooden place. Hyde Park was once part of a forest. Nowadays, Speakers' Corner of the park is always a centre of activity. Sunday is the most popular day and you will usually find some people standing on their soap boxes and making speeches. There is a boating lake, and skating in the winter if the ice is 10 centimeters thick. There is an open air theatre where plays are put on in the summer, and a rose garden and a restaurant. Ответьте на вопрос: Where do the speakers usually stand making speeches? a) At the boating lake. b) In a wooden place. c) On the soap boxes. d) At the open air theatre. e) In a rose garden.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 London parks are you can sit 2 3 4 5 6 the band playing music you will usually find people standing on their soap boxes plays are put auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 London parks are am/is/are to be 2 you can sit Modal verb 3 the band playing music 4 you will usually find 5 people standing on their soap boxes plays are put 6 auxiliary verbs could/can/will be able to tenses Participle I will/shall Future Simple Participle I am/is/are+verb 3/ed Present Simple Passive Voice rules

#12. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What can you say about London parks? 2. What can you do in St. James Park? 3. What kind of park is Green Park? 4. What is Hyde Park differ from other parks? 5. What kind of places of interests are there in Hyde Park?

#13. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение The nickname for the American Government is Uncle Sam. It was during the war 1812, when Samuel Wilson was an inspector of provisions destined for the American Army, at Troy. The abbreviation of "US" marked on the casks, was then unfamiliar to the people, and one of the workmen spread the saying that it meant "Uncle Sam" Wilson. The old joke about Uncle Sam was spread all over the country. The passage explains. . a) the situation in the country. b) why Samuel Wilson was an inspector of provisions in the American Army. c) the origin of the abbreviation of "US". d) the work of the American Government. e) the life of the soldiers in the American Army.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 2 3 4 is marked spread meant 5 was spread 6 was auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 is am/is/are Verb to be 2 marked Participle II 3 spread did Past Simple 4 meant did Past Simple 5 was spread was/were+verb 3/ed Past Simple Passive Voice 6 was/were Verb to be in Past rules

#13. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What is the American Government’s name? 2. What happened in 1812? 3. What did the abbreviation “US” mean? 4. What happened then?

#14. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение There was a time when the people of Greece were not united but instead there were several states each of which had its own ruler. Some of the people in the southern part of the country were called Spartans and they were famous for their simple habits and their bravery. The name of the land was Laconia, so they were sometimes called Lacons. Their rule was to speak briefly and never use more words than were needed. From that time a short answer as a Lacon would give we call a laconic answer. Spartans were famous for. . . a) their laziness b) their bravery c) good teeth d) bad taste e) beautiful daughters

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 were not united 2 had 3 to speak 4 use 5 would give 6 were auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs 1 were not united 2 had was/were+verb 3/ed Past Simple Passive Voice did Past Simple 3 to speak 4 use tenses Infinitive do/does Present Simple 5 would give Past Simple+would Future in the Past 6 were was/were Verb to be in Past rules

#14. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What can you say about the history of Greece? 2. How were called the people in the southern part of Greece? 3. What was the name of this place? 4. What kind of rule was there? 5. How do we call “a short answer”?

#15. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение Fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. I always go home with an empty bag. But this does not worry me. My friends advise me to give up fishing. But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I'm only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all. My friends advise me. . a) to go in for hunting. b) to be more careful. c) to buy a bicycle. d) not to fish. e) to read the books.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 is 2 without catching 3 to give up 4 fish 5 I'm not really interested auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 is am/is/are Verb to be 2 without catching like/love/stop/ finish/enjoy Gerund 3 to give up 4 fish do/does Present Simple 5 I'm not really interested am/is/are Verb to be Infinitive rules После предлогов и герундиальных глаголов:

#15. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What is your favourite sport? 2. How do you usually fish? 3. Do you usually catch a lot of fish? 4. Does it worry you? 5. Are you interested in fishing? 6. What are you interested in?

#16. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Saturday Charlie went to the cinema. He asked Jim to go with him, but Jim didn't want to, so Charlie went alone. When he got there he bought the tickets and went in. He enjoyed the film very much. Найдите неправильно употребленное слово: a) cinema. b) film. c) last. d) tickets. e) alone.

#16. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Where did Charlie go on Saturday? 2. Whom did he ask to go with? 3. What did he buy first? 4. Did he enjoy the film?

#17. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение Hobby is something that one does or subject that one studies as an occupation for one's leisure time. It is an old Irish word which originally meant "a stick with a horse's head, used by children as a plaything". It gave rise to a well known proverb "Everyone has his hobby". Hobby originally meant. . a) a musical instrument. b) a toy. c) a piece of rope. d) a dish. e) a book.

#17. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What does the word “hobby” mean? 2. What the origin of this word? 3. What kind of “proverb” do you know according to this word?

#18. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение Murillo was a great painter in Spain. He painted beautiful pictures and he had many students. Once he found a very good picture in his studio and asked his students who had painted that picture but nobody answered. Then he asked his slave Sebastian if he had seen somebody in the studio the night before. The slave did not answer. Then Sebastian began to paint. Suddenly Murillo appeared and saw him. Murillo understood that the slave was a very talented painter and gave him freedom. When the night came and the students left the studio Sebastian. . a) went to bed. b) began to write a letter to his friend. c) began to paint. d) started to play the piano. e) cleaned the studio.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # 1 examples was auxiliary verbs tenses was/were To be in past 2 painted did Past Simple 3 had painted had+verb 3/ed Past Perfect 4 to paint Infinitive rules

#18. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who was Murillo in Spain? 2. What did he paint? 3. What happened one day? 4. What did he ask his slave? 5. What did his slave say? 6. What did Sebastian begin to do then? 7. What did Murillo do then?

#19. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение A dog steals a piece of meat from the cook, and on his way to a safe place where he will eat it, he crosses a bridge over a river. He looks down and sees his own reflection in the water. He thinks, "there is another dog down there with a piece of meat in its mouth which is larger than mine. I shall take it away and then I shall have two pieces of meat". He begins to bark (лаять) to frighten the other dog, but when he opens his mouth, his piece of meat drops out and falls into the water. A dog…. a) is sitting near the cook. b) takes a piece of meat from the cook without permission. c) guards the house. d) is very old. e) barks at the people.

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 steals 2 will eat 3 is 4 to frighten auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 steals do/does Present Simple 2 will eat shall/will Future Simple 3 is am/is/are Verb to be 4 to frighten Infinitive rules

#19. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What does the dog do after stealing the meat? 2. What does he see in the water? 3. What does he think about? 4. What does he do then? 5. What happens then?

#20. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There Edison worked on a carbon telephone to improve the existing Bell system. In that laboratory a year later Edison invented phonograph while trying to improve a repeater. He attached a telephone to the needle in the telegraph to produce a recording that could be seen after some improvements to the machine, he repeated, "Mary had a little lamb" and played the recognizable production of his voice back to an astonished audience. Озаглавьте текст: a) Thomas Edison’s many inventions. b) A surprise invention. c) The history of Menlo Park. d) Improvements in the Telephone and Telegraph. e) Thomas Edison’s biography

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples 1 happened 2 to improve 3 while trying 4 could be seen auxiliary verbs tenses rules

Define the tenses of the verbs from the texts # examples auxiliary verbs tenses 1 happened did Past Simple 2 to improve Infinitive 3 while trying while/when+ing Participle I 4 could be seen can/could+be+ve Modal verb in rb 3/ed Passive Voice rules

#20. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. How was happened the invention of phonograph? 2. What did Thomas Edison do in 1876? 3. What did Edison try to do? 4. What did he invent then? 5. How did he invent it? 6. What did he repeat while inventing it?

#21. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. The first commercial television broadcast was made on April 20, 1939 by Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Since 1939, it has become one of the most important facts of modern life. Television is very much a part of the modern world. Its effects are felt all over the world. Television is a reflection of the modern world, say some people. It shows contemporary society. It affects customs and culture, others say. Television is bad for culture because it keeps culture from growing, say still others. Good or bad, television is difficult to avoid. Its pictures enter homes, stores, airports, and factories. It is here to stay! 1. What is wrong about television? a) Television is a reflection of the modern world. b) Television is difficult to avoid. c) It doesn't affect customs and culture. d) RCA made the first commercial television broadcast. 2. Television is not found in… a) homes b) stores c) factories d) airports c) space

#21. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. When was made the first TV broadcast? 2. Since then has it become important? 3. What can you say about TV? 4. What do the people say according to TV? 5. What are the disadvantages of TV? 6. Can we live without TV?

#22. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Sequoias, or redwood trees, grow in the western United States, mostly in California and Oregon. Sequoias are some of the oldest living things on earth. They are also among the biggest. They often grow more than 30 meters high. To tell the age of a tree it is necessary to cut it down. The trunk of the tree has rings. There is a ring for each year of life of the tree. By counting the rings, people can learn the age of a tree. One sequoia had 3, 000 rings! Some sequoias are even older. Sequoias are evergreen trees and their bark is very tough. It is about 15 centimeters thick and is almost fireproof. The fireproof bark has helped sequoias live through many forest fires. 1. Закончите предложение. The age of a tree is seen in its a) colorb) bark c) rings d) 3, 000 e) leaves 2. Озаглавьте текст. a) Fireproof barks b) Western United States c) What is a sequoia? d) The oldest living things e) Oregon trees

#22. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What are the Sequoias? 2. Where are the Sequoias? 3. How tall are they? 4. Can you describe them? 5. How do they differ from other trees?

#23. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. James Naismith invented basketball in 1891. Naismith was a Canadian, but lived in the United States. He was a teacher at Springfield Training School in the state of Massachusetts. He taught sports and found there were no interesting games to play indoors in the winter months. So he thought of a game. Naismith's students played the first game of basketball in the Springfield gym in 1891. There were nine men in each team. They used a soccer ball. They put peach baskets on the gym wall. The goal or the purpose of the game was to throw the ball in the basket. That is why he called the game basketball. A man with a ladder went to the basket. He climbed the ladder and took the ball out of the basket. Luckily, only one man got the ball into the basket in the first game. The first game of basketball. a) had peach baskets b) was like soccer c) was in Canada d) was played by 10 men in each team. e) was played by Naismith’s friends.

#23. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Who invented basketball? When did he invent basketball? Where did he live? What was he by occupation? What did he teach? How did he invent the basketball? When did his students play this game for the first time? 8. Why did he call this game basketball?

#24. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. After inventing dynamite, Swedish born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty seven years after the first awards ceremony. 1. Why was the Nobel Prize established? a) To recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity b) To resolve political differences c) To honor the inventor of dynamite d) To spend money e) To give money to the poor. 2. In how many fields are prizes bestowed? a) 1 b) 5 c) 6 d)7 e)67

#24. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who invented dynamite? 2. Did he know its universally destructive powers? 3. Did Alfred Nobel want to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite? 4. When did he create a fund for people who had made worthwhile contributions? 5. How many awards were there? 6. When was added economics? 7. When did Alfred Nobel die?

#25. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. The fifty states of the United States join to make one nation. The United States didn't always have fifty states. At first there were thirteen. As the Unit States grew, more states joined the union. The last two states to join were Alaska and Hawaii. They both joined in 1959. The area of the United States covers every type of land. There are forests, desert mountains, and flat land. The area of the US covers every type of climate. The size of each state is different too. Alaska is the biggest state. Rhode Island is the smallest state. Alaska is 500 times bigger than Rhode Island. The United States a) was always 50 states b) is a nation of 13 states c) covers not every type of climate. d) has 50 states today e) consists of only Alaska and Hawaii.

#25. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. How many states were there in the USA? 2. How many states were joined in 1959? 3. How can you describe the area of the USA? 4. Which state is the biggest? 5. Which state is the smallest one? 6. How much is Alaska bigger than Rhode Island?

#26. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. New York is the largest city in the United States. More than 7 million people live there. New York has very tall buildings like the World Trade Centre and the Empire State Building. It is the biggest port in the world. Thousands of ships come to the port of New York each year. It has Macy's, one of the biggest stores in the world. New York also has the largest lady in the world—the Statue of Liberty. New York is a very cosmopolitan city. People from many countries came to New York. Three quarters, or 75 percent, of the people in New York City come from five groups. The groups are: blacks, Jews, Italians, Puerto Ricans, and Irish. The other quarter, or 25 percent, comes all over the world. New York City is the centre for culture in the United States. It has the finest museums and best art galleries in the country. If you want to see a play, there are many theatres you can go to on Broadway. 1. A city where there are people from different parts of the world is a) Puerto Rico b) port c) Macy d) cosmopolitan e) the Statue of Liberty 2. New York a) is a tall city b) has the largest ladies in the US c) has best galleries on Broadway d) is three quarters Puerto Rican e) is the centre for culture in the U. S

#26. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Which city is the largest in the USA? 2. How many people are there? 3. What is New York famous for? 4. What kind of city is New York? 5. How many groups are there in this city? 6. How many percents of people did come all over the world? 7. What about the cultural places are there in New York?

#27. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. My grandfather bought it many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it. She broke two of the strings. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch. Recently a visitor tried to. . a) sell our furniture b) steal a piano c) buy two strings d) damage our living room e) play the clavichord

#27. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What kind of instrument do you have? 2. Where and when was it made? 3. Where is usually kept it? 4. When did your father buy it? 5. Who damaged it? 6. What did the visitor break? 7. Now are you allowed to touch the instrument?

#28. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: Every family has its red letter days to celebrate: wedding anniversaries, birthdays and so on. Besides being a source of joy and merriment to both grown ups and children, they have considerable educational value. Traditions unite a family and develop a feeling of family pride. Family traditions. . . a) are not developed. b) are described by many authors. c) are shown on the screen. d) unite a family. e) are very interesting.

#28. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What kind of red letters days are there in every family? 2. What can the family unite?

#29. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and emigrated to New York when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to be a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the 19 th century. After applying many times for admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she that she taught school and music lessons to earn money for her education. In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to continue her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to give up the idea.

#29. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Why couldn't Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? a) She couldn't get admitted to medical school. b) She decided to further education in Paris. c) A serious eye infection stopped her intention. d) It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States. e) She thought it wasn't for her. 2. What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming a doctor? a) She was a woman. b) She wrote too many letters. c) She couldn’t graduate from medical School. d) She couldn't establish her hospital. e) She wasn't educated enough. 3. All of the following are "firsts" in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except. . . a) she established the first medical school for women. b) she became the first female physician. c) she and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children. d) she established the first medical school for women e) she was the first woman surgeon. 4. How many years passed away between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital? a) 8 b) 10 c) 19 d) 20 e) 21

#30. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Niagara Falls, one of the most famous North American natural wonders, has long been a popular destination. Tourists today flock to see the two falls that actually comprise Niagara Falls: the 53 meter high Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the 5 meter high American falls on the U. S side of the river. Most visitors come between April and October, and it's quite a popular activity to take a steamer out onto the river and right up to the base of the falls for a close up view. It is also possible to get a spectacular view of the falls from the strategy locations along the Niagara River such a Prospect Point or table Rock, or from one of the four observation towers which have heights up to 500 feet. Tourists have been visiting Niagara Falls in large numbers since the 1800's. Because of concern that the large of tourists would destroy the natural beauty of this scenic wonder, the State of New York in 1885 created Niagara Falls Park in order to protect the Iand surrounding American falls. A year later Canada created Queen Victoria Park on the Canadian side of the Niagara, around Horseshoe Falls.

#30. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. The passage means that tourists prefer. . . a) to take a ride over the falls. b) to visit Niagara Falls during warmer weather. c) to see the falls from the great distance. d) to come to Niagara Falls for a winter vacation. e) to protect the Niagara Falls. 2. What does the word "steamer" mean? a) a bus b) a bicycle c) a boat d) a park e) an airplane 3. Which best describes Niagara Falls? a) Niagara Falls consists of two rivers, one Canadian and the other American. b) American Falls is considerably high than Horseshoe Falls. c) Although the Niagara River flows through the U. S and Canada, the falls a only in the U. S. d) Niagara Falls is the most famous waterfall in the world. e) The Niagara River has two falls, one in Canada and one in the US.

#31. Прочитайте текст, завершите предложение: One day Mark Twain was traveling in France by train. He was going to a small town near Paris. He asked the conductor to wake him when they got to the town and went to sleep, was early morning when he woke up. There was already near Paris. Mark Twain ran to the conductor and cried: "I asked you to wake me up! Why didn't you do it? " The conductor answered: "You may be angry, sir, but not so angry as the American whom I put off the train instead of you". He asked the conductor: a) to bring a cup of coffee. b) to help him with his suitcase. c) to wake him up d) to bring some food. e) to show the map.

#31. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who was traveling one day? 2. Where was he going to? 3. What did he ask the conductor? 4. What happened then? 5. What did the conductor say?

#32. Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос: The famous composer Rakhmaninov was also a very good pianist. When he was a small boy he was asked to play at a home party at their friends' place. Though he was only eight he was quite experienced in playing the piano and did it well. At that concert he was to play one of Beethoven's sonatas. It must be mentioned that there are several very long intervals in that sonata. In each of these intervals the boy took his hands off the keyboard and waited. During one of these intervals the old mother of the hostess came up to him and said, “My boy, why don’t you play anything that you know very well? ” Why did the boy stop playing several times? a) because the sonata had some short intervals b) because he didn’t remember the sonata c) because the sonata had some long intervals d) because he was mistaken e) because he was tired

#32. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who was Rakhmaninov? 2. What happened when he was small? 3. How did he play the piano? 4. What was he to play at concerts? 5. Was the sonata short? 6. What did he have to do during the intervals? 7. What did the old hostess say him after playing the piano?

#33. Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос. John Steinbeck was born in California. After University, he had several different jobs. He worked on farms looking after cattle or picking fruit. Many of Steinbeck's novels and stories were about the hard lives of farming families in California. Many of Steinbeck's novels were made into Hollywood films. Steinbeck was given the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. Why did Steinbeck mostly wrote about difficult life of farmers? a) He wanted his novels be made into Hollywood films. b) It was the best genre to get the Nobel Prize. c) He experienced this way of life. d) His family were farmers. e) In California everybody was farmers.

#33. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Where was John Steinbeck born? 2. What did he do after University? 3. What about were his novels and stories? 4. Where can you see his novels? 5. What was given to John Steinbeck in 1962?

#34. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос On May 8, 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, a chemist called Dr John S. Pemberton invented a drink by mixing a syrup of sugar and water with extracts from the coca leaf and the cola nut. He called the drink Coca Kola. The drink became "the real thing" Coca Cola did not make Dr. Pemberton a rich man. He died poor. Did the invention make Dr Pemberton a wealthy man? a) Yes, it did b) No, it didn't c) He earned some money d) Nobody liked it, so nobody bought it e) Yes, it did but he didn't take the money

#34. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who invented Coca – Cola? 2. Where and when? 3. What did he mix? 4. Did he become rich after that?

#35. Choose the appropriate proverb to the text. The Lacons lived in the Southern Greece called Lacons, and were known for their bravery. They taught their children to speak briefly using no more words then they were needed. The best example of this is their answer to Philip of Macedon, who wanted to occupy all Greece in his letter to Lacons he promised to kill all their children and wives and ruin their towns. But he got a letter from with one word in it: " if ". a) Brevity is the soul of wit b) No news is good news c) No smoke without fire d) Better late than never e) What is done cannot be undone

#35. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Where did Lacons live? 2. What were the famous for? 3. How did they teach their children? 4. What is best example of it? 5. What does the word “if” mean?

#36. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: Nearly every weekend in the summer there are highland games somewhere in Scotland, but the biggest games are at Cowal. People from all over the world come to watch or take part. Over three thousand bagpipers and drummers play all day and there is a wonderful atmosphere. There are highland dancing competitions as well as events like throwing the hammer or “tossing the caber” throwing a large tree as far as possible. All the athletes wear traditional kilts. What must you do if you participate in tossing the caber? a) play a drum b) throw the hammer c) throw a tree d) dance e) wear a kilt

#36. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What happens in Scotland every weekend? 2. Who plays all day there? 3. How can you describe “tossing the caber”? 4. What do athletes wear?

#37. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос One day carphoge army came to seize Rome. The chief general of the army decided to attack at night, in order to be unseen and sudden. All of his warriors were able to move silently and all of them were well disguised. They were near the main gates at Rome when suddenly the geese inside the city felt the approaching soldiers and started making noise. The guardians of Rome woke up and with great battle the city was saved. Which saying is related to that situation? a) Kill the geese before the guardians b) Kill two geese with one shot c) I wish geese burned in hell! d) Why are guardians needed, geese are enough? e) Geese saved Rome

#37. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What is carphoge? 2. What did chief general decide? 3. What were doing all warriors? 4. What kind of bird appeared inside the city? 5. How was the city saved?

#38. Выберите подходящее выражение к тексту. I lived in a small village. Everybody knew each other for years. I had a good position there. Everybody respected me. But oh, lord how bored I was there I decided to accept. The teaching position in a big city and moved to Tashkent. But alas, it was a big mistake. Now I live in Tashkent, I know nobody here and lead the life of a friendless and lonely man. It was too late I realized that it is better … a) to keep my cool b) to be big fish in a small pond c) to bet my bottom dollar d) to let the cat out of the bag e) live and learn

#38. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Where did you live? 2. How did you feel yourself there? 3. What did you decide then? 4. What mistake did you make?

#39. Какое животное описывается в тексте: The creature has been on the planet since prehistoric times. It is bigger than most fish it can grow to more than 7 metres long. Its sense of smell is better that any other fish It can smell blood from more than one kilometer away! Its teeth are frightening. In fact, it is one of the deadliest killer on the planet. A) Dolphin B) Toadfish C) Shark D) Whale E) Squid

#39. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What can you say about this creature? 2. How can it smell? 3. What is it?

#40. Выберите подходящую пословицу Mother gave Ann some money. The girl wanted to go to the cinema very much; at the same time she wanted to buy a book, but there was not enough money for both, “I will buy the book and go to the cinema next time, when I have money" she thought to herself. A) A man can die but once. B) A cat in gloves catches no mice. C) You can not eat your cake and have it. D) He laughs best, who laughs last. E) So many men, so many minds.

#40. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. Who gave the girl the money? 2. Where did the girl want to go? 3. Was the money enough for her? 4. What did she decide then?

#41. Прочитайте текст, выберите ответ: A very rich man asked a famous artist to draw something for him in his album. The artist did so, and asked for one hundred dollars. "Why!" cried the rich man. "It took you only five minutes to do it!" "Yes, " answered the artist. "But it took me twenty years to learn how to do it in five minutes. " Why did the famous artist ask for money for his work? a) It had taken him twenty years to learn how to draw. b) It had taken him twenty years to draw money. c) It had taken him five minutes to learn how to do albums. d) It had taken him twenty minutes to learn how to ask for money. e) It took him five minutes to learn how to draw.

#41. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did the rich man ask a famous artist? 2. How much money did the artist ask for his work? 3. What did the rich man say? 4. What did the artist reply?

#42. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: A certain king was in the habit of writing verses. He thought highly of them. Since he had been a king the people to whom he showed them tried to praise them too. Once he showed his verses to a wise man. The wise man didn't like them. It made the king very angry and he put the man into prison. Some time passed and the king decided to set him free. The king invited him to dinner and showed him his new verses. Then he asked the wise man what he thought of them. The wise man turned to the king and said, "Send me back to prison". Why did the wise man ask to send him back to prison? a) because he liked the verses very much b) because the wise man was angry with the King c) because the wise man didn't want to have dinner d) because the wise man didn't like the verses e) because the King was wise

#42. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What did the king like to do? 2. What did think about his verses? 3. What did the people try to do when the king showed his verses? 4. Whom did the king show his verses one day? 5. Did the wise man like them? 6. What did the king order to do then? 7. What happened then? 8. What did the wise man say again?

#43. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос Computer games range from highly educational, creative, delightful ones such as Sim City, is training a whole new generation of enlightened city planners via games of ski as ski, flight, and skateboard and sailing simulation, to pretty disgustingly violent с such as Carmageddon series and Carpocalyse Now and Tomb Raider, artfully designed teenagers and alarm parents. It always amazes me to hear the parents of a nine or ten year old saying "He's up playing computer games” when you ask which games he likes, they don’t know. How does the writer feel about the fact that parents don't know which games their children like? a) it is a usual thing b) it upsets him c) it surprises him d) it amuses him e) it annoys him.

#43. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What can you say about computer games? 2. What amazes you? Vocabulary of the text: range диапазон delightful прелестный generation поколение enlightened – просвещенный, осведомленный via games – виртуальные игры sailing simulation – парусное моделирование to pretty disgustingly violent – довольно отвратительное насилие artfully designed teenagers – хитроумно созданные подростки alarm parents – обеспокоенные родители to amaze удивлять

#44. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: After a few months he thought, "Perhaps I can sell some of my pictures and get enough money to afford to leave the bank and become a real artist. Then I can travel around as much as I like, and go to foreign museums, and see other artists' paintings, and study in other countries when I feel like it. Though I try to make the best of the job and I don't regard the work as difficult at least not at present I don't like life in a bank. I only enjoy painting. " Does he like his job in the bank? Why? a) Yes, because it is not difficult and he can travel a lot. b) No, because he doesn't earn enough money. c) No, he dreams about being a painter. d) Yes, because he can't afford to be an artist. e) No, because life in the bank at present is too difficult.

#44. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. What about did the bank clerk dream? 2. Does he like the job in bank? 3. What did he enjoy?

#42. Read the text and complete the task: About 250 million people live in the USA. The people of the US come from all over the world. People often name cities after where they come from. For example, in the US you can find Paris, Rome, and Delhi. The state with the highest population is California. The state with the lowest population is Alaska. Each state has its own name. The name gives the state its identity and personality. More than half the states have names from American Indian origin. Each state also has a flag with colours that have a special meaning for the state. The flag is the emblem or the symbol of the state. There is also a state flower, a tree and a bird. Each state has … a) an American Indian name b) no personality c) its own name and flag d) different colours e) state animal

#42. Answer the questions according to the text: 1. How many people do in the USA live? 2. How do people name their cities? 3. Which state has the highest population? 4. Which state has the lowest population? 5. How many states do they have American Indian origin?

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#45. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: There are many cinemas in London. Some cinemas show lots of comedies and long epic films. Other cinemas show a large number of continental films or films for young people. All daily newspapers have a short list of films and shows and the time they begin. Some cinemas show films in the afternoon, early evening and late evening. Others have continuous programmers from about two o'clock in the afternoon. If you can't get to the cinema early enough to buy the tickets, you can buy them in most large, stores and hotels. Ответьте на вопрос: Where can you buy the tickets? a) At the cinemas. b) In the cinemas, shops, hotels. c) Only in the stores and hotels. d) In the hotels only. e) In the stores only.

45. Answer the questions 1. 2. 3. 4. What are there in London? What do the cinemas show? What about newspapers? When do the cinemas show the films? 5. Where can you buy the tickets?

#46. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: London is famous as a city where businessmen carry umbrellas and wear bowler hats. But do you know how the umbrella came to England? The word "umbrella" is Italian, meaning "a little shade". The Italians did not invent the umbrella; however, it was used many centuries ago in the East as a protection against the sun. In England it was used more as a protection against the rain and the first man to appear in the streets of London with an umbrella more than a hundred and fifty years ago was Jonas Han way. But the first umbrella user did not have an easy time: he got into trouble with coachmen. They did not want people to use umbrellas in rainy weather; they wanted them to ride in their coaches. But the Londoners were so grateful to Jonas Hanway that when he died they erected a monument to his memory in Westminster Abbey, where it may still be seen to these days. What did the Londoners do to Hanway's memory? a) Protected against the rain. b) Protected against the sun. c) Carried the umbrellas. d) Rode the coaches. e) Erected a monument.

Answer the questions: 1. What is London famous for? 2. What does it mean the word "umbrella"? 3. What about the history of using of umbrella? 4. When do the umbrellas use in England? 5. Who was the first man using umbrella? 6. What did the Londoners do to Hanway’s memory?

#47. Прочитайте текст, закончите предложение: People from Europe began to settle in America many years ago. The first colonists landed in the South of the USA in the late sixteenth century. They called the place Virginia. But these people did not like living there and they went back to England. The first colonists who stayed in Virginia founded the settlement of Jamestown. In the 1620 s and 1630 s leaders of the religious groups from England established new colonies in what they called New England, These settlers came with their wives and children and to make a new better life for themselves. Soon colonists from almost all the countries of Europe began to make their homes in the New World. By 1790 after the War of Independence, four million colonists lived in the USA. Only half of them spoke the English language.

Answer the questions: #47/1. The first colonists landed in America. . . a). . . three hundred years ago. b). . . about 400 years ago. c) … in 1620's. d) … in 1630's e). . . by 1790. #47/2. Выберите заголовок к тексту: a) Citizens of Jamestown b) America and Europe c) From the History of America d) New England e) Colonists in Virginia

Answer the questions: • 1. Who began to settle in Americas? • 2. When did the first colonists landed in the South of the USA? • 3. How did they call the place where they came? • 4. Did they like this place? • 5. What did the first colonist find there? • 6. When did the leaders of the religious groups from England establish new colonies? • 7. How many colonists did live in the USA by 1790? • 8. How many people did speak in English then?

#48. Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос: They speak the language that no other country in the world uses. They live in small villages. Their houses are made of dry tree branches. They do not wear many clothes but a lot of different decorations. Their food is fruit, fish and meat of animals which they hunt. Some tribes use elephants as their working force. The climate is dry and hot. Water is often difficult to find. They like music, dancing and telling stories which pass from generation to generation. On what continent do they live? a) America b) Asia c) Australia d) Europe e) Africa

Answer the questions: • • 1. What language do they speak? 2. Where do they live? 3. What are their houses made of? 4. What do they wear? 5. What is the climate there? 6. What do they like to do? 7. Who are they and what continent do they live?

#49. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложения согласно содержанию текста: Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and men, try to swim from England to France (and from France to England). The distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of the strong tides, the distance that must be swum is usually more than twice as far. The first man to succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb, an Englishman.

Завершите предложения 1. The distance at the nearest points is. . • a) about twenty miles. • b) not yet measured. • c) less than twenty miles. • d) more than twenty miles. • e) about thirty miles. 1. 2. The first man to succeed in swimming the Channel was. . • a)a Russian officer. • b) an American swimmer. • c) an Englishman. • d) a Norwegian traveler • e) a policeman

Answer the questions: 1. Where do many people try to swim every summer? 2. What about the distance from England France? 3. Who was the first man to succeed in swimming the Channel?

#50. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: Many years ago a rich man named Llewellyn lived in the mountains in Wales. He had a little son who was two years old. Gelert, a large dog, was always near the boy. He was ready to protect him at any moment. One morning Llewellyn went hunting without Gelert. But the hunt was not good. When Llewellyn came back home, Gelert came running to meet him. There was blood on his face and head. Llewellyn hurried to the room where the child slept. The child could not be seen in the room. The bed, chairs and tables were overturned. Here and there he could see blood on the floor. Llewellyn turned to Gelert and said: " You have killed my child". So he killed the dog. But a few minutes later he found his son in his overturned bed. He was all right. Then he saw the body of a large grey wolf in the dark corner of the room. Then Llewellyn understood everything. Gelert had killed the wolf before it attacked the child. Why did Llewellyn kill the dog? a) Because he didn't like the dog. b) Because he thought the dog had killed his son. c) Because the dog couldn't kill the wolf. d) Because the dog killed his child. e) Because the dog wanted to kill his son.

Answer the questions: • • 1. Who lived in the mountains in Wales? 2. Whom did he have? 3. Where did he go one day? 4. Was the hunting good? 5. What was his dog’s name? 6. What happened then? 7. Why was blood on Gelert’s face and head?

#51. Прочитайте текст, и ответьте на вопрос: A young girl was to be starred in a Hollywood thriller. There was a place in the script where she was to jump from a high mountain into the water. When the young actress was shown around the place, she ran to the producer and said: "I won't jump. There is only a foot of water at the bottom of the hill!" "That's all right, " said the producer. "Do you think we want you to get drowned? " Why didn't the young actress want to jump from a high mountain? a) She didn't want to jump without the producer. b) She didn't know how to jump. c) She was going to get drowned. d) She didn't want to jump into the water. e) She was afraid of dying because there was very little water.

Answer the questions: • 1. Where was to be starred a young girl? • 2. What was she to do in the script? • 3. What did she say to a producer? • 4. What did the producer reply?

#52. Прочитайте текст и выберите заголовок к тексту: London is a very musical centre. Every evening you can see or hear opera, classical music, ballet or rock music. The Royal Opera House is famous all over the world for its productions and singers. But seat prices are very high. There are three concert halls near the National Theatre. In the summer there are one or two free open air rock concerts in Hyde Park. An audience of a quarter of a million people is a usual thing. Every summer concerts are held in the Royal Albert Hall. The largest provincial centers have orchestras which give regular concerts. All these orchestras sometimes visit other places to give concerts. a) Concerts in London. b) Famous singers. c) Free time in London. d) Cultural Life in London. e) Music in Great Britain

Answer the questions: • 1. What can you say about London? • 2. What kind of music can you hear or listen there? • 3. What is the Royal Opera House famous for? • 4. What can you say about concerts in the National Theatre and Hyde Park? • 5. What can you say about concerts in Royal Albert Hall?

#53. Прочитайте текст, и ответьте на вопрос: Mark Twain once said, "When I was a boy of 14, I thought that my father the most ignorant of all men. But when I got to be 21, I was surprised at how much the old man had learned in seven years. " What did Mark Twain's father learn in seven years? a) He learned very much. b) His son was a writer. c) His son was 14. d) His son ignored all men. e) All men were surprised at his son

#54. Прочитайте текст, и ответьте на вопрос: Charles has just entered school. "What is your name? " the teacher asked. "Charles", was the answer. "Charles what? " the teacher questioned. "Oh, that's all right, " the boy said, ""just call me Charles. " What has happened to Charles? a) He has become a pupil. b) He has been attending school for some months. c) He entered the school by the side door. d) He doesn't want to enter school. e) He has done the first homework.

#55. Прочитайте текст, и ответьте на вопрос: It was a dark night. A traveler was riding a horse. At last he came to a cross road and did not know which way to turn. There was a pole in front of him with a board on top of it. Something was written on the board. He looked for a match and found only one in the match box. Then he climbed to the top of the pole, lit his only match and read: "Wet paint. " Why did the traveler climb the pole? a) He wanted to learn his horse to read. b) He didn't know where to turn. с) He wanted to be painted. d) He wanted to sleep there. e) He didn't know how to read without matches.

Answer the questions: • 1. Who was riding a horse? • 2. Where did he come? • 3. What was there in front of him? • 4. What happened then?

56. Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос после текста: A traveler who had been riding in rain and was wet through, arrived at a small hotel in the country. There was only one fireplace in the hall and a lot of people around it. The traveler thought of a plan how to get warm. He asked the hotel owner to give some fish to his horse. The hotel owner was surprised but the traveler insisted and the hotel owner did as he was asked. All the people rushed out to see the horse eat fish. The traveler had the fireplace all to himself and felt comfortable. When the hotel owner had returned he said, "I was sure horses do not eat fish". "Then why did you give it to my horse? ", "Why did the traveler ask the hotel owner to feed his horse with fish? a) because he wanted to get warm b) because he wanted to sleep c) because he wanted to see the horse eat fish d) because it was hungry e) because he was tired

Answer the questions: • 1. Where did the traveler come? • 2. What was there in a hotel? • 3. What did the traveler think then? • 4. What happened then?

#57. Прочитайте текст, выполните задание: "Which was the greater of the two, " asked the History professor, "Caesar or Hannibal? " The student answered: "If we consider who Caesar and Hannibal were, and ask ourselves, which of them was the greater, we must answer in the affirmative. " The Professor wanted his questions to be answered. . . a) By Caesar. b) By Hannibal. c) By the student. d) In the affirmative. e) In the negative

#58. Прочитайте текст, выполните задание: Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. But he himself was proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting. One day a woman brought him a young boy's exercise book. She said she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy's character. Balzac studied the boy's handwriting carefully. Then he said that the boy was a lazy fellow. "It's very strange, " said the woman smiling. "This is a page from your own exercise book, which you used when you were a boy. " Balzac. . a) Was a man of great talent. b) Was a famous English writer. c) Was an engineer. d) Wade exercise book. e) Was going by train to France.

Answer the questions: • 1. Who is Balzac? • 2. What was his ability? • 3. What happened one day?

#59. Прочитайте текст и найдите неправильно употребленные слова: Do you know that the banana plant grows only where there is plenty of heat and rain? Banana plants grow high. Some of them are thirty foot high, with leaves, which are often foot long. Banana have many uses. The ripe fruit is very nice food, and very good flour is made from dry bananas. 1) food 2) foot 3) grow 4) plenty 5) ripe 6) heat 7) flours 8) thirty

#60 Прочитайте текст, выполните задание: Jane came home after her first day at school. "Well, dear", asked her mother, what did they teach you? " "Not much, " answered the child. "I have to go again. " Jane has. . a) A nice school dress. b) Lot of things for school. c) To attend school. d) To go to the kindergarten. e) To take her mother to school

#61. What changes are going to happen in our way of life? According to writer Patrick Gold ring, more people are going to have part time jobs. This is going to be true for most workers. People have many interests. Full time jobs do not allow time for these interests. People are going to have two or three different part time jobs. То enrich their lives people. . a) are going to have only interesting jobs. b) are going to divide their one job into 2 or 3 parts. c) are going to allow workers to have a good time. d) are going to have different interests. e) are going to have 2 or 3 part time jobs.

#62. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: In tropical climate, where food and clothes and shelter were easy to get, the dearest things of all in old days were those used for ornaments. For that reason, different kinds of sea shells became the most widely spread money used at that time. The beautiful cowries shell is the best known of these. Cowries shell money was used in India. China, parts of Africa, and in many Pacific islands. As recently as the last century, Indians were paying their taxes in cowries. a) Were used. b) Widely spread. c) Beautiful. d) Ornament. e) Shelter.

#63. Найдите неправильно написанное слово: The home of the President of the US gets its name from its white walls. But the White House wasn’t always white, and it wasn’t always called the White house. Its original color was grey and its first name was the President’s Palace. But because its grey sandstone walls looked white next to the red brick walls of other public buildings, the mansion became known as the white House. The building was paint white in 1814 to cover the scars of a fire. It has been white ever since. The President’s home was officially named the White House in 1902. 1) original 2) sandstone 3) paint 4) public 5) officially 6) since 7) mansion 8) always

Answer the questions: • 1. How did the President’s house of the US get its name? • 2. What was its original color? • 3. When was it painted in white? • 4. When was officially named the White House?

#64. Найдите неправильно употребленное слово: Do you know that once or twice a year most birds get new coats of feathers? The old feathers drop off and the new ones grow in. There is a river in America called the Feather River. Millions of birds used to drop off their old feathers as they fly over the river. For many days the river looked a stream of feathers. That is how the Feather River got its name. 1) fly 2) stream 3) drop off 4) feather 5) coats 6) grow in 7) river 8) twice

65. Прочитайте текст и найдите неправильно написанное слово: Why it is red! We all know from our maps that the Red sea is a part of ocean between Africa and Arabia. At the top of it is the Suez Canal. But does any reader know why it is called red? After all its water is just like the water of any other sea – it doesn’t look red ink. One of the answers is that much of the botton of the sea, and much of the land around it is red sandstone. It also has red coral reefs and seaweeds. Perhaps it looked red enough to the ancient Greeks and Romans because it was known as the Red sea even in those times. 1) ink 2) coral 3) enough 4) ancient 5) seaweeds 6) sandstone 7) reader 8) bottom

#66 Прочитайте текст и выполните задание; The majority of the British populations live in small houses built close together. A typical house of this kind is built with two floors. The front door, which faces the street, opens into a hall with two rooms, one оn each side of the hall. One of them is the dining room; the other is the sitting room. The rooms upstairs are bedrooms. They are often small. Often the dining room is most comfortable room in the house and the one that is used all the time. Very many houses of this type were built in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Today the land on which they stand has become very valuable so the houses are very expensive. Выберите заголовок к тексту: a) Cities and Villages. b) Houses in Britain. c) The price of the houses. d) Population in the UK. e) Kinds of houses.

Answer the questions: • 1. Where do the British people live? • 2. Can you describe a typical house in Britain? • 3. When were built many houses? • 4. Are they expensive now?

#67. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание; There is an old legend about Ireland. According to it the famous green Isle was hidden under water. The island appeared out of the water for a short time every seventh year. It was known that the island could be saved from the sea only by burying a piece of iron in its heart as soon as it appeared out of the water. When another seven years passed and the island appeared out of the water, a certain brave man came to it and buried his sword in its heart. After that the island was not swallowed up by the waves again. Because of this legend the island came to be known as iron. Jand or Ireland.

1. Choose the title for the story: a) An Isle Hidden Under Ice b) Natural Resources of Ireland. c) A Legend about Holland d) How Ireland Got its Name e) A piece of Gold 2. Завершите предложение согласно содержанию текста. a) Every seventh year a silver sword comes out of the water. b) Irish always envy Englishmen. c) Since that time iron was believed to be a luck bringing metal. d) Ireland became famous only due to this legend. e) People of Ireland never heard this legend.

Answer the questions: • • • 1. What about is an old legend? 2. What was hidden under water? 3. When did the island appear? 4. How was the island saved? 5. How was the name of the island known?

#68. Прочитайте текст, выберите заголовок: One day my cousin George and I decided to visit our Granny in London. After lunch we all three decided to sail down the Thames to have a look at the old ships. But suddenly it started raining, so we had to change our plans. We decided to visit Madame Tussaud's instead. George hadn't been there before. It was great fun seeing all the wax figures. There were some new ones I hadn't seen before. After an hour Granny felt a little tired and wanted to sit down and rest for a moment George and I went to look at all the murderers in the cellar. We promised to come back in half an hour: When we came back we saw two American tourists standing in front of Granny and taking a photo of hers. We heard one of them say, "She is sure to look like I woman!" You should have seen their faces a moment later when Granny opened her eyes! a) George and his Granny b) A case in the museum. c) Good relatives d) English museums e) A clever Granny

#69. Прочитайте текст и выберите заголовок: For the people who live along the banks of the St Lawrence River the arrival of the ice breakers is a very important event each year. When the ice breakers arrive everyone knows that spring will soon come and that long Canadian winter is almost over. The slow movement of the ice breaking ships up the river to Montreal is reported over the radio and in the newspapers. Whole families go on Sunday excursions to the river bank where they spend hours watching the ship at work. In March many ships gather in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, waiting for the signal telling them that the way to Montreal is free. As soon as the signal is given, a race begins for the port. The winning ship is given a great welcome, and the captain receives a special prize. a) The ice-breakers of Canada. b) Winter is coming. c) People in winter. d) Spring is in the world. e) Winter in the North.

#70. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: Every spring and summer, millions of salmon swim from the Pacific Ocean into the mouths of north western rivers and then steadily upstream. Passing through swift waters, around great rocks and cascading waterfalls, they finally reach the original streams or lakes where they were hatched several years before. They dig out shallow nests in the riverbed and lay their eggs. Then, very tired by their journey, the parent salmon die. Salmon are… a) sea mammals b) bird c) fish d) sea bird e) wild animal

#71. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание: There are more than fifty theatres in the West End of London. And many other small theatres and theatre clubs are in Greater London. Some of the plays last for a few weeks. Some go on for years. Many of the shows are light comedies but some theatres put on more serious plays. One of the England's leading companies is the Royal Shakespeare Company. They put on new and old plays and Shakespearian plays. The National Theatre is also one of London's most famous theatres. The building is modern, and the plays are classic and new productions. The theatres arc mainly concentrated in London The Royal Shakespeare Company shows. . . a) different kinds of plays. b) new plays only. c) old plays only. d) only Shakespearian plays. e) classic production.

#72. Прочтите текст и ответьте на вопрос: Three years ago I went with some friends on a skiing holiday in the Italian Alps. We flew to Milan airport from London and then took a coach to Trivera. There was a lot of snow on the mountains and the sun shone every day. The snow conditions were great. We skied a lot. I took lessons in ski school to learn new techniques. In the evenings we went to the local disco. We danced and met a lot of people. At me beginning of the holiday I was an intermediate skier but now, after those ten days, I'm an advanced skier. How long did he stay in the Alps? a) seven days. b) one month. c) ten days. d) five days e) two weeks

#73. Прочитайте текст, выполните задание: A man called on a general and showed him a jacket which he had invented for soldiers, and which, he said, was bullet proof. The general asked the man to put it on. Then he invited the captain with his gun. The inventor of the jacket disappeared and the general never saw him again. A man showed a general …. a) An unknown captain. b) A bullet proof jacket. c) A water proof jacket. d) Some soldiers. e) A gun.

#74. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. A beggar made up his mind that he would pretend to be dumb (unable to speak). He arrived at a town where he had begged before. In one of the streets a gentleman spoke to him. The beggar didn't say a word. "How long have you been dumb? ", asked the gentleman. "Ever since I was a baby", answered the beggar. A beggar decided. . a) to become an actor. b) not to speak to the gentlemen. c) to write a story. d) to begin to work. e) to travel.

#75. Прочитайте текст и завершите предложение. I had an amusing experience last year. It was in the south of France. I was driving a car. A young man waved to me. I stopped and said "good morning" to him in French. He replied in the same language and asked me for a lift. Apart from a few words I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town when I learnt that he was English himself. They didn't speak because they. . a) disliked one another. b) quarreled. c) didn't know French well enough. d) were in a hurry. e) were not acquainted.

#76. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание. Once there was a man whose wife was dumb (could not speak), and this made him very sad because he loved her very much. He went to the doctor and asked to help him. The doctor made the operation and the dumb wife began to speak. She spoke so much and so loudly that in a few hours her husband ran back to the doctor who said that there were no ways to make a woman stop talking. The man became so sad that the doctor felt pity for him. He suggested to make him deaf (unable to hear). The agreed at once. The doctor suggested. . . a) to send her to prison. b) to make the husband deaf. c) not to pay attention to her. d) to kill his wife. e) to divorce her.

#77. Выберите правильный вариант. When a group of women got on the car every seat was already occupied. The conductor noticed a man who seemed to be asleep, and, fearing that he might miss his stop, he nudged him and said: "Wake up!" "I wasn't asleep", the man protested. "Not asleep? But you had your eyes closed" "I know I just hate to look at ladies standing up in a crowded car. The man closed his eyes. . a) pretending to be asleep. b) to deceive the conductor. c) because he was very tired. d) because he didn't have money. e) because the women were very blinding.

#78. Прочитайте текст, завершите предложение. "Who's calling? " was the answer to the telephone. "Watt. " "What's your name, please? " "Watt's my name. " "That's what I asked you. What's your name? " "That's what I told you. Watt's my name. " A long pause and then from Watt, "Is this James Smith? " "No, this is Knot. " "Please, tell me your name. " "Will Knot. " And both of them hung up. The name of the man who phoned was… a) Will b) James c) Knott d) Smith e) Watt

#79. Какое слово в неправильной форме. A Hungarian, Laszlo Biro, made the first ball point pen in 1938. In 1944 the British Army bought thirty thousand because soldier could write with them outside in the rain. At the end of the war "Biros" quickly became very popular all over the world. In 1948 a shop in New York sold ten thousand on one day. a) soldier b) bought c) sold d) thousand e) quickly

#80. Определите, какое из приводимых ниже слов не вписывается в данный текст: That morning I went to town alone. My brother, who was with me said, "When are you coming back? ". "In about two hours ", I answered. Then we won't be able to come back together. I have a lot of things to do and I must stay longer". a) alone b) back c) town d) longer e) together

#81. Прочитайте текст и дополните предложение. What a lot of foreigners there are in London! London is full of people from all parts of the world. I often stop people in the street to ask the way and find out that they, like me, are not Londoners. Now, if I want any help, I ask a policeman. The London policemen are always ready to help. Most of them are tall and good looking. The author often stopped people in the street. . a) to speak about the weather b) to greet them. c) to ask the way d) to find out from what countries they had come e) to tell them about himself.

#82. Найдите в тексте неверно употребленное слово. A Scotsman, John Logie Baird, transmitted the first television picture on 25 October, 1925. The first person on television was a quite boy who worked in the office next to Baird's workroom in London. In 1937 Baird sent pictures from London to Glasgow. a) television b) transmitted c) quite d) sent e) office.

#83. Прочитайте тексты и выполните задания. 1. My friend Anna and I collect rock and roll records from the 1950 s. I've got 215. If I get another 13, I will have half as many as Anna. How many records has Anna got? a) 228 b) 315 c) 456 d) 440 e) 520 2. A shortage of water is a problem in many parts of the world. In some areas, water. . . from the ground faster than nature can replenish the supply. Выберите глагол в правильной форме. a) is being taken b) has been taking c) is taking d) has taken e) was being taken

#84. Прочитайте текст и выберите название. A dog stole a big piece of meat and ran away. He had to cross a little river over which there was a bridge. Crossing the river he looked down in the water and saw another dog with a large piece of meat. The dog didn 't know that it was his reflection. He dropped his own piece of meat and jumped to have the other. But he didn't get any. a) A good dog. b) A greedy dog c) A clever dog. d) An intelligent dog. e) A little bridge.

#85. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: Do you want to be a president of the USA ? Maybe you can apply for the job. You must be a U. S. citizen. You must be 35 years or older. You must be a resident of the USA for 14 years or longer. You become a president for a term. A term is four years. You can only serve two terms. This means that you can only be president twice. How long can you be U. S. president for? a) You can be a president for a term. b) You can be a president for twelve years c) You can be a president for four terms. d) You can be a president for two terms. e) You can be a president for four years.

#86. Закончите предложение. Beauty in nature is seen everywhere. Nature is full of colour. Plants, animals, birds have many beautiful colours. Colour, however, for them is not only for beauty. It means life to them because it helps them hide from their enemies. Birds, for example, use their colour to tell other birds to stay away from their nests. They sing and move their wings to show their colour as a warning to other birds. The colour of birds. . . other birds. a) hide b) save c) warn d) help e) see

#87. Прочитайте текст и дополните предложение: The Mississippi River is the longest river in the USA. It is more than 3, 700 kilometers long. It begins as a small creek and at the Gulf of Mexico it is nearly two kilometers wide. In some places it is very deep and in other places it is shallow. The river gets water from rain, snow, hail and ice. Many small rivers run into the Mississippi. Half of the rain falling in the USA flows into the Mississippi. The Mississippi begins as a small. . a) river b) creek c) gulf d) rain e) shallow

#88. Прочитайте текст и дополните предложение: The first modern typewriter was developed by Christopher Sholes and his friends. They worked on a newspaper in Wisconsin in the 1860 s. He put each letter on the end of a metal bar. A key was pushed down and the end of the bar hit the paper. The keys were put in alphabetical order, but this order caused a problem. The bars were too close together while typing. Sholes solve the problem. He found out the most used letters and put them far apart on the keyboard. The first six letters on the top of the keyboard were QWERTY. Sholes needed to know. . . to solve the problem. a) QWERTY b) the most used letters c) keyboard d) typing e) metal bar