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БЛОК АУДИРОВАНИЯ

Listening

Listen to the text and the dialogue.

Which of these answers is right

1

Where was Mark Twain once invited to?

1.  To a film show.

2.  To a circus show.

3.  To an opera.

4.  To a ballet show.

To a rock opera.

2

Who was very rich?

1.  Mark Twain

2.  No information is given in the text.

3.  Mark Twin's wife.

4.  Mark Twain's brother.

5.  Mark Twain's friend.

3

Who had a box in the Opera House?

1.  Mark Twain's friend and his wife.

2.  Mark Twain's friend and his friend's wife.

3.  Mark Twain's friends and their wives.

4.  No information is given in the text.

5.  Mark Twain and his friend.

4

What happened during the performance?

1.  Nothing special.

2.  Mark Twain's wife was talking loudly about the things that had nothing to do with the opera.

3.  The wife of Mark Twain's friend was talking loudly about the things that had nothing to do with the opera.

4.  One of Mark Twain's companions began dancing.

5.  The wife of Mark Twain's friend began singing.

5

What made it impossible for Mark Twain to do?

1.  To follow the performance and to listen to the music.

2.  To follow the parts of the musical.

3.  To follow the opera and to listen to his friends tales.

4.  To follow the performance and to sing.

5.  To listen to the companions and to talk.

6

Where did the wife of Mark Twain's friend invite to?

1.  To their house.

2.  To the university.

3.  To the shop.

4.  To the opera.

5.   o the restaurant.

7

When was Mark Twain's invited to visit it?

1.  Next Saturday.

2.  Next Sunday.

3.  No information is given in the text.

4.  Next Tuesday.

5. Next Friday.

8

What performance was Mark Twain invited to?

1.  To the ballet "Carmen", that took place in the evening.

2.  To the morning performance.

3.  To the evening performance.

4.  To the opera "Carmen", that took place in the evening.

5.  To the opera "Carmen", that took place in the afternoon.

9

In what way did the famous American writer answer?

1.  No, never.

2.  That'll be fine. But unfortunately I'm very busy next week.

3.  That' ll be fine. I've never heard "Carmen".

4.  That' ll be fine. Let's meet next week.

5.  That' ll be fine. I've never heard you in "Carmen".

10

What are the names of two American teenagers that are talking here?

1.  They are Carl, a boy, and Jane, a girl.

2.  They are Carol, a girl, and  Johnny, a boy.

3.  They are Karen, a girl, and James, a boy.

4.  They are Carol, a  girl, and Jimmy, a boy.

5.  They are Carla, a   girl, and Johnny, a boy.

11

What's the reason that makes many schoolchildren and university students in the UK and USA work?

1.  To help their families.

2.  To help their families to make two ends meet.

3.  To help their families and sometimes to have money for their vacations or to buy something.

4.  To help poor people.

5.  No information is given in the text.

12

Where does the girl work?

1.  At the chemist's shop.

2.  At the taker's shop.

3.  At the tailor's shop.

4.  At the grocery shop.

5.  At the bookstall.

13

How about the boy? What does he do?

1.  He is a newspaper reporter.

2.  He delivers books.

3.  He delivers newspapers.

4.  He delivers bakery products.

5.  He is a bookstall salesman.

14

How much does the boy get?

1.  20 dollars a week.

2.  12 dollars a week for working every morning.

3.  12 dollars for eight hours every day,

4.  2 dollars an hour.

5.  12 dollars an hour.

15

What about the girl? How much does she get?

1.  2 dollars an hour.

2.  16 dollars a week.

3.  12 dollars an hour.

4.  2 dollars for 3 hours every morning.

5.  2 dollars for eight hours every day.

16

When does the boy have to get up?

1.  At 6 o'clock every morning.

2.  At 5.30 every morning.

3.  At 6.30 every morning.

4.  At 7.30 every morning.

5.  At 6.45 every morning.

17

What day of the week is the busiest of all?

1.  Monday

2.  Saturday

3.  Friday

4.  Tuesday

5.   Sunday

18

Why is this day the busiest of all?

1.  Everyone has more papers on Friday.

2.  Everyone has more papers on Saturday because they have more time to read them.

3.  Everyone has more papers on Sunday.

4.  Everyone has more papers on Monday.

5.  No information is given in the text.

19

What for is the boy trying to save money?

1.  To buy a new car.

2.  To buy a new guitar.

3.  To go on vacation in France.

4.  To go on vacation to Great Britain.

5.  To buy a new TV-set.

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How about the girl?

What for is the trying to save money?

1.  To buy a new guitar.

2.  To buy a new TV-set.

3.  To go on vacation to Great Britain.

4.  To buy a new dress.

5.  To go on vacation in France.

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Text 1

The birth of a volcano

Many thousands of volcanoes, old and young, scattered all over the earth's surface. Some, which are very old, have been reduced to traces by erosion, others are still perfectly preserved in their essential form, although cold and inactive. About 500 volcanoes are known to have been active within historical times, although the number of volcanoes in eruption at one time is never great. With very few exceptions the active volcanoes are old and well-established features, antedating the history of man, some having their beginnings a million or more years ago.

In all recorded history there have been but 6 instances reported of a new volcano being born, i.e.originating at a spot with no previous volcanic activities. To these 6, we can add a 7^th - Paricutin Volcano that arose in a corn field in Mexico on February 20, 1943. The only previously reported instance in which the outbreak of a new volcano was actually observed was that in Chinyero, Teneriffe, which opened up about 100 meters from a farmer.

In the case of Paricutin 4 persons saw its beginning at a very close hand and their observations furnish the first adequate account of this rare phenomenon. Others visited the sport after the first outbreak and scientists were soon to submit it to detailed study. The narration of events is recounted as accurately as possible by actual eyewitnesses.

21

What is there everywhere on the earth’s surface?

1. Soil
2. Thousands of islands.
3. Thousands of mountains
4. Thousands of volcanoes.
5. Thousands of oceans.

22

How many volcanoes are active at one and the same time?

1. About five hundred.
2. About fifty.
3. Their number is great.
4. No information is given in the text.
5. Their number is not great.

23

What is the number of new volcanoes that have been given birth to at the places with no traces of previous volcanic activities?

1. Only 1.
2. Only 6.
3. Only 7.
4. Only 4
5. Only 3.
6.  

24

Who could observe the beginning of activities of Paricutin Volcano?

1. Europeans.
2. Four foreigners
3. Four Mexican sportsmen.
4. Four Mexican farmers.
5. Four Chinyero strangers.

25

Is it enough for the scientists to study the plenomenon of a volcano theoretically?

1. Yes, it is. It’s quite enough.
2. No information is given in the text.
3. No, it isn’t enough. The scientists go to the places where active volcanoes. Are situated and study everything thoroughly and speak with those who have seen the beginning of activities of the volcanoes with their own eyes.
4. No, it isn’t enough. The scientists send automatic devices to the places where active volcanoes are situated and receive information from these units to recount it and to register it.
5. Yes, it is nearly enough.

26

What does the university organize develop and grant?

1. No information is given in the text.
2. Nothing special
3. Lectures.
4. Organizes exams and grants degrees.
5. Organizes lectures, carries out exams, grants degrees, develops syllabuses.

Text II

On Education in Great Britain

The university is a sort of federation of colleges. The university prescribes syllabuses, arranges lectures, conducts examinations and awards degrees, but there is no single building which can be called the University. The colleges and university buildings are scattered about the town.

Each college is governed by its Fellows, of whom there are usually about twenty or thirty and they are also responsible for teaching their own students through the tutorial system.

It is more expensive to study at Oxford or Cambridge than at any other university and it is not easy to find a place to study at Oxford or Cambridge.

About half of the students at these two leading universities are former pupils of prominent public schools. The number of applicants is usually several times as great as the number of places available. Colleges tend to admit young men who are good at football or some other sport, sons of former students, or sons of respectable citizens or millionaires, one of the main points taken into consideration being that they might support the university financially.

Special tests are used for allocating scholarships by which some students get a reduction of their fees.

Part of the teaching at all faculties is by means of lectures arranged by the university, and any student may attend any university lecture. At the beginning of each term a list is published showing all the lectures being given during the term within each faculty, and every student can choose which lectures he will attend, though his own college tutor advises him which lectures seem likely to be most useful. Attendance at university lectures is not compulsory.

Apart from lectures teaching is by means of the "tutorial system." This a system of individual consultations.

Each Fellow in a college is a tutor in his own subject to the undergraduates who are studying.

27

Does the university consist of the only building?

1. Yes, it does.
2. No, it is made up of a couple of buildings.
3. No, it is made up of several buildings.
4. No, it is made up of so many buildings that one can hardly count them.

5.   No, it is made up of ten buildings.

28

.Whom is each college governed by?

1. By 12 or 13 Fellows.
2. By the Council (= Board) of 20 or 30 teachers.
3. By the Council (=Board) of 20 or 30 students and teachers.
4. By the Council (=Board) of 12 or 13 of teachers.
5. No in formation is given in the text.

29

What are these persons responsible for?

1. For consulting and training students singly.
2. For consulting and training students in groups.
3. For teaching students in groups.
4. For granting degrees.
5. No information is given in the text.

30

Does it cost little or much to study at Oxford or Cambridge?

1. No information is given in the text.
2. It is inexpensive to study at both higher educational establishments.
3. It is cheap to study at Oxford or Cambridge.
4. It is expensive to study at both higher educational establishments.
5. It is more expensive to study at Oxford than at Cambridge.

31

Is it easy or difficult to enter at Oxford or Cambridge?

1. It is more difficult to enter Cambridge than Oxford.
2. It is no easy matter to enter both higher educational establishments.
3. It is easy to enter both higher educational establishments.
4. It is no easy matter to pass entrance exams to be a Cambridge student.
5. No information is given in the text.

32

Are there a lot of applicants there?

1. No, there aren’t. Their number is several times as little as the number of vacant places.
2. No, their number is not so great.
3. Yes, there are. And everyone is welcome to study at both establishments.
4. Yes,  there are. But the applicants don’t want to try to enter both establishments.
5. Yes, there are. Their number is much greater than the number of vacant places.

33

Whom do these establishments prefer to admit?

1. Nobody.
2. American applicants, including good sportsmen.
3. Everyone who can pay dollars and dance.
4. Everyone who is clever good sport, can support the establishments financially, or whose parents have been former students of these institutions.
5. Everyone who has come from the former parts of the Soviet Union.

34

What means are used to reduce the tuition fees sometimes?

1. The arrangement of tests according to the results of which the students might get grants to cover some of their expenses.
2. The arrangement of special exams in sport according to the results of which the students might get scholarships to cover of their expenses.
3. Nothing special is used.
4. The arrangement of lectures after having listened to which the student might get scholarships to cover some their living expenses and tuition fees.
5. No information is given in the text.

35

How is part of the teaching done.

1. No information is given in the text.
2. Part of the teaching is done by arranging seminars.
3. Partially the teaching is carried out by means of lectures.
4. Part of the teaching is carried out by means of listening in.
5. Partially the teaching is done by professors from Russia.

36

What lectures can students attend?

1. They can’t addend any lectures.
2. They can addend any lectures they like.
3. They can addend any lectures at all.
4. They can addend any lectures they have chosen themselves and the ones that their tutors advise to attend.
5. The lectures may be skipped by them.

37

Is attendance at university lectures compulsory or not?

1. It’s compulsory.
2. No information is given in the text.
3. It isn’t obligatory.
4. It isn’t optional.
5. It varies.

38

What system of training is used at UK universities in addition to the delivery of lectures?

1. A specific system that nobody knows.
2. An individual consultations system.
3. A liberal system.
4. A royal system.
5. No information is given in the text.

39

. What is British education supposed to provide?

1. No information is given in the text.
2. It is supposed to provide inequality of opportunities for all.
3. It is supposed to provide equal rights of opportunities for all Vikings.
4. It is supposed to provide equality of opportunities for all.
5. It isn’t supposed to provide equality of opportunities for all.

40

What does the tutorial system encourage?

1. It encourages to arrange set courses of lectures.
2. It encourages independent way of thinking and opinion.
3. It encourages to skip from lectures and tutorials.
4. It encourages nothing.
5. No information is given in the text.

ЛЕКСИКО-ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЙ БЛОК

Choose the correct item.

41

I’m no good _______ French.

1.  By

2.  In

3.  For

4.  On

5.  At

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The old man tripped and fell ______ the stairs.

1.  From

2.  Off

3.  Out of

4.  Down

5.  Under

43

Tell us something _______your holiday.

1.  Of

2.  About

3.  --4.  over

5.  on

44

She was ill, so she had to go ______ home.

1.  To

2.  At

3.  For

4.  --5.  In

45

Which group of letters gives the past tense of the verb “hold”?

1.  h-  --elded

2.  h-   --eld

3.  h-   --olden

4.  h-   --olded

5.  h-   --olt

47

Where _______ been?

1.  is she

2.  did she

3.  she’s

4.  has she

5.  have she

48

_________if you’re not attentive!

1.  You must hurt

2.  You’re hurting

3.  You hurt

4.  You’ll hurt

5.  You’d hurt

49

_____ the light off: it’s light in here.

1.  Do

2.  Put

3.  Make

4.  Push

5.  Get

50

Please go and ______ a shower.

1.  Wash

2.  Make

3.  Have

4.  Do

5.  Accept

51

What time have you got ____ this morning?

1.  To

2.  Up

3.  Out

4.  Off

5.  In

52

Do not get _____ the bus when it is still moving.

1.  Out of

2.  Off

3.  Out

4.  From

5.  Down

53

If you visit, _______ your friend with you.

1.  Bring

2.  Take

3.  Catch

4.  Fetch

5.  Lift

54

- I’ve got the latest novel by Marinina.

- _________.

1.  How many money?

2.  What its price?

3.  Was costly?

4.  How much you paid?

5.  How much was it?

55

-  I’m afraid I’ve broken your computer.

-  _________.

1.  Don’t mention it.

2.  You’re welcome.

3.  Not at all.

4.  It’s the same.

5.  Don’t worry about it.

56

-  There’s a famous actor on TV now!

-  _________.

1.  Who in person?

2.  How?

3.  Whom?

4.  Excuse?

5.  There’s nothing to speak of.

57

There are no plums left: we’ve eaten _______.

1.  Every ones.

2.  Them each.

3.  all.

4.  Everyone.

5.  Every one.

58

They like listening _______ music

1.  –

2.  on

3.  to

4.  the

5.  in

59

Are these CD’s _____?

1.  You or John’s?

2.  Yours or John’s?

3.  Your or John’s?

4.  You or John?

5.  Yours’ or Johns’?

60

Which adjective can form its comparative in –er, like quick – quicker?

1.  Advanced

2.  Much

3.  Famous

4.  Well

5.  Poor

61

It is the most ancient building _____ the world.

1.  From

2.  At

3.  In

4.  For

5.  Of

62

_____ of my mates can play the guitar very well.

1.  Not each

2.  None

3.  No

4.  Nobody

5.  Not one

63

-  Can I have a piece of cake?

-  You can have ____.

1.  All it.

2.  An all of it.

3.  all of it.

4.  all.

5.  the all of it.

64

Albert is  ______.

1.  An old mine friend

2.  an old friend of me.

3.  a my old friend.

4.  an old  friend of hers.

5.  an old my friend.

65

She works ____  school.

1.  in

2.  at

3.  –

4.  for

5.  on

66

He’s ______ talkative than his sister.

1.  Much less

2.  Lesser

3.  Not so

4.  Much fewer

5.  Not as

67

She eats ______.

1.  Lots

2.  Many.

3.  Very heavy.

4.  Very heavily.

5.  Lot.

68

I have never played golf _____.

1.  No, I don’t.

2.  Neither have I.

3.  I don’t too.

4.  I, too.

I never too.

69

The plane lands _______ 15 minutes.

1.  –

2.  after

3.  for

4.  through

5.  in

70

We met _____last Saturday.

1.  in

2.  at

3.  –

4.  on

5.  into

71

Napoleon was afraid _____ cats.

1.  with

2.  of

3.  from

4.  -5.  out of

72

_____ Moon is rising.

1.  a

2.  –

3.  the

4.  an

5.  les

73

I’ve got ______ friends in the UK.

1.  a

2.  the

3.  any

4.  none

5.  some

74

I’m saving money ____ a computer.

1.  buy

2.  for buy

3.  to have bought

4.  to buy

5.  buying

75

Which group of letters gives the past tense of the verb “grind”?

1.  gr -   --ount

2.  gr -   --ound

3.  gr -   --and

4.  gr -   --int

5.  gr -   --inded

76

I met her while I ______ at school.

1.  worked

2.  have worked

3.  have been working

4.  was working

5.  am working

77

Next Monday he _______ go.

1.  shall

2.  will to

3.  will have to

4.  are going to

5.  shall have to

78

Let’s go to the laboratory, ____?

1.  do we?

2.  shall we?

3.  aren’t we?

4.  don’t we?

5.  isn’t it?

79

Last night we didn’t go________

1.  somewhere

2.  anywhere

3.  nowhere

4.  everywhere

5.  all around

80

Two post-graduate students entered ____ the Dean’s Office.

1.  At

2.  in

3.  –

4.  to

5.  on

81

She took a mirror ____ her handbag.

1.  Up

2.  Inside

3.  In

4.  From

5.  Out

82

-  Tell me what your dog likes.

-  _____.

1.  Biscuits and bones

2.  Big, black and hairy

3.  Very fast.

4.  Like a Doberman.

5.  He can run very fast.

83

-  ____ that radio?

-  Thirty pounds.

1.  What you want for

2.  How costs

3.  How much is it

4.  How much costs

5.  What’s the price of

84

_____ my friend Isabel.

1.  I present you

2.  This is

3.  Acquaint

4.  I introduce

5.  Here

85

-  I haven’t got anything for you.

-  ______.

1. Never mind!

2. It isn’t matter!

3. Nothing!

4.Nonsense.

1.  No problem!

86

I'm afraid I __________ to come to the party.

1.  no information is given

2.  don't go

3.  won't

4.  won't be able

5.  can't

87

We'd rather _______ to the University earlier last morning.

1.  would go

2.  going

3.  have gone

4.  to have gone

5.  to go

88

- How long have worked here?

- By the end of the month I ________ here for there years.

1.  'II work

2.  'm going to work

3.  'II have been working

4.  'II be working

5.  no information is given

89

-  We'll need some Coke for the party.

-  I ________ some.

1.  no information is given

2.  buy

3.  will have bought

4.  've already bought

5.  had bought

90

-  I need to give a message to Susan.

-   I ______ her at the office this afternoon.

1.  see

2.  have see

3.  'II have seen

4.  'II be seeing

5.  no information is given

91

-  These shoes aren't at all comfortable.

-  You shouldn't _____ them.

1.  no information is given

2.  have bought

3.  to buy

4.  bought

5.  buying

92

This factory ______________ more cars this year than ever before.

1.  no information is given

2.  produces

3.  produced

4.  has produced

5.  producing

93

This car _______ to use less petrol than any other.

1.  no information is given

2.  designs

3.  was designed

4.  has designed

5.  was designing

94

I wish I _______ the answer.

1.  no information is given

2.  was knowing

3.  know

4.  knew

5.  would know

95

By the end of the month the estate agent _________ twenty houses.

1.  no information is given

2.  will sell

3.  will have sold

4.  will be selling

5.  is going to sell

96

-  Why hasn't your company moved yet?

-  They _______ to find offices for months.

1.  have tried

2.  had tried

3.  have been trying

4.  were trying

5.  no information is given

97

She was _________ tired that she fell asleep.

1.  so

2.  such

3.  enough

4.  too

5.  no information is given

98

You mustn't leave the office _______ the manager returns.

1.  no information is given

2.  while

3.  until

4.  by the time

5.  during

99

-  Have they found out who stole the money?

-  Yes, a clerk pretended __________ it when in fact he was hiding.

1.  no information is given

2.  to have lost

3.  having lost

4.  losing

5.  have lost

100

-  Everything in this room is wet from the rain.

-  I ___________ the windows!

1.  no information is given

2.  mustn't have shut

3.  must have shut

4.  would have shut

5.  should have shut