Part III. READING COMPREHENSION

АТТЕСТАЦИОННЫЙ ТЕСТ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

(New Headway Pre-Intermediate the Third Edition)

ОБРАЗЕЦ

PART I. VOCABULARY

I. В каждом ряду определите слово, отличающееся от других слов по смысловому признаку. (х1)

II. Определите, имеют ли слова в каждом ряду схожее или противоположное значение. Поставьте букву Е (equivalent), если следующие слова близки по значению, и букву О (opposite), если они противоположны по значению. (х1)

III. Подберите к слову из колонки А слово или словосочетание из колонки (х1)

IV. Подберите к выражению из колонки А подходящий ответ из колонки (х1)

PART II. GRAMMAR

V. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа. (х1)

21. I hate waiting … a) after b) for c) - a bus, especially when it’s raining.

22. The school year begins … a) in b) - c) on the first of September.

23. Can I speak … a) to b) at c) with you for a minute.

24. What are you doing ... a) in b) - c) at this evening?

25. Do you have to look … a) on b) after c) up this plant very carefully?

VI. Прочитайте предложения и запишите правильный вариант ответа. (х1)

26. Beth a) is never working b) never works c) is never worked on Saturdays.

27. He’s saving as much as he can because he a) will buy b) is going to buy c) buys a car.

28. John took a photograph of me while I a) didn’t look b) wasn’t looking c) don’t look.

29. Would it be all right if I a) come b) came c) will come round at about six?

30. My parents a) have never been b) never were c) are never been to New York.

31. Granny a) has come b) came c) was come last Monday.

32. Vegetarians are people who a) don't eat b) are not eating c) doesn’t eat meat.

33. This house a) built b) was built c) has built last year.

34. She’s a very nice person. You a) has to b) must c) may meet her!

35. Tomorrow our meeting a) will cancel b) are cancelled c) will be cancelled because our boss is ill.

36. You are out of breath. What a) have you done b) have you been doing c) did you do?

37. We'll go to the theatre if Peter a) will get b) got c) gets tickets.

38. We can go out now. It a) doesn’t rain b) isn’t raining c) wasn’t raining any more.

39. They a) have done b) were doing c) did the task at 5 o’clock yesterday.

40. Cheese a) are make b) is made c) are made from milk.

VII. Заполните пропуски одним из предложенных вариантов. (х1)

41. Children should sleep a) much b) more c) the most than adults.

42. This book is a) difficult b) the most difficult c) more difficult of all I have read.

43. This play is a) the worst b) the most bad c) worse than “Mousetrap”.

44. My hair is a) shorter b) short c) the shortest than yours.

45. They are a a) rich b) richer c) richest family.

VIII. Прочитайте предложения и запишите правильный вариант ответа. (х1)

46. What a) a b) the c) - lovely song!

47. a) A b) The c) - tennis is my favourite sport.

48. a) A b) The c) - sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

49. We're thinking of going to a) a b) the c) - cinema tonight.

50. Dad suddenly came to a) a b) the c) - school to see my teacher yesterday.

IX. Составьте вопросы, расположив данные слова в правильном порядке. (x2)

51. children school Which your go do to?

52. did Why much so buy food you?

53. Swiss don’t do songs they sing They?

54. cinema you last When go did the to?

55. this restaurant you eaten week Have a in ?

Part III. READING COMPREHENSION

Nick was bored with life. Every day was exactly the same. He got up at exactly the same time; he caught the same bus to work; he did the same things in the office; he talked to the same people; he came home at the same time; he watched the same programmes on television – and he went to bed at the same time!

“What I need is a little adventure!” Nick thought as he waited at the bus stop one morning. Nick’s “little adventure” happened sooner than he expected!

While he was on the bus, reading his newspaper (the same one that he read every morning), the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large brown envelope into his hands. “Here, take this!” he whispered. Then he stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. “I’d better hand it over to the police,” he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man approached him. He was obviously waiting for something. “He wants the envelope,” Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly – and the man hurried after him. Nick started to run – and the man hurried after him. But then, just before he got to the police station, Nick managed to lose the man in the crowds. When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to the inspector in charge. The inspector opened it. The envelope was full of money – false money. “Obviously the man made a mistake,” the inspector said. “He thought you were one of the gang! Well, congratulations!”

Nick felt like a hero. He could already see his name in all the papers. He could imagine an interview on television!

“However,” the inspector went on, interrupting Nick’s daydreams. “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this. We’re trying to catch some very clever thieves – and we don’t want them to know that we have some of the money. So mustn’t say a word to anyone – not even your boss! Sorry!”

“So that’s that!” Nick said to himself on his way to the office. He was over an hour late. “I’ve had my little adventure … but I can’t tell anyone about it, so what’s the point? I’ve even got to make up an excuse for the boss!”