Choose the correct letter (A), (B), (C), (D).
Т е с т о в ы е з а д а н и я
Lexical-grammar Test
Из четырех значений (А), (В), (С), (D) выберите один, который ближе всего по значению к данному примеру.
1. The book cost $3.65, and he had only $2.40.
(A) He had more than enough money to pay for the book.
(B) The book cost more than he had with him.
(C) He had just enough money to pay for the book.
(D) He needed two more dollars to pay for the book.
2. No one but Nick knew the answer to the question.
(A) The question could not be answered by anyone.
(B) Everyone knew how to answer the question.
(C) Nick was the only one who couldn’t answer the question.
(D) Only Nick could answer the question.
3. Could you give me a hand with this exercise?
(A) Please give me your hand.
(B) Would you help me to do this exercise?
(C) Please let me do this exercise myself.
(D) Please do this exercise for me.
4. I found it very difficult to learn that poem by heart.
(A) It was hard for me to learn the poem.
(B) I learned that difficult poem.
(C) I found the poem after a difficult search.
(D) It was hard for me to find a good poem to learn by heart.
5. Flats are very expensive and we can’t afford to buy one.
(A) The flats are too simple to cost so much.
(B) It is easy to pay for a nice flat.
(C) We don’t have enough money for a new flat because of the high price.
(D) We can afford a new flat now, but not next year.
6. When the lesson began, there were a dozen students in the classroom, but by the end of the lesson the number doubled.
(A) After the lesson had begun, some of the brazen students entered the classroom.
(B) There were three dozen students by the end of the lesson.
(C) There were 24 students in the classroom by the end of the lesson.
(D) The dozen people in the classroom were doubling as students.
7. I would rather listen to Mozart than rock music.
(A) I like listening to all kinds of music.
(B) I prefer music to studying rocks.
(C) I prefer Mozart to rock music.
(D) I don’t like Mozart as much as I like rock music.
1. Helen exchanged the jeans for a different pair.
(A) Helen returned the jeans and took a pair of shoes instead.
(B) Helen took the jeans back to the shop and got some different ones.
(C) The jeans didn’t fit properly so Helen returned them.
(D) Helen didn’t like the jeans at home so she returned them.
TEST
Choose the correct letter (A), (B), (C), (D).
- Can you imagine … in 2050?
(A) what life will be like
(B) what will be life
(C) what will be life like
(D) what life was like
- The Internet is … inventions in history.
(A) one of the most important
(B) one of most important
(C) one most important
(D) one of the importantest
- Many of Agatha Christie’s novels … .
(A) made into films
(B) have made into films
(C) have been made into films
(D) into films were made
- Let’s go to the disco, …?
(A) don’t we
(B) let us
(C) won’t we
(D) shall we
- Ann was standing at the bus stop waiting … a number 41 bus.
(A) for
(B) –
(C) At
(D) To
- When … in London?
(A) have you arrived
(B) did you arrive
(C) you have arrive
(D) you arrived
- I find it difficult to talk to Alan because we have so … in common.
(A) few
(B) small
(C) little
(D) less
- How long … Spanish?
(A) you study
(B) have you studying
(C) have you been studying
(D) have you been studied
- He said that he … Spielberg’s new film yet.
(A) hasn’t seen
(B) didn’t see
(C) hadn’t seen
(D) wasn’t seen
- Many Scottish people … use some Scottish words when they speak English.
(A) yet
(B) already
(C) still
(D) else
TEST
1. Choose the correct answer: (A), (B), (C), (D).
1. It is known that Ivan the Terrible was very cruel.
(A) impatient
(B) serious
(C) brutal
(D) reliable
2. The biography is a very popular form of prose.
(A) science fiction
(B) poetry
(C) historical work
(D) writing
3. I like Mark Twain’s humorous stories.
(A) funny
(B) intelligent
(C) artistic
(E) interesting
4. This railway line connects Moscow and ST Petersburg.
(A) separates
(B) divides
(C) links
(D) serves
5. Most students hate exams.
(A) fear
(B) strongly dislike
(C) fail
(D) find pleasant
6. I think he is an imitator, not a creator.
(A) a copier
(B) an originator
(C) a burglar
(D) a writer
7. In Britain the Queen is the formal head of the state, but it is the prime minister and the cabinet who govern.
(A) rule
(B) choose
(C) advise
(D) watch
8. Sharks must swim all the time to avoid sinking.
(A) swiftly
(B) often
(C) accurately
(D) constantly
2. The number of unemployed people in our country is increasing.
(A) working
(B) well-to do
(C) jobless
(D) educated
3. It is a school for gifted children.
(A) talented
(B) ordinary
(C) blind
(D) handicapped
TEST
- Choose the correct answer: (A), (B), (C), (D).
- In _______________, there are a lot of car accidents in the streets of big cities.
(A) a rainy weather
(B) rainy weather
(C) the rainy weather
(D) rainy weathers
- Our English lessons at school were very boring. We ____________ long exercises and learn a lot of grammar rules by heart.
(A) must to write
(B) must write
(C) had to write
(D) to write
- Alice said that her parents _______________ in a week.
(A) will come back
(B) comes back
(C) would come back
(D) had come back
- Who __________ to take part in our concert?
(A) does want
(B) want
(C) do want
(D) wants
- The policeman asked me if I __________ the car accident.
(A) have seen
(B) saw
(C) had seen
(D) had been seen
- You had to stay at home yesterday, ____________?
(A) isn’t it
(B) had you
(C) hadn’t you
(D) didn’t you
- I haven’t seen the film yet and _______________.
(A) neither has my brother
(B) my brother has neither
(C) neither saw my brother
(D) neither my brother
- By the time he was 25 Alexander the Great ______________ the whole East from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River.
(A) was conquered
(B) had been conquered
(C) conquered
(D) had conquered
9. She wants to be a doctor _________________.
(A) when she will leave school
(B) when she leaves school
(C) when she is leaving school
(D) when she left school
TEST
- Choose the correct answer.
1. The door was locked and she __________ the conversation.
(A) wasn’t able hear
(B) didn’t can hear
(C) couldn’t hear
2. I think _________ table tennis after a bit of practice.
(A) ‘ll be able to play
(B) Can to play
(C) May play
3. I _________ to Ann, I haven’t written her for ages.
(A) must write
(B) have to write
(C) may write
4. She did to Ann, I haven’t written her for ages.
(A) must write
(B) have to write
(C) may write
4. She didn’t like her former job as she ____________ a uniform.
(A) must wear
(B) had to wear
(C) might wear
5. The baby is asleep. You ________________.
(A) mustn’t shout
(B) needn’t shout
(C) don’t have to shout
6. Ann ________________ school yesterday as she wasn’t feeling well.
(A) might leave
(B) could leave
(C) was allowed to leave
7. Our baby _____________ in a few weeks.
(A) can walk
(B) will be able to walk
(C) will can walk