II. Choose the right variant.



1. I will visit you as … as I can.

a) sooner

b) more sooner

c) more soon

d) the soonest

e) soon

2. You … throw litter on the floor.

a) able

b) should

c) mustn’t

d) don’t

e) aren’t

3. They … come back home because their bus didn’t come.

a) are to

b) must

c) needed

d) could

e) had to

4. My radio…. isn’t very old, has suddenly stopped working.

a) who

b) where

c) which

d) when

e) what

5. –Did you say anything when he asked you?

- No, I didn’t. You see, if … even a word, he … into a rage.

a) said/had flown

b) said/flew

c) had said/ would have flown

d) said/ would have flown

e) would said/flew

6. My parents never scold me,…?

a) do my parents?

b) scold they?

c) don’t they?

d) don’t my parents?

e) do they?

7. My watch is … minutes slow.

a) tenth

b) a second

c) twenty

d) the two

e) twelfth

8.Who has paid … the meal?

a) at

b) in

c) from

d) off

e) for.

9. My son is interested … football.

a) with

b) at

c) for

d) in

e) of

10. If Madi had studied harder he would … Oxford University.

a) has entered

b) have entered

c) had entered

d) entered

e) enter

11. If he …, he …his leg.

a) fall/ would break

b) falls/ would break

c) fallen/ would break

d) fell/would break

d) fells/ will break

III. Choose the correct participle

  1. After hearing the frightening/frightened tale, the frightening/frightened children wouldn’t go to sleep.
  2. The doctor did his best to convince her that there was nothing seriously wrong with the boy, but the worrying/worried mother wouldn’t calm down.
  3. During my holidays I came across several extremely interesting/interested books.
  4. I don’t know what was in the burning/ burned letter. I didn’t read it.
  5. It was an exciting/excited incident.
  6. Why do you look so worrying/worried?-I’ve had a number of worrying /worried telephone calls lately.
  7. Nothing can save the sinking/sunk ship now.
  8. “Which one?” she asked in an interesting/interested voice.
  9. She spoke about the incident in an exciting/excited voice.

 

11th form

I. Read the text and choose correct answer.

Skye is located off Scotland’s northwest coast, some 184 km from Glasgow. The island measures 77 km in length and 38 km at its widest. The largest island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, Skye covers an area of 1,740 sq km , about half the size of the state of Rhode Island in the USA. Skye’s landscape is dominated by the spectacular Black Cuillin Hills, which an English journalist H.V. Morton (1892-1979) described in his book in Search of Scotland. “Imagine Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries frozen in stone and hung up like a colossal screen against the sky. It seems as if Nature when she hurled the Cuillins up said:“ I will make mountains which shall be the essence of all that can be terrible in mountains.”

According to legend, the island, once flat, was inhabited by Cailleach Bhur, the goddess of winter. She had enslaved a beautiful girl, the sweetheart of spring, who appealed to the sun for help. In response, the angry sun buried his burning spear at Cailleach Bhur as she rode across Skye. But he missed his mark and destroyed the landscape which broke into a range of hills - the Cuillins. Skye’s inhabitants often tell this tale to explain the curious fact that these hills are rarely snow-covered, even in winter. When surrounding hills are covered with snow , the Black Cuillins stand dark against the sky.

Twenty peaks feature in the Black Cuillins, 15 of them more than 914 m in height. The tallest, Sgur Alasdair , stands 1.009 in high. The peaks came into existence some 50 million years ago. The Red Cuillin Hills, some 16 km to the east are more rounded than the Black Cuillins. The south of the island stands the unusual rock known as the old Man of Storr. Both these formations had their beginnings 10.000 years ago.

Little of Skye’s landscape can support the barley, oats and other crops grown elsewhere in Scotland. Areas of human settlement occur only rarely. Thousands of seabirds nest on the island’s coast and shore. The puffin which nests on dangerous rocks, can catch small fish in great numbers. It is not unusual for a puffin to return to its nest with as many as 14 fish in its mouth. Yet Skye’s puffin population is far from growing due largely to the attacks of lesser black- backed gulls which rob the puffins of their catch before they can reach their nests to feed their young.

1.Which of the following is true?

a) Skye is located on Scotland’s northwest coast.

b) Skye is the largest hill area in Scotland.

c) Skye, the largest island in Inner Hebrides, dominates over Scotland.

d) The state of Rhode Island is about twice as big as Skye.

2. According to legend

a) the sun got angry with a beautiful girl who had become the sweetheart of spring.

b) the goddess of winter was enslaved by the sun.

c) Cailleach Bhur terribly missed the sun.

d) the angry sun made the Black Cuillins almost never snowcovered.

3.What is not typical of Skye?

a) the average height of the mountains is about 1000 m.

b) The peaks are quite old, dating back millions of years.

c) There are many areas of human settlement there.

d) local people grow mostly barley and oats.

4. It follows from the text that Black Cuillins could hardly be described as

a) terrifying

b) inviting and inspiring

c) dark and gloomy

d) a screen against the sky.

5. The author states that it is usual for a puffin

a) to eat about 14 small fish at once

b) not to return to its nest

c) to catch quite a number of small fish

e) to be caught by black-backed gulls.


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