Choose the best variant to fit the sentence.
1. It was not until she arrived at the station ... realized she had forgotten the ticket.
A) and she B) when she C) she D) that she
2. His uncle ... in London by tonight's plane.
A) arrived B) is arriving C) arriving D) arrives
3. I'd rather ... than take the bus.
A) to walk В) walk C) walked D) walking
4. Peter together with his three friends ... for Spain next Friday.
A) are leaving B) is leaving C) leave D) will leave
5. Heathrow airport... in 1946.
A) opens B) has opened C) was opened D) had been opened
6. If she ... the 8 o'clock plane, she'll arrive in time.
A) catches B) catch C) will catch D) has caught
7. Unfortunately the train ... by the time we reached the railway station.
A) has left B) left C) had been left D) had left
8. It's ... if you take a bus.
A) quick B) quicker C) the quickest D) the quicker
9. Don't drive too fast, …?
A) don't you B)do you C) won't you D) will you
10. Tom is one of the students who ... abroad.
A) go В) goes C) is going D) are going
11. To catch the last train, ... we can leave home at 11.
A) the least B) least C) latest D) the latest
12. ... on the train have no tickets.
A) Most people B) Most of the people C) More people D) Much people
Exercise 7.
Match each person with one of the comments. Use each comment once only.
hitchhiker, conductor, passenger, driver, traffic warden, commuter, steward, seer-by, pedestrian, rambler.
a) I love wandering through the countryside along deserted footpaths.
b) I'll bring you your drink in just a minute, madam.
c) I’ll be waiting all morning at this roundabout for someone to stop.
d) I was just walking down the street opposite the bank when I saw it happen.
e) I've spent the last half an hour looking for a spot. It's hopeless.
f) I'll ring the bell for you, when it's time to get off.
g) The sign clearly says two hours only and you've been here all day.
h) It's just impossible getting across the road here. We need a subway.
i) Do you think you could go a little more slowly, I'm a bit nervous.
j) This train is late every morning. It has been for years.
Exercise 8.
Fill in the blanks with articles if necessary.
1. To go from San Francisco to New York City by ... train, you must ride more than three thousand miles. It takes three days and nights. By riding in ... "vista dome", ... streamlined train with ... glass top, you can get ... bird's eye view of ... country. As your train proceeds farther east, you cross ... Salt Lake desert, formed by ... evaporation of ... Great Salt Lake. For miles you will see nothing but ... sand and ... salt. From ... state of Utah you enter Wyoming and cross ... Rocky Mountains through ... pass 8000 feet high. ... Rocky Mountain area of Wyoming, Colorado and ... parts of Idaho and Montana is ... paradise for ... tourists and vacationeers. Your train then crosses ... flat plains of Wyoming, which stretch out for miles and miles, covered with ... short grass and sage-brush. This is mainly ... sheep and cattle country, ... land of ... cowboys. 2. I had booked ... berth in ... compartment for four persons. At night ... seats converted into berths. I did enjoy ... four nights lying snugly installed in my bed, looking out of... window at ... dark trees rushing by. 3. He had been promised ... cabin on ... promenade deck, but he was actually on ... Deck "C", with ... porthole instead of ... window. 4. I rather doubt if it's possible to book ... sleeper just before ... traintime. 5. One of... great attractions of... Mediterranean is that it is .., sea full of ... islands, some of them not yet discovered by holiday-makers. There is ... great deal of ... sunshine and on many of ... islands, there is ... total absence of ... motor traffic. Travelling by ... steamers and staying wherever fancy suggests is not cheap but some people cut down ... costs by using ... camps or ... cheapest boarding-houses, and I have known those who do it on ... sleeping-bags. 6. In ... aircraft I was seated in ... row ... 19 on ... right, ... window seat. ... flight hostess announced in German and Swedish that we were approaching Vienna and would we kindly fasten our seat belts and extinguish our cigarettes. 7. "At what altitude did you fly?" "At ... altitude of 8,000 m." "Could you see ... earth from such ... height?" "Well, when ... visibility was good we could see ... earth all right." "And ... speed?" "We flew at ... speed of 800 km. per hour on ... average."
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Exercise 9.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. How do you feel about holidays in space?
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Far from EARTH
Do you want a holiday that is really out of this world? Well how about booking tickets for two weeks in outer space. This(be) a dream of science-fiction writers for decades but some scientists are predicting that soon this dream(become) a real possibility. It seems that big businesses(also/realise) that there is plenty of money to be made from taking tourists into orbit. The race is on to build a cheap and reusable spacecraft to carry passengers and freight. Once they (be) in space, these tourists(need)somewhere to stay. A Japanese company(already/make) plans to build the first space hotel. They say that they (be) ready to accept the first guests in as little as five years. The guests(pay) more than £40,000 and many(suffer) from space sickness, but this isn't expected to put off people who (look for) the ultimate adventure holiday.
Exercise 10.
Fill inthewhere necessary, justifying the answers. Where might you find a text like this?
Holiday Destinations
1) … Venezuela is a beautiful country in2) … South America which has something to offer to every visitor. There are tropical beaches where3) … land meets4) … Caribbean Sea and5) … Atlantic Ocean. To6) … east there are7) … snow-capped peaks of8) … Andes Mountains and in9) … south there is10) … Amazonian rainforest. Most tourists come into11) … country by12) … air, landing in13) … capital city,14) … Caracas. While you are there,15) … Plaza Bolivar with its architecture from16) … 17th century is well worth a visit as is 17) … busy18) … Parque Central. Most people, however, come to see19) … natural wonders on offer. Two of20) … favourite destinations are21) … Angel Falls,22) … highest waterfall in23) … he world, and24) … Lake Maracaibo. More adventurous travellers can take a canoe trip up25) … Orinoco River, climb26) … Pico Bolivar,27) … country's highest mountain or take a boat trip along28) … Carrao River to29)… Hacha Falls. It will be30) … experience of a lifetime.
READING AND SPEAKING SECTION
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