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_English_: Подготовка к тестированию
за 2 года
  Выпуск No37 (38) от 2008-08-18
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Здравствуйте!
 Решила сделать внеочередной выпуск.
 Просто потренируйтесь перед новым учебным годом.
 Ответы после каждого задания.
  А взяты эти задания из сборника для поступающих.
 
 
1.    ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones’s flat was full of suitcases, trunks, and packed-up furniture. The two of them ( 1. be) busy with pencils , checking their lists of luggage , when there was a  ring at the door. Mrs. Jones ( 2. go) to open it, and saw a well- dressed middle –aged lady outside. The lady said that she ( 3. live) in the flat next to theirs, and that she ( 4. come) to welcome  them  for the state of the flat.
“ Oh, please, don’t stand on ceremony with me,” she answered. “ Do you know, in some parts of this town neighbours ( 5. be)  not at all friendly. There are some streets- and even some blocks  of flats – where people ( 6. not know) their neighbours – not even their next-door ones. But in this block of flats, everybody is friends with everybody else. We are one big happy family. I ( 7. be) sure that you ( 8. be) very happy here.”
The well- dressed lady ( 9. get) a shock when she came to visit the flat the next time, because she found a quite different man and woman in it. Mr. and Mrs. Jones ( 10. not have) the courage  to tell her that they were not  the new owners of the flat, who were due to move in the next day, but the old owners, who ( 11. live) next to her for two years without her ever visited  them or even noticed their existence.
ответы
1.    were. 2. went. 3. lived. 4. had come. 5 are, 6 don’t know. 7 am/ 8 will be, 9 got, 10 had not had, 11, had lived
2.    . Softly…Softly
Mr. Forrest was a journalist who ( 1. live) in a small flat on the top floor of a large building. he (2. be) a rather noisy young man. Now in the flat below his there lived an elderly lady who was a very bad sleeper.
One day she accosted him as he ( 3. leave) the building to go to work. “ Mr. Forrest,” she said, “ I know you are young and cannot be expected to behave as if you ( 5. be) an old man. But there is one thing I would ask you. Would you please not throw  your shoes down with such a bang when you 96. take) them off at nights? I’m a bad sleeper. I lie awake  every night  waiting for you to come home and cannot get any rest until I (7. hear) you take your shoes off. I know I’m silly, but I’m sure you wouldn’t wish to disturb an old woman, as far as you can help.”

Mr. Forrest faithfully ( 8. promise) to be more careful and went off to his work. By the  time he got home  that night, however, he (9. forget) all about the lady downstairs. After he (10.take) a hasty supper, he started to undress. Bang!  (11.go) his first shoe on the bedroom floor. The sound startled him but it was too late. Idiot that he (12.be)! he took off  the other shoe as softly as he could, feeling very guilty. No sooner he (13.creep)  into bed than there was a tap at his door. “Mr. Forrest” came the voice of the old lady, “would you please throw down the other shoe so that I may go to sleep?”
This was too much for the poor young man. The next week he (14.move) to rooms over an empty shop where he ( 15. can) make as much noise as he liked without disturbing anyone.

1.    lived. 2. was, 3, was leaving, 4, know. 5 were, 6, take, 7 have heard, 8 promised, 9 had forgotten. 10 had taken, 11 went, 12 was, 13 had he crept, 14 moved, 15 could.

3.CASE NOTES OF A NURSE.

WARD Sister Sarah Browne is responsible  for the welfare of 28 patients on two wards at the London hospital where she (1. work)  for the last 6 years. She ( 2. direct) a staff of 12 working  in three shifts.  There are also as many as 15 student nurses who (3. assign) to the ward at any one time. It ( 4. calculate) , she  says, that 200 people – doctors, nurses, visitors, students- (5. move) through her general and acute medical ward in a day.
Sister Browne , who is 39  , ( 6, qualify) as a nurse 20 years ago. She ( 7. work) as a clinical teacher and (8 do) research into psychotherapy for former smokers. her working week ( 9. exceeded) the 37,5 hours she is supposed to work.
1.    has been working, 2, directs, 3, are assigned, 4, has been calculated, 5 are moving / move, 6. was qualified, 7, works, 8 does, 9 exceeds


Use a, an,  the, -.
PARENTS JOIN CHILDREN FOR LESSONS.
Parents are being invited into hundreds of 1 – State schools all over 2 _ country to day to see and hear their children being taught. For this is Home and School Day, 9.___ first of what is expected to be 4.__ series of annual ‘ see how they learn sessions. “ Unlike 5/_ normal open days, this will be quite informal. 6._ Parents will be able to drop in, walk around, talk to teachers or just sit  at the back of 7._ classroom.
8._ day has been promoted by the Home and School Council , 9._ organization set up last year to simulate 10.__ co-operation between parents and teachers.
Mr, Bob Finch, Council director who has  his headquarters at York University, said 11._ last night.: “ This is 12._ trial run but we expect that, even if the number of schools taking part this time is 13.__ minority, the idea will be snowball in 14._ future.”

1-. 2 the, 3 the, 4, a, 5-, 6.-. 7a. 8 the, 9 an, 10,-, 11-. 12a. 13a. 14 the


The Family That Never Was.
For several years I lived with 1.- family that never was. They existed only in 2_ imagination of my small daughter Valerie, to whom they were just as real as 3_____ human  world around her. So vivid  were her descriptions  and 4____  verbal pictures  she painted  of her invisible family that I too almost felt they were real.
First there was her husband, “ Long”. She insisted that he had no other name, 5__ rank or title , he was  just Long.  Long was 6_______ gentleman of 7_____ varied  occupations but being  wartime  he was usually in the services, sometimes 8___ Navy, sometimes 9___ Army and sometimes, though rarely, 10__ Air Force.
He always spent his leaves  with us and these seemed to be almost permanent. As my husband’s leaves were very infrequent  I sometimes  felt a little envious.  he was 11__ godsend  to me as when he was on leave Valerie would be happily and busily occupied  with Long for hours on 12__ end. Only once did he  cause  me any trouble . Valerie  and I were riding on 13__- top of a crowded bus which passed 14__ column of marching soldiers. Whereupon Valerie  stood up , pointing and shouting , “ Look, Mummy, there  he is, that’s Long,  15_ tall one with blue eyes”.
All 16___ other passengers turned  round and stared . “ SH-sh” , I said. And then from curiosity I whispered, “ But I thought Long was in 17___Navy.“ “ No, of course he’s not , said Valerie impatiently,” “ not  to day, he’s in 18__ Army. Look, there he is , down there.” I felt most embarrassed.
1a, 2 the, 3 the, 4 the, 5-, 6a, 7-, 8 the, 9 the, 10 t the  11a. 12-, 13-, 14 a, 15 the, 16 the, 17 the, 18 the,

text6.

Regrets.
 “ I live in 1____ squalid ( убогая) flat. I’m out of work and on 2 ___ dole.( пособие)
I didn’t have 3__ good education, in fact I left school at 15 without  any qualifications. I wrote about  4____ fifty job applications and didn’t get 5.__ single job. I went  for 6._ lot of interviews, but I don’t really know how to behave at interviews, I can’t answer their questions very well.
I sit about at 7.__ home very day, watching TV, and smoking. I  get through about forty cigarettes a day, so I don’t have enough money to go  to 8___ football matches any more. 9.__ friend of mine  from school has got  a job at  10._ travel agent’s . he travels all over  11.___ world for his holidays, and he’s always  telling me about 12.__ wonderful trips to 13.____ Spain and Greece. I’ve never  been abroad! I’m so depressed. I think  14.___ worst thing is having nothing  to look forward to. I’m nineteen, and I have 16.__ lifetime of nothing in front of me.

1a, 2 the, 3 a, 4-, 5, a, 6a, 7-. 8-. 9a, 10a, 11 the, 12-, 13-, 14 the, 15a.  

text7. Thanksgiving on the  farm.
I remember our Thanksgiving on the farm. When I 1 ( grow) up, we lived on the farm near the town. There were many other relatives  who ( 2 live) near us. Every year they would  all come, from other farms and from the town, to be with us.
on Thanksgiving morning the women ( 3. get)  up early to begin cooking. Mother would stuff the turkey with bread  and onions, and then she’d roast it. Aunt Helen ( 4. make) a dozen pumpkin pies. Aunt Ann would pick autumn flowers  from the garden for the centre of the table. She’d also bring  in vegetables  to eat with the turkey and the pies.
The other children would help set the table  while the twin babies played  in their high chair. But I ( 5. like) to play with the cat , waiting for  somebody to give me pieces of food. All this time our old dog would lie under the warm stove , watching the activity.
1.    was growing. 2. lived. 3. would get. 4 would make, 5 liked,

text8. When the wall fell in.
at six o’clock on April 21, 1976, the living room and front part of this man’s house ( 1. fall) in. the man ( 2. have) construction workers dig a hole under the front of the house to add on another  room . The workers ( 3. not be) there when the accident ( 4. happen), so nobody was hurt. reporters asked the owner , “ What you ( 5. do)  when the rooms  fell in?”
he answered , “ My wife  and I ( 6. talk) to guests. We were showing  them the cracks  in the front room when we ( 7 hear) a loud sound. The cracks ( 8 grow) larger , so we called the construction company . But it was too late . The construction workers were still driving here when the rooms ( 9. fall) in.”

1 fell. 2. was having. 3. weren’t . 4. happened, 5, were you doing, 6 were talking, 7 heard, 8 were growing, 9 fell
use a, the, -.

text9.
Nobody had believed it was possible.
In 1912, 1_ Titanic hit 2 __ iceberg on its first trip across 3 ___ Atlantic, and it sank four hours later. At that time , I __ Titanic was 4 __ largest ship that had ever traveled on 5__ sea. It was carrying 2207 people , but  it had taken enough 6__ lifeboats for only 1178 people. When  7_ passengers tried to leave the sip, only 651 of them were able to get into lifeboats.
1_ Carpathia was 58 miles away when 1 ______Titanic called on its radio for 8 _ help. it arrived  two hours  after 9 _ great ship had gone down, and it saved 705 people . Some of 10 _ survivors had been in 11__ icy water for hours   when were saved. Most of 12 _ passengers hadn’t lived that long , 1502 people had lost their  lives.
Though 13._ whole tragedy, 1__ Californian was only ten miles away. Its officers were close enough to see 1 _Titanic, but they didn’t understand  the situation. They never received  1_ Titanic’s call for  8_ help, and they didn’t come  to the rescue  ( спасение) until too late.
Why was there much 14__ great loss of life? Why were there so few survivors? Why didn’t  1__ Californian come to help?
1 the, 2 an 3 the, 4, the, 5, the , 6-. 7 the, 8-, 9 the, 10 the, 11 the, 12 the, 13 the, 14a.


text 10.
Husky had been very healthy.
last month Husky ( 1, catch) a cold. Husky’s parents asked some friends to take them to the hospital. At the hospital , Husky ( 2. try) to sleep. He put his head in his mother’s lap. From time to time  he ( 3. look) for the doctor, but he didn’t  really  want to see him. Husky 5 ( be) very healthy , so he didn’t see many doctors. As he waited  , he ( 6. grow) more afraid. The family ( 7.wait) for an hour when the doctor came.
The young doctor ( 8. find) the problem immediately. The cold ( 9 go) to Husky’s ears, and he ‘d  developed an ear infection. Although it wasn’t a serious disease, it had caused  the pain and the fever. With stronger medicine , Husky ( 10.be) well soon.

1 had caught, 2, tried, 3, looked, 4 had always been. 5 had been, 6 grew, 7 had waited, 8 found, 9 had gone, 10 would be.

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