Лексико - грамматические тесты по английскому языку (для 1,2,3,4 курсов) (стр. 29 )

2. Eating sugar in the morning (improve) memory and concentration.

3. Tea (help) to protect people against heart disease because it (contain) tannin and flavanoids.

4. The doors of Oxford and Cambridge, (good) English Universities (open) to the public school-leavers.

5. Eton College, (large) of the ancient English public schools, (found) in 1440 as a collegiate church with a school attached.

6. We'll be late for the train if we go (on, by, in) foot. Let's take a taxi, ...?

7. The girl asked her grandfather if he (agree) that he (be) the best detective she ever (meet).

8. He said he (can't, mustn't, wouldn't be able to) come to help us the following week.

9. It's forbidden to go near the launch pad. You (mustn't, can't, won't) go near it.

10. It's five o'clock. They (ought to, mustn't, need) be here by now.

11. The mountain was so (high, highly) that they (shouldn't, couldn't, might) climb it.

12. The question was (too, so) difficult for me to answer.

13. There are (few) public holidays in Great Britain than in (other, another, the other) European countries.

14. 0. Henry's first story (publish) in 1899 when the writer was in... prison on... false charge of stealing... money from a bank, (a, the, -)

1981 only 19% of... Welsh population spoke... Welsh, even though... Welsh language (use) for many radio and television programmes and in schools to promote... Welsh culture and... language itself, (a, the, -)

16. My grandmother has been taken to... hospital. She 's got... pneumonia. I'm going to... hospital to visit her tomorrow, (a, the, -)

17. Did you pay (by, in, on) check or (by, in, on) cash? - I did it (by, with, in) credit card.

18. Did someone ring? - (It, he, she) was Vicky. She (call) just to say she (arrive) safely.

19. What's (a, the, -) weather like today? - It is much (warm) today than it was yesterday.

20. There's a woman at the door. - Oh, (it's, she's) my aunt Joan.

21. Something (happen). This is the first time he (be) late.

22. It's the only time I ever really (get angry) with him.

23. (Since, for) I've known him, he (wear) the same sweater.

24. The streets of London in 1665 were empty, shops (close) and every house in which there were sick people (shut up) and no one (allow) to go in or out, and the doors of such houses (mark) with a red cross.

25. At night the Great Fire of London could (see) ten miles away.

26. My niece has got mumps. - Oh, dear. Mumps (be) quite a serious illness.

27. She said he (have) to leave until the day after.

28. The man insisted he (not, know) that thing (steal).

29. Perhaps he took the train to work this morning. - Yes, he (might, can, must) have done it.

30. The job is much worse than I expected. If I (realise) how awful it was going to be, I (not, accept) it.

Test 106

1. They (repair) the road for months, but all work (finish) some days ago.

2. When I was at (a, the, —) university, I (would, will) work all night.

3. I (used to) be much (slim) when I was younger.

4. A person standing at the entrance of the Whispering Gallery can hear (clearly, clear) what (say) on the opposite side, 107 feet away.

5. The first Mayor of London (elect) in 1193.

6. If the lift still (not, work), we (have to, must, could) use the stairs.

7. The woman claimed she (see) never that man before.

8. The boy promised his mother that he never (do) such (a, the, -) thing again.

9. English children (must, can, may) go to school when they are five, first to infant schools, which they leave at the age of seven.

10. No one (can, must, may) prove from history that such (a, the, -) man as Robin Hood really lived; all that we know about him (come) from ballads.

11. (Old) he gets, (friendly) he becomes.

12. I was (tall) than my sister when we (be) young, but now she's (tall) than me.

13. Airline passengers (might not, couldn't, are not allowed to) use mobile phones during the flight.

14. ... Government sits on one side of... room with... Opposition on... other, (a, the, -)

15. In... north-west corner of the Palace stands... Clock Tower with its famous bell called... Big Ben, after Sir Benjamin Hall who supervised... rebuilding of... Parliament, (a, the, -)

16. Where is... London Airport? - Oh, you should know that there are three airports in London: ... Heathrow Airport, ... Gatwick Airport and... Luton airport. You can get there by... bus from the air terminal in the centre of the city, (a, the, —)

17. The train was travelling (at, with, on) a speed of 120 miles an hour. -

18. ... was wet, and... was a cold east wind. ... were few people in the streets, (it, there)

19. When the policeman came in, the gunman shot (him, himself). Now the policeman is in (a, the, -) hospital.

20. Ann made a sandwich and (had to, must, could) force (hers, herself) to eat it.

21. The Great Fire of London in the summer of 1666 (burn) for five days and (destroy) the greater part of the city.

22. In recent years riding (become) a sport for (each, everybody).

23. Historical and geographical circumstances (turn) London into one of the world's most important commercial and cultural centres.

24. In 1968 (the, -) British Army (send) to Northern Ireland after disturbances between Protestants and Catholics.

25. Everything in Great Britain officially (do) in the name of the Queen, but, in reality the Prime Minister is responsible (for, at, with) the policy (conduct) by (a, the, -) Parliament.

26. Jane looks (nice, nicely) today, doesn't she? - Yes. Her clothes (be) very smart.

27. Tom asked if he (can) have a word with me, explaining that it (be) about my case.

28. He apologized to the court for having caused the accident and said that he never (mean) to hurt (someone, anyone, nobody).

29. When Mark Twain was twelve, his father (die), and (a, the, -) boy (must, have to, can) earn a living for (him, his, himself).

30. Why didn't you say that you were short of money? If I (know), I (lend) you some.

Progress Test 107 (95-106)

Use the proper form.

A Famous Clock

When you (1) ... (visit) London, one of the first (2)...(thing) you will see is (3) ... (Big Ben), (4) (a, the, -) famous clock which can (5) ... (hear) all over the world on

the B. B.C. If the Houses of Parliament (6) ... (not to burn down) in 1834, the great clock would never have been erec ted. Big Ben (7) ... (take) its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament (8) ...(build). Since that time officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock (9) ...(check) twice a day. On the B. B. C. you can hear the clock when it (10) ... (strike) because microphones (11) ... (connect) to the clock tower. Once, however, it (12) ... (fail) to give the correct time. (13) (A, the, -) painter who (14) ... (work) on the tower (15) ...(hang) a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down.

1._________ 6._________ 11._________

2._________ 7._________ 12._________

3._________ 8._________ 13._________

4._________9._________ 14._________

5._________ 10._________ 15._________

16. What (shall, should) we do tonight? - We (could, will) go out, I think.

17. My brother (decide) to open his own restaurant, so he (have) (a, the, —) meeting with his bank manager tomorrow and he (want) to ask him for (a, the, —) loan.

18. I'm tired. I (work) very hard (so far, just, lately).

19. Do you know how long she (work) there before she retired? - She still (work) there.

20. Most ballads (base) on facts. They say that Robin Hood lived in the forest as (a/an, the) outlaw. He robbed only (a, the, -) rich people and helped (a, the, -) poor.

21. Ann told me she (work) hard in the lab the previous day.

22. There (be) too much traffic on the roads today. - Yes, the traffic (be) murderous in big cities nowadays.

23. Money spent on the brain (be) never spent in vain.

24. Three (beers/beer), please. - Oh, not for me. I've had two (beers/beer) today.

25. I (use) to love cooking but I never get the time nowadays.

26. Everything (be) still and peaceful in London's parks and you (could, may, must) hardly imagine that an enormous city with its traffic and noise is but a few paces away.

27. (Most/the most) children like this game. This is (popu lar) game for most children.

28. The journey (to, for, in) Paris took much (long) before they built the Channel Tunnel.

29. Britain's... art, ... culture and... literature flowered during... Elizabethan age, ... reign of Elizabeth I; it was... period of English domination of the oceans, (a, the, -)

30. ... North Pole and... South Pole, two of the most inaccessible points on... earth attracted explorers for many years, (a, the, -)

31. (A, the, -) North Pole (conquer) in 1909 by (a, the, -) American engineer named Robert Peary, who had given twenty-three years of his life to Arctic exploration.

32. (There, it) must be (a, the, -) solution of the problem.

33. Helen said that if the fog (get) any (thick), the plane might make an emergency landing at London airport.