EXAMINATION TEST NUMBER 2.

Task 1.Read the text and choose the right answer

What is your wardrobe worth?

Rachida Addou, 22, heiress. Cost of  wardrobe: $ 500,000

I don’t like to be in the same dress more than once, so I have more than 30 ball gowns and evening dresses. I’ll pay anything up to $ 20,000 for a dress. I keep most of my dresses, which together are worth about $200,000, at our house in Spain.

Dresses are my favourite items of clothing. For my wedding in September next year, I’ve had seven dresses designed for me. The celebrations will last three days, so apart from the white dress for the ceremony, the rest are ball gowns and evening dresses of every colour under the sun. I can’t wait to get married. Because of the nature of my fiance’s job we’ll always be away. I don’t work – and won’t work. I spend my days shopping.

My daily wardrobe comprises mainly Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Georges Rech. I own five outfits from each designer. Accessories have to be either Christian Dior or Channel. Some of my bags cost $700, the others thousands. For best value, you can’t beat Louis Vuitton. The leather is exquisite. I also have a few Gucci wallets and sunglasses. Shoes are my other weekness. I pay about $ 300 for a pair of shoes. My jewellery must be worth the same as my clothes. Most of it’s Cartier, including a diamond-encrusted watch and the ring my parents gave me last summer. It wasn’t even a birthday present – more of a pre-wedding gift.

Roz Barnett, 27, Lance Corporal in the army. Cost of  wardrobe $ 2,000

It’s pretty fortunate that I’m not into fashion at all. Being in the army gives me little opportunity to dress up in civilian clothes. Most women would be horrified by the contents of my two wardrobes. I have one at the barracks, in Aldershot, Hampshire, for my uniform, and another for my civilian gear. I live in T-shirts, tracksuits and trainers when not in army gear. I have four pairs of trainers and three tracksuits and that’s about it. I do own one or two smart items. The last dress I bought – for Christmas, over a year ago- was a purple evening gown. It was the most expensive thing I’ve ever splashed out on - $ 70, from Next. I refuse to spend more.

I live five days a week in my uniform combat gear; khaki-coloured combat trousers and shirt, boots and a maroon beret. I also have a dress uniform, which is worn on occasions like Remembrance Day. It’s a rather attractive A-line khaki-coloured suit, which I wear with a cream blouse, khaki tie, black tights and flat, shiny, lace-up shoes. Oh, and we have our physical training gear.

Make-up and hair have to be ‘ non-distinctive’. Women can wear foundation and mascara, but nothing else. Long hair has to be worn up, under the beret. No jewellery either, apart from a wedding ring and plain ear studs.

I’ve never missed not being able to wear civilian clothes all week, even when I was 18. The joy of a uniform is that you never have to think about what to wear in the morning or spend lots of money on clothes.

1. How much does Rachida pay for a dress?

            a) $20,000       b) more than $20,000      c) up to $20,000

2. Who likes to wear casual clothes?

            a) Roz              b) Rachida                        c) both

3. What are the advantages of wearing a uniform?

            a) it’s more practical    b) you never thing what to wear in the morning

4. How many dresses has Rachida designed for her wedding?

            a) six                b) seven                           c) eight

5. How does Rachida spend her days?           

a) sleeping                   b) visiting friends          c) shopping

Task 2.           Choose the correct answer

1. If I had more free time today, I ___________ the book I took at the library yesterday.

            a) read             b) will read       c) would read   d) would have read

2. We heard him______ this story yesterday.

            a) to tell           b) tell               c) told                d) has told

3. It is time for ______ to come.

            a) them b) they             c) their               d) theirs

4. The results of hs experiments are supposed ________ very interesting.

            a) be                b) to be            c) been               d) have been

5. ______ very ill, she couldn’t attend classes.

            a) to be            b) be                c) being               d) was

6. He comes here _______ day.

            a) some            b) any              c) no                    d) every

7.I’ve got _______ issue of the magazine.

            a) late              b) later             c) latest                d) the latest

8. There is still much _____ to learn.

            a) many            b) more            c) most    d) the most

9. If she _______ my advice it will do her much good.

            a) follow          b) follows         c) followed           d) will follow

10. Since 1147 the name of Moscow ___________ on the pages of history.

            a) is                 b) was             c) has been          d) had been

11. When _______ a letter from her last?

            a) you received            b) did you receive        c) have you received

12. A film about London _______ in room 5 now.

            a) is shown       b) being shown c) is being shown

13. The Gadfly didn’t know that the soldiers ________ him.

            a) watched       b) were watching         c) had watched

14. She _________ to arrive by the morning train.

            a) is expecting              b) is expected              c) expects

15.We saw________ the paper.

            a) them signing b) them to sign c) they signing

16. He watched the postman _______ the letters.

            a) to distribute              b) distributing               c) is distributing

17. She made __________ .

            a) him apologise           b) he apologise c) him apologising

18. We must go now. Would you mind asking the waiter for the _____ ?

            a) account                    b) charge         c) bill        d) price

19. The ________ outside the garden said “ Private”

            a) advice          b) notice          c) label d) signal

20. The _________ windows opened into the garden.

            a) Dutch           b) French         c) German        d) English