EXAMINATION TEST 3

Task 1. Read the text and choose the correct answer

Lisa West went to meet a professional body piercer and asked

WHAT IS THE POINT?

Everywhere you look these days, you can see people that have got rings – hanging from ears and pushed through noses, lips and and eyebrows. And they are in lots of other places that you can’t see, too.

Mick Shannon, who is a qualified body piercer, took me to his salon. I was looking at the walls, covered with photos of clients showing off their rings and jewellery and Mick pointed out his certificate, which was on the wall. “ Some people give our profession a bad name,” he said.

“ They don’t clean their equipment, which shows they don’t  know what they’re doing. I’ve known people who have got diseases like hepatitis from cheap ear-piercing guns. I only pierce young people whose parent or guardian is with them. And they have to be over fifteen to have their navel done and over eighteen for their tongue.”

Is it an expensive fashion? “ That depends. Ears, costing $8, are cheap, eyebrows are about $ 35, and the tongue over $ 100. Anything else I have to negotiate!”

I watched Mick pierce a girl’s navel. First he marked the area where he had disinfected the skin, then he pushed a needle through. He finished by giving the girl advice on how to help the skin get better, which was a nice professional touch.

I asked the girl why she had wanted her navel pierced. “ I don’t know. I just like the idea. It’ll be a little secret that I won’t share with anyone!” Did she think it was a way of rebelling? “No,” she laughed, “ but I don’t suppose my mother will like it ... if she ever finds out!”

1.Is piercing an axpensive fashion?

            a) Yes, it is       b) Not really    c) It depends.

2. At what age do they start having their navel and tongue pierced?

            a) In their thirties          b) In their teens            c) at the age of 7-11

3. Do they go to the salon to have their bodies pierced alone?

            a) Yes              b) No              c) It doesn’t matter

4. Is there a special price list for piercing in Mick’s salon?

            a) Yes              b) No              c) Yes, but he can negotiate too

5. Why do they want to have their navel pierced?

            a) Because it’s cool                 b) They don’t know. They just like the idea.

Task 2. Mind your grammar and choose the right answer.

1.I don’t need all this money, take ___ back.

            a) it      b) those           c) that              d) them

2.You can buy it at the ______ .

            a) chemist        b) chemists       c) chemist’s

3.Hotels are becoming ______ nowadays.

            a) more expensive        b) expensive     c) the most expensive

4. E-mail is ____ more efficient than sending a fax.

            a) a much         b) a far             c) a lot

5. I feel ______ .

            a) terribly         b) terrible         c) more terribly

6. It costs three _______ dollars.

            a) hundred       b) hundreds      c) hundreds of

7.He is lazy. He never does _____ work.

            a) some            b) any              c) no

8. Hot air _____ from the ground.

            a) rise   b)rises              c) rising

9. He is flying better now than he _____ before.

            a) flied             b)flew              c) flown

10.We ____ along the forest road when it started raining.

            a) had been walking     b) were walking           c) had walked

11. My brother will be absent. He _____ for his exam at this time tomorrow.

            a) will prepare              b) will be preparing      c) will have prepared

12. This is the first time I ______ late for my English classes.

            a) have been                b) am   c) was

13. She was grateful _____ the help he had given her.

            a) of     b) for   c) with     d) to

14. When you get to the traffic lights, ask someone for ____ directions.

            a) their             b) our              c) some            d) ____

15. I felt so _____ when my parents turned up at John’s party!

            a) shy of           b) shameful      c) shamed        d) embarrassed

16. I ______ happy to advise you if you’d asked me.

            a) would have been      b) would be     c) had been

17. Will you ______ after the cat for us while we’re on holiday?

            a) take             b) watch          c) look

18. The message was written in the sand ____ a stick.

            a) through        b) with             c) by

19. I was on the ______ of leaving when the telephone rang.

            a) moment        b) point            c) edge

20. It’s eight o’clock. Isn’t it time _______ ?

            a) to get up      b) we get up     c) getting up

21. Bill went to several _______ banks and asked fer a job.

            a) other            b) another        c) others

22. I have never done it before. _____________ .

            a) Not me        b) Neither have I          c) Nor have me

23. My friends ________ to a concert tonight.

            a) are going      b) will go          c) go

24.” If only I _____ a little bit more beautiful.” She thought.

            a) will be          b) were            c) am

25. How much money do you spend ____ food each month?

            a) for    b) on    c) to

26. If I don’t know a word I _______ in my dictionary.

            a) look             b) look for       c) look up

27.Don’t speak ___ him now. He isn’t feeling well.

            a) at     b) with             c) to     d) of

28. I _______ since January.

            a) am not smoking        b) haven’t smoked       c) don’t smoke

29. ______ boys and girls enjoy dancing.

            a) And             b) Both            c) Either

30. You are wrong. You had better ______ again.

            a) to try            b) trying           c) try