EXAMINATION TEST NUMBER 1

Task 1. Read the text and choose the right answer

“IT’S ONLY ME”

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and  went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went donwstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

            Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “It’s only me”, but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

            1. Where was Mrs Richards going one evening?

                        a) to a wedding            b) to a fancy dress party          c) to a concert

            2. Why did she put the costume on?

                        a) because it was time to go

                        b) because she wanted to show it to her husband

                        c) to find out  how confortable it was

            3. Who knocked on the door?

                        a) the baker     b) her husband c) the electricity man

            4. She hid ______________

                        a) under the table

                        b) in the bathroom

                        c) in the store room

            5. The Electricity man had come __________________

                        a) because her husband wasn’t at home

                        b) because he wanted to read the meter

                        c) to take the bill for electricity

Task 2. Choose the correct answer.

1. I hope they _______ this road by the time we come back next summer.

            a) will have repaired                 b) will repair

            c) would repair            d) would have repaired

2. The essay is good _________ for the spelling mistakes.

            a) apart                                   b) unless

            c) besides                                d) except

3. Jim suggested that I __________ a car.

            a) should buy                           b) would buy

            c) buying                                 d) have bought

4. Will he arrive _______ time for dinner?

            a) at                             b) to

            c) with                         d) in

5. When oil and water mix, oil ________ to the top.

            a) rise                          b) rises

            c) rose                         d) is risen

6. __________ him all novelists are insignificant.

            a) besides                    b) beside

            c) near                         d) after

7. This blouse does not go ______ a pink skirt.

            a) with                         b) up

            c) to                            d) for

8. Are these lettuces home ________ or did you buy them in the market?

            a) growing                   b) grow

            c) grown                      d) grew

9. I don’t suppose I could leave now, ________ ?

            a) do I                         b) could I

            c) can I                        d) couldn’t I

10. Persons swimming beyond this point do so ______ their own risk.

            a) under                       b) on

            c) in                             d) at

11. The cyclist was run ________ by a motorist.

            a) off                           b) away

            c) through                    d) down

12. After missing a term through illness ha had to work very hard to ________ .

            a) catch up                   b) catch on

            c) catch after                d) catch in

13. There has been a sharp rise ________ the cost of living in the past few years.

            a) at                             b) on

            c)of                             d) in

14. I will not come to London until the bus strike _______ over.

            a) will be                      b) is

            c) would be                 d) have been

15. I don’t want anyone to overhear us, but I ________ you what happened when we ___ alone.

            a) will tell, will be                     b) tell, will be

            c) will tell, are                          d) would tell, are

16. If I had a typewriter I ________ it myself.

            a) would type                          b) will have typed

            c) would have typed                d) will type

17.The old dog just _____ on the grass, watching the children at play.

            a) is lying                     b) lied

            c) laid                          d) lie

18. There has not been a great responsw to the sale, _______ ?

            a) does there                b) hasn’t it

            c) hasn’t there              d) has there

19. If  I ______ rich, I ______travel around the world.

            a) were, would             b) am, would

            c) have been, would have         d) were, would have

20. That was the time ______ I left him.

            a) when                       b) __

            c) where                      d) after which