2 variant.

1. Listening Task. You will hear part of an interview with a girl called Sally Myers whose first book has recently been published. For each question, choose the correct answer A,B,or C
1. Why did Sally decide to write her first book?
A. People said her stories were good.
B. Her family bought her a diary.
C. Her penfriend suggested it.

2. Why didn’t Sally’s Dad want her to send her book to a publisher?
A. He didn’t like it very much.
B. He had given her help to write it.
C. He was worried that they wouldn’t be interested.

3. Sally sent her book to a company which
A. published books only on the internet.
B. published her favourite stories.
C. published books of a similar type.
4. How did Sally feel when the company phoned her Mum?
A. very excited
B. extremely surprised
C. anxious about the future
5. Sally says that as a result of her book,
A. she now has more money.
B. she has lost some of her friends.
C. she is in contract with new people.
2. Lexical-grammar test:
1. President of United States lives in White House in Washington D.C.

A. – , the, the, –
B. – , the, – , the
C. – , – , the, the
D. The, the, the, –

2. not any glass in the windows, that is why so cold in the room.

A. There is, it is
B. It is, there is
C. There are, it is
D. There was, there is

3. When the fog , we to see where we are.

A. lifts, may
B. will lift, will be able
C. lifts, will be able
D. lifts, must

4. You looked very busy when I you last night. What ?

A. see, do you do
B. see were you doing
C. have seen, are you doing
D. saw, were you doing

5. Mary hasn’t been in London, she?

A. hasn’t
B. did
C. has
D. didn’t

6. breakfast yet? – Yes, I .

A. Did you have, have
B. Had you had, have
C. Have you had, have
D. Do you have, had

7. I a new house last year, but I my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.

A. buy, don’t sell
B. bought, haven’t sold
C. have bought, sold
D. had bought, didn’t sell

8. After failing his driving test four times, he finally trying to pass.

A. gave in
B. gave off
C. gave away
D. gave up

9. I all of the questions correctly since I began this grammar exercise.

A. am answering
B. answer
C. have answered
D. had answered

10. I have my English class Monday morning.

A. in
B. at
C. for
D. on

11. I was late. The teacher the test when I to class.

A. has already given, got
B. had already given, got
C. has already given, get
D. was already giving, get

12. They can’t have more strawberries. I want to make jam.

A. some, any
B. no, some
C. any, any
D. any, some

13. We all his story as a joke.

A. thought
B. intended
C. treated
D. found

14. They to return next Monday.

A. are sure
B. was sure
C. will be sure
D. would sure

15. My hair very long.

A. grow
B. has grown
C. have grown
D. are growing

16. Nothing was stolen, ?

A. was it
B. wasn’t anything
C. wasn’t it
D. was anything

17. I enjoyed the film last night. .

A. Neither do I
B. Neither did I
C. So do I
D. So did I

18. You are always excuses for not your homework on time.

A. making, making
B. doing, doing
C. making, doing
D. doing, making

19. I can’t speak French. I wish I .

A. can
B. would
C. could
D. had been able

20. What time does your plane take ?

A. off
B. out
C. to
D. from

3. Reading Task. Read the email and choose A,B or C complete the gaps.

Hello Bet,
How are you? Sorry I (1) … you at once because I have been busy recently making preparations for my sister’s wedding.
You asked me how to solve the same problem with your parents’ anniversary best of all. Well, I’ve understood that a big (2) … store is just what you need. It is composed of (3) … shops which specialize in a different sort of things each. For example, at a women’s clothes one, you can try on a new outfit for a ceremony. Then, you can purchase those items you like paying (4) … which is very convenient because you don’t need to take a purse with a lot of money with you. At a souvenir department, customers can come across really rare presents which make them (5) … .
1) a) haven’t been answering b) am not answering c) haven’t answered
2) a) department b) shopping c) flea
3) a) few b) much c) a lot of
4) a) in cash b) by debit card c) by your account
5) a) unique b) atmospheric c) excited

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