Answer the questions to text 1:

1. The author states that the "lead"

1) was used in ancient times to draw lines

2) originates from Greek

3) is a soft metal

4) is a modern equivalent for the Latin "pencil"

2. In medieval England graphite was

1) exported all over the world

2) placed in wooden slats

3) used mainly by shepherds

4) grinded by pencil makers to obtain a writing instrument!

3. The first producer of a firm lead was

1) Napoleon Bonaparte

2) Nicholas Conte

3) George II

4) William Monroe

4. The pencil-making method used by William Monroe

1) is in use today

2) was used only for a short time

3) was copied by the French

4) was an imitation of a German method

5. Which of the following is true?

1) The first lead pencils made by the Greeks were fine.

2) The main part of the modern pencil, graphite, appeared about 1400 B.C.

3) A hurricane in Cumberland, England in 1564 helped to produce pure graphite.

4) Over two dozens of American pencils were first sold in the early 19 century.

ТЕСТ

Выберите единственный правильный вариант из предложенных:

1. Philippa heard the result of the election when she _____ to work, so she phoned me when she _____ there.

1) drives, gets

2) was driving, got

3) drove, will get

4) was driving, has got

2. Alison never _____ newspapers in the morning.

1) is reading

2) read

3) has been reading

4) reads

3. "Who _____ a car at the time of the accident?" the officer asked.

1) is driving

2) drove

3) was driving

4) has driven

4. The _____ economy is in crisis. Unemployment _____ .

1) country's, is rising

2) country, rises

3) countrys', rose

4) country, has risen

5. When they _____ to school, they _____ straight up to the classroom.

1) have come, went

2) came, went

3) come, went

4) came, go

6. I'm going to give the cat some food. It _____ on the doorstep for hours. I'm sure, it_____.

1) was sitting, was starving

2) sat, is starving

3) has been sitting, is starving

4) was sitting, starved

7. She _____ polite and she is only pretending to admire your car.

1) was been

2) will be

3) had been

4) is being

8. Peter rarely ____ time to visit his parents these days, but he _____ lunch with them tomorrow because it's his father's birthday.

1) had, has

2) is having, will have

3) has, is having

4) has, has had

9. They _____ to solve the problem since last Tuesday, and still, they've got no clue.

1) are trying

2) have been trying

3) were trying

4) have tried

10. Bill admitted that if he _____ the instructions he _____ what to do.

1) had, would know

2) has, would have known

3) had had, will know

4) had, knows

11. Jane explained that she _____ not to buy the house because it ____ on the main road.

1) decided, is

2) had decided, has been

3) has decided, is

4) had decided, was

12. The travel agent asked me whether I _____ to go by air or by sea.

1) wanted

2) want

3) had been wanting

4) will want

13. Tom ____ so early but he ____-, ____ and _____ his breakfast so quietly that I ____ a thing.

1) gets up; is washing, shaving; having; am not hearing

2) is getting up; is washing, shaving; having; am not hearing

3) gets up, washes, shaves; has breakfast; don’t hear

4) has got up; washed, shaved; had ; don’t hear

14. I’m restless. I think I ________ for along walk.

1) am going

2) am going to go

3) will go

4) will have gone

15. By the time she _______ finished doing her homework, it ______ dark outside.

1) will have, is

2) -, had been

3) has, was being dark

4) has, is