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II. Use the right article.

1. In many countries, you need ... business card if you want to make ... good impression. To ... foreigner, it makes it easier to understand your name and ... job you do. Make sure you include your name, ... name of ... company you work for, and ... position you hold.

2. There was ... earthquake in my hometown last year. It was just... small one, but I could feel... ground shaking.

3. He lent me ... thousand pounds, which was exactly .. amount I needed to solve my problem.

III Fill in a suitable preposition or postposition.

1' frenchmen call it 'La Manche' but... the English, it is the English Channel, one ... the world's most extraordina­ry pieces ... water. ... centuries the Channel has been Britain's defence ... invaders. It has also been the only way .. - the Continent, a highway crowded ... ships.

2. Keep away ... Paul; he is ... a really bad mood this morning.

3. Although their marriage was not a happy one, they decided to stay together ... the sake ... their children.

4. Mary said ... me that she didn't want to be dependent ... her parents... another three years.

5. ... then nobody has ever known the reason ... his disap­pearance.

IV. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.

1. coffee/be/of/a/welcome/cup/would/very.

2. London/brilliant/severaythey/performances/in/gave.

3. private/speak/to/can/you/I/in?

4. dark/of/Luke/bed/is/going/afraid/to/in/the.

V. Translate the Russian fragment into English.

1. We had (такое) a pleasant time!

2. (Есть) is something I want to ask you about. (Это) is very important.

3. (Или) you know the answer (или) you don't. Make up your mind.

4. He spent (так много) money on the house that (в конце концов) he went bankrupt.

5. She couldn't remember where she had (оставила) her umbrella.

6. At first Ann found her new school quite strange, but she gradually (привыкает) to it.

VI. Complete the sentences using the appropriate derivatives of the words in capitals.

1. Many ... are still ... about the value of this ... programme. SCIENCE, SCEPTIC, SEARCH

2. Students soon get ... if you criticize them too often. COURAGE

3. Peter spoke so ... that we could ... hear him. QUIET, HARD

4. Bill says that... Latin or Ancient... is a waste of time. LEARN, GREECE

5.1 think that men drive more ... than women. AGGRESSION

VII. Spot the errors and correct them.

1. How cloudy sky is!

2. You'd better not to go there alone.

3. Is it any time left?

4. No sooner had I got into the bath when the telephone rang.

VIII. Supply an appropriate stimulus-utterance.

1.__________________ - Are you?

2__________________ - Yes, sure.

TEST 24

I. Use the correct tense-form of the verbs in brackets.

1. - Yesterday I (have) a terrible day. -What (happen)!

- First I (fail) a test, or at least I think I did. Then I (drop) my books while I (walk) across the campus and they (fall) into a mud puddle. And finally my bike (steal).

- Oh, poor you!

2. Tom (want) to be a lawyer when he (grow) up.

3 Yesterday at a cafe, I (see) Judy, an old friend of mine.

At first, I (not/recognize) her because she (lose) at least

fifty pounds. 4. What? He got married again? At this rate, he (have) a dozen wives by the time he (die).