5. Choose the most appropriate variant

1. Waiter, could you bring me my account/bill/addition please?

2. It's a very popular restaurant - we should apply for/book/keep a table.

3. If you're hungry, why not ask for a large dish/plate/portion?

4. This fish is not what I called/commanded/ordered.

5. This dish/plate/serving is a speciality of our restaurant.

6. Have you decided what to have for your main course/food/helping?

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Legendary Stepping Stones

During the first half of the 19th century, the origin of Ireland's legendary Stepping Stones, an impressive series of regularly shaped stone columns, became the centre of a furious geological debate. On the one side were Vulcanites who believed that volcanoes were as old as the Earth and the basalt columns had been formed from volcanic lava. On the other side were the Neptunites who stated that volcanoes were geologically recent phenomena, and that the basalt rocks, because they were old, must have been formed by the minerals from sea water. The Vulcanites won the argument, and today geologists of reputation consider Stepping Stones to be volcanic in origin.

Stepping Stones are on the Northern coast of Ireland, some 80km northwest of Belfast, the country's capital. The columns spread along 275m of coast and reach as far as 150m into the sea. Most of the columns stand no higher than 6m, although some, such as the Giant's Organ (so named because of its resemblance to a church organ), reach some 12m. Many of the ancient columns lie broken on the beach, while others have been swallowed by the sea or buried in the ground.

Each individual column, shaped into a regular polygon, measures between 38cm and 50 cm across. Most are six-sided, while others may have four, five or as many as ten faces. When viewed from above, Stepping Stones resemble a street with regular paving stones - the columns fit together so exactly that it is difficult to insert a knife blade between them.

The flat-topped Isle of Staffa, lying 120km to the north of Stepping Stones, is also famous for its six-sided columns which encircle the island. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook on his 1768 voyage of exploration to the South Seas, brought the island to the public's attention in 1772. 'Compared to this,' he exclaimed, 'what are the cathedrals or the places built by man ... mere models or playthings.

A huge gothic cave penetrating some 60m into the island was named Fingal's Cave by Sir Joseph Banks after the legendary giant, Finn Gall. At low tide, the cave roof is about 18m above the water. At high tide, or during Atlantic storms, the water forced into the cave compresses the air and generates a rhythmic 'singing' sound. The young German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), who visited the Isle of Staffa in 1829, was so impressed by this sound he created his Fingal's Cave overturn the following year.

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Answer the questions to text.

1. According to the defeated geological theory,

1) basalt columns were as old as the Earth

2) basalt columns were as old as volcanoes

3) volcanoes were older than basalt rocks

4) volcanoes were younger than basalt rocks

2. Most columns do not

1) resemble huge ordinary stones

2) have 6 faces

3) reach 6m height

4) resemble regular polygons

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3. The Islе of Staffa is located

1) about 200krn to the south of Belfast

2) a little over 100km to the north of Stepping Stones

3) less than 80km southeast of Belfast

4) over 120km northeast of Belfast

4. The Isle of Staffa was brought to the public's attention

1) during the first half of the 19th century

2) in the early 18th century

3) in the late 18th century

4) in 1829

5. Which of the following is not true?

1) Neptunites proved to be right in their argument with the Vulcanites

2) The Isle of Staffa is said to be surrounded by six-sided columns

3) Sir Joseph Banks compares regularly shaped columns to Gothic cathedrals

4) Felix Mendelssohn was impressed by the singing sound made by tidal waters in

Fingal's cave

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1. At first he enjoyed the job. But after _____ days getting up at six did not seem _____ good idea.

1) several, so

2) a few, such a

3) few, very

4) a little, to be a

2. A lady came into the room. She was wearing a dark coat and was carrying a _____ bag.

1) small, black leather, shiny

2) small, shiny, black leather

) small, shiny, leather, black

4) black leather, small, shiny

3. The woman carried a basket full of _____ pears.

1) wonderful huge golden

2) huge golden wonderful

3) golden wonderful huge

4) huge wonderful golden

4. There is a _____ poem about an animal who had no tail and then got one and was very proud _____ it.

1) fascinated, of

2) fascination, from

3) fascinatingly, with

4) fascinating, of

5. He has always been fond of having things difficult. A straightforward case is never _____ for him.

1) good enough

2) enough good

3) well

4) too better

6. He thought how cruel it was to whip _____ little boy.

1) such

2) so

3) such a

4) -

7. I don't think he was distinguished at all, except for his kind heart, and his _____ face.

1) funny, good-humoured, round

2) round, funny, good-humoured

3) good-humoured, round, funny

4) funny, round, good-humoured

8. I am _____ tired that I am not fit for anything.

1) such more

2) too

3) so

4) such

9. She wouldn't have been _____ excited and _____ pleased unless money had been concerned.

1) such, such

2) so, so

3) neither, nor

4) enough, enough

10. For _____ details the reader is referred to the end of the book.

1) farther

2) one more

3) further

4) much more

11. _____ you start working _____ you'll finish.

1) The sooner, the quicklier

2) The sooner, the more quickly

3) When sooner, than quicker

4) The sooner, the more quick

12. They have worked ____ on the summer course ____ summer.

1. hardly, this

2. hard enough, last

3. so hardly, in

4. hard, this

13. She looked ____ somehow, ____ attractive in her fur coat, with a hat perched on her dark hair.

1. different, much

2. differently, -

3. different, more

4. quite differently, very

14. ____ wonderful story had ____ been heard before.

1. So, never

2. This, rare

3. Such a, rarely

4. That, ever

15. You've started, it isn't to bother you.

1) hardly, fairly

2) hardly, fair

3) hard, fairly

4) hard, fair

16. Because the first pair didn't fit , he asked for another pair.

1) more proper

2) most properly

3) proper

4) properly