2. Put the right word in each gap:

cheat copy memorize pay lecturer professor revise concentrate graduate divide pass punish coach underline

1. My elder sister is a ………………. student at the HSE.

2. Your mind is wandering! You must……………….. more!

3. Try to …………………… the most important rules.

4. If you ………………. twenty seven by nine, the answer is three.

5. A …………….. is someone who trains a sports team.

6. The teacher saw Jerry trying to ………………… in the test.

7. A ………………. is someone who teaches at a university.

8. It is difficult to …………………… attention in a noisy classroom.

9. Pauline tried her best to ……………… the end of year examinations.

10. Your work is the same as Harry's. Did you ……………….. his work?

11. Our teachers used to ………… us by making us stay behind after school.

12. It's a good idea to ………………. important parts of the book in red.

13. Helen decided to …………………… all her work at the end of every week.

14. The ………………. took no notice of his rude remark.

3. Choose the right variant:

1. Helen's parents were very pleased when they read her school ………….. .

1) report 2 ) papers 3) diploma

2. Edward has a …………………. in French from Leeds University.

1) certificate 2) degree 3) mark

3. My favorite ………………. at school was history.

1) topic 2) theme 3) subject

4. Before you begin the exam paper, always read the ………… carefully.

1)orders 2) instructions 3) rules

5. If you want to pass the examination, you must study ……………… .

1) hardly 2) enough 3) thoroughly

6. Most students have quite a good sense of their own …………… .

1) grasp 2) ability 3)idea

4. Put the right word in each sentence:

1. I can't come this afternoon. I'm ………………. an English exam.

2. I'm afraid that you haven't …………….. any progress.

3. Sue didn't know the answer, so she ……………….. a guess.

4. You all look tired. Let's ……………… a break.

5. This is a good composition, but you have ………….. a lot of errors.

5. Supply the right word starting with the given letter.

1. Charles has a good k___________ of the subject.

2. These children are badly behaved! They need more d_____________.

3. Everyone agrees that a good e__________is important.

4. If you don't know a word, look it up in your d_______________.

5. Maths is easy if you are allowed to use a c_____________.

6. Keith spent four years studying at u___________________.

7. Some apes seem to have as much i______________as humans!

8. I find listening c________________tests rather difficult.

Text a story of stamp

The first United States airmail stamp has had an interesting story. Printed in 1918, this 24-cent stamp with a blue plane inside a rose border became the centre of much attention. One hundred of the stamps sold to the public became known as "in­verts", for the plane was printed upside down. Some of these "upside-down" airmail stamps are now worth over $6,000.

The story of these stamps began on May 14, 1918, the day after they were placed on sale. In Washington, D.C., W. T. Robey, a man interested in stamps, decided to buy a sheet of the new stamps and so went to the New York Avenue branch post office in Washington. When the clerk handed him a sheet of the stamps, Robey noted that they were poorly centred. He looked at other sheets and found that none was well centred. The clerk asked Robey to return later in the day when more stamps were expected.

About noon Robey came back, and the same clerk was on duty. He reached for the new sheets and handed one to Robey. The collector's heart stood still as he saw that the sheet which had been offered him had inverted centres. Excited by his find, Robey shopped other branch post offices for more sheets with inverted centres but found none. Then he told his friends of his discovery, and they, too, looked in the city's post offices - also in vain.

Not being a rich man, Robey decided to cash in on his good fortune. He turned down the first offer of $500 from a Washington stamp shop owner and took the sheet to New York. There he planned to show it to a collector, Colonel E. H. R. Green, as weU as to stamp dealers. Colonel Green was out of the city, and no one else wanted to bid on the sheet for fear that Robey's might not be the only upside-down sheet. As the news of his find spread, many people said that other such sheets had been found. These stories proved to be false.

Robey left New York without having made a sale, and stopped in Philadelphia on the way home. There, dealer Eugene Klein arranged to buy the sheet for $15,000, and finally did buy it. Within a few days, Klein sold the sheet to Colonel Green, the same collector whom Robey had failed to contact in New York. There is a tale that the Colonel was in Texas at the time, and that Klein phoned him there and sold him the sheet, sight unseen, for $20,000!

Of the 100 stamps first bought by Mr. Robey, stamp collectors are now able to account for 90. What has happened to the others is not known. When a copy is offered for sale it is a major event in the stamp world. A single such stamp has been sold for as much as $6,500. Few people have ever even seen a copy. Yet no matter how much this valuable stamp is bought and sold, no owner can match the thrill that W. T. Robey had on that day in 1918 when he made America's luckiest stamp find!

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Answer the questions to text:

1. Which of the following statements is true?

1) Over 100 'inverts' have been found

2) Robey was the only owner of the unique sheet

3) Robey showed his find to Colonel Green in Texas

4) Robey, a rich man from Washington, was interested in stamps

2. The greatest deal was consumed in

1) New York

2) Washington

3) Philadelphia

4) Texas

3. Robey's profit was

1) 24 dollar per stamp

2) less than 15 000 dollars

3) less than Klein's

4) more than 15 000 dollars

4. The stamps were valuable because

1) they were off-centre

2) the invert was not printed in the centre

3) the plane was printed in blue inside a rose

4) the plane was printed "upside-down"

5. Robey sold

1) one hundred stamps in Philadelphia

2) 90 per cent of his stamps in Philadelphia

3) 10 per cent of his stamps in Washington

4) 99 stamps in Philadelphia leaving one for himself

Test

1. Mr. Smith tried to talk to me about the picture, but he was incoherent, and I ______ guess at what he meant.

1. was to

2. must

3) had to

4. ought to

2. "We got lost in the mountains." "You fools - you a map."

1. should take

2) should have taken

3) might take

4) must have taken

3. She very well to have left the party so early.

1) can't have been feeling

2) can't feel

3) shouldn’t have felt

4) must very well

4. Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries a fearsome chaos of warring tribes and

kingdoms.

1. could to have been

2. may be

3) must have been

4) would have been

5. There’s light in their windows. _ they _ from their holiday?

1) Must, have returned

2) Can, have returned

3) Should, have returned

4) Are, have returned

6. We ____ . He arrived ____ half an hour behind the ____time.

1) shouldn’t have hurried, near, appointed

2) mightn’t have hurried, nearly, appointing

3) needn’t have hurried, nearly, appointed

4) mustn’t have hurried, near, appointing

7. What ____ ass I have been! I _____ of that simple fact. Providing he ____ , I’ll tell him everything.

1) an, ought to have been aware, comes

2) the, should have been awaring, comes

3) ___, might be aware, will come

4) an, must have been aware, would come

8. You surprise me very much. Surely you __ be mistaken.

1) may

2) must

3) should

4) need

9. It was impossible to get there. The police __ drivers of thick mist and blowing snow.

1) can have warned

2) might have warned

3) ought have warned

4) must have warned

10. You ___ to prepare the room for our guests. They ____ arrive tomorrow or the day after.

1) have , are

2) are, have to

3) need, may

4) should, ought to

11. Why are you crying? I _____ you about that.

1) need not have told

2) must not have told

3) cannot have told

4) might not have told

12. You ____ to see your sister when she was in trouble. Brother and sister ____ care of each other.

1) might have gone, should take

2) must go, ought to take

3) must have gone, should take

4) could go, ought take

13. They ___ us for all we have done for them.

1) might have thanked

2) must have thanked

3) may thanked

4) can have thanked

14. She guessed she ________ an allergic reaction, but she had no idea what she was reacting to – she’d never had allergies before.

1) ought to have

2) must be having

3) may have been having

4) should have had

15. We never ____ to allow our instincts of justice to degenerate into mere revenge.

1) should

2) are

3) have

4) ought

16. It’s because of Tom that we ____ late. We ___ on an earlier train.

1) could have been, should agree

2) would be, can’t agree

3) may be, ought to have agreed

4) can be, must have agreed

17. Granny evidently _____ us, that’s why we ____ knock loudly before she opened the door.

1. must not have heard, needed to

2. may not hear, were to

3) couldn’t hear, had to

4) might not have heard, should

18. I _____ to the beach. The sea was rough and no one dared ____.

1. needn’t go, swimming

2. can’t have gone, swim

3) needn’t have gone, to swim

4) hadn’t to go, to swim

19. He was a man who ___, but he was ____ a man for love.

1. must be loved, hard

2. should be loved, hard

3) might be loved, hardly

4) may love, harder

20. Until the 19^th century, a married woman ___ hold property in her own name. And, of course, women were not allowed ______.

1. must not, voting

2. was not able, for voting

3) could not, to vote

4) should not, being voted