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1 Listen to a university lecturer talking about a famous American writer. Choose the correct answers: a, b
or c. Fill in your answers in the squares after each question. (8 points max.)
1. The lecturer is going to talk about …
a detective stories.
b Raymond Chandler.
c Ernest Hemingway.
Answer:
2. Raymond Chandler was born in …
a 1808. b 1880. c 1888.
Answer:
3. His family moved to …
a England.
b Chicago.
c France.
4. In 1912 he …
a became a British citizen.
b returned to America.
c joined the Canadian army.
Answer:
5. In World War I he was …
a a pilot. b a journalist. c a soldier.
Answer:
6. After World War I Chandler lived in …
a Canada.
b California.
c Britain.
Answer:
7. His first book was called …
a The Big Sleep.
b The Black Mask.
c Philip Marlowe.
Answer:
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8. He finished … in his life.
a eight books
b six books
c seven books
Answer:
2 Complete the text. Use the words in brackets in the right form. (9 points max.)
When I was young, I used to live in a small village. There 1
(be) a school in the
village, so I went to a school in a town about 5 km away. I 2
(not, like) the school
because the 3
(child) were unfriendly, but I had many friends in the village.
Then, in 2014 we 4
(move) from the village to another town. It was very sad. I had to
tidy up everything before moving. When I 5
(put) my things into boxes, I started crying.
When the men came to take everything to our new house, I 6
(sit) in my room,
crying again. I thought then it was the 7
(bad) day in my life. However, it turned out
that it was a change for the 8
(good). I still think about the old house and the village, but
I’m happy now. I keep in touch with my village friends and I 9
(make) a lot of
new friends in my town.
3 Read the text in exercise 2 again, find and write out 2 phrasal verbs. (2 points max.)
1.
2.
4 Complete the sentences with the right adjectives. (6 points max.)
1. It is a large house with a lot of space. It’s a very house.
2. This nice small room is comfortable and warm. It’s very even in winter.
3. This kitchen was designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods. It’s a
kitchen.
4. I don’t like this house, it’s unpleasant to look at. It looks !
5. But it costs a lot of money! It’s an house.
6. What a room! It’s extremely small, but I like it.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronoun. (5 points max.)
1. This is the singer won The Voice contest last year.
2. That is the park we went jogging.
3. This is the writer book you have just read.
4. This is the book was recommended by the teacher yesterday.
5. This is the hotel we stayed last year.
b. Does Mrs Smith spend her weekends gardening?
2. a. Harry doesn't prefer to travel by air.
b. Does Harry prefer to travel by air?
3. a. I don't do a lot of travelling.
b. Do I do a lot of travelling?
4. a. They don't wish to speak to you.
b. Do they wish to speak to you?
5. a. The children don't like sweets.
b. Do the children like sweets?
6. a. Tom doesn't enjoy driving at night.
b. Does Tom enjoy driving at night?
7. a. They don't sell fresh grape juice here.
b. Do they sell fresh grape juice here?
8. a. My brother doesn't smoke a lot.
b. Does my brother smoke a lot?
9. a. I don't brush my teeth every night.
b. Do I brush my teeth every night?
10. a. The boys don't hurry home after school.
b. Do the boys hurry home after school?
11. a. The taxes don't rise every year.
b. Do the taxes rise every year?
12. a. I don't use a computer in my work.
b. Do I use a computer in my work?
13. a. Mart doesn't work hard at her pronunciation.
b. Does Mart work hard at her pronunciation?
14. a. Betty doesn't go out with someone every Saturday.
b. Does Betty go out with someone every Saturday?
15. a. Nick doesn't like porriage.
b. Does Nick like porriage?
16. a. My working day doesn't last eight hours.
b. Does my working day last eight hours?
2. the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the School of Architecture.
3. Whereas colleges within a university teach all subjects, and schools – a group of subjects, these institutes specialize more narrowly, and are often more occupied with research than teaching undergraduates.
4. Most of the redbrick universities founded in the nineteenth century are scattered throughout the country and are to be found in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and some others.
5. The redbrick universities organize their academic work in a va-riety of ways. Subjects are taught in individual departments which are in turn grouped into faculties covering the main subject grouping, like arts, science, engineering, social science.
6. The “new universities” were all founded after the Second World War. They are Keele Uni-versity (in Staffordshire), the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick, York.