Test 1 (Variant b)
1. Read the text:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
People of the United States regard Abraham Lincoln as one of the greatest leaders in the history of their country.
He was born in 1809 in the American state of Kentucky, in a family of poor farmers. When it was possible, the family sent him to a local school. (1)During whole his life, however, he had less than one year of formal education. Nevertheless, through natural ability, determination, and study at home, he became one of the most learned men in the world of his time.
In 1831, at the age of 22, Lincoln left the family farm to make a life of his own. (2)Success did not come quickly or easily. For a short time he was a soldier. Then he ran for political office and lost. Next he tried business and failed. (3)After his unfortunate experience with business, he decided to study law at home, and he became a successful lawyer.
*In 1834 he ran for political office again. This time he was elected to the legislature of the state Illinois. (4)In 1846 Lincoln first ran for national office as a candidate for the House of Representatives of the USA. He won the election and served in Congress from 1847 to 1849, but his party did not renominated him for the second term. In 1860 the Republican Party chose him as its nominee to the United States Presidency. (5)By that time he was famous because of his position against slavery. He won the election, and was the first President from the young Republican Party. (6)Lincoln became President of the United States at the moment of the nation’s greatest crisis, when national unity was threatened because of divided opinion on the question of slavery between the southern states and the rest of the country. Despite the best efforts of Lincoln to preserve peace, war came: Civil War, the war that nearly destroyed the nation. By the end of his presidency slavery had been abolished forever in the nation.
When peace came on April 9, 1865, a new happier life seemed to have begun for him and for the nation. But for Lincoln that new life did not last long. On April 14, 1865, he was shot by an assassin while sitting in a theatre with his wife. The next day he was dead - only six days after the peace.
His body was sent by train for burial in the state of Illinois. At all hours of the day and night, in all kinds of weather, millions of Americans across the country stood along the rail-road tracks, waiting to pay their last respects to the man who had led them so well and who would live forever in their hearts.
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Translate the marked (*) paragraph of the text above into Russian/Belarusian in writing.
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Translate the following sentences into English using underlined words from the text:
а) Его не избрали на второй срок.
б) Несмотря на самый серьезный кризис депутатам удалось найти решение.
в) Формально рабство в России было отменено в 1861 году.
г) Законодательный орган страны избирается каждые 4 года.
д) Политическая стабильность страны находится под угрозой.
е) Профсоюз выдвинул его кандидатом в законодательное собрание.
ж) Террорист произвел три выстрела, два из которых достигли цели.
4. Put questions to the numbered in the text sentences using prompts:
(1) What ...? Alternative question.
(2) Disjunctive question.
(3) When ...? What ... ?
(4) What office ... ? General question.
(5) Why ...?
(6) When ...?
5. Use Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Past Indefinite or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
1. We can’t go out yet. It (to rain) hard. 2. I (to be) hungry, so I (to buy) something to eat in the shop. 3. Usually she (to get up) rather late, but tomorrow morning she (to get up) very early. Her train (to leave) at 7.30 in the morning. 4. As far as I remember he (to arrive) last Sunday. 5. Look! Somebody (to climb) up the hill! 6. I (to take) shower when you (to phone) me. 7. The football match (to start) at 19.00. 8. I (not/to tell) anybody about it. 9. Tom (not/to shave) this morning because he (not/to have) time. 10. He (to smoke) a lot, about a pack a day. 11. He is still ill but he (to get) better slowly. 12. I (not/to work) this week. I (to be) on holidays. 13. She (not/to be) interested in the book because she (not/to understand) it.
6. Use the verbs can and must in the correct forms:
1 ... you tell me the way to the airport? 2. My English is very bad. I ... have some lessons to write a test. 3. It’s my day off, so I ... get up as early as usual. 4. The boy fell into the river but fortunately we ... rescue him. 5. Children ... be left home alone. 6. ... you really introduce me to him? 7. She ... cook dinner yesterday. 8. He ... do it very well 10 years ago, he ... do it now and he ... do it in ten years, I’m sure. 9. You ... type the report yourself, your secretary ... do it for you. 10. We tried hard but we ... persuade him. 11. You ... touch that switch, it’s dangerous.
7. Insert articles where necessary:
1. … dog is ... animal. 2. My sister plays ... piano beautifully. 3. Tim flies ... aeroplanes. He is ... pilot. 4. ... Radio was invented by Russian engineer Popov. 5. Wait! ... room is not vacant, there are ... students in there. 6. In the morning Bill received ... very serious ... letter from ... boss. Now he is writing ... reply letter. 7. I took ... taxi to ... station. 8. Have you got ... camera? 9. What do you usually have for ... dinner? 10. ... earth goes round ... sun.
8. Use the correct form of the adjectives:
1. I don’t play chess well now. I used to play (good) when I trained (hard). 2. This cloth is (thin) than that blue one. 3. We stayed in (cheap) hotel we could find. 4. Australia is (far) place I have ever reached. 5. This building is (beautiful) building in our town. 6. Let me introduce Mike, my (old) brother. He is (old) in our family now. He is five years (old) than me. 7. The situation was much (bad) than we expected. 8. I think (little) possible time necessary for accomplishing of this task is two hours.