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27. 1. In England this is an extremely interesting topic and you must be
good at discussing it.
2. Perhaps, a long time ago when you wanted to describe
someone as unusually dull, you used to say.
3. "He is the kind of person who always discusses the weather
with you".
4. The weather is a very important topic in England.
5. Forget it.
A) 4,1,2,5,3
B) 4,2,3,5,1
C) 4,5,2,1,3
D) 1,2,3,4,5
E) 4,3,2,1,5
28. I. I've been playing for several days now.
II. I'm mad about computer games and can't live without them.
III. Some computer games are very expensive.
IV. I usually play for about two hours a day.
V. That's why I can't buy the ones I want.
A) V,I,IV,III,II
B) II,IV,I,III,V
C) III,V,I,II,IV
D) II,I,III,IV,V
E) I,II,V, IV, III
29. I. We didn't know English and couldn't respond to his question.
II. We took a trolley-bus to the Central Department Store.
III. For the first time in my life I really regretted not having learned
English at school properly.
IV. My friend and I decided to go shopping.
V. In the trolley-bus a foreigner addressed us in good English.
A) I, III, II, VI, V
B) II V, VI, III, I
C) V, I, III, VI, II
D) IV, III, I, II, V
E) IV, II, V, I, III
30. 1. As it was almost a holiday event for the family we were in our
best frocks.
2. You guessed right, the holiday was spoiled.
3. The day on which Daddy took us to the Zoo was a very bright
and lovely Sunday.
4. Suddenly a car pushed past us, splashing us with dirty sprays
of water from the nearest pool.
5. The Zoo being close to our house we walked there.
6. We had been looking forward to go there for the whole week.
A) 1,2,3,4,5,6
B) 6,3,5,1,2,4
C) 5,6,4,2,3,1
D) 4,6,5,3,1,2
E) 3,6,1,5,4,2
31. 1. Mackintosh rubberized his coat and it became waterproof.
2. It often rained in Scotland and he got wet very often.
3. Since that time people began to call rubberized coats
Mackintosh.
4. A lot of people liked it and asked Charles to rubberize their
coats.
5. In 1823 in Scotland there lived a man whose name was Charles
Mackintosh.
A) 5,2,1,4,3
B) 1,2,3,4,5
C) 2,5,1,3,4
D) 3,4,5,1,2
E) 1,4,3,5,2
32. 1. It is situated on a high hill.
2. The Castle is made of stone.
3. Nowadays the Castle serves as a museum.
4. It's people were brave and fought against invaders.
5. Hiffer Castle is in Netherlands.
A) 5,1,2,4,3
B) 1,2,4,3,5
C) 2,1,5,4,3
D) 5,3,2,1,4
E) 4,5,1,3,2
33. 1. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a beautiful city.
2. It's area, with 3 mm people, is 20 thousand square kilometers.
3. And in the East it borders on England.
4. Wales, a part of Great Britain, lies to West of England.
5. Separating England from Ireland, the Irish Sea washes it in the
West.
A) 4,2,5,3,1
B) 1,3,5,2,4
C) 2,3,5,1,4
D) 1,3,2,4,5
E) 4,3,1,5,2
34. 1. The teacher said it was bad to hear that.
2. The boy said that it was his father speaking.
3. He wondered who the speaking man was.
4. Jack Smith didn't want to go to school.
5. He phoned to his teacher and said that Jack Smith wouldn't go
to school for some days.
A) 4,5,1,3,2
B) 1,3,2,5,4
C) 4,1,3,2,5
D) 3,2,1,5,4
E) 2,4,5,1,3
35. 1. Rubber trees grow only in the hottest and dampest countries.
2. These countries are near the equator.
3. Nowadays rubber is used nearly in all branches of industry.
4. Nearly all the world's rubber comes from the forest of America
and West-Africa.
5. Rubber was first used to make rubber balls.
A) 1,2,5,3,4
B) 5,3,2,4,1
C) 1,2,3,4,5
D) 4,3,5,1,2
E) 3,1,4,5,2
36. 1. There was a hole in it.
2. It was last summer.
3. Grandfather repaired the roof the same day.
4. I lived in the country with my grandparents.
5. One day grandfather saw that the roof of the house was not
good.
A) 2,4,5,1,3
B) 4,2,5,3,1
C) 5,1,3,4,2
D) 4,5,2,3,1
E) 1,2,3,4,5
37. 1. He behaved so badly that soon everybody in London knew
him.
2. In 1830 there lived a man whose name was Hooligan.
3. Do you know that Hooligan was an English name?
4. When somebody behaves badly people call him hooligan.
5. Thus when somebody behaves badly people say he is a
hooligan.
A) 4,3,2,1,5
B) 3,2,1,5,4
C) 2,3,4,1,5
D) 1,4,2,5,3
E) 4,3,5,1,2
38. 1. People began to look at him and one of them asked if he had a
handkerchief.
2. The boy said one must have his own handkerchief.
3. He said he had but he couldn't let him have it.
4. Once a boy went to school by bus.
5. He had a bad cold, sniffed all the time.
A) 3,2,1,4,5
B) 4,5,2,3,1
C) 1,2,4,3,5
D) 5,1,3,4,2
E) 4,5,1,2,3
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1. During his school years he took great interest in literature.
2. But having finished school he began to study medicine.
3. The great writer was born in Scotland in a working class family.
4. Later on he worked in a mining region in South Wales.
5. After graduating from the University he started working as a
doctor in Scotland.
A) 1,2,4,5,3
B) 3,1,2,5,4
C) 3,1,5,2,4
D) 3,2,4,5,1
E) 5,3,2,1,4
40. I. Ernest Hemingway, an American journalist, novelist and short
story writer, was born in Illinois.
II. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
III. When the Civil War broke out in Spain in 1936 he actively
supported the Republicans.
IV. After the World War he served as a European correspondent.
V. He entered World War I as a volunteer.
A) I,V,IV,III,II
B) I,III,IV,II,V
C) III,I,IV,II,V
D) IV,IlI,II,I,V
E) I,III,II,V,IV
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41. I. Now the USA consists of 50 states.
II. The 50 stars represent the 50 states.
III. Before America was the colony of some European countries.
IV. The War of Independence freed her from the colonization.
V. The flag of the USA is called "Stars and Stripes".
A) I,II,III,IV,V
B) III,IV,I,V,II
C) IV,III,I,II,V
D) II,III,IV,I,V
E) III,I,II,V,IV
42. I. They called this holiday "Thanksgiving Day."
II. Few people in Europe heard about it.
III. But when they ate it which was presented by Indians they
liked turkey very much.
IV. The turkey was an American bird.
V. Since that day Americans have always had turkeys for this
holiday.
A) IV,II,III,I,V
B) II,III,IV,I,V
C) I,II,III,IV,V
D) II,V,I,IV,III
E) I,II,V,IV,III
43. 1. But like the other passengers, he must put his feet on it.
2. The woman asked the conductor if the dog could have a seat
like the other passengers, if she paid for her dog.
3. One wet day a woman with a dog got on a bus.
4. It was a very big dog and its feet were very dirty.
5. The conductor looked at the dog and then he said, "Certainly,
madam, he could have a seat".
A) 4,1,2,3,5
B) 3,2,5,4,1
C) 3,4,2,5,1
D) 1,5,3,4,2
E) 5,1,4,2,3
44. 1. Each college is governed by a master.
2. Each college has its name and coat of arms.
3. Oxford and Cambridge Universities consist of a number of
colleges.
4. Each college offers teaching in a wide range of subjects.
5. Each college is different, but in many ways they are alike.
A) 1,2,3,4,5
B) 4,1,2,5,3
C) 2,3,1,5,4
D) 3,5,1,4,2
E) 3,5,2,1,4
45. 1. In winter they decided to make a snow maiden and that they
did.
2. Since that day she had become their daughter.
3. They were childless.
4. A miracle happened: the snow maiden breathed once or twice,
opened her eyes and smiled to the old people.
5. There lived an old man and his wife.
A) 3,4,2,5,1
B) 4,5,1,2,8
C) 3,1,4,2,5
D) 3,4,2,5,1
E) 5,3,1,4,2
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