Self study 5
Task1 Grammar:
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate answer
21. This ______ my friend. ______ name’s Richard.
A) are / His B) is / My C) is / His D) his / His
22. They ______ Lisa and Max. They ______ from the USA.
A) is / is B) are / is C) are / are D) is / is
23. “What is ______ name?” “My name’s Carlos.”
A) his B) her C) your D) my
24. This is my sister. ______ name is Laura.
A) His B) My C) Her D) Its
25. I have ______ brother. ______ name is David
A) an / His B) a / Her C) a / His D) * / His
26. I _____ him three months ago.
A) see B) sees C) saw D) seen
27. We _____ in 1965.
A) met B) meets C) meet D) meeting
28. Princess Diana _____ in 1997.
A) die B) died C) dies D) dye
29. Alice _____ back from America last month.
A) come B) came C) comes D) coming
30. Their son _____ born at 2 o’clock this morning.
A) were B) is C) was D) are
Task 2 Vocabulary:
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide
which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
The best stone in the world
In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone
in southeast London on a __(1)__ at Pedlar’s Acre,south __(2)__ the river. The
family were __(3)__ running a successful factory in the south-west of England.
Within a year of moving __(4)__the capital, George
Coade died, leaving his wife
and daughter to__(5)__ on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected __(6)__
to become the most permanent stone ever made. The
product developed by the
factory’s former __(7)__, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay.
The two women __(8)__
with his recipe, and __(9)__ in creating a new kind of
stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof. The
advantage of Coade
Stone is that while natural stone slowly breaks down and erodes away, Coade
Stone seems to be __(10)__ to survive in all weather conditions for many years.
The
National Gallery, the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace __(11)__
display their original ornaments made of Coade Stone. __(12)__ mother and
daughter were clever businesswomen. They __(13)__ only the top artists of the day
to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.
After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the
factory survived for twenty
years, but in 1840 it __(14)__ closed. With itwent the Coade Stone recipe which
was __(15)__, and has never been rediscovered.
1. A) territory B) place C) ground D) plot
2. A) to B) of C) from D) than
3. A) already B) just C) yet D) however
4. A) at B) in C) to D) on
5. A) go B) carry C) get D) run
6. A) claimed B) had C) was D) would
7. A) landlord B) possessor C) owner D) tenant
8. A) experimented B) tried
C) experienced D) tested
9. A) managed B) succeeded C) achieved D) completed
10. A) capable B) possible C) able D) good
11. A) still B) only C) just D) yet
12. A) Either B) Also C) Each D) Both
13. A) employed B) worked C) staffed D) teamed
14. A) lastly B) at last C) in the end D) finally
15. A) missing B) disappeared C) lost D) left