RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 1

HIGHER THAN THE CLOUDS

The world’s tallest building opened in January 2010. It is Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, and it is 828 metres high. It took six years to build. The tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 square metres of space for offices and flats. It has the fastest lift (64 km/h), the highest mosque (on the 158th floor), and the highest swimming pool (on the 76th floor).

Burj Khalifa is taller than Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which was the world's tallest building at 508 metres. The Burj Khalifa tower can be seen 95 kilometres away. Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the developer of Burj Khalifa, said that there were a lot of problems with the design. The most difficult parts weren't because of the height but because of the winds', he told journalists. The top of the building moves 1.5 metres in high winds.

1. Match the word “tower” with its definition.

A) a strong construction

B) to design something

C) a tall, narrow building

D) an empty area

E) a place for swimming

2. Complete the sentence. The most difficult part in building Burj Khalifa was …

A) it’s cost.

B) the swimming pool.

C) to find a good architect.

D) the mosque.

E) the wind.

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) Burj Khalifa took six to build years.

B) took Burj Khalifa six to years build.

C) Burj Khalifa took six years to build.

D) to build Burj Khalifa took six years.

E) six years to build Burj Khalifa took.

4. What is TRUE?

A) Taipei is as tall as Burj Khalifa.

B) Burj Khalifa is shorter than Taipei

C) Burj Khalifa is as tall as Taipei.

D) Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in Taiwan.

E) Taipei is shorter than Burj Khalifa

5. This text is mostly about...

A) how to build towers.

B) the tallest building in the world.

C) Mohamed Ali Alabbar’s works

D) The tallest building in Taiwan.

E) The tallest building in Taipei.

6 Choose the correct variant. She ___ a lot of sport every day.

A) do

B) does

C) doing

D) to do

E) doesn’t doing

7 Choose the correct variant. When he was 15, he ___ his own computer company.

A) began

B) begin

C) begins

D) is beginning

E) to begin

8 Choose the correct variant. The older children _____ a story today.

A) isn’t reading

B) has not read

C) have not reading

D) are reading

E) does not read

9 Choose the correct variant. In Sweden, people dress _______.

A) good

B) fashionably

C) hard

D) really

E) early

10 Choose the correct variant: He doesn’t eat _____fast food.

A) any

B) some

C) no

D) nothing

E) anything

11 Choose the correct variant. Everest is the ______mountain in the world.

A) high

B) highest

C) the highest

D) higher

E) as high as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: He saw (his neighbor) at the party.

A) they

B) he

C) them

D) us

E) him

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) book

B) magazines

C) yoghurt

D) raspberries

E) sugar

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Peter doesn’t study art at college.

B) Does Peter study art at college?

C) Study Peter doesn’t at art college.

D) College Peter study art at doesn’t.

E) Art Peter doesn’t college at study.

15 Choose the correct words: How much _____do you need?

A) juice

B) oranges

C) potatoes

D) pencils

E) sugar

16. Choose the wrong words

A) night

B) morning

C) afternoon

D) polite

E) dry

17. Choose the correct answers. He went to a clothes shop and bought some_____.

A) T-shirts

B) ties

C) newspapers

D) books

E) batteries

18. Continue the list: cloudy, rainy, windy, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What did you do last Monday?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word: _______ quickly

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 2

BELINDA AND LUCAS

Belinda and Lucas live in Oxford. They are married, but they like different things. Last Saturday they went to London. In the morning they went on a tourist bus. They saw a lot of interesting and famous places. They went to an Italian restaurant for lunch. Belinda said the lunch wasn’t good. Lucas said it was excellent. In the afternoon they went to the National Gallery. Lucas saw a lot of beautiful paintings. Belinda bought some nice postcards in the shop.

Then they went shopping in Oxford Street. Lucas bought a new CD player and Belinda bought some books. The CD player was very expensive. The books were very cheap. In the evening they went to the theatre. Lucas said it wasn’t very good. Belinda said it was excellent. They went home on the 11 p.m. train. Lucas and Belinda both said it was a lovely day!

1. Match the word “famous” with its definition.

A) Unknown

B) Widely known

C) Never known

D) Wonderful

E) Understanding

2. Complete the sentence. Belinda bought…

A) some food for dinner in the shop

B) any nice paintings in the gallery

C) something in the chemist’s

D) some nice postcards in the shop

E) nothing

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) CD player expensive was very The.

B) The expensive player very was CD.

C) CD was The very player expensive.

D) The was player CD expensive very.

E) The CD player was very expensive.

4. What is NOT true?

A) Belinda and Lucas don’t like different things.

B) Belinda and Lucas don’t like the same things.

C) Belinda and Lucas are married.

D) Belinda and Lucas buy things they like.

E) Belinda and Lucas sometimes go out together.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) Oxford

B) the National Gallery

C) One day of Belinda and Lucas

D) Shopping together

E) Having lunch together

6 Choose the correct variant. My friend ___ at university, too.

A) study

B) studying

C) to study

D) studies

E) studys

7 Choose the correct variant. I ___shopping yesterday.

A) went

B) go

C) goes

D) is going

E) to go

8 Choose the correct variant. The other teacher, John, _____ the older children.

A) has not teaching

B) are not teaching

C) am not teaching

D) do not teach

E) is teaching

9 Choose the correct variant. Everybody says that she sings _______ .

A) good

B) badly

C) late

D) hard

E) really

10 Choose the correct variant: I’d like _____ice in my water, please.

A) some

B) any

C) somebody

D) something

E) anything

11 Choose the correct variant. It’s the ______film in the world.

A) bad

B) as bad as

C) worst

D) worse

E) not so bad as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: He saw (his friends) at the cinema.

A) they

B) he

C) them

D) us

E) him

13 Choose the plural nouns

A) coffee

B) people

C) banana

D) ham

E) carrots

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Work doesn’t Sandra school at.

B) Sandra doesn’t work at school.

C) Doesn’t Sandra at school work?

D) Does Sandra work at school?

E) Sandra at school work doesn’t.

15 Choose the correct words: How much _____do you usually get?

A) tasks

B) homework

C) emails

D) questions

E) information

16. Choose the wrong words

A) towel

B) shower

C) concert

D) water

E) question

17. Choose the correct answers. I ___________ an ice-cream.

A) like

B) want

C) hate

D) would like

E) love

18. Continue the list: get up, have a shower, have dinner, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What was the weather like yesterday?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word: a bored ______

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 3

THE BEATLES: END OF CONCERTS

The Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 because the audience made so much noise that nobody could hear the music. But they continued to record songs, and in 1967 they made the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road. John Lennon married the artist, Yoko Ono, in 1969, and in 1970 The Beatles broke up.

John and Yoko moved to New York. John wrote and sang his most famous song 'Imagine' in 1971. In 1980 he recorded a new album, Double Fantasy. He was killed a month later. An American, Mark Chapman, shot him outside his New York apartment near Central Park. Two days before his murder John Lennon told an interviewer, 'I feel safe in New York. I can go anywhere. It's my home.’

1. Match the word “to record” with its definition.

A) to enjoy something

B) to remember a fact

C) to create something

D) to store music

E) a piece of music

2. Complete the sentence.He died …

A) in 1971.

B) because Mark Chapman shot him.

C) because he couldn’t write music any more.

D) because Yoko Ono left him.

E) in 1970.

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) The Abbey Road last album they together was recorded.

B) they recorded together was Abbey Road The last album.

C) The last Abbey Road album together they recorded was.

D) The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road.

E) The last album together they recorded was Abbey Road.

4. What is TRUE?

A) John Lennon married his doctor.

B) John Lennon never married.

C) John Lennon married the artist.

D) John Lennon married the waitress.

E) John Lennon married the dancer.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) How to become a famous musician

B) The end of a legendary band

C) John Lennon’s personal life

D) John Lennon’s childhood

E) the album “Double Fantasy”

6 Choose the correct variant. My brother___ at home because he has a computer.

A) work

B) works

C) do work

D) don’t work

E) working

7 Choose the correct variant. Yesterday she ___ at home.

A) stay

B) stays

C) stayed

D) to stay

E) staying

8 Choose the correct variant. Renee ______ in Africa now.

A) are working

B) am working

C) has working

D) have worked

E) is working

9 Choose the correct variant. I love all ice cream, but _____ vanilla ice cream.

A) enough

B) especially

C) quite

D) nearly

E) later

10 Choose the correct variant. Can I have _________________chips with my steak?

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. My coffee is very weak. Can I have a ________one?

A) strong

B) as strong as

C) strongest

D) stronger

E) the strongest

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: My friend is going to write a letter to (his mother) today.

A) me

B) she

C) him

D) it

E) her

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) jeans

B) feet

C) book

D) student

E) chicken

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Works never he late.

B) Late never works he.

C) Never he late works.

D) He never works late.

E) He doesn’t work late.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ____ do we need?

A) potatoes

B) onions

C) milk

D) tomatoes

E) chocolate

16. Choose the wrong words

A) easy

B) street

C) traffic lights

D) difficult

E) bus stop

17. Choose the correct answers. They're going to Scotland, but not by______.

A) armchair

B) car

C) train

D) hotel

E) town

18. Continue the list: square, street, traffic lights, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. How many days are there in February?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) lovely _____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 4

THE BEATLES: END OF CONCERTS

The Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 because the audience made so much noise that nobody could hear the music. But they continued to record songs, and in 1967 they made the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road. John Lennon married the artist, Yoko Ono, in 1969, and in 1970 The Beatles broke up.

John and Yoko moved to New York. John wrote and sang his most famous song 'Imagine' in 1971. In 1980 he recorded a new album, Double Fantasy. He was killed a month later. An American, Mark Chapman, shot him outside his New York apartment near Central Park. Two days before his murder John Lennon told an interviewer, 'I feel safe in New York. I can go anywhere. It's my home.’

1. Match the word “to record” with its definition.

A) to enjoy something

B) to remember a fact

C) to create something

D) to store music

E) a piece of music

2. Complete the sentence.He died …

A) in 1971.

B) because Mark Chapman shot him.

C) because he couldn’t write music any more.

D) because Yoko Ono left him.

E) in 1970.

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) The Abbey Road last album they together was recorded.

B) they recorded together was Abbey Road The last album.

C) The last Abbey Road album together they recorded was.

D) The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road.

E) The last album together they recorded was Abbey Road.

4. What is TRUE?

A) John Lennon married his doctor.

B) John Lennon never married.

C) John Lennon married the artist.

D) John Lennon married the waitress.

E) John Lennon married the dancer.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) How to become a famous musician

B) The end of a legendary band

C) John Lennon’s personal life

D) John Lennon’s childhood

E) the album “Double Fantasy”

6 Choose the correct variant. My brother___ at home because he has a computer.

A) work

B) works

C) do work

D) don’t work

E) working

7 Choose the correct variant. Yesterday she ___ at home.

A) stay

B) stays

C) stayed

D) to stay

E) staying

8 Choose the correct variant. Renee ______ in Africa now.

A) are working

B) am working

C) has working

D) have worked

E) is working

9 Choose the correct variant. I love all ice cream, but _____ vanilla ice cream.

A) enough

B) especially

C) quite

D) nearly

E) later

10 Choose the correct variant. Can I have _________________chips with my steak?

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. My coffee is very weak. Can I have a ________one?

A) strong

B) as strong as

C) strongest

D) stronger

E) the strongest

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: My friend is going to write a letter to (his mother) today.

A) me

B) she

C) him

D) it

E) her

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) jeans

B) feet

C) book

D) student

E) chicken

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Works never he late.

B) Late never works he.

C) Never he late works.

D) He never works late.

E) He doesn’t work late.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ____ do we need?

A) potatoes

B) onions

C) milk

D) tomatoes

E) chocolate

16. Choose the wrong words

A) easy

B) street

C) traffic lights

D) difficult

E) bus stop

17. Choose the correct answers. They're going to Scotland, but not by______.

A) armchair

B) car

C) train

D) hotel

E) town

18. Continue the list: square, street, traffic lights, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. How many days are there in February?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) lovely _____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 5

ROME AROUND THE YEAR 100 AD

Poor people lived in blocks of flats sometimes more than three stories high. These flats had no heating, and no running water, so they were not very comfortable. Each flat only had one room. The typical home for wealthier people was the town house. These houses usually had a courtyard, as well as bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and a kitchen. The wealthiest people even had baths or libraries in their houses.

Romans usually ate three times a day. They had a very small breakfast, sometimes only a slice of bread with milk or wine. They had a small lunch. The most important meal of the day was dinner. Many poor people only had bread with some vegetables. Rich people often had dinner parties with three-course meals. They had meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and sweet desserts. They made their desserts with honey because there was no sugar in those days. They drank wine with water. But everybody in Rome, both rich and poor, used their hands to eat.

1. Match the word “dessert” with its definition.

A) a sandwich

B) a slice of bread

C) sweet food

D) a small lunch

E) some vegetables

2. Rich people lived in:

A) blocks of flats

B) one room flats

C) town houses

D) courtyards

E) libraries

3. People used .... to eat.

A) forks

B) spoons

C) knives

D) bread

E) hands

4. What is TRUE?

A) Blocks of flats had no running water.

B) Blocks of flats had baths

C) Blocks of flats had heating.

D) Blocks of flats had a courtyard.

E) Blocks of flats were comfortable.

5. The text is mostly about...

A) Eating habits in Rome

B) Places to live in Rome

C) Rich people in Rome

D) Poor people in Rome

E) How people lived in Rome

6 Choose the correct variant. She ___ the children to school.

A) takes

B) take

C) to take

D) do take

E) taking

7 Choose the correct variant. Yesterday she ___a meal.

A) cook

B) cooked

C) cooks

D) to cook

E) cooking

8 Choose the correct variant. Today George _____ the younger children some English.

A) teaching

B) is teaching

C) was teaching

D) has teaching

E) are teaching

9 Choose the correct variant. Please listen _______ to what I’m saying.

A) late

B) early

C) especially

D) carefully

E) fluently

10 Choose the correct variant: There isn’t _______food in the fridge.

A) some

B) something

C) any

D) anything

E) no

11 Choose the correct variant. My TV’s ________than yours.

A) big

B) as big as

C) biggest

D) bigger

E) the biggest

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: I met (my friend) at the station.

A) they

B) them

C) he

D) she

E) her

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) eggs

B) bank

C) parents

D) cheese

E) food

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Usually he to goes by bus work.

B) He usually goes to work by bus.

C) Work by bus he usually to goes.

D) How does he usually go to work?

E) Bus goes to he usually work by.

15 Choose the correct words: How many ______do you need?

A) water

B) lemons

C) milk

D) apples

E) bread

16. Choose the wrong words

A) hair

B) long

C) accountant

D) pilot

E) lawyer

17. Choose the correct answers. _____________are vegetables.

A) Apples, oranges and bananas

B) Potatoes and carrots

C) Onions and tomatoes

D) Eggs and biscuits

E) Strawberries and crisps

18. Continue the list: architect, nurse, accountant, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What time is it?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) windy ______

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 6

THE EUROSTAR TRAIN DRIVER

Brian Law is a train driver for Eurostar. He drives high speed trains in England and in Europe. Brian works four days a week. Sometimes he's free at the weekend, but usually he works on Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday are very busy days for Eurostar because everybody wants to go on holiday or go home for the weekend.

Eurostar runs every day (but it doesn't run on Christmas Day). The first train to Paris leaves London at 5.25 in the morning, so Brian starts work at 4.30. In one day he does two or three journeys between London and Paris. He finishes work at 12.00 noon. Sometimes he starts late - at 4.00 p.m. - and works until 11 .30 at night. Sometimes he doesn't go home at the end of the day, he stays in Paris.

1. Match the word “journey” with its definition.

A) talking about something

B) a place where people live

C) travelling from one place to another

D) a kind of transport

E) the city in Europe

2. Complete the sentence.He never works …

A) on Christmas

B) on Saturdays

C) on Fridays

D) on Mondays

E) on weekdays

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) he doesn't of the Sometimes end go home at the day.

B) at the end of he doesn't go the day home Sometimes.

C) Sometimes he doesn't go home at the end of the day.

D) he doesn't Sometimes go end of the day home at the.

E) he doesn't go home at Sometimes the end of the day.

4. What is TRUE?

A) He never drives high speed trains.

B) The first train to Paris leaves London at 5.25.

C) Brian Law lives in Paris.

D) Sometimes his train runs on Christmas Day.

E) There are very few passengers on Eurostar on Fridays and Saturdays.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) a high speed train

B) Christmas in London

C) Brian Law’s family

D) transport system between London and Paris.

E) Brian Law’s work

6 Choose the correct variant. She ____ a lot.

A) reads

B) read

C) reading

D) do reads

E) do read

7 Choose the correct variant. I ___ TV yesterday.

A) watched

B) is watching

C) watching

D) watches

E) watch

8 Choose the correct variant. My sister is not studying, she ___to music.

A) is listening

B) listen

C) are listening

D) does listen

E) listens

9 Choose the correct variant. Can I open the window? It’s ____ hot here.

A) especially

B) carefully

C) hard

D) later

E) really

10 Choose the correct variant: Would you like _____________ coffee?

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. He isn't very clever. His sister is much ____ _

A) clever

B) cleverer

C) cleverest

D) the cleverest

E) as clever as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: Tell (Max) what has happened.

A) me

B) you

C) him

D) her

E) it

13 Choose the plural nouns

A) friends

B) women

C) box

D) house

E) country

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Go I sometimes to the cinema.

B) I go to the cinema sometimes.

C) Do they sometimes go to the cinema?

D) I sometimes go to the cinema.

E) I to sometimes cinema the go.

15 Choose the correct words: How many ____ do we need?

A) bread

B) yoghurt

C) eggs

D) bread

E) oranges

16. Choose the wrong words

A) aspirin

B) post office

C) bridge

D) chemist's

E) plasters

17. Choose the correct answers. This exercise is too _________.

A) cheap

B) difficult

C) expensive

D) easy

E) polite

18. Continue the list: cinema, post office, theatre, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. When is your birthday?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word: to take _____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 7

JOHN LENNON (1940-1980)

John Lennon was one of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney he wrote some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. John Lennon had an unhappy childhood. His father left home when he was five. His mother couldn't bring him up, so John lived with his aunt Mimi until he was 19. When he was 17, his mother died in a car crash. He went to Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. He met George Harrison and Paul McCartney, and in 1960 they started a band called The Beatles. The Beatles recorded their first single 'Love Me Do' in 1962. They became famous in 1963, when they played more than 200 concerts. In 1964 they went to the United States for the first time and played on American television.

1. Answer the question. Why did John live with his aunt Mimi?

A) Because he wrote some great songs

B) Because his father died in a car crash.

C) Because he met George Harrison.

D) Because his mother couldn’t bring him up

E) Because they started a new band.

2. Complete the sentence. He didn’t …

A) live with his mother.

B) loose his mother in a car crash

C) know Paul McCartney

D) study in Liverpool

E) become famous in 1963

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) Mimi lived with John his aunt until he was 19

B) John he was 19 lived with his until aunt Mimi

C) John lived with his aunt Mimi until he was 19

D) John until lived he was 19 with his aunt Mimi

E) Mimi John his aunt until he was 19 lived with

4. What is TRUE?

A) John lost his mother when he was 5.

B) John lost his mother when he was 19.

C) John lost his mother when he was 15.

D) John lost his mother when he was 9.

E) John lost his mother when he was 17.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) unhappy childhood

B) famous musician

C) life in the United States

D) High School in Liverpool

E) John’s aunt Mimi

6 Choose the correct variant. He ____ work at 18.00.

A) finish

B) finishes

C) finishing

D) do finish

E) finishs

7 Choose the correct variant. I _____ my job two weeks ago.

A) started

B) start

C) starts

D) starting

E) is starting

8 Choose the correct variant I can’t speak to you now, I ____ the newspaper.

A) is reading

B) reads

C) read

D) am reading

E) have read

9 Choose the correct variant. The plane leaves at 6.00 a.m., so we need to get up _____.

A) early

B) carefully

C) hard

D) well

E) late

10 Choose the correct variant. I didn’t buy ______books at the shop.

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. Your homework is good, but I think you can do ____.

A) good

B) better

C) the best

D) best

E) as good as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: Try to find (the books) quickly.

A) him

B) her

C) it

D) us

E) them

13 Choose the plural nouns

A) parties

B) scissors

C) room

D) child

E) kitchen

14 Choose correct sentences

A) I never drink coffee in the morning.

B) Drink coffee I never in the morning.

C) I don’t drink coffee in the morning.

D) Never drink I coffee in the morning.

E) I never coffee in the drink morning.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ____ do we need?

A) carrots

B) butter

C) oranges

D) apples

E) tea

16. Choose the wrong words

A) journalist

B) husband

C) son

D) niece

E) quarter

17. Choose the correct answers. My coffee isn’t _________.

A) polite

B) hot

C) clever

D) strong

E) hungry

18. Continue the list: father, husband, mother, _____, ______.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What do your parents do?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) cold ...

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 8

THE BEATLES: END OF CONCERTS

The Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 because the audience made so much noise that nobody could hear the music. But they continued to record songs, and in 1967 they made the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road. John Lennon married the artist, Yoko Ono, in 1969, and in 1970 The Beatles broke up.

John and Yoko moved to New York. John wrote and sang his most famous song 'Imagine' in 1971. In 1980 he recorded a new album, Double Fantasy. He was killed a month later. An American, Mark Chapman, shot him outside his New York apartment near Central Park. Two days before his murder John Lennon told an interviewer, 'I feel safe in New York. I can go anywhere. It's my home.’

1. Match the word “to record” with its definition.

A) to enjoy something

B) to remember a fact

C) to create something

D) to store music

E) a piece of music

2. Complete the sentence.He died …

A) in 1971.

B) because Mark Chapman shot him.

C) because he couldn’t write music any more.

D) because Yoko Ono left him.

E) in 1970.

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) The Abbey Road last album they together was recorded.

B) they recorded together was Abbey Road The last album.

C) The last Abbey Road album together they recorded was.

D) The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road.

E) The last album together they recorded was Abbey Road.

4. What is TRUE?

A) John Lennon married his doctor.

B) John Lennon never married.

C) John Lennon married the artist.

D) John Lennon married the waitress.

E) John Lennon married the dancer.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) How to become a famous musician

B) The end of a legendary band

C) John Lennon’s personal life

D) John Lennon’s childhood

E) the album “Double Fantasy”

6 Choose the correct variant. My brother___ at home because he has a computer.

A) work

B) works

C) do work

D) don’t work

E) working

7 Choose the correct variant. Yesterday she ___ at home.

A) stay

B) stays

C) stayed

D) to stay

E) staying

8 Choose the correct variant. Renee ______ in Africa now.

A) are working

B) am working

C) has working

D) have worked

E) is working

9 Choose the correct variant. I love all ice cream, but _____ vanilla ice cream.

A) enough

B) especially

C) quite

D) nearly

E) later

10 Choose the correct variant. Can I have _________________chips with my steak?

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. My coffee is very weak. Can I have a ________one?

A) strong

B) as strong as

C) strongest

D) stronger

E) the strongest

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: My friend is going to write a letter to (his mother) today.

A) me

B) she

C) him

D) it

E) her

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) jeans

B) feet

C) book

D) student

E) chicken

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Works never he late.

B) Late never works he.

C) Never he late works.

D) He never works late.

E) He doesn’t work late.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ____ do we need?

A) potatoes

B) onions

C) milk

D) tomatoes

E) chocolate

16. Choose the wrong words

A) easy

B) street

C) traffic lights

D) difficult

E) bus stop

17. Choose the correct answers. They're going to Scotland, but not by______.

A) armchair

B) car

C) train

D) hotel

E) town

18. Continue the list: square, street, traffic lights, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. How many days are there in February?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) lovely _____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 9

MIRANDA HART: MY PERFECT WEEKEND

I go to bed at 10.00 and sleep for ten hours. On Saturday morning, when I get up at 8.00, I'm very hungry, so I have breakfast in a cafe. After breakfast I do exercises, and then go for a long walk next to the sea. In the afternoon I go out on my boat and have a picnic. I watch birds and enjoy the quiet - just me, the birds, and the sea. In the evening I read. I don't have a TV in the cottage.

On Sunday morning I listen to music then go for a really long walk to a pub, where I have lunch - a real Sunday lunch with a roast and lots of vegetables. I leave the cottage at about 5.00 because I don't like driving in bad traffic. Back in London on Sunday evening I go to the cinema. I like my job, but it's difficult. After a lovely, relaxing weekend I don't really want to go back to work on Monday morning. But it's fine - I work with nice people.

1. Answer the question. Why does she leave the cottage early in the afternoon?

A) Because she enjoys the quiet.

B) Because she works with nice people.

C) Because she wants to go to the cinema.

D) Because she doesn’t have a TV.

E) Because the traffic is heavy.

2. Complete the sentence. She doesn’t …

A) work with nice people.

B) go to the cinema at all.

C) go out in the morning.

D) have TV in the cottage.

E) eat in a pub.

3. Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) my job it’s difficult, but I like.

B) I like my job, but it’s difficult.

C) I my job like, difficult but it’s.

D) my job it’s difficult, I like but.

E) but it’s difficult I like my job.

4. What is TRUE?

A) She goes to the cinema on Saturdays.

B) She likes her job because it isn’t difficult.

C) She walks her dog along the sea in the morning.

D) She reads in the evening.

E) She doesn’t eat vegetables.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) seaside cottage

B) woman’s work

C) woman’s favourite films

D) picnic

E) woman’s weekend

6 Choose the correct variant. Brian _____ £45.000 a year.

A) earn

B) earns

C) do earn

D) does earns

E) earning

7 Choose the correct variant. I ____ very hard last week.

A) works

B) work

C) is working

D) are working

E) worked

8 Choose the correct variant. The today’s party is great! Everybody ____it.

A) are enjoying

B) is enjoying

C) am enjoying

D) enjoy

E) enjoyed

9 Choose the correct variant. I’m scared! You drive too ______! Slow down!

A) early

B) fast

C) hard

D) good

E) late

10 Choose the correct variant. Can I have _____________________ milk, please?

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) anywhere

11 Choose the correct variant. The news is bad, but it could be ___.

A) as bad as

B) the worst

C) worst

D) worse

E) bad

12 Replace the words in brackets with the correct pronoun: She looked at (I and my friend) again.

A) him

B) her

C) it

D) us

E) them

13 Choose the plural nouns

A) water

B) strawberries

C) apple

D) boys

E) uncle

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Sister me my than younger is.

B) My sister is younger than me.

C) Me sister my younger is than.

D) Than sister my younger me is.

E) Is your sister younger than you?

15 Choose the correct words: How many ____ do we need?

A) pasta

B) apple juice

C) sandwiches

D) chocolate

E) eggs

16. Choose the wrong words

A) amazing

B) terrible

C) excellent

D) good

E) awful

17. Choose the correct answers. In ________days are hot and sunny.

A) summer

B) November

C) Friday

D) July

E) winter

18. Continue the list: amazing, great, excellent, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence.

How do you travel to university?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. to work _____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 10

DOROTHY AND EDWARD

Dorothy is 65. Her husband, Edward, is 68. She’s retired. She doesn’t work. Edward is retired, too. Edward usually goes out in the morning and buys the newspaper. He reads it with his breakfast. He has toast and tea. Dorothy often has cereal and coffee. Sometimes Edward watches the news on TV. Dorothy never watches TV in the morning. Edward has a nice garden and sometimes works in the garden.

Dorothy has a lot of hobbies. In the morning she sometimes paints and she sometimes goes to French lessons. Sometimes they watch TV in the afternoon. They like TV game shows. In the evening they have dinner at 7.30 and Dorothy sometimes drinks a glass of wine. Edward never drinks wine, but he sometimes drinks beer. They never eat pizza because they don’t like Italian food. They usually eat English food. They never go out in the evening. They watch TV or play cards.

1. Match the word “morning” with its definition.

A) A morning meal

B) A male spouse

C) A drink from the leaves of a plant

D) An alcoholic drink

E) An early part of a day

2. Complete the sentence. They never go …

A) watch TV in the afternoon

B) eat English food

C) out in the evening

D) work in the garden

E) play cards

3 Choose the sentence with the correct word-order.

A) often coffee cereal has and Dorothy.

B) cereal has Dorothy often and coffee.

C) coffee Dorothy has often cereal and.

D) has cereal and coffee Dorothy often.

E) Dorothy often has cereal and coffee.

4. What is TRUE?

A) Edward, is sixty.

B) Edward, is sixty-five.

C) Edward, is eighty-six.

D) Edward, is sixty-eight.

E) Edward, is fifty-eight.

5. This text is mostly about...

A) Edward’s breakfast

B) Dorothy’s breakfast

C) Edward’s work

D) Dorothy’s work

E) Dorothy and Edward’s life

6 Choose the correct variant. Our mother ___ TV every evening.

A) watch

B) watches

C) do watch

D) don’t watch

E) watching

7 Choose the correct variant. Yesterday she ___ to music.

A) listen

B) listens

C) listened

D) to listen

E) listening

8 Choose the correct variant. The students ______so much noise.

A) has made

B) is making

C) are making

D) have making

E) am making

9 Choose the correct variant. You play golf very ____.

A) really

B) well

C) especially

D) quite

E) fluently

10 Choose the correct variant. _______likes the teacher. He’s really boring.

A) anywhere

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nobody

11 Choose the correct variant. Pete's car is ______than Ann's car.

A) cheap

B) as cheap as

C) cheapest

D) the cheapest

E) cheaper

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: This book is not interesting for (children).

A) she

B) they

C) he

D) them

E) me

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) countries

B) weekend

C) colours

D) theatre

E) bread

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Weather better today than much is yesterday the.

B) Weather much today than better the yesterday is.

C) Yesterday the weather was much better than today.

D) The weather better today than is yesterday much.

E) The weather today is much better than yesterday.

15 Choose the correct words: How many ____ do we need?

A) carrots

B) tea

C) coffee

D) potatoes

E) milk

16. Choose the wrong words

A) country

B) people

C) music

D) song

E) guitar

17. Choose the correct answers. It’s quarter _____ three.

A) half

B) at

C) past

D) to

E) in

18. Continue the list: pretty, handsome, tall, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What was in the sandwich you last had?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word: ________ slowly

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 11

ROCKING AROUND THE USA! (II)

Noburu Hideki and Roku Ito are planning a trip to the US. From New Orleans they’re going to drive north to Memphis, Tennessee, the home of Elvis Presley. They’re going to visit Elvis’s house, Graceland, which has over 600,000 visitors a year - only the White House gets more visitors. ‘I can’t believe we’re going to see Elvis’s house: says Noburu. ‘We’re staying in a hotel, and there’s a 24-hour Elvis movie channel in every room! Isn't that fantastic!’

Then they’re going to listen to live country music in Nashville, but they’re only staying there two days. ‘Roku doesn’t like country and western music much, so we’re moving on to Cleveland, Ohio,’ says Noburu. ‘Did you know that Cleveland is where rock ‘n’ roll got its name? A DJ there named it on his radio show in 1951. Amazing!’ They are finishing their trip in New York because that is where so many musicians love playing. They are hoping to visit a lot of jazz clubs in Harlem and Greenwich Village.

1. Choose the synonym for the word “visitor”

A) driver

B) musician

C) businessman

D) foreigner

E) guest

2. What is TRUE?

A) Noburu and Roku are not going listen to live country music.

B) They don’t have time to visit jazz clubs.

C) Roku doesn't like country music.

D) They don’t know who Elvis Presley was.

E) From New Orleans they're flying to Memphis.

3. Find the definition to the word “trip”

A) a stage of development

B) the result of moving

C) staying in a hotel

D) a place or locality

E) a journey between two points

4. Noburu and Roku are NOT going to visit...

A) the home of Elvis Presley

B) Nashville

C) New Orleans

D) the White House

E) Greenwich Village

5. Why are they finishing their trip in New York?

A) They don’t want to wait for the flight home.

B) New York is a place where many musicians love playing.

C) They hope to live in Greenwich Village

D) They are going to play rock 'n' roll music.

E) New York is the home of Elvis Presley.

6 Choose the correct variant. She ___ dolls from all over the world.

A) collect

B) collects

C) don’t collect

D) do collect

E) collecting

7 Choose the correct variant. I ___ a very interesting film last week.

A) watched

B) watches

C) watch

D) to watch

E) watching

8 Choose the correct variant. Are they busy at the moment? – No, they ______ video games.

A) are playing

B) plays

C) played

D) is playing

E) have playing

9 Choose the correct variant. My father works _____ every day.

A) beautifully

B) good

C) hard

D) really

E) especially

10 Choose the correct variant. I can’t find my keys ____________ .

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) anywhere

11 Choose the correct variant. This jumper is too small. I need a _____one.

A) bigger

B) big

C) biggest

D) the biggest

E) as big as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: He brushed (his hair).

A) him

B) her

C) it

D) us

E) them

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) sister

B) car

C) watches

D) cinema

E) teeth

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Usually for I have toast breakfast.

B) I have breakfast usually for toast.

C) I usually have toast for breakfast.

D) Have toast I for breakfast usually.

E) What do you usually have for breakfast?

15 Choose the correct words: How many ____ do we need?

A) onions

B) milk

C) bread

D) carrots

E) wine

16. Choose the wrong words

A) mirror

B) slow

C) run

D) quiet

E) hard

17. Choose the correct answers. She has _______ for breakfast.

A) a cup of tea and a biscuit

B) some mistakes

C) a chair

D) an omelette

E) a red skirt

18. Continue the list: sofa, bookshelves, chair, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. Where do you go on holiday?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. a (an) _____ exercise

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 12

THE HISTORY OF TEA

British people drink 165 million cups of tea every day. But where did their favourite drink come from? Legend says, the history of tea started in 2737 BC. Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting under a tree. His servant was boiling some water when a leaf fell into the water. Shen Nung decided to try the new drink. He liked it, and so, tea was born! Is the story true? No one really knows. But we know that tea became a popular drink in China in the 7th century – and it became China’s national drink. A writer named Lu Yu wrote an important book about tea in the 8th century which made tea drinking even more popular.

Now tea is popular all over the world – people drink mint tea in North Africa, green tea in China and Japan, rooibos tea in South Africa and maté in South America. Some people drink tea with sugar, others drink it with sugar, honey, lemon or milk, and some people don’t add anything at all to their cup of tea.

1.Tea became China’s national drink in the .... century

A) eighth

B) seventeenth

C) seventieth

D) seventh

E) sixth

2.What is TRUE?

A) Shen Nung was an emperor’s servant

B) Shen Nung was lying under a tree.

C) Shen Nung was boiling water

D) Shen Nung tried the new drink.

C) E) Shen Nung drank boiling water.

3.What kind of tea do people drink in South Africa?

A) mint tea

B) green tea

C) rooibos tea

D) mate

E) black tea

4.Give the synonym to the word “favourite”

A) beloved

B) expensive

C) difficult

D) lovely

E) fashionable

5...... are different kinds of tea.

A) Mint tea and green tea

B) Rooibos tea and leaf

C) Sugar and black tea

D) Honey and rooibos tea

E) Black tea and milk

6 Choose the correct variant. She ___ classes every day.

A) have

B) has

C) doesn’t has

D) to have

E) having

7 Choose the correct variant. I ___ some friends last night.

A) met

B) meet

C) meets

D) to meet

E) is meeting

8 Choose the correct variant. My sister _____, she is watching TV.

A) isn’t studying

B) isn’t study

C) do not study

D) are not studying

E) does not studying

9 Choose the correct variant. Their train arrives ____.

A) late

B) well

C) really

D) hard

E) fluently

10 Choose the correct variant: I met ______friends from school last night.

A) any

B) anybody

C) somebody

D) some

E) anything

11 Choose the correct variant. She’s _________girl I know.

A) the prettiest

B) prettiest

C) pretty

D) prettier

E) as pretty as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: She saw (her cousin) at the party.

A) they

B) he

C) them

D) us

E) her

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) cake

B) night

C) languages

D) brother

E) days

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Oliver doesn’t come from Belgium.

B) Belgium doesn’t from come Oliver.

C) Does Oliver come from Belgium?

D) Doesn’t Oliver from come Belgium.

E) From Oliver doesn’t Belgium come.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ______is there in the fridge?

A) oranges

B) apples

C) drinks

D) butter

E) ice cream

16. Choose the wrong words

A) earn

B) money

C) nephew

D) evening

E) job

17. Choose the correct answers. I work _____.

A) hard

B) outside

C) quick

D) slow

E) quiet

18. Continue the list: chop, fry, boil, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What do you wear when it’s sunny?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (an) expensive ________

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 13

SIMON MURRAY(II)

Simon Murray has been a soldier, businessman, adventurer in his life. Now in his seventies, he is looking for more adventures. Simon began his career in business in Hong Kong. He worked for or ran some of the world’s most successful companies in South East Asia, including Jardine Matheson in the 1970s, Deutsche Bank in the 1990s, and the Vodafone Group PLC.

In 2004, when he was in his sixties, Simon looked for a new challenge. His wife, Jennifer, was the first woman to fly a helicopter solo around the world, and so her suggestion for a challenge came as no surprise. At the age of 63, Simon became the oldest man to walk to the South Pole. Simon lived in Asia for 40 years. Now he and Jennifer live back in England. They have been married for 43 years. Simon says that his marriage has been his longest and greatest achievement. These days their three children are trying to stop their parents from having more adventures, but the couple simply say: ‘We’re not listening!’

1. Find the definition to the word “adventurer”

A) a person who serves in an army;

B) a person engaged in military service

C) trained and armed for war

D) a person who enjoys adventures

E) any human being

2. When did Simon walk to the South Pole?

A) in the 1970s

B) in 2004

C) in the 1990s

D) when he was 43

E) in his seventies

3. What is TRUE?

A) Simon lived in England for 40 years.

B) His wife went back to England.

C) Simon flew a helicopter around the world

D) Simon lives with his wife and their parents.

E) Simon did business in South East Asia

4. Choose the sentence with the correct word order:

A) Simon have been married for Jennifer and 43 years.

B) Simon and Jennifer have been married for 43 years.

C) Simon and Jennifer for 43 years have been married.

D) For 43 years Simon and Jennifer have been married.

E) Simon and Jennifer married have been for 43 years.

5. Find the synonym to the word “achievement”

A) suggestion

B) opinion

C) success

D) marriage

E) couple

6 Choose the correct variant. His wife is a doctor. She ___ a uniform.

A) wears

B) wear

C) doesn’t wears

D) to wear

E) wearing

7 Choose the correct variant. He ___ school at 16.

A) leave

B) left

C) is leaving

D) leaves

E) to leave

8 Choose the correct variant. They are not studying maths today, they ______ physics.

A) are not study

B) is not studying

C) studies

D) studied

E) are studying

9 Choose the correct variant. In Sweden, they decorate their houses _______.

A) good

B) beautifully

C) hard

D) really

E) early

10 Choose the correct variant: There was _____rain last night.

A) some

B) any

C) anybody

D) something

E) somebody

11 Choose the correct variant. The Airbus A380 is the_______ passenger plane in the world.

A) big

B) bigger

C) as big as

D) not so big as

E) biggest

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: He saw (his father) at the airport.

A) they

B) he

C) them

D) us

E) him

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) service

B) petrol

C) letters

D) men

E) factory

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Sister my have doesn’t children two.

B) Children have two sister my doesn’t.

C) Two My children have sister doesn’t.

D) My sister doesn’t have two children.

E) Does your sister have two children?

15 Choose the correct words: How many______ do we need?

A) butter

B) bananas

C) cheese

D) milk

E) apples

16. Choose the wrong words

A) eyes

B) carrots

C) eggs

D) clothes

E) onions

17. Choose the correct answers. This flat is ____ the town centre.

A) above

B) under

C) far from

D) near

E) over

18. Continue the list: potatoes, carrots, broccoli, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence.

What do you wear when it’s cold?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. to wear ____

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 14

ROME 2000 YEARS AGO

2000 years ago Rome was at the centre of the Roman Empire, and its people enjoyed city life. Streets in Rome were always busy, with a lot of people walking to work to do business in the forum, which was the main square of a town or city. People also went shopping, visiting the different shops along the streets. There were also colourful markets, temples, and public baths in the city. Rome had amazing architecture!

In their free time, Romans went to see chariot races and gladiator fights at the amphitheatre. The most famous amphitheatres in the city were the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. People also often visited the theatre. Men played all the roles on stage – even the parts of women. The theatre was free for all Roman citizens! Public baths were also popular – they were like fitness centres or gyms today. Men, women and children all visited the baths. Many baths had restaurants, shops, libraries or museums inside. People could spend a whole day in a bath.

1. The text is mostly about ...

A) public baths

B) city life

C) traffic

D) gladiator fights

E) chariot races

2. You could do your shopping in...

A) public baths

B) theatres

C) amphitheatres

D) temples

E) chariot races

3. What is TRUE?

A) There were no libraries public baths.

B) There were shops in public baths

C) There were fitness centres in public baths

D) There were gyms in public baths.

E) There were no museums in public baths.

4. What did people do in the forum?

A) reading

B) architecture

C) walking

D) business

E) gladiator fights

5. Choose the synonym for the word “busy”

A) free

B) empty

C) full of people

D) expensive

E) cheep

6 Choose the correct variant. My sister ___ a cat.

A) have

B) has

C) doesn’t has

D) to have

E) having

7 Choose the correct variant. I ___to University by car yesterday.

A) come

B) came

C) comes

D) is coming

E) to come

8 Choose the correct variant. The children ________ hats today, it is warm.

A) do not wear

B) does not wear

C) aren’t wearing

D) isn’t wearing

E) haven’t wearing

9 Choose the correct variant. I’m a little tired, but I feel _______ .

A) well

B) slowly

C) fast

D) fluently

E) early

10 Choose the correct variant: Do we have _____eggs? I could make an omelette.

A) something

B) some

C) any

D) anything

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. Tommy’s the _____ student in the class.

A) quiet

B) as quiet as

C) not so quiet as

D) quietest

E) quieter

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: I saw (my friend) at the party.

A) they

B) he

C) them

D) us

E) him

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) children

B) airport

C) cheese

D) women

E) question

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Does Bill speak Japanese?

B) Speak doesn’t Japanese Bill.

C) Bill doesn’t speak Japanese.

D) Doesn’t Japanese speak Bill.

E) Bill speak doesn’t Japanese.

15 Choose the correct words: How much _____do you drink a day?

A) milk

B) cups of tea

C) coffee

D) liters water

E) bottles of water

16. Choose the wrong words

A) listen

B) talk

C) speak

D) page

E) brown

17. Choose the correct answers. He has lunch_____.

A) in the morning

B) in the evening

C) at night

D) with his sister

E) in a cafe

18. Continue the list: skiing, swimming, cooking, _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What do you like doing in your free time?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word: a (an) _______ armchair

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 15

ROCKING AROUND THE USA! (I)

Noburu Hideki and Roku Ito come from Tokyo. They became best friends at school when they discovered they were both crazy about American music. When they were 16 they started going to concerts all over Japan. It was their dream to one day visit America - the home of the music they love. The boys are now 22, and they’re planning a trip to the US. They’re going to travel from one home of jazz to another - from Louisiana in the south to New York in the north.

They’re beginning their trip in New Orleans, where it’s Jazz Fest week. Last year about 400,000 people attended the festival. Noburu and Roku are going to stay in the French Quarter of the city. ‘It’s so exciting,’ says Roku. ‘We’re staying near Bourbon Street. It’s famous for its jazz clubs and nightlife, and it’s only a 30-minute-walk from the festival.

1. What is TRUE?

A) Noburu and Roku know each other 22 years.

B) Noburu and Roku love American music.

C) They're beginning their trip in New York

D) Bourbon Street is in New York

E) It takes 30 minutes to get from Louisiana to New York.

2. Find the definition to the word “trip”

A) a journey between two points

B) a stage of development

C) the result of moving

D) staying in a hotel

E) a place or locality

3. Where does the Jazz Fest take place?

A) in New York

B) in New Orleans

C) in Louisiana

D) in French Quarter

E) in Bourbon Street

4. Find the synonym to the word “famous”

A) exciting

B) natural

C) well-known

D) expensive

E) outdoor

5. Choose the sentence with the correct word order:

A) They both have a music for American passion.

B) American have a passion for they both music.

C) Both music American a passion have for they.

D) A passion have they for both music American.

E) They both have a passion for American music.

6 Choose the correct variant. He ____ work at 18.00.

A) finish

B) finishes

C) finishing

D) do finish

E) finishs

7 Choose the correct variant. I _____ my job two weeks ago.

A) started

B) start

C) starts

D) starting

E) is starting

8 Choose the correct variant I can’t speak to you now, I ____ the newspaper.

A) is reading

B) reads

C) read

D) am reading

E) have read

9 Choose the correct variant. The plane leaves at 6.00 a.m., so we need to get up _____.

A) early

B) carefully

C) hard

D) well

E) late

10 Choose the correct variant. I didn’t buy ______books at the shop.

A) any

B) some

C) anything

D) something

E) nothing

11 Choose the correct variant. Your homework is good, but I think you can do ____.

A) good

B) better

C) the best

D) best

E) as good as

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: Try to find (the books) quickly.

A) him

B) her

C) it

D) us

E) them

13 Choose the plural nouns

A) parties

B) scissors

C) room

D) child

E) kitchen

14 Choose correct sentences

A) I never drink coffee in the morning.

B) Drink coffee I never in the morning.

C) I don’t drink coffee in the morning.

D) Never drink I coffee in the morning.

E) I never coffee in the drink morning.

15 Choose the correct words: How much ____ do we need?

A) carrots

B) butter

C) oranges

D) apples

E) tea

16. Choose the wrong words

A) journalist

B) husband

C) son

D) niece

E) quarter

17. Choose the correct answers. My coffee isn’t _________.

A) polite

B) hot

C) clever

D) strong

E) hungry

18. Continue the list: father, husband, mother, _____, ______.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence. What do your parents do?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. (a) cold ...

RATING TEST 2

VARIANT 16

SIMON MURRAY(I)

Soldier, businessman, adventurer – Simon Murray has been all of these in his life. Now in his seventies, he is looking for more adventures. Simon was born in 1940, in Leicester, England. In the 1950s as a teenager, like many teenagers, he suffered a broken heart. Unlike most teenagers, he dropped out of school and went to join the French Foreign Legion - a special unit of the French Army that allows foreigners to join. In the 1960s he fought in the Algerian war and rose to the rank of Chief Corporal, before leaving in 1965 to go and live in Hong Kong.

In 1978 Murray published a memoir of his years in the French Foreign Legion, called Legionnaire: An Englishman in the French Foreign Legion. In 2002 the memoir was made into a movie called Simon: An English Legionnaire. He worked for or ran some of the world's most successful companies in South East Asia, including Jardine Matheson in the 1970s, Deutsche Bank in the 1990s, and the Vodafone Group PLC.

1. Find the synonym to the word “teenager”

A) foreigner

B) adventurer

C) soldier

D) youngster

E) businessman

2. When did Simon join the French Army?

A) in the 1960s

B) in the 1950s

C) in 1978

D) in 1940

E) in 1965

3. What is TRUE?

A) Simon was a French Foreign Legionnaire.

B) He made a film about the French Foreign Legion.

C) Simon wrote books about his success.

D) Simon is tired of his adventures.

E) Simon did business in Germany.

4. Choose the sentence with the correct word order:

A) Some successful companies worked for Simon in South East Asia

B) Simon worked in some successful companies South East Asia.

C) South East Asia successful companies for Simon worked in some.

D) Simon worked for some successful companies in South East Asia.

E) In Some South East Asia successful companies worked for Simon.

5. Find the definition to the word “rank”

A) the state of being formed

B) a material object

C) something done

D) a position in the armed forces

E) a heroic act

6 Choose the correct variant. She ___ in an Italian restaurant.

A) cooks

B) cook

C) doesn’t cooks

D) to cook

E) cooking

7 Choose the correct variant. When he was 7, he ___ to school in a small village.

A) went

B) go

C) is going

D) goes

E) to go

8 Choose the correct variant. Renee ______ twenty children in her class now.

A) are not teaching

B) am not teaching

C) does not teaches

D) is teaching

E) do not teach

9 Choose the correct variant. In Sweden, they drive _______.

A) carefully

B) beautifully

C) hard

D) really

E) early

10 Choose the correct variant: We don’t need ____money now.

A) some

B) something

C) anybody

D) anything

E) any

11 Choose the correct variant. The Nile is the ______river in the world.

A) longest

B) the longest

C) longer

D) as long as

E) long

12 Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: They saw (their teacher) in the park.

A) they

B) her

C) them

D) us

E) his

13 Choose the plural nouns:

A) brother

B) teeth

C) towns

D) potato

E) student

14 Choose correct sentences

A) Every Lucy go to Greece year doesn’t.

B) Lucy year doesn’t to Greece every go.

C) Does Lucy go to Greece every year?

D) Go Lucy doesn’t to Greece year every.

E) Lucy doesn’t go to Greece every year.

15 Choose the correct words: How many ____are there on the table?

A) books

B) pens

C) water

D) sugar

E) cheese

16. Choose the wrong words

A) famous

B) popular

C) often

D) never

E) always

17. Choose the correct answers. She can cook _____.

A) quite well

B) at all

C) really

D) a bit well

E) a little bit

18. Continue the list: annoyed, excited, tired , _____, _____.

19. Answer the question. Write a full sentence.Where do you live?

20. Write a suitable variant for the word. ________ carefully