Listen to the passage and answer questions 1-6.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A) Life in Los Angeles
B) Famous actresses of Hollywood
C) Films of Marilyn Monroe
D) Norma Jeane Mortenson
E) Hollywood movies 7.Choose the correct tense formn.
Listen! How beautifully she ... !
2. Choose the correct answer to the question according to A) singing
the passage. B) sings
When did Marilyn Monroe die? C) is singing
A) 1962 D) sing
B) 1963 E) was singing
C) 1926
D) 1948 8. Choose the correct tense forms.
E) 1952 Tim ... TV when his mother ... the room.
A) was watching, had entered
3. Complete the sentence according to the passage B) watched, enters
Marilyn's dream was... C) was watching, enteredX
A) to work in Holywood. D) has watched, has entered
B) to become an actress. E) watches, entered
C) to create movies.
D) to inspire people. 9. Choose the correct tense forms.
E) to move to Hollywood. The children ... with the cat, when
mother ... in.
4. Complete the sentence according to the passage. A) play,come
Marilyn continued to work in Hollywood and ... B) plays,comes
C) played,has came
D) were playing, came
E) were playing,were coming
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5. Write one adjective from the passage that describes the 10. Choose the correct tense forms.
word "style". If she ... hard, she ... good marks.
A) will study, will get
B) would study, got
C) studies, will get
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E) will study, gets
6. Write the correct answer to the question according to the
passage. 11. Choose the correct tense forms.
What was Monroe famous for? She ... French before she ... to Paris.
A) had studied,went
B) studied,had gone
C) has learned,had gone
D) learned,has gone
E) learned, went
12. Choose the correct tense form. 17. Choose the correct tense form.
- What are you doing now? The young man ... at this picture for two years before he
- We ... about our future. decided to show it to anyone.
A) are talk A) worked
B) have talked B) was working
C) will talk C) has been working
D) talk D) had been working
E) are talking E) would work
13. Choose the correct tense form. 18. Choose the correct tense form.
My friends will meet me when I ... at While he ... by her office, he saw her
the airport. near the gate.
A) arrive A) pass
B) arrived B) passes
C) arrives C) was passing
D) have arrived D) had been passed
E) was arriving E) have passed
19. Choose the correct tense form.
14. Choose the correct tense forms. My grandfather ... history at a college ten years ago.
I ... along the street when it ... to rain. A) teaches
1. was walking,began B) will teach
2. has been walking,began C) has taught
3. will walk, will begin D) taught
4. had been walking,began E) is teaching
A) 1,2
B) 1,3 20. Choose the correct tense form.
C) 2,3 We usually ... to the mountains in summer.
D) 1,4 A) are going
E) 2,4 B) go
C) will be going
D) were going
15. Choose the correct tense forms. E) have gone
Togrul ... doing his homework an hour ago and it ... yet.
A) started, hasn't finished 21. Choose the correct tense form.
B) starts, has finished She ... writing letters by two o'clock yesterday.
C) has started, hasn't finished A) has finished
D) started, didn't finish B) finishes
E) start, finished C) had finished
D) will finish
E) is finishing
16. Choose the correct tense form.
We ... a lot and ... to a lot of people. 22. Choose the correct tense form.
A) dance, talked Mrs. Brown ... in the garden when the accident happened.
B) danced, talked A) walks
C) are dancing, talk B) is walking
D) danced, talk C) will walk
E) were dancing, talk D) will be walking
E) was walking
23. Choose the correct tense form. 29. Choose the correct tense form.
We... anything before we went to bed. She ... her first poem by the time she was eight.
A) won't eat A) is publishing
B) hadn't eaten B) has published
C) don't eat C) had published
D) haven't eaten D) publishes
E) aren't eating E) will publish
24. Choose the correct tense forms. 30. Choose the correct tense form.
I ... the tickets if Paula ... with me. We... several additions to the collection recently.
A) hadn't bought, doesn't come A) had made
B) haven't bought, didn't come B) have made
C) didn't buy, wouldn't come C) will make
D) wouldn't buy, didn't come D) are making
E) wouldn't buy, wouldn't come E) were making
25. Choose the correct tense forms. 31. Choose the correct tense form.
We ... lunch before the fire alarm ... . We ... a wonderful time in Italy last summer.
A) had eaten, rings A) had
B) will eat, rang B) will have
C) ate, has rung C) are having
D) have eaten, will ring D) have
E) had eaten, rang E) have had
32. Choose the correct tense form.
26. Choose the correct tense forms. The guard ... the gate at 7 am every day.
When she ... the book, she... it back to me. A) opens
A) has finished, gave B) was opened
B) finished, has given C) has opened
C) finished, gave D) had opened
D) was finishing, has given E) open
E) had finished, will give
33. Choose the correct tense form.
27. Choose the correct tense form. Listen! Mrs. Harris ... in the next room.
When you ... your homework, I'll let you go for a walk. A) sings
A) finished B) is singing
B) were finishing C) has sung
C) will finish D) sang
D) had finished E) was singing
E) finish
34. Choose the correct tense forms.
28. Choose the correct tense form. Steven ... the shop assistant the money, ... his bag full of
They ... to the lecture when the light went off. food and ... away.
A) have listened A) pay, took, went
B) will be listening B) paid, took, had gone
C) were listening C) paid, took, went
D) listen D) will pay, takes, goes
E) are listening E) had paid, took, gone
35. Choose the correct tense forms. 41. Choose the correct variant.
If Alex ... his work in time, we ... Amanda. He ... this letter to Linda if he ... her tomorrow.
A) finish, visited A) will give, will see
B) will finish, shall visit B) gives, see
C) finish, visit C) will give, see
D) finishes, shall visit D) gives, will see
E) finished, have visited E) will give, sees
36. Choose the correct tense forms. 42. Choose the correct variant.
We ... along the forest road for two hours when we ... The mail had just ... when you ... me up.
cottage. A) come, ring
A) had been walking, saw B) came, rang
B) walked, saw C) came, rung
C) had walked, had seen D) come, rang
D) were walking, see E) comne, rung
E) had been walking, see
Read the passage and answer questions 43-50.
37. Choose the correct tense forms.
Where... the last Olympic Games ... place?
A) do, took 1. Croissants are delicious desserts, look crumbly, and
B) will, take smell as sweet butter. Many people think croissants belong
C) did, take to French cuisine, but the reality is different. It is said that
D) had, take originally the receipt came from Austria, while its shape
E) was, take came from the Ottoman Empire.
2. There are different theories about croissants, and one of
38. Choose the line of regular verbs. them dates back to 1683, when Vienna was surrounded by
A) to catch, to burn, to hold the Ottoman army. During that time, the Ottomans began to
B) to fly, to know, to shoot dig a tunnel under the walls leading the city. However, the
C) to hang, to lose, to blow Viennese bakers who worked baking at nights, heard the
D) to devote, to believe, to land sounds of the tunnel digging. They immediately notified the
E) to cost, to win, to bite city guards. After the liberation of Vienna, in order to
memorize, the bakers prepared dough called “kipferl” and
39. Choose the line of irregular verbs. made a croissant in the shape of the moon on the Turkish
A) to raise, to shake to dream flag.
B) to choose, to steal, to wear 3. The croissant was introduced to France in 1770 when
C) to see, to renain, to spoil Marie Antoinette from the Austrian imperial family married
D) to win, to shut, to pollute to a French heir and moved from Vienna to Paris. She loved
E) to occupy, to beat, to lose croissants so much that it was transported to the French
palace. Over time, croissants became favorite taste among
the whole public and all over the world.
40. Choose the correct variant.
I ... a noise outside, so I ... out, but I ... nobody there.
A) heard, looked, saw 43. The passage is mainly about ....
B) heard, looked, didn't saw A) the original receipt of a croissant
C) heard, looked, wasn't see B) how to bake a delicious croissant
D) heard, looked, didn't see C) delicious dessert types in French cuisine
E) didn't hear, didn't look, saw D) a croissant and different theories about it
E) how kipferl" dough was made in the past
44. Choose the correct statement according to the passage. 49. Complete the sentence by changing at least 2 words
A) The Otoman bakers prepared dough called "kipferl". according to the passage.
B) In 1683, Vienna was liberated from the Ottoman army. Over time, croissants became ....
C) The croissant was introduced to France by a French heir.
D) The bakers heard the sounds of the tunnel digging at
night.
E) It is said that originally the receipt of croissant came __________________________________
from France.
50. Answer the question by expressing your opinion. Write
45. Choose the correct answer to the question according to at least three sentences.
the passage. What is your favourite dessert?
What did the bakers do in order to memorize the liberation
of Vienna? __________________________________
A) The bakers hung their flags on the top of the bakery's.
B) The bakers changed the ingredients of the "kipferl"
dough.
C) The bakers made croissants and shared them to the
villagers.
D) The bakers made a croissant in the shape of the flag of
Vienna.
E) The bakers made a croissant in the shape of the moon on
the Turkish flag.
46. Choose the correct variant to complete the sentence
according to the passage.
The croissant was introduced to France in 1770 when
1, Marie Antoinette married to a French heir
2. Paris was surrounded by the Ottoman army
3. Marie Antoinette moved from Vienna to Paris
4. Austrian imperial family members moved to live in
France
A) 2, 4
B) 1, 2
C) 1, 4
D) 2, 3
E) 1, 3
47. Write the opposite meaning of the word “occupation"
from paragraph 2.
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48. Which word from paragraph 2 best fits the definition “to
learn something carefully so
that you can remember it exactly"?
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