GLOSSARY. .

1. Learn by heart the new words and proverbs of the lesson.

2. Write an essay on theme “The First President`s day”

3. Read and translate the text 15 “Precast and prestressed concrete” [Part 3].

References

Main:

1. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. Oxford University Press.

2. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File Upper-Intermediate. Workbook. Oxford University Press.

Additional:

3. John and Liz Soars. “New Headway”. Upper-Intermediate.. Student’s book. Oxford University Press.

4. Audio cassettes of “New Headway”. Upper-Intermediate.

5.CD (audio, video).

Part III

Collection of tests and lexical materials

THEORY

1. Complete the sentences with the correct “the…the…+comparatives”.

The ______ about it, the ________ you’ll feel. (worry, bad)

a)more you worry/worse

b) worrier/ worst

c) worrying/be worst

d) will worry/will be worst

2. Choose the right variant. The new shopping centre is very big- it’s _____ an airport terminal.

a) like

b) as

c) __

d) such

3. Choose the right variant: My boss is rather a cold …….. I don’t even know if he likes me or not

a) fish

b) weather

c) snow

d) rain

4. Choose the right variant: She has a heart of ______. She’ll always help anyone with anything

a) gold

b) platinum

c) coal

d) copper

5. Choose the correct answer. They _______ each other for 10 years.

a) have known

b) has known

c) had known

d) will have known

6. Choose the correct answer. I ______ all morning.

a) have been shopping

b) has been shopping

c) have being shopping

d) haves been shopping

7. Choose the correct answer. Improving your sleep quality you can improve your _______.

a) health

b) car

c) language

d) practice

8. Choose the correct answer. The first part of quiet sleep should only last a few ______.

a) minutes

b) years

c) weeks

d) months

9. Choose the right variant. _______ are famous for drinking tea.

a) The English

b) English

c) A English

d) The Englishs

10. Choose the right variant. We’ve got a ___ ___ ____ just outside Bath.

a) lovely old cottage

b) cottage lovely old

c) old lovely cottage

d) lovely cottage old

11. Choose the right variant.

12. Put the adjectives in brackets in the right place.

I bought a ____ ______ ____ belt.

a) a beautiful Italian leather

b) leather Italian a beautiful

c) a beautiful leather Italian

d) Italian a leather beautiful 13. Choose the right variant. I suggested _____a taxi so we wouldn’t be late.

a) calling

b) call

c) to called

d) have calling

14. Choose the right variant. A place full of noise and activity is called ______.

a) bustling

b) snow-capped

c) relaxed

d) elegant

15. Choose the right variant. They can’t afford_____ a new car.

a) to buy

b) buying

c) to buying

d) have buying

16. Choose the right variant of the idiom: “not have a clue”.

a) not to have any idea about something

b) know or understand something

c) be sure about something

d) not meet and choose

17. Choose the right variant: Yesterday James ______from school crying.

a) came

b) had came

c) had come

d) was coming

18. Choose the right variant: What ____you _____for on Internet last night?

a) were searching

b) was searching

c) searched

d) had searched

19. Choose the right variant: Ten minutes after she ______the sleeping pills, she _____ asleep.

a) took…..fell

b) have taken….fell

c) had taken ….falling

d) taken …fallen

20. Choose the right variant: In the middle of the motorway my car _____of petrol.

a) had run out

b) have run out

c) was run out

d) run out

21. Choose the right variant.

a) Who wrote “A brief history of time”?

b) Who did wrote “A brief history of time”?

c) Who did write “A brief history of time”?

d) Who does write “A brief history of time”?

22. Choose the right indirect question.

a) Could you tell me where she lives?

b) Where does she live?

c) Do you know where she does live?

d) Do you know where live she

23. Choose the right variant. Give synonym of the word “disaster”:

a) catastrophe

b) fortune

c) adventure

d) chance

24. Choose the right variant: “A mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain” means…

a) avalanche

b) windstorm

c) flood

d) cyclone

25. Choose the appropriate definition of the word “ a masterpiece”

a) something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement;

b) the material or piece of material that is operated upon at any stage in the process of manufacture;

c) to become very skilled in or knowledgeable about;

d) a picture that is painted: a picture made by putting paint on a canvas, board, etc.

26. Choose the right variant. …the ambulance arrived.

a) immediately

b) often

c) obviously

d) badly

27. Where is the world's largest building (a masterpiece of engineering art) situated?

a) in China

b) in UAE

c) in the USA

d) in Australia

28. Choose the right variant. We… had taken an umbrella.

a) luckily

b) healthily

c) apparently

d) nearly

29. Choose the right variant. If I knew his address, ______________.

a) I would write to him

b) I wrote to him

c) I will be written to him

d) I will wrote to him

30. Choose the right variant. I __________ late, if I hadn’t overslept.

a) wouldn’t have been

b) would had been

c) would haves been

d) wouldn’t has been

31. Choose the right variant. When asked to select his favourite building Sir Norman Foster ____a Jumbo jet.

a) chose

b) fixed

c) dealt

d) wished

32. Choose the right variant. Foster _____in the vertical city, an architect’s dream that began a hundred years ago and is still resting to be fully realized.

a) believes

b) hopes

c) relies

d) depends

33. Choose the right variant: The King Arthur of the legend is very well-known ______nobody knows the real Arthur.

a) whereas

b) both

c) same

d) due to

34. Choose the right variant: Every novel she writes is different _____ the last.

a) from

b) than

c) as

d) to

35. Choose the right variant: Susan is better-looking than Ada; however, Liz is _____ one.

a) the best-looking

b) better-looking

c) good-looking

d) the better

36. Choose the right variant: She is so conscientious.

a) She always does her best in everything.

b) She is so immature.

c) She behaves like a child.

d) She is lazy.

37. Choose the right variant. I ____ my car______ once a month.

a) have\ serviced

b) will have\ serviced

c) are\ services

d) having\ serviced

38. Choose the right variant. I think you should _____that coat_____.

a) have\ cleaned

b) has\cleaned

c) haved\ cleaned

d) had\cleaned

39. Choose the right variant. Give synonym of the word “marvelous”

a) magnificent

b) impractical

c) cosy

d) relaxing

40. Choose the right variant. A small cheap used as a decoration is called ________.

a) knick-knack

b) hitch-hick

c) chit-chat

d) pick-pack

41. Choose the right variant: Ann ______ Tom not to go out after dark.

a) warned

b) threatened

c) spoke

d) dared

42. Choose the right variant: He said, “My mother has been operated on”.

a) He said that his mother had been operated on.

b) He said that his mother has been operated on.

c) He said if his mother had be operated on.

d) He said then his mother had being operated on.

43. Choose the right variant: I said to my friends that I bought a nice car______.

a) the year before

b) here

c) those

d) last month

44. Choose the right variant: The small boy said that he _____a French lesson this evening and he _____his homework yet.

a) had …hadn't done

b) has …hadn't done

c) have …hadn't done

d) would have …hadn't done

45. Choose the right variant: I’m not sure I’ll recognize Eve. I haven’t seen her for ages. – She _____ a dark blue pullover and jeans.

a) will be wearing

b) wears

c) will wear

d) is wearing

46. Choose the right variant: When I_____ to the house I_____ an old lady. She_____ on the bench.

a) came\ saw\ was knitting

b) came\ see\ was knitting

c) come\ saw\ was knitting

d) came\ seen\ knitting

47.Choose the right variant: not having knowledge about something

a) to be unaware of

b) to be busy

c) to be mad about

d) to be fond of

48. Choose the right variant: Hewlett Packard is known as one of the most reputable ………….. in the electronic and computer industry.

a) suppliers

b) transaction

c) option

d) bankrupt

49. Choose the right variant. The sky’s very dark. It_____there’s going to be a storm.

a) looks as if

b) looks like if

c) looks

d) looked

50. Choose the right answer. What lovely material! It_____silk.

a) feels like

b) feels

c) feels as if

d) felt

51. Choose the right variant. What does a pickpocket do?

a) steals a wallet

b) plays in a casino

c) drinks alcohol

d) drug addicted

52. Choose the right variant. My car was stolen by a ….

a) hijacker

b) smuggler

c) gambler

d) robber

53. Choose the right variant. We … to be polite and friendly to other people.

a) are taught

b) has taught

c) may taught

d) be taught

54. Choose the right variant. The exhibition … to the audience tomorrow morning.

a) will be opened

b) open

c) will open

d) is opened

55. Choose the right variant: I use the......... oven often. Some people say that it's not healthy because it uses radiation to cook and/or heat food. However, it's so convenient because it heats the food up so quickly.

a) microwave

b) range

c) broiler

d) steam

56. What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

a) Charles Richter

b) Hiram Walker

c) Giuseppe Mercalli

d) Joshua Rumble

57. Choose the right variant. A ______ is a type of product made by a particular company.

a) brand

b) service

c) motto

d) jingle

58. Choose the right variant. _______a person who works in the same company as you.

a) colleague

b) customer

c) head

d) client

59. Choose the right variant. _____ working for the company for six months now, he never seems to know what to do.

a) despite

b) even though

c) in order to

d) though

60. Choose the right variant. _______ his lack of experience, he became a successful businessman.

a) in spite of

b) in order to

c) even though

d) although

61. Choose the right variant. I’ll go by bus or train ____ is cheaper.

a) whichever

b) whoever

c) wherever

d) whenever

62. Choose the right variant. _________ I give her, it’s always the wrong thing.

a) whatever

b) however

c) whichever

d) whoever

63. Choose the right variant. _____ is a design or symbol which companies use to identify their product

a) logo

b) advertisement

c) advert

d) slogan

64. Choose the word which doesn’t concern to advertisement

a) script

b) cold-calling

c) pitch

d) junk emails

65. Choose the right variant. I don’t like stories… have unhappy endings.

a) that

b) they

c) where

d) who

66. Choose the right variant. What is the name of the man….?

b) whose car you borrowed

b) which car you borrowed

c) you borrowed his car

d) his car you borrowed

67. Choose the right variant. “pathology” (noun)

a) the study of diseases

b) a word with similar meaning to another word in the same language

c) an indentation, a temporary break

d) something produced from imagination, an invented story

68. Choose the right variant. “prestige” (noun)

a) respect for a person or a thing

b) drawings or writing on a wall

c) sharing another person’s feelings, the ability to feel; feel another person’s suffering

d) readable, clear enough to read

69. Choose the right variant. I saw her… into the building.

a) coming

b) to coming

c) came

d) come

70. Choose the right variant. I believed you… three mobile phones.

a) to have

b) haven’t been

c) having

d) have

71. Choose the right variant. He made me… the window.

a) close

b) to close

c) closing

d) have close

72. Choose the right variant. I felt someone… me on the shoulder.

a) touch

b) touched

c) to touch

d) to be touch

73. Choose the right variant. Why don't you buy her a book ____________?

a) token

b) card

c) voucher

d) bulletin

74. Choose the right variant. I must fit a burglar ____________ to my house.

a) alarm

b) guide

c) bulletin

d) line

75. Choose the right variant. Cloning is…

a) making a copy of a plant or animal by taking a cell from it and developing it artificially

b) wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate

c) to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another

d) an aggregate of similar cells and cell products

76. Choose the right variant. Russian scientists _____ a plant from cell tissue that had been frozen for 30, 000 years.

a) have recreated

b) have rebuild

c) have renew

d) have checked

77. Choose the right variant. He doesn't like _____________ one of those bands.

a) either

b) neither

c) nor

d) either nor

78. Choose the right variant. I hate that song, and my sister hates it ________.

a) neither

b) too

c) either

d) or

79. Choose the right variant. Neither my brother ___________ my mother knows about this.

a) nor

b) neither

c) or

d) too

80. Choose the right variant. He didn't come to the party, and his brother didn't come ________.

a) neither

b) nor

c) either

d) so

81. Choose the right variant: I was ___ tired ___ I went to bed at 7 o’clock.

a) so….that

b) so…so

c) such… as

d) as…as

82. Choose the right word and complete the sentence: The movie had good ______.

a) visual effects

b) the character

c) haunted house

d) a heart throb

83. Choose the right variant: The speaker had ___ a long speech ___ everyone stopped paying attention to her.

a) such.. as

b) so …that

c) so… as

d) such.. that

84. Choose the right variant: Action and adventure is ______.

a) a movie with a lot of action, for example fighting and so on

b) a story of something that really happened

c) something you don't know

d) a movie about love

85. Choose the right variant. They _________ already. It’s only 10.30.

a) can’t have left

b) can’t has left

c) must have left

d) should have left

86. They ________ freezing. It was a really cold night.

a) must have been

b) can’t have been

c) must’t have been

d) could have been

87. Who was John Christopher " Johnny" Depp II?

a) an American actor, producer and musician

b) an American music star, band singer

c) an American actor, artist and musician

d) film director, dancer

88. What is the definition of the word “Celebrity”

a) one who is widely known and of great popular interest

b) without a name; anonymous

c) not identified, ascertained, or established

d) direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge

89. Choose the right variant. While I_______football I ________my leg.

a) was playing/hurt

b) played/ hurted

c) played/ was hurting

d) play/hurt

90. Choose the right variant. Until I ______ a doctor I ________ that I _______ my leg.

a) saw/ didn't realize/ had broken

b) saw/ doesn't realize/ had broken

c) had seen/ didn't realize/ broke

d) seen/ didn't realize/ had broken

91. Choose the right variant. Abai Kunanbaev was the great ____ and ______of the Kazakh nation.

a) poet\ thinker

b) teacher\artist

c) publisher\journalist

d) actor\politician

92. Choose the right variant. Which word goes with the word “book”?

a) title

b) nick name

c) theme

d) pseudonym

93. Choose the correct variant. Say goodbye to Ann. By the time you return, she ____________ for New York.

a) will have left

b) will leave

c) will be leaving

d) will have been leaving

94. Choose the correct variant. I __________at 11: 30 tomorrow.

a) will be working

b) will work

c) will have worked

d) will have been working

95. Choose the correct variant. “Mona Lisa” is considered to be _____.

a) a masterpiece

b) a waterscape

c) a natural scene

d) a poster

96. Choose the correct variant. Abylkhan Kasteev was the first honored the title of _____________ of Kazakhstan.

a) National Artist

b) National archeologist

c) National anthopologist

d) National architect

97. Choose the correct variant: I'd prefer _____ rather than walk home.

a) eat at home

b) to get a taxi

c) go alone

d) go for a swim

98. Choose the correct variant: I'd rather _____ my own business than work for somebody else.

a) start

b) to start

c) starting

d) started

99. Choose the correct variant: “a famous building or object that you can see and recognize easily” means:

a) landmark

b) landscape

c) landslip

d) landmine

100. Find the meaning of the highlighted word: You know, they have free guided tours of the area-a nice way to get an introduction to a place. Then you can stay and do some browsing on your own afterwards.

a) confined, looked up

b) looking around without a specific purpose, for enjoyment

c) haphazard, careless

d) to go across of land instead of going around the edge of it

101. Choose the correct variant: Match the compound adjectives: Thick

a) skinned

b) humored

c) famous

d) made

102. Choose the correct variant: She lived in _____ house.

a) an old-fashioned

b) kind-hearted

c) open-minded

d) short-sighted

103. Choose the correct variant: When Brian got his promotion, he bought a _____car.

a) brand-new

b) deeply-rooted

c) well-mannered

d) short sighted

104. Choose the correct variant: Match the definition of the compound adjective: relaxed and casual in style or manner

a) absent-minded

b) cold-blooded

c) well-known

d) easy-going

105. Choose the right variant: It _____ that a trained eagle is worth twelve horses (say).

a) is said

b) is saying

c) were said

d) are said

106. Choose the right variant: People say that one elephant is killed every minute of the day.

a) It is said ….

b) It was said…

c) It were said …

d) Its is says …

107. Choose the right variant: A lot of people nowadays consider fox-hunting to be very cruel.

a) Fox –hunting nowadays is considered…

b) Fox –hunting nowadays is believed…

c) Fox –hunting nowadays is said …

d) Fox –hunting nowadays is consider …

108. Choose the correct variant: The drill sergeant … the orders.

a) barked off

b) barked out

c) barked up

d) barked down

109. Choose the right variant. Well, I guess we should ________and start dancing.

a) break the ice

b) spend money like water

c) fall in love with

d) sleep like a dog

110. Choose the right definition of the idiom “be at a loss for words”:

a) to be so surprised that one does not know what to say

b) to be on friendly terms

c) to wish for good luck

d) to fit very well

111. Choose the right variant. Kazakh ______ was based mostly on meat and milk products.

a) cuisine

b) table

c) kitchen

d) cafe

112. Choose the right variant:

a) I looked through the magazine when I was at the hairdresser’s.

b) I looked the magazine through when I was at the hairdresser’s.

c) I looked the through magazine when I was at the hairdresser’s.

d) I looked the magazine when I was at the hairdresser’s through.

113. Choose the right meaning of the following idiom “over the moon”:

a) to be absolutely happy

b) very kind and generous

c) unfriendly

d) healthy

114. Choose the right meaning of the following idiom “down in the dumps”:

a) unhappy

b) happy

c) angry

d) surprised

115. Choose the right meaning of the following idiom “as hard as nails”:

a) act without thinking

b) shows no sympathy or fear

c) great sense of humor

d) talkative

116. Choose the right meaning of the following idiom “pain in the neck”:

a) annoying, difficult

b) distant, unfriendly

c) supporting his friend

d) behave like an old man

117. Choose the right word to complete the proverb: Don't ______ your chickens before they are hatched.

a) count

b) bring

c) call

d) make

118. Choose the right word to complete the proverb: A dog shows _______ even to a poor family.

a) affection

b) friendship

c) tongue

d) passion

119. Choose the right word to complete the proverb: Better be born … than rich.

a) lucky

b) happy

c) poor

d) poverty

120. Choose the right word to complete the proverb: A … in the hand is worth two in the bush

a) bird

b) friend

c) bag

d) baby