Which should be changed to make the sentence correct.

1. There is thousands of different types of roses.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2. Yesterday evening Sally walked home when she heard a strange noise behind her.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

3. It is not known when exactly was the wheel invented.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

4. Medical students must to study both the theory and the practice of medicine.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. He doesn’t earn much money though he has to do many work.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Tasks 6-11. Choose the proper prepositions to complete the text. You can

Choose one word more than once.

a) on b) at c) in d) by

Last year my family went (6) holiday to Italy. We went there (7) July. We traveled (8)

plane. It was a very long journey. We arrived (9) the airport early (10) the morning

and went directly to our hotel. We stayed (11) a small hotel but it was very

comfortable.

Tasks 12-15. Choose one word for each group of sentences.

a) stand b) coach c) treat d) course

1. Despite her position they never … her with much respect.

Nowadays we can … malaria with drugs.

I’d like to … you to lunch at the Savoy, a new restaurant.

2. It’s the best golf … I’ve ever played on.

Andy is doing a three-year medicine … .

We are going to have fish for the main … .

3. She can’t … people dropping litter.

We should … against the new law.

I’m tired. I have to … up all day.

4. We went to Paris by … .

He is the best tennis … I know.

Tasks 16-25. Read the text. Choose the correct options to complete the

Sentences below.

Strickland made no impression on the people who met him in Tahiti. To them he was a man in

constant need of money, remarkable only because he painted pictures which seemed to them absurd.

Once he came to William, his neighbour, and brought a picture with him. “Here’s a picture of your

plantation that I’ve painted for you, because you lent me two hundred francs”. When William looked

at it, he did not know what to say, he could not make head or tail of the painting. He never saw

such a thing in his life. But of course he thanked the artist, and when he had gone away, William

showed it to his wife, “What shall we do with it? We cannot hang it up,” she said, “people will laugh at

us”. So she took it into an attic and put it away with all sorts of rubbish, for his wife could never throw

anything away: it was her mania.

Ten years passed. William’s brother wrote to him from Paris, “Do you know anything about an

English painter who lived in Tahiti and died five years ago? It appears that he was a genius, and his

pictures fetch large prices. See if you can lay your hands on anything and send it to me. There’s

money to be made.” So William and his wife went to the attic, and found the picture there. “Who

would have thought that the overseer of our plantation had genius?” William’s wife said, “Just look at

it again. I have never seen cocoa-nuts with blue leaves; but they are mad in Paris, and maybe your

brother will be able to sell it.” Well, they sent the painting to William’s brother. And some days later

they received a letter from him. “When I received your picture,” he wrote, “I thought you played a

joke on me. I would not have given the cost of postage for the picture. I was half afraid to show it to

the gentleman who I had spoken to about it. Imagine my surprise when he said it was a masterpiece,

and offered me thirty thousand francs. I was so taken aback that I lost my head. I accepted the

offer before I was able to collect myself”.

16. What is true about Strickland?

a) He became extremely popular after his

death;

b) He was William’s best friend;

c) People in Tahiti liked his pictures greatly;

d) He was quite rich.

17. In his picture Strickland painted

a) strange people;

b) unusual colours of plants;

c) a mountain;

d) a beautiful island .

18. Strickland gave his picture to William because

a) William had his birthday;

b) Strickland wanted to get some money;

c) he knew William collected pictures;

d) he had borrowed some money from William

earlier.

19. William and his wife did not hang up the picture because

a) it was too valuable to keep it in the house;

b) the picture made them laugh;

c) they wanted to give it back;

d) they didn’t like the picture.

20. William and his wife did not throw the picture away because

a) his wife always kept all unnecessary things;

b) his wife had a mania to collect pictures;

c) they were going to sell it some day;

d) they liked it a lot. .

21. William sent the picture to his brother because

a) he was sure it cost a lot.

b) he did not want to keep it in his house.

c) he hoped his brother would be able to sell it.

d) William’s brother was mad.

22. William’s brother was surprised to see the picture as

a) it was a real masterpiece;

b) it did not seem valuable to him;

c) the cost of postage was too high;

d) he had already seen it before.

23. Explain: “couldn’t make head or tail of it”:

a) couldn’t hang it up;

b) couldn’t look at it;

c) couldn’t understand it;

d) couldn’t find the top of it

24. Explain: “lay your hands on something”:

a) find or get something;

b) throw away something;

c) give something to somebody;

d) sell something..

25. Explain: “was taken aback”:

a) looked back;

b) was very surprised;

c) was very happy;

d) touched his back.

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