Тест по дисциплине "Английский язык"

1. There isn’t ___ of starting any day than with fried eggs and bacon.

    - a more better way

    - a bit better way

    - far better way

    - a much better way.

 

2. By 2030 China ____ more buildings that there currently  exist in Europe.

    - will have built

    - will build

    - is building

    - builds

 

3. If you are not paying an adviser a fee, ___ he gives you will be worthless.

    - advice

    - advices

    - the advices

    - the advice

 

4. Woman: “ I’m Laura Miles from London office. How do you do?” Man:” ___“.

    - Hi, Laura!

    - Pleased to meet you, Ms Miles

    - Hello, everybody

    - What do you want?

 

5. White boys from sink estates are ____ new poor in modern Britain, an official reports say.

    - -

    - the

    - an

    - a

 

6. One is definitely unhappy when he ____ choose between  eating and heating.

    - can

    - need

    - must

    - may

 

7. Report in a medical journal shows that today’s children in British history to be ___ than their parents.

    - less healthy

    - the least healthy

    - the less healthy

    - least healthy

 

8. The music business is ___ by a particular style and sound than ever.

    - least defined

    - less

    - the least defined

    - less defined

 

9. To license photos for commercial use in the USA, you need ___ permission from the people you are photographing.

    - being written

    - writing

    - written

    - to write

 

10. The actress couldn’t go into detail about what she ___

    - learnt

    - had learnt

   - has learnt

    - was learnt

 

11. Without wealth people often worry about making ends ___

    - to meet

    - meeting

    - met

    - meet

 

12. The speech of Edinburgh reflects the city’s history as vividly as its architecture ___.

    - does

    - is

    - do

    - has

 

13. Two-thirds of man questioned, ___ that they wanted a wife who could manage the family finance for them.

    - says

    - said

    - say

    - are saying

 

14. We won’t learn anything about keeping children safe unless we ___ more closely at individual circumstances.

    - won’t look

    - will look

    - look

    - don’t look

 

15. Friend are people who don’t care ___ you feed them or not, the just come to see you.

    - whatever

    - whether

    - either

    - rather

 

16. Queen Victoria’s letters make her the most knowable ___ British monarchs.

    - in

    - among

    - with

    - between

 

17. The more we carry, the more likely we ___ something sooner or later.

    - will drop

    - drop

    - has dropped

    - would drop

 

18. The Internet is supposed ___ a lot of couples.

    - to have introduced

    - to introduce

    - introduced

    - introducing

 

19. Tea tree oil ___ now for its antiseptic properties.

    - is known widely

    - to know widely

    - are widely known

    - is widely known

 

20. Movie stars of the past, such as Ringer Rogers and Paulette Goddard didn’t have children because the were scared that taking time out ____ their star status.

    - has ruined

    - will ruin

    - ruined

    - would ruin

 

21. Life has it ups and downs, nothing in life ____ forever.

    - was lasting

    - is lasting

    - lasts

    - last

 

22. In India, the history of wine can be traced to the culture’s ___ religious writing.

    - elder

    - oldest

    - eldest

    - older

 

23. The way a person speaks is important, because it immediately lets others ___ his level of education and intelligence.

    - assess

    - to assess

    - assessing

    - to have assessed

 

24. It is important to be in the right place ___ the right time to take advantage of the situation.

    - on

    - at

    - for

    - in

 

25. You ___ be a teacher or a computer expert to enjoy learning with children.

    - won’t need

    - need

    - needn’t

    - don’t need

 

26. ___ women see macho-looking men as less faithful, less warm and potentially poorer fathers.

    - an

    - a

    - the

    - -

 

27. Our conversational style and content ___ by immigrants, by imported films, as well as by TV shows and by fashion.

    - are influenced

    - is influenced

    - influence

    - has influenced

 

 

28. Women spend three years of their life ___ to go out.

    - dress up

    - dressing up

    - dressed up

    - having dressed up

 

29. Nobody knows exactly how astrology works, but it ___.

    - has

    - is

    - does

    - will

 

30. It has been proved that planets ___ influence human characters.

    - shall

    - need

    - may

    - should

 

31. Under on new point-based system for immigrants, non – EU citizens will be unable ___ a job in Britain.

    - getting

    - not getting

    - not to get

    - to get

 

32. Scientists say that we prefer people who we think are similar ___ ourselves.

    - to

    - of или or

    - from

    - with

 

33. There will be ___ technical progress during the next half century than there was in the entire 20th.

    - another

    - more 5 times

    - others

    - better 5 times

    - 5 times better

    - the other

    - 5 times more

 

34. Any staff ___ by two cases: financial reward and a happy  working environment.

    - is motivated

    - motivate

    - are motivated

    - motivates

 

35. More and more people are for going holidays abroad in favor ___ British destinations, as the credit crisis worsens.

    - on

    - for

    - in

    - of

 

36. The traditional English countryside will be changed forever unless the Government ___ swiftly on climate change.

    - acts

    - act

    - would act

    - will act

 

37. When buttons first ___  in the 17th century, they were seen only on garments of the wealthy.

    - have appeared

    - had appeared

    - would appear

    - appeared

 

38. ___ if you’ve been to Cyprus before, there is always a new world to discover.

    - Just 

    - Even

    - Yet

    - Still

 

39. A shorter, more ___  meeting that leaves time for work.

    - production

    - productive

    - productively

    - productiveness

 

40. Some years ago (probably 10 or 11) there wasn’t a lot of money about but nobody complained of ___.

    - having been poor

    - to be poor

    - being poor

    - be poor

 

 

 

41. The Spanish Nobel …

    - has been a…

 

42. All European citizens ___ share an interest in protecting and improving the environment around.

    - may

    - can

    - need

    - ought to

 

43. Celebrities, if they don’t do ___ positive in society but take drugs and get arrested, are negative role models for people.

    - anything

    - something

    - everything

    - nothing

 

44. Britain has a proportionally ___ prison population than most of other European countries.

    - higher

    - highest

    - the highest

    - the higher

 

45. In the 1970s, scientists said that our global freezing ___ our demise.

    - would

    - is

    - would be

    - will

 

46. If you asked a group of adults what their favorite reading ___, you would be given the name of a novel or a literary genre.

    - were

    - was

    - is

    - are

 

47. There has been a decline in the number of dolphins since the 1940s in London, ___ they can often be seen on the Thames, especially in April and May.

    - moreover

    - in sprite of

    - besides

    - instead

 

48. People heading top positions are expected ___ gyms and wear designer clothes.

   - to attend

    - attend

    - not to attend

    - attending

 

49. Scientists examined more than 2000 American men and found that a healthy 70-year-old-man who never ___, had a 50:50.

    - has smoked

    - had smoked

    - smoked

    - smoke

    - chance of reaching the age of 90

 

50. The first person to receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood ___ actress Joanne Woodward.

    - had been

    - was

    - has been

    - is

 

51. Perhaps the ___ thing one can say about Michael Jackson is that he no longer surprises us.

    - worse

    - much worse

    - worst

    - bad

 

52. An award-winning cancer expert has concluded that mobile phones could kill ___ people than smoking.

    - more less

    - more much

    - much

    - much more

 

53. ___ of rail passengers have been warned to expect a “summer chaos” on the railways.

    - millions

    - the millions

    - the million

    - million

 

54. No one can serve two masters: ___ he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

    - both

    - rather

    - neither

    - either

 

55. ___ is the one who knows what is enough.

    - the richest

    - the most rich

    - richer

    - richest

 

56. ___ reality of climate change should inspire everyone to take actions.

    - an

    - a

    - the

    - -

 

57. There is an opinion that the easiest way to make money is to spend ___ of it.

    - fewer

    - few

    - less

    - least

 

58. The name Halloween derives from the Christian feast of All Saint’s Day, also ___ as All Hallows.

    - is known

    - knew

    - to know

    - known

 

59. Born in 1969, Mathew McConaughey ___ in Texas, where his father owned a petrol station.

    - has grown up

    - grew up

    - has been grown up

    - had grown up.

 

60. The first European private detective agency ___ in 1853 by Francois Vidocque, a reformed French criminal.

    - was set up

    - it set up

    - has been up

    - had been set up

 

61. Globe artichokes ___ in England since the 1500s.

    - have been grown

    - were grown

    - had been grown

    - are grown

 

62. The first rule of nature is that one can’t get something for ___.

    - nothing

    - something

    - anybody

    - anything

 

63. The coins which show the Queen’s head on the reverse side, ___ into circulation in summer 2008.

    - came

    - had come

    - have come

    - has come

 

64. If you want to turn a discussion in your favor, forget what ___ is telling you and try to find out what lies behind the argument.

    - something

    - someone

    - no one

    - anyone

 

65. Never before, so much of our personal information ___ for good or oil.

    - has been available

    - had been available

    - was available

    - were available

 

66. Workers who leave Britain __ a job overseas can get a 43 per sent pay rise, a report says.

    - in

    - on

    - at

    - for

 

67. ___ to swim against the tide.

    - Won’t try

    - Not try

    - Try not

    - Don’t try

 

68. A “Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” could give people a clear idea of what we can expect  from the State and from ___.

    - each other

    - another

    - others

    - the other

 

69. Eurostar trains have set ___ record-traveling from Brussels to London for one hour 43 minutes.

    - the other

    - another

    - others

    - other

 

70. Children ___ ever tell strangers they meet online too much about themselves.

    - needn’t

    - shouldn’t

    - couldn’t

    - cannot

 

71. It’s nice to watch the roses ___ in the garden of your own.

    - growing

    - to grow

    - will grow

    - grow

 

72. It’s nice to let people ___ that you are thankful to them.

    - to be known

    - know

    - knowing

    - to know

 

73. When you work doing what you like, life is a joy and you look forward ___ each and every day.

    - to live

    - living

    - to living

    - live

 

74. In April 1978, a crowd of people who ___ from all over the country gathered in Victoria Park in London’s East End to attend “Rock against Racism” concert.

    - came

    - has come

    - have come

    - had come

 

75. It is often said that politeness costs ___.

    - anything

    - everything

    - nothing

    - something

 

76. ___ a barber to tell you if you need a haircut.

    - Don’t ask

    - Not asking

    - Ask not

    -  Not ask

 

77. When a couple with kids decide to divorce, the future welfare of children ___ be their priority.

    - should

    - can

    - may

    - must

 

78. Butterflies ___ their worst year for more than a quarter of a century in Britain because of the wet summer 2007.

    - have suffered

    - had been suffering

    - had suffered

    - suffered

 

79. In practice, the most that ___ be achieved is to keep inflation close to 2% in the medium term.

    - need

    - have to

    - can

    - will be able

 

80. For a long time it ___ a tradition in London that national museums and galleries are free and open to all.

    - has been

    - had been

    - is

    - was

 

81. Avoid all risks ___ you are quite sure of where you stand

    - since

    - because

    - after

    - until

 

82. Scottish castles ___ a tempting investment for the hard-nosed pragmatists lately.

    - are becoming

    - have become

    - became

    - had become

 

83. Is the risk of never marrying ___ for men or women?

   - greater

    - most great

    - more great

    - greatest

 

84. Four hundred kangaroos ___ a former naval site near Canberra, the national capital of Australia recently.

    - have colonized

    - colonized

    - had colonized

    - would colonize

 

85. Speaking negatively about others ___ ‘evil tongue’ in the Bible.

    -  is calling

    - calls

    - is being called

    - is called

 

86. Do you wish you __ a better job?

    - will have

    - had

    - have

    - are having

 

87. What do you ___ offer that other don’t?

    - can

    - ought

   - should

    - have to

 

88. Love makes us blind to the charms of ___.

    - the other

    - another

    - others

    - other

 

89. A human skeleton renews ___ every seven years.

    - itself

    - himself

    - oneself

    - themselves

 

90. April Fool’s Day is one of ___ days the year.

    - the most light hearted

    - most light hearted

    - more light hearted

    - the more light hearted

 

91. The Queen cancelled a party to mark her Diamond Wedding Anniversary in November 2008 because she felt it ___.

    - were

    - was

    - did

    - is

    - ‘inappropriate’ to hold a celebration at a time of economic instability

 

92. You are more likely to get ___ to respond positively to a request at negotiations, if they think that you are an expert.

    - others

    - another

    - the other

    - other