I.Կարդալ տեքստը և պատասխանել հարցերին` ընտրելով ճիշտ տարբերակը:
Read the
text and answer the questions choosing the right answer.
Line
number
1. William
Caxton was the first English printer. He was born in Kent in 1422. His
2. father was a
farmer. William did not want to become a farmer like his father. So
3. his father
sent him to London. He worked in an office which traded with different
4. countries.
William liked to read new books which were printed in Europe.
5. At the age of thirty William Caxton started
his own business in Belgium. Later
6. he left his
business and began to translate French books into English. He became
7. interested
in printing and at last he learnt to print. But what William Caxton wanted
8. very much,
was to have his own press one day and he did.
9. He brought his printing-press to London.
Printing was something new at that time
10.
and
some people thought it was the work of the devil. Some of the people wanted
11.
to
break his press. Caxton printed his
first book in 1477. It was the first book
12.
printed
in the English language. The book was Caxton’s translation of the French
13.
“Tales
of Troy”.
14.
William Caxton printed about eighty
books. He translated thirty-one books from
15.
French.
Caxton died in 1491.
1. William
Caxton was sent to London as
a)he
didn’t like his father
b)he
was interested in trade
c)he
wanted to work in an office
d)he
refused to become a farmer
2. The word printed in line 11 means
a)drew
b)painted
c)translated
d)published
3. According to
Paragraph 2, lines 5-8, Caxton was eager
a)to
leave for Belgium
b)to
have his own press
c)to
print French books
d)to
translate English books into French
4. The English
translation of “Tales of Troy” was
a)the
first book printed in 1477
b)the
only book printed by Caxton
c)thought
to be the work of the devil
d)not
allowed to be printed
5. According to the text, Caxton
a)translated
eighty books
b)printed
his first book in French
c)
printed thirty-one books in French
d)translated
a series of books from French.
II. Ընտրել ճիշտ
բայաձևը:
Choose the right verb form.
Many
years ago there (6)___________a boy
in Armenia who (7)________John
Chapman. The boy (8)_____ flowers,
trees and woods, and he (9)________all
about them. Once, as he (10)______
an apple, he (11)________ how
wonderful it (12)________ to fill
all the countryside with apple-trees.
6. a) lives b)
had lived c) lived d) live
7. a) called b) was called c) calls d) is called
8. a) loves b) loved c) was loving d) has loved
9. a) knows b) has
known c)
knew d) know
10. a) was eating
b) eats
c)
ate d) is eating
11. a) thought
b) thinks
c) is thinking
d) was
thinking
12.
a) will be
b) would be c)
is d) has
been
It was terrible hot
day in the jungle, and
all the animals (13)______very thirsty
indeed. But they
could not find a
single
drop of water.
So they went
to sleep. The
only creature who (14)_______was a
little monkey. He understood that
if he didn’t drink
some water he (15)_______.
13. a) are b) were c)
were being d)
was
14. a) wasn’t
sleeping b) isn’t
sleeping c)doesn’t
sleep d) don’t
sleep
15. a) had died b) would have
died c) died
d) would
die
III. Ընտրել ճիշտ տարբերակը:
Choose the
appropriate opinion.
16. “ Do you think, he’ll be able to help me?”
“No, I think you can do
it______________.”
a) myself
b)
yourself
c)
himself
d)ourselves
17. “Will you spend your
weekend with me?”
“ No, I can’t. I’ve___________ planned
my weekend.”
a)
yet
b)
till
c)
already
d)
still
18. “Can I borrow your
books?”
“Yes, you can borrow_________ any
time you want.”
a)
they
b)
them
c)mine
d)
yours
19. “Why are you surprised?”
“ His offer
was____________-than we had expected.”
a)
much more interesting
b)
very much interesting
c)
most interesting
d)
so much interesting
20. “ _________________is
given special training for
the job?”
“ But the job isn’t very
interesting.”
a)
all of person
b)
every person
c)
all persons
d)
all of persons
21.
“ Have you thought about their offer?”
“
Yes. I’ll_________________ accept it.”
a)
hardly
b)
hard
c)
harder
d)
be hard
22. I remember_______________ the
book in
many bookshops, but I
don’t remember what shops
they were.
a)
being seen
b)
to see
c)
to seeing
d)
seeing
23. “Everybody expected
her_____________ Peter.”
“ But I’ve heard that she
doesn’t love him.”
a)
to marrying
b)
marry
c)
to marry
d)
marrying
24. “I haven’t given___________
permission to borrow
my calculator.”
“
I know but he needs it badly.”
a)
anyone
b)
everybody
c)
no one
d)
some one
25. “They both
played well yesterday.”
“Yes,
but Jane played________ aggressively than
Tom.”
a)
more
b)
so
c)
as
d)
very
IV.Ընտրել համատեքստին համապատասխանող
խոսքիմաստային
ձևը:
Fill in the
blanks with the word form that best fits each space.
A
poor old couple and their son lived (26)_________together.
One day, the old man’s brother arrived. He was a colonel in the army and he had
just come back from abroad. He showed the family (27)_______magic things brought with him from his (28)_________journey.
‘These things are magic,’ he told them. They
can grant people three wishes, although they are evil.’
That
night the old man could (29)__________sleep
as he planned what he was going to wish. The next day he made a wish.
‘Give
me £5, 000 per month,’ he asked. But nothing (30)_______ happened until the following morning.
26. a) happy b)
happiness c) happily d) unhappy
27. a) various b) vary c) variety d) variable
28. a) distantly b) distance c) distant d) distanced
29. a) hard b) hardly c) hardship d) hardness
30. a) uninteresting b) interest
c) interested d) interesting
V.Ընտրել համատեքստին համապատասխանող
ձևը:
Fill in the
blanks with the best choice.
A computer is (31)_________electric device. It makes calculations and processes
information. Complicated problems (32)___________be
solved very quickly. Millions of pieces of information can be processed(33)_____seconds. Nowadays, computers
are used (34)_________many different
purpose.
People (35)____shop, make travel arrangements and pay their bills using
computers right in their own homes.
In future, computers will be even more
widely used- in our offices, our homes and our cars. Developments are being
made (36)________-every day that
allow computers to solve more complex
problems.
31. a) a 35. a)
must
b) the b) can
c) - c) are able
d)
an d) are to
32. a) can 36. a) the
b) must b)
-
c) has to c)
an
d) ought to d)
a
33. a) near
b) on
c) in
d) with
34. a) for
b) in
c) at
d) of
VI. Նշել, թե ուղղակի խոսքի փոխակերպման որ տարբերակն է ճիշտ:
Which of the
options provided is the best choice for reported speech?
37.
“ I have something to tell you, ”I said
to her.
a) I told her
that I had something to tell her.
b) I told to
her that she had something to tell her.
c) I said to
her that I have something to tell her.
d) I said her
that she had something to tell me.
38.
Bill warned me: “Don’t touch the hot pot.”
a) Bill warned
me don’t touch the hot pot.
b) Bill warned
me not touch the hot pot.
c) Bill warned
me not to touch the hot pot.
d) Bill warned
me do touch not the hot pot.
39.He
said to me: “Could you speak more slowly?”
a) He asked me
if I could speak more slowly.
b) He asked to me to speak more slowly.
c) He said to me if I could speak more slowly.
d) He said to me to speak more slowly.
40.She
said: I’ll be busy next week and I won’t
be able to be present to the party.”
a)
she said I would be busy next week and I
wouldn’t be able to be present to the party.
b)
She said that she would be busy the following week and she wouldn’t be able to
be present to the party.
c)
She said I’ll be busy the following week and I wouldn’t be able to be present
to the party.
d)She said she’ll be busy next week and she
won’t be able to be present to the party.
41. My cousin told me that he had
bought a new flat, but he didn’t like it so much.
a) My cousin told me: “He had bought a new flat,
but he didn’t like it so much.”
b) My cousin
told to me: “I had bought a new flat, but I didn’t like it so much.”
c) My cousin
said me: “ I have bought a new flat, but I didn’t like it so much.”
d) My cousin
said to me: “I have bought a new flat but I don’t like it so
much.”
42) The new headmaster asked how long it had
been a mixed school.
a) The
new headmaster told, “How long has it been a mixed school?”
b) The
new headmaster asked, “How long has it been a mixed school?”
c) The
new headmaster asked, “How long it had been a mixed school?”
d) The
new headmaster asked, “If it had been a
mixed school long.”
43) “I’ll come with you as soon as I
am ready,” she said.
a) She said she would come with me as soon as
she was ready.
b)
She told she would come with me as soon as she was ready.
c)
She said she came with me as soon as she was ready.
d)
She said she would come with me as soon as she is ready.
VII. Նշել, թե հետևյալ հարցերից որոնք են քերականորեն ճիշտ:
Which
of the following questions are grammatically correct?
44.Which is the best question for the following
sentence?
Yes,
the foreigners find English spelling difficult.
a) Do the
foreigners find English spelling difficult?
b) Why is
English spelling found difficult by the foreigners?
c) Is English
or Armenian spelling found difficult?
d) When do the
foreigners find English spelling difficult?
45.
Which is the best question for the underlined part of the sentence?
Elizabeth can’t be in Paris
because I’ve met her an hour before.
a) Where can
Elizabeth be?
b) Why can’t
Elizabeth be in Paris?
c) When have
you met Elizabeth?
d) Where have
you met Elizabeth?
e)
46.
Which is the best ending for the following question?
Don’t
ask him to come with us,________?
a) do you
b) does you
c) will you
d) will he
47.
Which of the following questions is correctly formulated?
a) What do you
think why is the manager surprised to see that letter?
b) What do you
think why the manager surprised to see that letter?
c) What you
think why the manager is surprised to see that letter?
d) What do you think why the manager is surprised to see that letter?
48) Which of the following questions
is correctly formulated?
a) Can you tell
me why Mark couldn’t come yesterday?
b) Can you tell
me why couldn’t Mark come yesterday?
c) Can you tell
me why couldn’t come Mark yesterday?
d) Can you tell
me why yesterday couldn’t Mark come?
49) Which is the best ending for the following question?
Help
me to overcome educational challenges,___?
a) will you
b) do you
c) aren’t you
d) don’t you
50) Which is the best question for the
underlined part of the sentence?
I don’t like
the salad either because there’s not enough salt in it.
a) Why don’t I
like the salad either?
b) Don’t you
like the salad either?
c) What kind of salad do I like?
d) Is there enough salt in the salad?