Control test I

5. Put a suitable article into the blanks:

1. 
   My neighbour is ……….. photographer; let’s ask him for ……….. advice about colour films.
   
2. 
   I had ……… very bad night; I didn’t sleep ………. wink.
   
3. 
   He is ………… vegeterian; you won’t get ………. meat at his house.
   
4. 
   ………… youngest boy has just started going to ……….. school; ………. eldest boy is at ………… college.
   
5. 
   I went to ………… school to talk to ………… headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann give up …………. gymnastics and take ………. ballet lessons instead.
   
6. 
   There was ………. knock on ………. door. I opened it and found ………… small dark man in ………. check overcoat and ……… soft hat.
   
7. 
   - Are John and Mary ……….. cousins?
   

- No, they aren’t ………. cousins; they are ……….. brother and ……… sister.

8. 
   ……….. postman’s little boy says that he’d rather be ………… dentist than ……….. doctor, because …………. dentists don’t get called out at ……….. night.
   
9. 
   - Would you like to hear ………… story about ……….. Englishman, …………. Irishman and ………. Scotsman?
   

- No. I’ve heard ……….. stories about ……….. Englishmen, ………… Irishmen and ………… Scotsmen before and they are all ……….. same.

10. 
    “………. modern burglars don’t hide under ………. beds.” said her daughter.
    

Variant-2

1. 
   Read and translate the text:
   

Great Britain. Position & Climate.

Great Britain is also called the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It is situated on a group of islands lying to the West of Europe. The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. All its parts are self-governed. The population of Great Britain is about 60 million people.
Long ago the greater part of the country was covered with forests. Now there are practica-lly no fores-ts there. But there are many trees and greenery which make the country really beautiful. There are a lot of rivers, lakes, hills and mountains there. The rivers of Britain are not long, they never freeze in winter. Many of them are joined by canals. So people can travel by water from one end of the country to the other. The longest rivers are considered the Thames and the Severn. London, the capital of the United Kingdom, stands on the river Thames.
The climate in Britain is mainly mild and wet because of the warm Gulf Sream. In England there is much rain and fog.