Test
1. Choose the correct item. (Писать номер предложения и нужную букву ответа).
1. Give the book back to Mary. It’s ………
A theirs B her C hers
2. We have football …… Friday.
A at B on C in
3. Tom sits ……. the computer all day.
A behind B in front of C in
4. ……….. both ways before you cross the road.
A Walk B Talk C Look
5. ……. she like ice cream?
A Do B Does C Is
6. Please ……. the dusting.
A do B make C have
7. He often ……. for walks.
A go B going C goes
8. Look! They are …. on the fire!
A cook B cooking C cooks
9. We …….. not feel happy.
A does B are C is
10. John …….. to London last week.
A moves B move C moved
11. We do not …….. any warm clothes.
A have B having C has
12. Susan lives in a block of ……. .
A rooms B flats C house
13. You ……. pay your rent every month. That’s the rule.
A can’t B can C must
14. Let’s …… a picnic.
A have B eat C do
15. That is the …….. tree in the garden.
A tall B taller C tallest
16. I must return this book to the ……… .
A library B cinema C café
17. Do I have to …….. my clothes?
A cook B clean C wash
18. I ……. pizza, but my brother doesn’t.
A love B am loving C loves
19. These melons are lovely and ……. .
A sour B sweet C spicy
20. They ……. in Moscow in 1989.
A live B is living C lived
21. What’s the weather …….. today?
A like B temperature C is
22. Look at those black clouds. It ……. rain.
A will B is C is going to
23. It’s going to be a ……. day, so take your umbrella.
A wet B sunny C windy
2. Read the text and choose the right answer.
The King and the Painter
There was a king who thought he could paint very well. His pictures were very bad but the people to whom he showed them were afraid to tell him the truth. They all said that his pictures were wonderful and they liked them very much.
One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in his country and said, "I'd like to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them?"
The painter looked at the king's pictures and said, "My king, I believe that your pictures are bad and you will never be a good artist."
The king got very angry and sent the painter to prison. Two years passed and the king wanted to see the painter again.
"I was angry with you," he said, "because you didn't like my pictures. Now you are a free man again and I am your friend." The king talked with the painter and invited him for dinner. The dinner was wonderful. And they enjoyed it very much.
After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter again and asked, "Well, how do you like them now?" The painter turned to a soldier who was standing behind him and said, "Take me back to prison."
1. Was the King a good painter?
A Yes, people liked his pictures very much.
B No, his pictures were bad.
C He didn't paint pictures at all.
2. Why were people afraid to tell the King the truth about his pictures?
A Because they were afraid of him.
B Because they enjoyed the dinner.
C Because the King could paint very well.
3. Did the painter like the King's pictures?
A Yes, he liked them very much.
B No, he said that the King was a bad artist.
C The King didn't show the pictures to the painter.
4. What happened to the great painter who told the King the truth?
A The king invited him for dinner.
B The king sent him to prison.
C The king talked with the painter.
5. Why did the painter asked the soldier to take him back to prison?
A Because he didn't like the king's pictures.
B Because he enjoyed the dinner.
C Because he liked to be in prison.
"Murder" At My Wal-Mart Essay
I was walking through Wal-Mart, looking at the CDs, when I passed an older couple with their grandson. At first glance, they seemed like a friendly couple who took pleasure in their grandson's enjoyment of the video game he was playing. But as I passed them my thoughts quickly changed as I listened to what their four-year-old grandson was saying: "Murder! Murder! I murdered him! " It horrified me to hear a four-year-old scream about murder while his grandfather stood by with a big smile. What are the yletting him play? I wondered.
All the violent video games I knew began to filter through my mind. These thoughts were quickly stopped when, out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the screen. The boy was playing a dirt bike racing game and was supposed to be trying to kill deer. Instead, he was trying to kill the rider by slamming him into the wall. This made me seriously wonder how much of a role video games play in violence today.
Don't get me wrong, Ilove video games. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of playing them with my cousins. Racing, wrestling, snowboarding - you name it, we probably played it. But in recent years games have become increasingly violent. I have no doubt that children who play violent video games when they are too young to understand the difference between right and wrong will want to go out and be just like the heroin that game. A four-year-old has no way to distinguish the difference between killing a bicycle rider in his game and killing a real person on the side of the road. Children should not be exposed to this kind of violence at such an early age - it influences them in ways that are more harmful than we can imagine.
As a society, we do nothing about what goes on around us on a daily basis. We let our children play these video games because it makes them happy. No one reacted to the four-year-old at Wal-Mart because he seemed so happy, despite the fact his screams could be heard all over the store. No employee asked him to be quiet and no customer complained - not even me. I guess I was too scared to complain, scared that it wasn't my place to say anything, and more scared of what our society has become.