Тест на тему «Грамматика»

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	Данные тесты в формате ЕГЭ для раздела «Грамматика» разработаны на основе коротких рассказов из сборника L.A.Hill “Advanced Stories for Reproduction” (series I) published Oxford University Press, 1965, 68 pages$  ISBN: 0194325431.

	Основным преимуществом является то, что данные материалы представляют собой короткие (не более 300 – 500 слов) сюжетные тексты различной тематики. 






Раздел «Грамматика»



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As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which __________ that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other __________, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they __________ themselves on the main road.

Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, __________ home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads. It had a 'Slow' sign, so he __________ down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.

At once he __________ a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and __________. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, 'You didn't stop at that crossing.'

'But the sign there __________ "Stop",' answered Mr. Williams. 'It just says "Slow", and I did go slow.'

The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise __________ over his face. Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, 'Well, I'll be blowed! I __________ in the wrong street!'





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Text I

As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.

Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads. It had a 'Slow' sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.

At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, 'You didn't stop at that crossing.'

'But the sign there doesn't say "Stop",' answered Mr. Williams. 'It just says "Slow", and I did go slow.'

The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, 'Well, I'll be blowed! I am in the wrong street!'






Раздел «Грамматика»



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Before the __________ war, officers in the navy had a lot more freedom when their ship was in port than they have nowadays. They __________ to lead a busy social life, and to take an active part in sport ashore. It was therefore rather difficult for __________ to find time to do all their other duties.

Usually, all the officers in a ship used to have a regular meeting together once a week to receive orders from their captain, make reports and discuss any business that had to __________, such as who should represent the ship in the next football match.

One such meeting __________ on board a ship one day, and after the regular business had been completed, the time __________ to discuss the date of the next meeting. Friday of the next week was suggested, and so was Monday of the week after, but both of them interfered with __________ arrangements for the weekend, and in the end it was generally agreed that the meeting should be held on Wednesday, as this would be the __________ likely day to interfere with anybody's convenience, since it was right in the middle of the week.

As the officers __________, however, one of them was heard to say, 'Wednesday is the __________ day, because it interferes with two weekends!'



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Text II



Before the last war, officers in the navy had a lot more freedom when their ship was in port than they have nowadays. They were expected to lead a busy social life, and to take an active part in sport ashore. It was therefore rather difficult for them to find time to do all their other duties.

Usually, all the officers in a ship used to have a regular meeting together once a week to receive orders from their captain, make reports and discuss any business that had to be discussed, such as who should represent the ship in the next football match.

One such meeting was being held on board a ship one day, and after the regular business had been completed, the time came to discuss the date of the next meeting. Friday of the next week was suggested, and so was Monday of the week after, but both of them interfered with somebody's arrangements for the weekend, and in the end it was generally agreed that the meeting	should be held on Wednesday, as this would be the least likely day to interfere with anybody's convenience, since it was right in the middle of the week.

As the officers were leaving, however, one of them was heard to say, 'Wednesday is the worst day, because it interferes with two weekends!'






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Mr. and Mrs. Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past, in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr. Williams __________  a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good hotel while they went around and __________  the sights of that famous city.

They __________  to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in the boarding-houses they __________  in the past, no meals were served after seven o'clock in the evening. They were therefore surprised when the clerk who __________  them in the hall of the hotel asked them whether they __________  dinner there that night.

'________you still ________  dinner then?' asked Mrs. Williams.

'Yes, certainly, madam,' answered the clerk. 'We serve it until half past nine.'

'What __________ the times of meals then?' asked Mr. Williams.

'Well, sir,' __________  the clerk, 'we serve  breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.'

'But that hardly leaves any time for __________  to see the sights of Rome!' said Mrs. Williams in a disappointed voice.







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Text III

Mr. and Mrs. Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past, in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr. Williams made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good hotel while they went around and saw the sights of that famous city.

They flew to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in the boarding-houses they had been used to in the past, no meals were served after seven o'clock in the evening. They were therefore surprised when the clerk who received them in the hall of the hotel asked them whether they would be taking dinner there that night.

'Are you still serving dinner then?' asked Mrs. Williams.

'Yes, certainly, madam,' answered the clerk. 'We serve it until half past nine.'

'What are the times of meals then?' asked Mr. Williams.

'Well, sir,' answered the clerk, 'we serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.'

'But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of Rome!' said             Mrs Williams in a disappointed voice.








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Mrs. Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she __________ to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however, so he __________ her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he __________ she should not eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble. 

Mrs. Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then __________ beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.

When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband __________ for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, 'Hullo, dear. I __________ all your shopping for you.'

'Done all my shopping?' she asked in surprise. 'But how did you know what I wanted?'

'Well, when I got home, I __________ your shopping list beside the telephone,' answered her husband, 'so I went down to the shops and bought everything you __________ down.'

Of course, Mrs. Black had to tell him that he __________all the things the doctor __________ her to eat!





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Text IV

Mrs. Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however, so he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the tests direct to Mrs. Black's doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she should not eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble. 

Mrs. Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies' meeting.

When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, 'Hullo, dear. I have done all your shopping for you.'

'Done all my shopping?' she asked in surprise. 'But how did you know what I wanted?'

'Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the telephone,' answered her husband, 'so I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down.'

Of course, Mrs. Black had to tell him that he had bought all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat!






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	Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army __________ in modern ways of fighting, and one of the things they __________ was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him. First one of __________ two instructors took a knife away from the other, __________ only his bare hands; and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way.

After the lesson, and before they __________ on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they __________ what they had been shown. One of the questions __________ this: 'Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle. Imagine that you __________ a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you. What will you do?'

The young soldier who __________ answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered, and then said, 'Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I __________ would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!'







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Text V

	Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting, and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him. First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands; and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way.

After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown. One of the questions was this: 'Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle. Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you. What will you do?'

The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered, and then said, 'Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!'






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A certain poet __________ a play, and arrangements were being made to perform it. Of course, the poet __________ to give his advice on the scenery, the lighting, and all the other things that help to make a play successful, and he __________ to be a very difficult man to please, as he had his own very definite ideas of how each scene should look.

In one of the scenes in the play, it __________ necessary to produce the effect of a wonderful sunset, which the young lovers watched together before __________ one of their great love songs.

The theatre electricians worked very hard to produce this sunset effect. They tried out all kinds of arrangements and combinations of __________—red lights, orange lights, yellow lights, blue lights, lights from above, lights from behind, lights from the front, lights from the sides—but nothing __________ the poet, until suddenly he __________ exactly the effect that he _________ of producing ever since he had written his play.

'That's it!' he shouted excitedly to the electricians behind the stage. 'That's just right! Keep it exactly like that!'

'I'm sorry, sir,' answered the chief electrician, 'but we can't keep it like this.'

'Why ever not?' asked the poet angrily.

'Because the theatre is on fire, sir,' answered the chief electrician.' That's what __________the effect you can see now!'



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Text VI

A certain poet had written a play, and arrangements were being made to perform it. Of course, the poet was asked to give his advice on the scenery, the lighting, and all the other things that help to make a play successful, and he proved to be a very difficult man to please, as he had his own very definite ideas of how each scene should look.

In one of the scenes in the play, it was necessary to produce the effect of a wonderful sunset,, which the young lovers watched together before singing one of their great love songs.

The theatre electricians worked very hard to produce this sunset effect. They tried out all kinds of arrangements and combinations of lights—red lights, orange lights, yellow lights, blue lights, lights from above, lights from behind, lights from the front, lights from the sides—but nothing satisfied the poet, until suddenly he saw exactly the effect that he had been dreaming of producing ever since he had written his play.

'That's it!' he shouted excitedly to the electricians behind the stage. 'That's just right! Keep it exactly like that!'

'I'm sorry, sir,' answered the chief electrician, 'but we can't keep it like this.'

'Why ever not?' asked the poet angrily.

'Because the theatre is on fire, sir,' answered the chief electrician.' That's what's producing the effect you can see now!'






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Mrs.Baker's sister __________ ill. She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday, but not at the weekend, so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spend the weekend with __________ at her home in a neighbouring town. But as Mr.Baker could not cook, she had arranged for his sister to come over and spend the weekend __________ after him at their home.

This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time when he came home from work on Friday evenings. __________ he had to drive home from the railway station. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he __________wait until his sister's train arrived, so as to take her to his house.

Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home, and then wait for his __________ train, so as to bring her home.

One Sunday evening he had seen his sister off on her train and __________ for his wife's arrival when a porter, who had often seen him at the station, came over and __________ to him.

'You __________ a lot of fun,' he said. 'But one day one of those __________ is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble!'



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Text VII

Mrs. Baker's sister was ill. She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday, but not at the weekend, so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spend the weekend with her at her home in a neighbouring town. But as Mr. Baker could not cook, she had arranged for his sister to come over and spend the weekend looking after him at their home.

This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time when he came home from work on Friday evenings. First he had to drive home from the railway station. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he had to wait until his sister's train arrived, so as to take her to his house.

Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home, and then wait for his wife's train, so as to bring her home.

One Sunday evening he had seen his sister off on her train and was waiting for his wife's arrival when a porter, who had often seen him at the station, came over and spoke to him.

'You are having a lot of fun,' he said. 'But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble!'






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A young man, who earned his living as a drummer in a band, __________ just __________, and he and his wife __________ for somewhere to live. They saw a lot of places, but there was always something that one of __________ did not like about them. At last, however, they found a block of new __________ which both of them really liked. However, there was still the problem of whether they should take one of the ground-floor flats, which had a small garden, or one of the upstairs ones.

At last they decided on a first-floor flat—not too low down and not too high up—and moved in. After they __________furniture, carpets, curtains, and all the rest, they gave a big party to celebrate the setting up of their __________ home together.

It was a gay and noisy party, as all the __________ friends from the band came and played their instruments. The guests danced, sang and practised on their host's drums.

Soon after one a.m. the telephone __________. The hostess went to answer it in the hall, and after she had finished, came back with a happy smile on her face and said to her husband, 'That was the man who has just moved into the flat downstairs __________, dear. I am so glad we decided not to choose it. He says it __________ terribly noisy down there.'



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Text VIII

A  young man, who earned his living as a drummer in a band, had just married, and he and his wife were looking for somewhere to live. They saw a lot of places, but there was always something that one of them did not like about them. At last, however, they found a block of new flats which both of them really liked. However, there was still the problem of whether they should take one of the ground-floor flats, which had a small garden, or one of the upstairs ones.

At last they decided on a first-floor flat—not too low down and not too high up—and moved in. After they had bought furniture, carpets, curtains, and all the rest, they gave a big party to celebrate the setting up of their first home together.

It was a gay and noisy party, as all the host's friends from the band came and played their instruments. The guests danced, sang and practised on their host's drums.

Soon after one a.m. the telephone rang. The hostess went to answer it in the hall, and after she had finished, came back with a happy smile on her face and said to her husband, 'That was the man who has just moved into the flat downstairs telephoning, dear. I am so glad we decided not to choose it. He says it is terribly noisy down there.'






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Just after the __________ war, people were very willing to give money to help those who __________ from it. But not everyone who collected money was honest. The newspapers were full of stories of people who __________ by men who went from house to house saying that they __________ for soldiers who had been seriously wounded in the war, or for people who had lost their homes, or for some other noble cause, while all the time they __________ the money they collected into their own pockets instead of __________ it for the purposes they claimed to be collecting it for.

One day Mr. Smith __________ back with another story of this kind. He told his wife that a group of people had collected thousands of dollars for the widow of the Unknown Soldier. Then someone __________ to the papers about it, and they had written articles to warn other people. Mr. Smith said that he and his friends at the office had had a good laugh about the story when they had read it in the newspaper.

'Can you imagine anyone __________ so stupid as to believe that story and give money for the widow of the Unknown Soldier?' he asked his wife.

She looked puzzled at first, but then her face brightened. 'Oh, yes! I see now!' she answered. 'Of course, the government __________ the widow of the Unknown Soldier!'



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Just after the last war, people were very willing to give money to help those who had suffered from it. But not everyone who collected money was honest. The newspapers were full of stories of people who had been cheated by men who went from house to house saying that they were collecting for soldiers who had been seriously wounded in the war, or for people who had lost their homes, or for some other noble cause, while all the time they were putting the money they collected into their own pockets instead of using it for the purposes they claimed to be collecting it for.

One day Mr. Smith came back with another story of this kind. He told his wife that a group of people had collected thousands of dollars for the widow of the Unknown Soldier. Then someone had written to the papers about it, and they had written articles to warn other people. Mr. Smith said that he and his friends at the office had had a good laugh about the story when they had read it in the newspaper.

'Can you imagine anyone being so stupid as to believe that story and give money for the widow of the Unknown Soldier?' he asked his wife.

She looked puzzled at first, but then her face brightened. 'Oh, yes! I see now!' she answered. 'Of course, the government pays the widow of the Unknown Soldier!'


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Mr. and Mrs. Davies had left _________ Christmas shopping very late. There were only a few days more before Christmas, and of course the shops and streets __________ terribly __________, but they had to get presents for their family and friends, so they started out early one morning for the big city, and spent several tiring hours __________ the things they wanted in the big shops.

By lunch-time, Mr. Davies _________ down with parcels of all shapes and sizes. He could hardly see where he _________as he and his wife left the last shop on their way to the railway station and home. Outside the shop they had to cross a busy street, made even _________ than usual by the thousands of people who had come by car to do their last-minute Christmas shopping.

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Mr. and Mrs. Davies had left their Christmas shopping very late. There were only a few days more before Christmas, and of course the shops and streets were terribly crowded, but they had to get presents for their family and friends, so they started out early one morning for the big city, and spent several tiring hours buying the things they wanted in the big shops.

By lunch-time, Mr. Davies was loaded down with parcels of all shapes and sizes. He could hardly see where he was going as he and his wife left the last shop on their way to the railway station and home. Outside the shop they had to cross a busy street, made even busier than usual by the thousands of people who had come by car to do their last-minute Christmas shopping.

Mr. and Mrs. Davies had to wait for the traffic lights to change, but as Mr. Davies could not see in front of him properly, he gradually moved forward into the road without realizing it. Mrs. Davies saw this and became worried. Several times she urged her husband to come back off the road, but without success. He could not hear her because of the noise of the traffic.

Finally she shouted in a voice that could be heard clearly above all the noise, 'Henry! If you intend to stand in that dangerous position a moment longer, give me the parcels!'