Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 34 стр.

1.   A   for nothing    B   again          C   for ever         D   for good                                       Allow Us, Sir
2.   A   to             B   by             C   forward          D   from                  The Waldorf Astoria is among the greatest hotels in New York and is
3.   A   illegally      B   illogically    C   legally          D   loyally        staffed with security men and detectives, among other, more usual hotel
4.   A   the maximum    B   the miracle    C   the magistrate   D   the mistrial   staff, whose job is to protect the wealthy residents who stay there. One
5.   A   disappear      B   qualify        C   reappear         D   disqualify     night the hotel detective saw a man stumble as he came down the staircase
                                                                                   into the lobby. In falling he dropped his suitcase which burst open and
                                                                                   spilled out jewels all over the hallway. He summoned a porter and the two
                                   Text 4                                          hotel men helped the grateful guest put everything back into the case, held
                                                                                   the door open for him and hailed a cab…
                                                                                          Only after the guest was safely away was the theft of more than half
 Directions:           Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four
                                                                                   a million dollars’ worth of gems reported to the desk clerk.
 (Questions 1 – 5)     choices given below. Choose the correct answer
                       and mark it on your answer sheet.
                                                                                   1. Which of the following is not true?
                                                                                      A The guest summoned the porter: the sum was summed up.
                    Not A Very      1     Neighbour
                                                                                      B The Waldorf Astoria personnel is to protect its residents.
      A Maryland man did not 2 very well with his neighbours, in his
                                                                                      C The guests of the Waldorf Astoria are to be kept safe by the hotel
home town of Glen Burnie. He had a minor 3 with three of them and
                                                                                         staff.
4 they passed his house he jumped out of his front door and shouted dirty
                                                                                      D The Waldorf Astoria is a luxurious hotel.
names at them. The three neighbours took him to court where he was or-
dered to pay them $ 45,000 each. At just over $ 135,000 5 it was a very
                                                                                   2. What happened in the Waldorf Astoria one night?
expensive row for the argumentative man.
                                                                                      – A man
                                                                                      A strew the hotel hallway with jewels from his suitcase and was
1.   A   neighbourly    B   logical            C   expensive    D   puzzled
                                                                                          helped by the desk clerk.
2.   A   get on         B   carry on           C   deal up      D   give away
                                                                                      B reported to the desk clerk but was safely away.
3.   A   affection      B   discussion         C   solution     D   dispute
                                                                                      C robbed the hotel and was reported missing.
4.   A   whatever       B   whenever           C   where        D   whoever
                                                                                      D robbed someone, fell when coming down the stairs but managed to
5.   A   at least       B   at large           C   in total     D   in sum
                                                                                          be safely away.

                                                                                   3. Why did the man drop his suitcase?
                                   Text 5                                             A He was seen stumble as he came down the staircase into the lobby.
                                                                                      B He hit his feet against the stairs and fell.
 Directions:           Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.             C He couldn’t help stumbling when he fell going into the lobby.
 (Questions 1 – 5)     Choose the one best answer to each question on the             D The darkness in the lobby made him drop it – it happened late at
                       basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark              night.
                       the answer on your answer sheet.

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