Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 48 стр.

matches throughout the week. From June to August a series of international        4. The Henley Royal Regatta
matches, known as ‘Test Matches’, are played between England and a visit-            A was on the way at the Edwardian age.
ing national team from another country where cricket is professionally               B was the most popular sporting event in 1901 – 1910.
played. The matches last five days, and are played at various country                C is a river – boating competition.
cricket grounds around England.                                                      D is a sporting event which starts in July and is the first in the sport-
       June is the height of the flat-racing season (horse races on flat                 ing calendar in Britain.
courses, without jumps). The most fashionable and exclusive sporting event
of the year is Royal Ascot. Ascot is traditionally attended by the monarch,       5. The word ‘trophy’ means in the text:
whose horses compete in the races. Newspapers, society magazines and TV              A an object won as a symbol of achievement or victory
always show pictures of the smartest and most extravagantly dressed spec-            B boat given as a prize for winning
tators: the human beings compete just as much as the horses.                         C attractive element of rowing
       At the start of July is the Henley Royal Regatta. Officially an inter-        D Royal presents for handsome winners.
national rowing competition with many handsome trophies to be won, it is
also a major social event. There is an air of carefree gaiety that suggests the
Edwardian age (1901 – 10) when river – boating was at its most popular.                                              Text 5

1. Which of the following is not true?                                                                   Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below.
                                                                                   Directions:
   – By May the cricket                                                            (Questions 1 – 5)     Choose the one best answer to each question on
   A season already begins.
                                                                                                         the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
   B is on the way to village and pub sides.                                                             Mark the answer on your answer sheet.
   C is played by amateurs at weekends.
   D is popular with amateur and professional teams.
                                                                                         An invitation to a meal in someone’s house usually means a relaxed
                                                                                  evening. More often than not men do not wear business suits, while the
2. Who takes part in ‘Test Matches’?
                                                                                  women wear comfortable rather than fashionable evening clothes. It is a
   A Serials of international teams.
                                                                                  good idea to take some flowers or a box of chocolates for your hostess;
   B Visiting professionals.
                                                                                  some, additionally, bring a bottle of wine. It does not have to be an expen-
   C Teams from England and other countries where cricket is profes-
                                                                                  sive wine; it is, as we say, the thought that counts. The bottle is hardly ever
      sionally played.
                                                                                  opened, and quite often serves as a bottle that tonight’s host takes as a quest
   D Teams to be tested during ‘Test Matches’.
                                                                                  to next week’s dinner somewhere else.
                                                                                         In most parts of England the hostess expects a short letter of thanks
3. Ascot is a sporting event
                                                                                  for the evening. Such letters follow a standard formula: you mention the
   A where social enjoyment is secondary to sport.
                                                                                  food and the company and express the hope that you will meet again soon.
   B resembling an elegant and exclusive outdoor party.
                                                                                  The latest fashion is more for a picture postcard (usually from some cul-
   C for the rich competing with horses.
                                                                                  tural spot like the National Gallery) with the same kind of note on the back.
   D for the monarchs.
                                                                                  Traditionalists will expect and write a letter.
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