Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 57 стр.

9. What title would you give to the story?                                    went 3 within a year. I felt he was doing too much computing at home.
   A The high-flyer banned                                                    He stayed up late every night typing away, sending messages to other com-
   B The tragic precious moment                                               puter buffs. Equipment kept arriving at our flat. I remember once a new
   C The final runner                                                         computer coming and he was in ecstasies unpacking it.”
   D The thrill seeker                                                                  4     , Dave was caught by a security guard stealing computer
                                                                              equipment from his office at six in the morning. “Being caught was an ex-
10. The verb «deem» means in the story:                                       traordinary shock to Dave”, Sarah 5 . “They came and took all his com-
   A to consider, to suppose                                                  puters away, but a change came over him. The whole nightmare gave him
   B to refuse                                                                the short, sharp shock he needed to separate him from computers. I think he
   C to reject                                                                appreciates that too.”
   D to decide
                                                                              1.   A until           B at             C before            D over
                                                                              2.   A degree          B grade          C mark              D career
                                 Text 4                                       3.   A mad             B left           C wrong             D right
                                                                              4.   A However         B Besides        C And               D Eventually
                                                                              5.   A recieves        B recalls        C rereads           D reminds
 Part A. Directions:    Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four
 (Questions 1 – 5)      choices given below. Choose the correct answer
                        and mark it on your answer sheet. The example          Part B. Directions:      Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text
                        shows you what to do                                   (Questions 6 – 10)       you’ve read in Part A of this Section.
                                                                                                        Choose the one best answer to each question on
                                                                                                        the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
 Example:       I   0    a lovely holiday in the country last year.
                 A brought     B had        C passed       D gave                                       Mark the answer on your answer sheet.
 Answer:        0. B
                                                                              6. Which of the following is not true?
                                                                                 A The 29-year-old computer consultant took no notice of his wife
       When Dave, a 29-year-old computer consultant, ignored his beautiful          and prefered computers instead.
young wife Sarah and sat up working on a laptop 1 4 am, she realised             B Sarah and Dave had been married for about 2 years when she real-
that their marriage, less than two years old, was over.                             ised their marriage was coming to an end.
       Dave and Sarah were the perfect young middle-class couple, gradu-         C Sarah and Dave could hardly earn their living.
ates, both earning well and living in a comfortable London flat. They were       D Sarah studied music at University.
at university when they met, he a medical student, she reading music. Sarah
chose to ignore his preoccupation with computers even when, after getting     7. Sarah
his medical      2     , he gave up doctoring to pursue a computer – based       A chose ignorant, preoccupied computer assistant.
career. Sarah said, “When I met him, he was obviously mad about com-             B neglected to notice Dave’s preoccupation with computers.
puters but only as a hobby. I ignored what my mother told me about avoid-        C read about music at University.
ing men with hobbies… At the start, we were terribly romantic. Things            D pursued a computer based career.
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