Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 59 стр.

7. Lucy                                                                                                     Text 6
   A tried to go ahead of the car which followed her but couldn’t do it
      because of Tom Bradley.                                              Part A. Directions:   Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four
   B was the victim of verbal abuse.                                       (Questions 1 – 5)     choices given below. Choose the correct answer
   C caused the incident.                                                                        and mark it on your answer sheet. The example
   D was lucky to drive home with the local builder.                                             shows you what to do

8. Tom Bradley
                                                                           Example:       I   0     a lovely holiday in the country last year.
   A had good eyesight which allowed him to write down the registra-
                                                                                            A brought      B had       C passed        D gave
      tion number of the boy’s car.
                                                                           Answer:        0. B
   B abandoned the car on a nearby housing estate.
   C appeared in the shape of a local builder.
   D helped Lucy get rid of the boys.                                            Simon Rattle, born in Liverpool in 1955, is one of Britain’s most fa-
                                                                          mous musicians and conductors. He has changed the face of classical music
9. What title would you give to the story?                                in this country. At a time when classical music was opening out to a new
   A In search of a hero.                                                 public, Rattle came along. He 1 the imagination of the public in a way
   B Heroic failure of the builder.                                       no other British conductor of his generation has achieved.
   C Local hero.                                                                 He worked with various symphony orchestras. Then he joined the
   D Builder or hero?                                                     City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as 2 conductor. This was the
                                                                          start of a long and fruitful partnership. He turned down offers from other
10. The verb «ram» means in the story:                                    orchestras at home and abroad. He concentrated 3 on transforming the
    A strike and push heavily                                             CBCO’s standing and international reputation. In partnership with Bir-
    B accept willingly                                                    mingham City council, he led the CBSO from the Victorian Town Hall to
    C cause alarm                                                         its ultramodern new concert hall in the International Convention Centre.
    D reserve readily                                                     Thus he decisively 4 the classical music audience of the city.
                                                                                 Rattle left his full-time post with the CBSO in 1998 and handed over
                                                                          the reins to his 5 , Sakari Oramo. Despite this, he returns regularly as
                                                                          guest conductor. He also works with a number of other orchestras. He di-
                                                                          vides his time between Birmingham, Vienna and Berlin.

                                                                          1.   A caught            B brought         C shot           D sought
                                                                          2.   A melodramatic      B ideological     C principal      D ideal
                                                                          3.   A although          B instead         C hi             D though
                                                                          4.   A expanded          B decreased       C improved       D used
                                                                          5.   A transformer       B heir            C predecessor    D successor

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