Test Your English: Preparation Guide. Дворжец О.С - 79 стр.

                                   Section III                                    For, some years ago, he lived in a prehistoric hut and scraped a living with
                                                                                  ancient iron tools. In 1977, he and his wife Kate took part in a unique tele-
  Part A. Directions:      Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four      vision project in which they and five other young families spent a year on a
 (Questions 26 – 30)       choices given below. Choose the correct answer         reconstruction of a two-thousand-year old Iron Age farm in a wood in Dor-
                           and mark it on your answer sheet.                      set in the west of England. Cut off from the twentieth century, the twelve
                                                                                  volunteers had to build their own communal roundhouse and then survive
                                                                                  as self-sufficient farmers using Iron Age tools. Cameras filmed their strug-
       Stand up comedian Basile has appeared on         26    time television,
                                                                                  gle to grow crops and rear ancient breeds of animals. “It was stressful,”
he’s been heard on over 450 radio show and he’s played some of the big-
                                                                                  says John. “Especially when we had to kill the animals. We had little pri-
gest clubs across the United States.
                                                                                  vacy inside. We took turns bathing in a tub of muddy water once a week.”
          27 , comedy was not Basil’s first career choice. This native New
                                                                                  The group found it difficult to work as a team. Personalities clashed. Rows
Yorker, who now lives in North Carolina, played semi-professional football
                                                                                  flared over food – a dull diet of mostly bread and meat – and when to har-
before attending law school. In his final year, needing a break from the
                                                                                  vest. Their bean crop was wiped out by a storm and in winter the farm was
stress, he took a year 28        to pursue stand up comedy. That was nine
                                                                                  a mud bath. But John learned how to get along with others, be confident
years ago. Since then Basile has used his wit, improvisation skills and
                                                                                  and self-reliant. He believes these character-building experiences are what
voice impersonations to     29      a fast-paced, high-energy show. “My act
                                                                                  helped him succeed in business.
is always on the edge,” he says. “I never take it too seriously. I try to touch
the inner child of every person.”       30     where he performs across the
                                                                                  31. – Which of the following is not true?
country, Basile says he’s always looking for the same response from his
                                                                                      – John Rossetti
audience.
                                                                                      A typifies the successful modern company boss.
                                                                                      B set up a computer software company.
26.   A   prime            B   free          C   paid          D   comedy
                                                                                      C took part in a television project together with his wife.
27.   A   Besides          B   Hopefully     C   However       D   Moreover
                                                                                      D cried from the life he once had.
28.   A   out              B   off           C   away          D   down
29.   A   invent           B   discover      C   do            D   build          32. What were the most difficult aspects of living life as people did in the
30.   A   Matter of fact   B   No matter     C   No business   D   No sooner          Iron Age for Mr Rossetti and other volunteers?
                                                                                      A Killing animals, having little privacy, working in a team.
 Part B. Directions:       Questions 31 through 35 are based on the text              B Bathing in a tub.
 (Questions 31 – 35)       below.                                                     C Personal problems.
                           Choose the one best answer to each question on             D Being filmed, struggling for crops.
                           the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
                           Mark the answer on your answer sheet.                  33. Living in the Iron Age
                                                                                      A helped John Rossetti succeed in the computer age.
      John Rossetti is a typical successful modern company boss. The                  B made John Rosetti be confident in Iron Age.
computer software company he began in 1982 has twenty-five staff and an               C built business-like characters.
annual turnover of £2.5 million, but it’s a far cry from the life he once led.        D wiped out crops but built characters.
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