Test Your English Grammar. Self-Study Guide: Сборник тестовых заданий по грамматике английского языка. Сенюшкина Т.В. - 18 стр.

227. Every night the children ______ a fairy-tale by their aunt, who unwillingly   236. I am expected ______ for work at 5:00 PM.
chooses the same bed-time stories her parents would read to her.                          A. leave                        B. to leave
      A. read                           B. are being read                                 C. leaving                      D. to leaving
      C. are reading                    D. are read
                                                                                   237. The earth ______ the centre of the universe.
228. The Lord of the Rings ______ at our local cinema now.                               A. was thought to be
      A. shows                          B. is showing                                    B. thought
      C. is being shown                 D. has shown                                     C. didn’t think
                                                                                         D. thought to be
229. I ______ a present for my last birthday.
       A. gave                            B. was not given                         238. Shakespeare’s famous drama Macbeth ______ on fact.
       C. has given                       D. am given                                    A. bases
                                                                                         B. is known to be based
230. We can’t use the sports hall yet because it ______.                                 C. is known be basing
      A. is still built                   B. is still building                           D. knows to be based
      C. is still being built             D. is to build
                                                                                   239. Mary ______ for shoplifting.
231. This picture ______ by a friend of my mother’s many years ago.                      A. is said to arrest
      A. is painted                      B. was painted                                  B. said to arrest
      C. is being painted                D. painted                                      C. is said to be arrested
                                                                                         D. say to be arrested
232. – Wasn’t Gabe going to bring hot dogs to the picnic?
     – He ______, but I don’t think he did.                                        240. In the past fresh air ______ to be bad for sick people.
       A. was supposed to                                                                 A. was considered
       B. was supposed to bringing                                                        B. is considered
       C. supposed to bringing                                                            C. considered
       D. supposed to be brought                                                          D. considers

233. The house ______ in 1486.                                                     241. The naughty child ______ by the parents.
                                                                                         A. was expected to punish
      A. believes to build
                                                                                         B. expected to punish
      B. is believed to be built
                                                                                         C. was expected to be punished
      C. believes to be built
                                                                                         D. expect to be punished
      D. is believed to build
                                                                                   242. In order to ______ for admission to some top universities, a candidate
234. The rate of inflation ______ to rise.
                                                                                   needs to get a high score on a well-known standardized test.
      A. expects         B. expected       C. is expected        D. —
                                                                                          A. consider                      B. be considered
                                                                                          C. be considering                D. consideration
235. This picture ______ Rembrandt.
      A. is believed to be painted
                                                                                   243. He hates ______ a fool of.
      B. is painted                                                                      A. being                            B. making
      C. was painted                                                                     C. being played                     D. being made
      D. was believed to belong to
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