All-Russian test work. Grammar, vocabulary and reading. Test 5

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct grammatical forms. Joyce is 24 years old. She has a baby daughter, but she can’t take care of baby. The government takes Joyce’s baby and her to another family. Joyce never forgets her daughter. For 20 years Joyce looks for her. She can’t find her. She doesn’t know her daughter’s new name. She doesn’t know her daughter’s address. When Joyce is 44 years old, she gets a job at a store. A young woman works with Joyce at the store. The young name is Tammy. Tammy and Joyce are friends. One day at work Tammy begins to cry. “What’s the matter?” Joyce asks Tammy. “I’m looking for my birth mother and I can’t find her. I have only photo. See? This is me when I was a baby.” Tammy shows Joyce the photo. Joyce looks at the photo for a long time. “Tammy,” Joyce says. “I think I'm your birth mother.”

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct grammatical forms. My favourite room is kitchen. Perhaps the kitchen is room in many houses, but it is particularly so in our house because it’s not only where we cook and but it’s also the main meeting place for family and friends. I have so many happy memories of times spent there: special occasions such as homecomings or cooking Christmas dinner; troubled times, which lead to comforting cups of tea in the middle of the night; ordinary daily events such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter mornings for sleepy children before sending off to school, then sitting down to read the newspaper with a steaming hot mug of coffee. Whenever we have a party, people gravitate with their drinks to the kitchen. It always up the fullest and noisiest room in the house.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with suitable words. Our interest in the private lives of celebrities seems . This has caused a in the number of ‘paparazzi’, those photo journalists who follow celebrities around to get pictures of them, which they then sell to popular magazines. Sometimes they are ready, to do anything to get a picture. For example, they will hire a helicopter in order to fly close to the home of a celebrity. But the paparazzi say that celebrities are only too happy to have their homes and weddings photographed for huge fees.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with suitable words. Your Voice, our school newspaper is going to get involved in supporting wildlife . We hope that you will all join in the campaign to save nature. We are going to visit Oak Tree Park to adopt an animal on behalf of the school. You will get the chance to see the animals in their environment and then we will all decide which animal to choose. A word of though! Remember that you have to be careful around the animals. Mr. Abbey, an expert on species is going to give us a talk on what we can all do to make a to the environment. We really need you to support this and we hope we can count on you!

Read the extract and choose the correct topic from the list. This extract deals with … A new kind of training shoes, with wheels in the heel, are in fashion in Wales. Many teenagers asked for them at Christmas. But the manager of the St Andrew`s Shopping Centre in Liverpool says the shoes, called "Heelies", are dangerous. He says kids in "Heelies" can’t enter the mall. They must take them off and walk around in their socks.

Read the extract and choose the correct topic from the list. This extract deals with … The manager, Gilmour Johnes, thinks there is a safety problem. Teenagers with these shoes could break a shop window or knock down an older customer. Mr. Johnes says that the rule against wheels is not new. "For many years we have had the rules against using rollerblades or skateboards in the centre."

Read the extract and choose the correct topic from the list. This extract deals with … Many other malls also have specific dress rules for teenagers. In the USA, some malls have rules about wearing baseball caps. You mustn’t wear your cap to the side — the cap must be straight, and you mustn’t wear it low over your face. The security camera must be able to see your face.

Read the extract and choose the correct topic from the list. This extract deals with … Many of these rules are to stop big groups of teenagers getting in the way of shoppers. Groups of kids sometimes stand on the stairs or in the doors and customers can’t pass. Some shoppers are afraid of large groups of noisy teenagers. One mall manager said, "We are here to sell. If you don’t want to buy, we don’t want you here."

Read the extract and choose the correct topic from the list. This extract deals with … However, the problem with "Heely" shoes is not just the feelings of other shoppers. There is a real safety problem — these shoes can be dangerous. The company that makes them tells users not to wear them in crowded places.

Look at the picture, read its description and choose the correct words or phrases. I'd like to describe this picture. The picture shows a in the . is . The is . I think is years old. is . hair is , and . is wearing a and . I like this picture because I like too. That's all I wanted to say.