Final test. See it to believe it

Choose the correct option. Who was it that came … the bright idea to have a barbecue in May?

Choose the correct option. Digging in his garden, he came … a piece of broken cup that looked as if it might be ancient.

Choose the correct option. Many old castles used to have ... chambers.

Choose the correct option. Mr. Brown has got another book of poetry coming … next winter.

Choose the correct option. As the wind blew the leaves made a ... sound.

Choose the correct option. People who see one picture inside another are experiencing an optical ... .

Choose the correct preposition. A: How was your trip to Sakhalin? B: It was good, but we didn’t succeed ... catching a big fish.

Choose the correct preposition. A: I find it difficult to draw portraits! B: Don’t worry, I know ... experience that you get better with practice.

Choose the correct option. The weather was terrible yesterday, so all the members of the expedition came … a cold.

Choose the correct preposition. A: I feel nervous ... my exams. B: Don’t worry, you’ll be fine.

Read the text and choose the correct group (true, false or not stated) for each statement. Haunted Castles in Britain The idea of real haunted castles is familiar to us through films and literature. But it is not only in fiction that castles have ghosts. It is not really surprising that this should be so considering the bloody history of many of them. Tortures and murders were common things and many dungeons had special places into which prisoners were thrown without visitors in order to pay the bills, this has done very little to wipe out the psychic memory of the injustices (несправедливости ) committed within their walls. The Castle of Mey was built in the 16th century by George Sinclair, the 4th Earl of Caithness .It is his granddaughter who haunts the castle. The story goes that Elizabeth Sinclair fell in love with a ploughman who worked on a local farm. Her father was horrified that she should mix with a “commoner”. So he imprisoned her in a room at the top of the castle tower to prevent her from seeing him. Some people say that one day she leaned too far out of a window to try and catch a glimpse of her beloved working in the fields and that she fell to her death. Others say that she was so unhappy that she threw herself from the tower window. Whatever the truth is, today the so-called ”Green Lady” can sometimes be seen sadly moving around the castle. She is most often observed in the tower room where she was imprisoned. Leeds Castle in Kent must be one of the most beautiful haunted castles in Britain. The ghost that is said to haunt the castle is a black dog, a curly - haired retriever which appears and disappears within moments , sometimes fading into a wall or passing through a closed door. The dog is associated with death or other misfortune befalling a member of the castle owner’s family. This is strange because many years ago a woman was sitting by the window when she saw the dog disappearing into a wall. The woman went to investigate the creature and the window by which she had been sitting collapsed landing on the spot where she had been sitting just moments before. The ghost saved her!

Read the texts. Match the names of painting styles to their descriptions. One title is extra.

You will hear an interview with an opera singer. Listen and choose the correct group for each statement.