Progress Test 26
1. There is a problem when you forget where dreams end and. real world begins.
a) - c) the
b) a d) an
2. Do you often put. until tomorrow what you could do today?
a) of c) down
b) on d) off
3. Is it important to you to succeed. your career?
a) at c) for
b) in d) because of
4. My mother passed her driving test yesterday. She. to drive for two years.
a) learn c) has been learning
b) was learning d) had been learning
5. Pubs are often. places to eat well and cheaply in Britain, and they also try to serve tasty British food.
a) well c) the best
b) better d) most
6. . we recommend you our favourite places to eat in Minsk? - It's very kind of you.
a) Must c) Ought
b) Can d) May
7. They say that. British eat only traditional British food in their homes.
a) - c) the
b) a d) an
8. Surely food is as. a part of our culture as our landscape, our language, and our literature.
a) many c) the most
b) more d) much
9. From the time of. Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.
a) - с) а
b)the d) an
10. English kitchens, like the English language, absorbed. ingredients from all over the world - chickens, rabbits, apples, and tea.
a) the с) а
b) - d) an
11. The British always. food from abroad.
a) import c) have imported
b) has imported d) imported
12. We live in a global village, but how. do we know and understand each other?
a) good c) best
b) better d) well
13. In the Middle East you. take care not to admire anything in your hosts' home. They will feel that they have to give it to you.
a) must c) should
b) can d)could
14. You should not expect the Japanese to shake.. Bowing the head is a mark of respect in Japan.
a) hand c) a hand
b) hands d) the hands
15. In Japan the first bow of the day should be. than when you meet thereafter.
a) low c) lowest
b) the lowest d) much lower
16. We. for three hours when we saw the house in the distance.
a) drive c) drove
b) were driving d) had been driving
17. When they got outside, the rain. already to snow.
a) turn c) has turned
b) had turned d) would turn
18. Agatha Christie. at home. She didn't go to school.
a) has educated c) had educated
b) had been educated d) was educated
19. Agatha Christie is possibly the world's most famous. writer.
a) historical c) detective story
b) short story d) criminal story
20. Pablo Picasso didn't like going to school unless he was allowed to take one of his. pigeons with him.
a) father's c) fathers
b) fathers' d) father
21. What is the world's biggest office? - I think. Pentagon is the largest office in the world.
a) - с) а
b) the d) an
22. They. across a field when they were attacked by a bull.
a) walked c) had been walking
b) have been walking d) were walking
23. He. for a job for months, but he could find nothing.
a) looked c) had been looking
b) was looking d) has been looking
24. John felt tired. He. all day to prepare for the party.
a) worked c) was working
b) had been working d) has been working
25. . of the guests have arrived yet.
a) None c) Either
b) Neither d) Somebody
26. . people go to the cinema these days. They prefer to see films at home.
a) Fewer c) Little
b) Less d) The least
27. . policeman in the country is looking for the killer.
a) Each . c) Everybody
b) Every d) All
28. What I like about London is the fact. it never sleeps.
a) that c)then
b) than d)because
29. I found it difficult to get around London when I first came, but I. to it now.
a) used c) use
b) am used d) have used
30. Born in Holland in 1853, Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world's most famous..
a) writers c) painters
b) poets d) musicians
