a) are studied c) have studied

b) are studying d) have been studying

2. Any advice that the Queen may offer the Prime Minister ... secret.

a) keep c) is kept

b) are kept d) was kept

3. Members of British Parliament... salaries since 1911.

a) paid c) are paid

b) have been paid d) were paid

4. I decided to change from central London to the suburbs because it ...so expensive to live there.

a) become c) will become

b) have become d) has become

5. The teacher asked her pupils where they ... to spend their holidays.

a) are going c) will be going

b) were going d) have been going

6. As you can see from the letter I ... my address and live in Oxford now.

a)change c) have changed

b) changed d) had changed

7. This time next week I ... on the beach in Spain.

a) lie c) will be lying

b) will lie d) will have been lying

8. Living in the country is ... than in a big city.

a) less expensive c) the least expensive

b) most expensive d) expensive

9. I would like to meet... you and thank you for your help.

a) with

b) at c) by d)-

10. Every time I go to the supermarket I ask ... why I go shopping so often.

a) my c) mine

b) myself d) they

11. It rains every day. If you ... the television with you, you will have nothing to do there.

a) not to take c) won't take

b) don't take d) aren't taken

12. The British Queen is certainly one of... women in the world.

a) rich c) the richest

b) richer d) not rich

13. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became ... first woman Prime Minister, yet she never appointed a woman in her Cabinet.

a) - c) a

b) the d) an

14. A passer-by asked if it... the right road for Hastings.

a) is c) has been

b) was d) will be

15. Excuse me, ... I borrow your newspaper, if you are not reading it? a) must c) might

b)can d)should

16. Bill said that he ... for me outside when I got to the station.

a) will be waiting c) is waiting

b) would be waiting d) waits

17.1 need some time to think about... offer you made me.

a) - c) a

b) the d) an

18. We can't go by train. The train-drivers are ... strike.

a) on c)for

b) in d) at

19. I think that he was lonely because he had few friends and ... of his neighbours ever spoke to him.

a) neither

b) either c) none

d) no

20. After oil ... under the sea near the Welsh Coast, Britain has become self-sufficient in this energy source.

a) discovered c) will be discovered

b) was discovered d) is discovered

Progress Test 26 (1-25)

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) - c) a

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 c) a

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

b) had turned c) has 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) - c) a

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

31. There aren't many people at the stadium now, ... ?

a) are they c) are there

b) aren't there d) aren't they

32. She works harder than I ... to work at her age.

a) used c) was used

b) am used d) had used

33. ... , whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was an American short story writer.

a) J. London c) 0. Henry

b) E. Hemingway d) G. B. Shaw

34. The greatest English playwright and poet William Shakespeare was buried in ... .

a) Stratford-on-Avon c) Westminster Abbey

b) London d) Poet's Corner

35. If you ... in a warmer climate, you won't get so many colds.

a) live c) have lived

b) will live d) will be living

36. He told her not to eat it, explaining that there ... a risk of food poisoning.

a) is c) will be

b) was

d) has been 6i

37. What is the antonym to the word "small"?

a) tiny c) large

b) poor d) little

38. She said to me, "I saw this film yesterday".

a) She said that I had seen that film the day before.

b) She said that she saw this film the day before.

c) She said that she had seen this film yesterday.

d) She told me she had seen the film the day before.

39. I'm sorry, I'm late.

a) Don't mention it. c) That's OK.

b) Not at all. d) Here it is.

40. Where have you been? Your clothes ... wet and dirty.

a) are c) has been

b) is d) will be

41. The first person who ... chocolate to Europe was Cortes, who was an explorer.

a) brings c) brought

b) has brought d) had brought

42. It isn't clear how far the ozone layer ... by aerosol sprays.

a) is damaged c) was damaged

b) has been damaged        d) damaged

43. The rich should pay ... tax than the poor.

a) more c) least

b) less d) most

44. My brother ... interested in medicine since he was a child.

a) is c) has been

b) was d) had been

45. We arrived ... England at Gatwick Airport at 9 o'clock yesterday, a) to c) at

b)in d)for

46. This cafe used to be much ... before they opened the new one next door.

a) popular c) most popular

b) more popular d) the most popular

47. Next May they ... with this team for ten years.

a) will play c) will be playing

b) will have played d) will have been playing

48. Don't start reading the other books until you ... this one.

a) have finished c) will finish

b) finishes d) will have finished

49. Belarus has always been rich in ... talented and gifted people.

a) the c) -

b) a d) an

50. A small sum of money ... from the cash today, and nobody knows who has done it.

a) steal c) was stolen

b) has stolen d) has been stolen

51. Read the text and do the exercises given below.

Science against Pain

Many doctors and scientists in various countries in the past tried to discover ways and means of killing pain. Anaesthesia, which is an ordinary thing now, is the result of the long and hard work of many. It is difficult to say now who was the first, but some of the names must not be forgotten. In 1776 Joseph Priestley, a prominent English chemist, found a gas which is now called "laughing-gas" because it makes people feel a little drunk after inhaling it. For about thirty years no one was seriously interested in it, but in 1800 Humphry Davy, the famous English chemist, noticed its effects. He also said that it would probably be useful in operations because it could take away pain.

About 1824 an English doctor called Hickman read Davy's books and tried laughing-gas on dogs and other animals. He got some good results, but still no interest was shown. Hickman died young, before he could make people believe in laughing-gas as an anaesthetic.

Laughing-gas became known in America, where young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, who was a dentist, noticed that people did not seem to feel pain when they were under the effects of this gas. He decided to try an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.

Wells inhaled some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells' teeth. Wells felt no pain at all. He had lost a perfectly good tooth, but he was delighted. Teeth could now be pulled out without pain.

a) Mark the statements which are True.

1. Nobody knows who was the first to use anaesthesia for killing pain.

2. It was in America where "laughing-gas" was found by Joseph Priestley, a prominent chemist.

3. For a long time no one was seriously interested in "laughing-gas".

4. A French doctor called Hickman was the first to try "laughing-gas" on dogs and other animals.

5. Horace Wells, an American dentist, decided to try an experiment on himself, but his friend  refused to help him.

b) Write down your answers to the following questions.

1. Did many doctors and scientists in the past try to discover means of killing pain?

2. Is it difficult to say who was the first to find out anaesthesia?

3. Who found the gas which is now called "laughing-gas"?

4. How does the gas effect people and animals?

5. For what purpose was it first used by the young people of America?

6. Who made experiments with the gas on himself?

c) Ask five questions on the text.

Progress

1) c; 2) d; 3) b; 4) d; 5) c; 6) b; 7) c; 8) d; 9) b; 10) b; 11) c; 12) d; 13) c; 14) b; 15) b; 16) d; 17) b; 18)d; 19)c; 20) a; 21) b; 22) d; 23) c; 24) b; 25) a; 26) a; 27) b; 28) a; 29) b; 30) c; 31)c; 32) a; 33) c; 34) a; 35) a; 36) b; 37) c; 38) d; 39) c; 40) a; 41) c; 42) b; 43) a; 44) c; 45) b; 46) b; 47) d; 48) a; 49) c; 50) d; 51) a-3