Name: .........

the 16th of December 2003

TEST PAPER

I.

Use the verb in brackets in the correct tense-form: (30p)

A) Mr. Macdonald (1. not feel) very well for a long time, so he

finally (2. make up) his mind to see the doctor. The latter, after
examining him, said, "Well, I am glad to say it's nothing serious; you're
a little run down, that's all. You (3. take) one of these pills three
times a day after meals, and a small glass of whisky every evening before
you (4. go) to bed, and you soon (5. be) all right again."
Meeting Sandy in the street a fortnight later the doctor (6. inquire) how
he (7. keep), and if he (8. follow) his instructions faithfully. "Well,
to tell the truth, Doctor," said Sandy, "I (9. be) a little bit behind
with the pills, but I (10. be) a month ahead with the whisky."
B) Mark Twain, the famous American writer, (1. travel) in France.
Once he (2. go) by train to Dijon. That afternoon he (3. be) very tired
and (4. want) to sleep. He therefore (5. ask) the conductor to wake him
up when they (6. come) to Dijon. But first he (7. explain) that he (8.
be) a very heavy sleeper. "I probably (9. protest) loudly when you (10.
try) to waken me up," he (11. say) to the conductor. "But do not take any
notice, just put me off the train anyway".
Then Mark Twain (12. go) to sleep. Later, when he (13. wake up), it
(14. be) night-time and the train (15. be) in Paris already. He (16.
realize) at once that the conductor (17. forget) to wake him up at Dijon.
He (18. be) very angry. He (19. run) up to the conductor and (20. begin)
to shout at him. "I never (21. be) so angry in all my life," Mark Twain
(22. say).
The conductor (23. look) at him calmly. "You (24. be) not half so angry
as the American whom I (25. put) off the train at Dijon," he (26. say).
C) Two men (1. travel) in a very wild part of America. They (2.
see) no modem houses and no traces of civilization for many days. What
they (3. see) (4. be) only a few huts made of wood or tents where the
Indians (5. live). One day they (6. meet) an old Indian who (7. be) a
hunter. He (8. be) very clever and (9. know) everything about the forest
and the animals living in it and many other things. He could also speak
English quite well. Can you tell us what the weather (10. be) like
during the next

few days?" one of the two travellers (11. ask) him. Oh.

yes," he (12. answer). "Rain (13. come), and wind. Then there (14. be)
snow for a day or two but then the sunshine (15. come) again and the
weather (16. be) fine." These old Indians (17. seem) to know more about
Nature than we with all our science," (18. say) the man to his friend.
Then he (19. turn) to the old Indian. (20. tell) me," he (21. ask), "how
you (22. know) all that?" The Indian (23. answer): "I (24. hear) it over
the radio."
II.

Read the text and comment on it:

Two landscape painters stood at the window looking at the landscape

which was also a seascape, and both were curiously impressed by it,
though their impressions were not exactly the same. To one of them, who
was a rising artist from London, it was new as well as strange. To the
other, who was a local artist, but with something more than local
celebrity, it was better known; but perhaps all the more strange for what
he knew of it.
In terms of tone and form, as those men saw it, it was a stretch of
sand against a stretch of sunset. The whole lying in strips of sombre
colour, dead green and bronze and brown that were not merely dull but in
that light in some way which ran out from the fields into the sands of
the sea, so that its fringe of dreary weeds and rushes seemed almost to
meet the seaweed. But its most singular feature was that the upper part
of it had the ragged outlines of a ruin, pierced by so many wide windows
and large rents as to be a mere dark skeleton against the dying light;
while the lower bulk of the building had hardly any windows at all, most
of them being blind and bricked up and their outlines faintly traceable
in the twilight. But one of the bottom windows at least was still a
window; and it seemed strangest of all that it showed a light.
Who on earth can live in that old shell? exclaimed the Londoner,
who was a big, bohemian looking man, young but with a shaggy red beard
that made him look older. Chelsea knew him familiarly as Harry Payne.
Ghosts, you might suppose, replied his friend Martin Wood, well,
the people who love there really are rather like ghosts.

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III. Rephrase:
A
This is the nicest place I have ever been to.
Never ...............................
Canada is a much less densely populated country than Britain.
Britain ...............................
Id have preferred you not to invite so many people.
Id rather .....................................
He must never be told the truth under any circumstances.
Under
no
circumstances .................................................
I didnt believe Janes explanation for one moment.
Not for ...........................................
I had hardly got on the train when it started.
No sooner .....................................
They advanced farther into the forest. They became more and more
scared.
The farther ...........................................

8. You will be admitted to the interview only if you send a CV.

Only if .....................................
9. I really regret being so rude to you at Toms party.
If only .....................................
10. Without your sisters love and devotion he wouldnt have recovered
so quickly.
If it .....................................
B
1. We think that she is the right person. (APPEARS)
2. There is a risk that he will fail maths if he doesnt study harder.
(RISKS)
3. Then I realized that he had cheated on me. (WHEN)
4. All citizens demanded more action from the police. (SHOULD)
5. I wish you wouldnt shout like that. (DO)
6. The weather was so frosty that everyone stayed indoors. (SUCH)
7. I tried hard but I couldnt find his address. (MIGHT)
8. According to reports, the Prime Minister has recovered. (REPORTED)
9. It would be better if you left your children at home. (RATHER)
10.

If you see Peter by any chance, could you ask him to contact me?
(SHOULD)

11. It was only when I got hoe that I realized something was wrong.
(DID I)
12.

It was impossible for me to tell Sam the truth. (POSSIBLY)

13.

I should really be doing my homework. (TIME)

14.

If you found the stolen money, would you tell me? (WERE)

15.

Why do you have to tell lies all the time? (WISH)

IV. Write synonyms for:

1. strange
2. summary
3. snow storm
4. profitable
5. huge
6. charlatan
7. glib
8. make young again
9. carry across
10. go though

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12.
13.
14.
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17.
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20.

person above
people for (supporters)
put together
go over again
take away, kidnap
the result of adjusting
tolerant
self-satisfaction
healthy
intensify

V.

A famous American professor once stated: The moving picture is

by far the most popular art of our times. Bring arguments in
favour of or against that: