Test 2
Directions: (1—10)
Here is a dialogue in which sentences are given in the wrong order. Find the right order. There is an example at the beginning (1).
Задание: (/—10)
Перед вами диалог, в котором неправильно расставлены все реплики.
Расставьте их по порядку. В начале задания дан пример (1). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D— If I were you, I should take the 9.45 train.
— Thank you. A tickct to Glasgow, please!
— Return, Glasgow, twelve pounds fifteen pence, please.
— I want a tickct to Glasgow, please. Which train must I take?
— Single or return?
— Return, please, first class.
— Do I have to change anywhere?
— 9.45. You'll have to hurry if you want to register your luggage.
— No, no change, it's a through train.
J. — Here you arc. Can you tell me again what time the train
goes? ¦ T«t3 ¦
Directions: (Questions 1—11).
Test your vocabulary. Complete these sentences by using the correct words from the box. Use each word once only. There is an extra word which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Задания: (1—11).
Закончите предложения, используя подходящие слова из рамки. Используйте каждое слово только один раз. В рамке есть лишнее слово, которое не нужно использовать. В начале задания дан пример (0). to accept steam built company travel trains engine passenger railway special speed fast construction
The first (0) trains were drawn by horses. But they were not
(1) trains. They were used in mines and factories to
carry materials from one place to another. The first (2)
___ train was used in an iron-works in South Wales. It
was (3) by Richard Trcvithick, in 1804.
The first passenger (4) ______ in England (and in the
world) was the Liverpool and Manchester railway. In 1829, the
(5) offered a prize of 500 pounds for the best steam
train. The prize was won by George Stephenson, with his
famous train "The Rocket". It could (6) 29 miles per
hour, which was very (7) at that time.
Lots of people were afraid of the railways and trains. They
tried to stop their (8) . But in 1842 people had (9)
______ the railway. Queen Victoria, herself, travelled in a
train from Slough to Paddington. A (10) railway
carriage was built for her in 1869.
In 1938 a train ("Mallard") was built. It travelled at 126
miles per hour, and that was world record (11) for a
steam train. Nowadays this train can be seen in the Museum of Transport.