PART II. Train Your Competence

SAMPLE TEST
(30 points)

Task 1. Choose between the two alternatives. (9 points)

1. They differed wide / widely in opinions.
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2. Jason will be in short / shortly.
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3. I wrong / wrongly assumed that you were my friend.
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4. He close / closely inspected the lock.
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5. It was 6 o’clock sharp / sharply.
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6. He has been working hard / hardly the whole year.
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7. Turn sharp / sharply left and then drive straight on.
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8. If I remember right / rightly, this noun is a loan from Latin.
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9. You’d better contact the director direct / directly.
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Task 2. Study the box and pick one intensifier for each point. One is extra. (6 points)

that the very still none the by far imaginable a most

1. Paris is big but New York is ... bigger.
2. Jeremy managed to make ... the best report in his class.
3. She was having ... distressing time with her son.
4. At first I thought the problem would be very difficult but then I realized it wasn’t ... serious.
5. Gordon put on ... best suit he had and ordered a taxi.
6. He was ... wiser for that answer but, being arrogant, he didn’t try to analyse it.

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Task 3. Pick the best version of the sentence by picking one letter (A, B or C). (5 points)

1
The old woman was walking slowly up the path.
The old woman was walking up the path slowly.
The old woman slowly was walking up the path.

2
Marian lives in Dublin street 5, Edinburgh.
Marian lives in Edinburgh, in Dublin street 5.
Marian lives at 5 Dublin street, Edinburgh.

3
Why are you giggling so silly?
Why are you giggling in so silly way?
Why are you giggling in such a silly way?

4
The Nile is one of the longest river in the world.
The Nile is one of the long rivers in the world.
The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world.

5
Sam Walton is the second richest men in the USA.
Sam Walton is the second richest man in the USA.
Sam Walton is the second the richest man in the USA.

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Task 4. Translate the two Russian parts into English. (10 points)

1. Чем больше history books you will read, тем меньше questions you will have.
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2. This USB-drive can store three раза больше файлов, чем my old one. Also, it is менее heavy.
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3. Из двоих managers, Richard is более knowledgeable.
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4. Megan isn’t достаточно богата to buy a Rolls-Royce. She will have to agree to более дешевый automobile.
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5. I am not sure that New York is twice больше as Paris… In any case, geography was my наименее favourite subject at school.
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