31. Read the text about the Monsters of the Sea.
People have always been afraid of sharks. Films like “Jaws” have shown them as monsters. But now these animals are in danger, like many others.
In recent years, shark meat has become a popular food in America. Too much fishing has begun to reduce the numbers of some kinds of shark. Some people say this is a good thing. Sharks kill about twenty-five people a year near the world’s beaches. Are we going to help sharks, or are they going to become extinct?
It’s hard to solve the sharks’ “image” problem and change people’s minds about them. Sharks are hunters and so they naturally kill. But actually elephants kill more people than sharks every year – and every–one likes elephants.
Sharks are very important for the world’s oceans. They eat unhealthy fish and keep the numbers of different kinds of sea animals in balance. Now scientists are trying to find way to protect these animals. They have been in the oceans for 350 million years. Perhaps they can survive a little longer.
Choose the statements are True or False according to the text.
A) Films have shown sharks as monsters. True False
B) Sharks are in less danger than others. True False
C) Shark meat has become a popular food only in Canada. True False
D) The number of some kinds of shark has reduced because of much fishing. True False
E) Some people say this is good that a number of sharks has reduced. True False
32. The buildings in Venice are __________ the buildings in New York.
A) older than
B) more older than
C) much older than
D) more old
E) olderer
33. My grandmother started work ________1960.
A) in
B) by
C) on
D) at
E) till
34. Flowers ......... good.
A) stink
B) feel
C) smell
D) watch
E) like
35. Write sentence putting the verb in brackets into the correct Tense.
He (to read) the news every day.
36. Has Nigel cooked dinner _____ ?
A) just
B) already
C) yet
D) ever
E) never
37. Our family ... live in Poland, but three weeks ago we moved to the UK.
A) use to
B) used
C) use to live
D) didn’t use to
E) used to
38. Read the text about The Great Romantic.
Lord Byron (1788-1824) didn’t live a long life. He was an aristocrat and a fashionable man. But he loved freedom and a simple country life. His personality attracted Britain and all Europe. He brought to his poetry romanticism of his times. He was talented and handsome, noble and brave. London admired him.
George Gordon Byron was born on January 22nd, 1788. He was the son of John Byron and his wife, Catherine, whose ancestors were of the royal house of Stuart. He spent his early years outside the capital. He lived in the north. Later his mother took him to Aberdeen. There they lived for several years. George went to Aberdeen Grammar School and there is a monument to him outside the school. Now it is a museum and art gallery. Later he studied at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge.
When Byron was 19, he came to London. One day the poet wrote, “I woke up and found myself famous.” It happened after the publication of his autobiographic poem “Childe Harold” in 1812.
The fact is that from 1809 to 1811 he had traveled in different parts of Europe and in the poem he described everything that had happened to him.
In the summer of 1816 Byron left Britain forever. He traveled around Europe and soon he became a member of the Greek liberation, for which he died. But he did not lead the Greeks in battle as he wished. He died of fever.
Answer the question.
When did he die?
A) 1821
B) 1816
C) 1824
D) 1812
E) 1811
39. Write sentence putting the verb in brackets into the correct Tense.
I (not to see) this picture before.
40. Look, it's very cloudy. It __________ .
A) going to rain
B) ‘s going rain
C) going to
D) ‘s going to rain
E) raining