VI. REVISION TEST № 4

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 424.

Y. WRITING PRACTICE

Choose any of the given topics and write an essay (150 -180 words)

1. The trade secrets of supermarkets

2. What advice you could give to a customer for him/her not to be trapped by the hidden tricks of supermarkets

1. Match Russian words and word combinations and their English equivalents:

1. пахнуть (свежевыпеченным хлебом)

2. скрытые уловки

3. получать прибыль на чем-то

4. делать что-то не спеша

5. в наши дни

6. манящий, соблазнительный

7. рассчитывать на…

8. розничная торговля

9 предметы первой необходимости

10 товары по сниженным ценам

11 создавать имидж

12 подводить итог, подсчитывать

A. hidden tricks

B. to make (get) profit on

C. nowadays

D. tempting

E to count on

F. retail trade

G. to do something at leisure

H. essentials / everyday items

I. bargains

J. to project an image

K. to reveal a secret

L. to total

M.. to smell of freshly baked bread

2. Give antonyms to the following words:

1. to increase

2. entrance

3. fresh bread

4. to do something at leisure

5. counterproductive

6. to scatter

7. fast

8. considerate

3. Give synonyms to the following words and expressions:

1. everyday items

2. full of people

3 to finish

4 to sum up

5 to make some process quicker

4. Complete the sentences using can or (be) able to in the necessary tense form.

1. George has travelled a lot but he ...speak a single foreign language.

2. I ... sleep very well recently.

3. Sandra…drive because she had no car.

4. Frankly speaking I can't work with Tom Brown. I've never…understand him.

5. Ask our professor about your problem. She might. … help you.

6. My grandfather was a very clever man. He ... speak five foreign languages.

7. I looked for the book everywhere but I ... find it.

8. They didn't want to come with us at first but we ... persuade them.

9. Laura had broken her leg and…walk very well.

10. Sue wasn't at home when I phoned but I… contact her at her office