1.1. (20 x 1 point) Supply the articles where necessary. Write your answers (a, an, the or ‘−’) in the boxes.

a) It’s __(1)__ plant of __(2)__ telephone equipment. ___(3)__ plant is outside Mos­cow. It's __(4)__ very large plant. __(5)___manager of our company is going to visit __(6)__ plant with __(7)__ Chief Engineer of GML on Friday.

b) ___(8)___  price for ___(9)___  pump was $ 500. ___(10)___   offer suited ___(11)___   Buyers and they decided to sign ___(12)___   contract on those terms.

c) ___(13)___   demand for ___(14)___   latest model of cars is very big in  ___(15)___   Japan.

d) During ___(16)___    talks ___(17)___    Seller offered ___(18)___    Russian trade company ___(19)___  12% discount on ___(20)___    price.

X 1 point) Supply the prepositions where necessary. Write your answers in the boxes.

a) She never buys goods ___(1)___   sale prices.

b) She called ___(2)___   a small shop and bought ___(3)___   a dress. It was ___(4)___   the right size and colour and it was not expensive ___(5)___   her. She liked ___(6)___  the dress very much.

c) They offered to deliver the first lot___(7)___   four months after they signed the contract and the balance ___(8)___   22 motors – eight months later. Rossexport guaranteed the delivery ___(9)___   each lot ___(10)___  any delay. Mr. Smith agreed  ___(11)___   the terms ___(12)___   the Russian company.

d) They wanted to buy 60 motors ___(13)___   the Russian company. Rossexport was interested ___(14)___   selling their goods ___(15)___   Smith and Co and they were going to invite Mr. Garsell, the manager ___(16)___   the company, to come to Moscow to have talks.

e) Will you fill ___(17)___    the forms, please? Thank you. The porter will take you up ___(18)___    your rooms ___(19)___    the lift. Here are the keys ___(20)___    your rooms.

X 2 points) Supply the correct tense-forms. Write your answers in the boxes.

a) – You ___(1)___ (to be) ever to Paris?

– Yes, I ___(2)___ (to be) there in April.

– You ___(3)___ (to see) the Eiffel Tower?

– No, I ___(4)___ (to see).

b) – We just ___(5)__ (to start) producing this model and we already ___(6)___ (to receive) a lot of orders for it. How many machines would you like to buy?

– I___(7)___ (to think) 15 or 20.

c) – When you ___(8)___ (to look through) the catalogues?

– I ___(9)___ (to do) it tomorrow. Let's meet on Friday if it ___(10)___ (to be) convenient to you.

d) Tom ___(11)___ (to sit) in the corner with a book. I told him that he ___(12)___ (to read) in very bad light.

e) She's flying to Rome tomorrow. She ___(13)___ (to send) her family a tele­gram as soon as she ___(14)___   (to arrive).

f) Voronin seldom ___(15)___ (to watch) TV. In the evenings he usually ___(16)___ (to do) his homework. Now he ___(17)___   (to read) an English book. He ___(18)___ (to like) the English language and he ___(19)___ (to want) to speak this language well.

g) Vanessa, you ___(20)___ (to invite) people from ВАС to our today's confer­ence?

X 2 points) A word or phrase is missing in each of the sentences below. Four answer choices are given below each sentence. Select the best answer to complete the sentence. Write your answers (letters A, B, C or D) in the boxes.

1. The company managers _________ the union about any changes in employee vacation allowances.

2. I like my work because I have the _________ to make my own decisions.

3. _________ they were tired, they worked overtime.

4. _________ have the employees complained so much about working conditions in the factory.

5. If the student _________ for tomorrow's exam, she’ll be more confident.

6. The president answers all his calls _________.

7. _________ amazes Ms. Fawlty is the speed of her new computer.

8. The management is meeting to determine who _________ promoted.

9. Stock prices are _________ they were last week.

10. We’ll stay at this hotel until the car_____.