:1) choose the suitable word: the authors belonged to the so-called 'beat literature', beat writers' or 'beat generation' were forerunners of the counterculture of the 1960. a) hippy; b) punk; c) gothic. 2) choosegrammatically correct variant: a) don't you know if you post a letter of complaint tonight they would respond in time? b) don't you know if you've posted a letter of complaint tonight they will respond in time? c) don't you know if you post a letter of complaint tonight they will respond in time? 3) choose the right preposition: did you know that mary is engaged her former classmate? a) with; b) on; c) to. 4) which sentence is correct english? a) i love the landscape in scotland; b) i love the countryside in scotland; c) i love the nature in scotland. 5) choose the proper statement: the object in english may be expressed by a) a noun; b) a verb; c) a numeral. 6) choose the right meaning of the idiom 'monday blues': a) jazz songs; b) blue suits people wear to work on monday; c) feeling depressed because it's monday again. 7) choose the proper spealling of a word which is used in folklore to describe a person who changes into a wolf: a) wearwolf b) wherewolf c) werewolf d) were wolf 8) choose the right word to fill the gap in the sentence: when i cut mu head, i needed nine a) fillings; b) stitches; c) slings; d) crutches. 9) who designed and co-ordinated the presentation performance at the opening caremony of 2012 summer olympic games in london? a) james hewitt; b) david bond; c) nick pritchett; d) danny boyle. 10)complete the statement: john betjeman was famous english a) poet; b) actor; c) scientist; d) architect. 11) choose the proper variant: sir edward william elgar, 1st baronet was a famous british a) general of the civil war; b) painter; c) composer; d) member of the house of lords during the second world war.