Variant 9

1. Hurry up! If we______, we'll be late.

a) hurry c) don't hurry

b) not hurry d) '11 hurry

2. This time next week he…in the Black Sea.

a) swim c) '11 swim

b) '11 be swimming d) swims

3. He got more and more angry…end he just walked out of the room.

a) at c) at an

b) in the d) in

4. She wasn't well, but…of this she went to work.

a) in spite c) despite

b) although d) though

5. Sorry, I'm late. It took me…to get there than I ex­pected.

a) long c) longest

b) longer d) the longer

6. This is a very difficult question__.

a) to answer it c) to answer

b) to answer to it d) answer

7. I didn't know you lived…long way from the city centre.

a) such a c) so

b) such d)enough

8. It's the second cup of tea she…this morning.

a) has had c) has

b) to have d) is having

9 It's crowded in here. There is hardly…to sit down.

a) nowhere c) anywhere

b) somewhere d) everywhere

10. It wasn't a very good volleyball

match….team

played well.

a) either c) both

b) neither d) both of

11. Children! Be careful! You may fall down the stairs and kick______.

a) yourself c) themselves

'b) you d) yourselves

12. She lives in….building.

a) twenty-storey c) a twenty-storey

b) twenty stores d) the twenty-storey

13. My father was feeling very tired when he came home. He ____hard all day.

a) worked c) was working

b) had been working d) has worked

14.1 know this student doesn't study hard now but…she….to study hard at school?

a) was, used c) is, used

b) did, use d) does, use

15. If you…good grades at school tomorrow we______ you go out again all month.

a) '11 get, '11 let c) get,'11 let

b) '11 get, let d) get, let

16. Mr. Smith reads…Daily Telegraph but his wife reads ___Times.

a)the, the c)the, —

b) -, - d) -, the

17. The decision…at this very moment.

a) is made с) is being made

b) was made d) has made

18. Obviously the population of the world…by the year 2070.

a) will increase c) increase

b) increases d) will have increased

19. "I'd love a glass of juice." "______."

a) So would I c) I am also

b) So I would d) I had too

20. If we…a map with us, we…missed the turn­ing.

a) took, haven't c) had taken, wouldn't have

b) had taken, hadn't d) had taken, would not

Variant 10

1. When I…this book, you can have it.

a) '11 have read c) '11 be reading

b) 've read d) '11 have been reading

2. Next week he…to London on business.

a) is going c) goes

b) is going to go d) go

3. Are you going away….the beginning of May or ______the end?

a) in, at c) at, at

b) in, in d) at, in

4.______what I said last night, I still respect you.

a) despite c) although

b) in spite d) though

5. Ann studies…than most of her group mates.

a) hard c) harder

b) too hard d) hardly

6.1 enjoyed the football match. It was an exciting game

a) to watch c) watching

b) to watch it d) watch

7.1 haven't seen him for…long time that I've forgot­ten what he looks like.

a) such c) so

b) such a d)enough

8. It's the second time the car…down this month.

a) has broken c) broke

b) break d) breaking

9. We used to be good friends, but we hardly

…see each other now.

a) never c) ever

b) much d) any when

10. "Which of the two films did you prefer?" "Actually I didn't like…them."

a) either of c) neither of

b) either d) neither

11. That knife is very sharp. Be careful! Don't cut______.

a) you c) herself

b) yourself d) himself

12. Mary was…old girl when she entered the univer­sity.

a) twenty years c) twenty of years

b) twenty-year d) a twenty-year-

13. They…in the Crimea for two years when they de­cided to move to another place.

a) were living c) had been living

b) have lived d) have been living

14.1 know they go to the cinema quite often now but…they…to go there two years ago?

a) were, used c) are, used

b) did, use d) do, use

15. I'll only go if he______.

a) apologizes c) '11 apologize b) apologize d) is apologizing

16. Last year we visited…Netherlands and….Germany.

a) the, — c) -, the

b) -, - d) the, the

17. They were allowed to return after the bomb…safe.

a) was made c) has made

b) made d) had been made

18. We…hard since morning but we…

nearly finished.

a) have been working, are b) worked, were

c) have been working, have d) worked, will be

19. "I've never been to England." "______."

a) Neither do I c) Neither am I b) Neither have I d) I do too

20. Few appeared…

problems finding their way around the Tube.

a) to have had c) having

b) to have d) having had

	CONTENTS
	Introduction.
Unit I.	Textile.	4
Unit II.	The different types of textiles.	6
Unit III.	Cotton.	9
Unit IV.	Wool.	12
Unit V.	Silk.	16
Unit VI.	Nylon.	19
Unit VII.	Polyester.	22
Unit VIII.	Sources and types.	25
Unit IX.	Scottish textiles: Тweed.	29
Unit X.	Scottish textiles: Tartan.	32
Unit XI.	Wash-and-wear and easy-care fabrics.	36
Unit XII.	Clothing.	37
Unit XIII.	Functions of clothing.	40
Unit XIV.	Cultural aspects of clothing.	43
Unit XV.	Jeans.	46
Unit XVI.	Ethnographic clothes of Nomads. Part I.	49
Unit XVII.	Ethnographic clothes of Nomads. Part II.	53
Unit XVIII.	The History of Linen.	57
Unit XIХ.	Cutting.	60
Appendix 1.	Business letters.	62
Appendix 2.	Training tests.	67

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