I. Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
1. The Stuarts _____ Africa is a very interesting continent to visit.
A) think B) is thinking
C) thinks D) are thinking
2. We sat by ____ sea and watched the birds in _____ sky.
A) - …. – B) - …. the
C) the …. - D) the …. The
3. We’ve booked the seats for _______.
A) seventh July B) the seventh of July
C) seven July D) the seven of July
4. We are going to Antalia as soon as _____ taking our final exam.
A) we’re finish B) we’d finish
C) we’ll finish D) we finish
5. This new perfume is not much ______ the others they have produced.
A) different B) different than
C) different from D) different that
6. Please give me _____ .
A) a yellow B) a yellow one
C) yellow one D) a yellow ones
7. A) The dog chased the cat down the street quickly this morning,
B) The dog chased the cat quickly down the street this morning,
C) The dog chased quickly the cat down the street this morning.
D)The dog chased the cat quickly this morning down the street.
8. She looks ____ about something.
A) alarm B) alarmed
C) alarming D) alarmness
9. This is ____ I’ve ever read.
A) one of most boring book B) one of most boring books
C) one of the most boring book D) one of the most boring books
10. My friend was _____ going to the cinema.
A) most interested of B) the most interested of
C) the most interested in D) most interested with
11. I wonder where _______.
A) he did go B) he went
C) did he go D) went he
12. Both Nick and George, _______ Dan, are studying medicine at Washington University.
A) as well as B) and well as
C) as well to D) and as well
13. ______ the traffic, I managed to arrive on time.
A) Despite of B) in spite
C) Despite in D) Despite
14. Do you like ______ in the sitting room?
A) a furniture B) a furnitures
C) the furniture D) the furnitures
15. _____ was brilliant blue.
A) Sky B) The sky
C) a sky D) The skies
16. Could you please tell me where ________?
A) is the nearest post of f ice located B) the nearest post office is located
C) is located the nearest post office D) located is the nearest post office
17. _______ a lovely flower! Thank you very much!
A) How B) So
C) What D) That
18. If you don’t know the meaning of this word, _____ in the dictionary.
A) chase it up B) look it up
C) search it out D) find it out
19. Mike ______ wear a lot of warm clothes as it wasn’t very cold.
A) needed to B) didn’t need to
C) don’t need to D) don’t needed to
20. I would like to leave a message for _______ if I may.
A) they B) their
C) them D) theirs
II. Translate the technical text.
In 1949 the Justice Department again filed suit against AT&T, claiming that Western Electric charged inordinately high prices from their customers (i.e., the operating telephone companies owned by AT&T), thus making it possible for the operating telephone companies to charge their subscribers inappropriately high rates. The suit dragged on, and a consent decree was reached in 1956. AT&T won; Western Electric need not be divested from AT&T, the Bell System would be engaged only in telecommunications business, and nonexclusive licenses would be granted to any applicant on fair terms. This was the final judgment. The eventual breakup of the Bell System in 1984 was accomplished through a modification of this final judgment, hence the modification of final judgment (MFJ).