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(1)TEST – ENGLISH 10 III/ GRAMMAR: A/ Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets: By 1990 my father (work)…………………………… for Microsoft Group The science of medicine (advance) …………….a great deal in nineteenth century This gifted director (not make) ……………………………any film so far What you (do) ……………………………at this time yesterday? As we (drive) ……………………………down the hill, a strange object appeared in the sky Last night, by the time she (go) ………………home, her children (already sleep) ………… I was late The teacher (already give) …………… a quiz when I (get) ……………to class Keys: Had worked Advanced Has not made Were you doing Were driving Went / had already slept Had already given/ got V/ READING COMPREHENSION: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London His father was a comedian and his mother worked as a dancer and singer Neither of them was very successful, however, and the family had very little money At one time they were so poor that he and his brothers had only one pair of shoes between them and they had to take turns wearing them The first time he himself earned money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved most was working in the theatre When he was about fifteen he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America On one of such tours he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both an actor and a film director He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes made the other actors repeat a scene many times before he was finally satisfied with it Many people found him difficult and some accused him of being mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty that made him careful with his money He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the age of 88 There is now a status of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early upbringing His name was Charlie Chaplin Where was he born? A He was born in centre of London B He was born in a very poor part of London C He was born in a very successful family D He was born in Hollywood His parents ………… A were very successful in their career C were not successful in their career B were very poor D both B & C How did he earn money at the first time? A He danced and sang B He worked in theatre company C He went on trips o America D He played a part in film at Hollywood When did he first go to America ? A In 1904 B When he was sixteen years old Key: B D 3.A B In 1977 D When he was only five years old A Lop11.com (2)