11.She __________ a member of our organization for more than 10 years.
has be
have been
was
has been
were
12.You are the most beautiful woman. I _____ even____ Why are you single then?
have see
had seen
has seen
was seen
were see
13. She _____ only for half a year for an employer before she was fired.
has worked
had worked
worked
was working
works
14. When I went to school I was very scared because I _____ not _____ my previous homework.
had done
have done
do did
was doing
have do
15. He is the 10th person who _____ me what is the weather today this morning!
has ask
has asked
had asked
was asked
were ask
16. I’m looking for Kate. Can you tell me where she is at the moment? I don’t she ____just_______.
have leaved
have left
has leave
has left
was left
17.____ your mother_____ the table by the time you were back from Canada?
has laid
had lad
had laid
had lying
was lying
18.I ________ already_______ doing housework.
do finish
had finished
is finishing
was finish
did finished
19.By the time she got home her children______ already____ their homework.
а)had done
b)do does
c)is doing
d)was doing
e)did done
20.We _________ working yet.
do start
did started
is started
was started
has started
21. ______ you ______ this film?
do see
had seen
is saw
was seen
did see
22.When I saw her last time, she _____ already ____ her hairstyle.
has change
had changed
is changing
was change
have change
23. Since he ______ with Natalie, he looks happy.
marry
has marry
is married
was marry
has married
24. She ______ not_____ yet.
have go
had gone
is gone
was go
were gone
25.The taxi _____________.
arrived
had arrived
is arrived
arrive
has arrives
26. _____ your brother _______ his homework?
do did
did done
did do
was do
have do
27. I _______ already hometask.
do
had did
have done
was doing
did
28.When _____ you _____ the job?
do start
did started
has starting
have started
had starts
29.______ you ______ in London for a long time?
has live
had live
have lived
do live
did lived
30.The audience left after the film_______.
did finish
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2.Give the equivalents to the following words.
English
Russian
Kazakh
sovereign
trading way
rename
stock exchange
consumer
communication
dwellings
remove
wheat due
cattle breading
3. Match the sentences in A with the ones in B.
А В
1. On the 10th of December 1997 a. the administrative center to Tselinnyi
Region.
2. For a long time Akmolinsk was b. also well developed.
3. The famous Kazakh writer and poet c. railroad and air transport
communication.
4. From 1962 to 1965 Tselinograd was d. removing to the new capital in 1997.
5. Wheat and cattle breading are e. as Astana in May 1988
6. Astana is a big center of automobile f. Akmolinsk became to know all over the world
7. The Government of Kazakhstan started g. about 500 thousand people.
8. Akmola was formally renamed h. Saken Seifullin lived and worked here.
9.Only in the period of virgin lands i. a small provintional town.
development
10.Astana is on the banks of the Ishim River j. the city of Akmola has declared
the capital of sovereign the Republic of Kazakhstan
4. Read the text “Astana – the new capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan».
On the 10th of December 1997, the city of Akmola has declared the capital of the sovereign Republic of Kazakhstan.
Akmolinsk was founded in 1830 as a military fortress. In 1862, it became the city of Akmolinsk because of its ever-growing importance as it was on the trading way from Tashkent to the Urals. During the October Socialist Revolution in 1917, Akmolinsk was a revolutionary center.
The famous Kazakh writer and poet Saken Seifullin lived and worked here. For a long time Akmolinsk was a small provintional town. Only in the period of virgin lands development Akmolinsk became to know all over the world. The whole Soviet Union helped our republic to build Akmolinsk became was renamed into Tselinograd. From 1962 to 1965 Tselinograd was the administrative center to Tselinnyi Region, which consisted of five Northern provinces of Kazakhstan. The wheat grown in the fields of these provinces was highly valued on the London stock exchange. In the Soviet time Kazakhstan produced I milliard pood of high quality wheat due to the virgin lands development.
At present many different branches of industry such as machine – buildings, food, consumer goods production and building materials industries are well developed and are further developing here. Wheat and cattle breading are also well developed. There are five universities in the city, among them the State Euro-Asian University named after N. Gumilev. There are two theatres – the Russian Drama Theatre named after Stanislavsky and the Kazakh Music Theatre.
Astana is a big center of automobile, railroad and air transport communication. It connects the Central Kazakhstan with its southern and western regions, with Siberia, Urals and Volga and other regions, Astana is on the banks of the Ishim River and its population is about 500 thousand people.
In 1997-1998 the Government House, the Parliament House, the Palace of Congress was reconstructed in Astana. The new President`s Residence and may new social buildings and dwellings were and are built here too. The Government of Kazakhstan started removing to the new capital in 1997. Astana is 1200 km away from Almaty. Akmola was formally renamed as Astana in May 1988. On the 10th of June 1998 the international presentation of the new capital – Astana took place. Astana will become the center, of business contacts, as it is situated in the center of the Asian Continent.
Nowadays Astana – is a big construction site and soon it will become one of the biggest and beautiful cities of the XXI century.