1.Have you ever visited other countries? - Yes, I... to Italy and France. a) was c) had been
b) have been d) would be
2. I feel really tired. We ... to the party last night and have just returned home.
a) went c) had seen
b) has gone d) was going
3. At the beginning of the film I realized that I ... it before.
a) see c) had seen
b) saw d) have seen
4. My sister's son ... in tomorrow's race, because he is too young. They do not allow riders under sixteen.
a) won't ride c) wouldn't ride
b) shan't ride d) doesn't ride
5. Television has many advantages. It keeps us informed about the latest news, and also ... entertainment at home.
a) provide c) is provided
b) provides d) provided
6. On the other hand television ... for the violent behaviour of some young people, and for encouraging children to sit indoors, instead of doing sports.
a) blames c) is blamed
b) blamed d) would blame
7. Some millionaires have lots of money and ... what to do with it.
a) don't know c) won't know
b) didn't d) knows
8. How ... at college? You didn't say much about it in your last letter.
a) do you get on c) will you get on
b) are you get on d) are you getting on
9. Every time that I miss the bus, it means that I ... walk to work.
a) has to c) had to
b) have to d) could
10. That was great! It was ... meal you have ever cooked.
a) good c) best
b) better d) the best
Nursultan, formerly (until 1961) Akmolinsk, (1961–92) Tselinograd, (1992–98) Aqmola, and (1998–2019) Astana, city, capital of Kazakhstan. Nursultan lies in the north-central part of the country, along the Ishim River, at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and South Siberian railways.
It was founded in 1824 as a Russian military outpost and became an administrative centre in 1868. Its population had reached 33,000 when it was made an oblast (province) centre in 1939. The city’s importance was greatly enhanced during the Soviet period by the government’s Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign of the mid-1950s—Tselinograd was Russian for “City of the Virgin Lands”—and by the city’s role as capital of a kray (region) that united the five northern provinces of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1960–65. There was much new construction and the establishment of various research and higher educational institutions (teacher training, agriculture, medicine, and engineering and construction).