Writing Test 10th grade

Read the text below. Complete the story with the correct forms of the words in brackets (1–12). An example (0) has been done to you.

The White House
In Washington, DC, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a very special address. It (0) is (be) the address of the White House, the home of the president of the United States.

Originally the White House was grey and was called the PresidentialPalace. It (1) __             (build) from 1792 to 1800. At this time, the city of Washingtonitself was built. It was to be the nation’s new capital city. George Washington, (2) __             (one) president, and Pierre Charles L’Enfant,
a French engineer, chose the place for the new city. L’Enfant then planned the city. The (3) __                (president) home was an important part of the plan. A contest was held to pick a design for the president’s home. An
architect (4) __         (name) James Hoban won. He designed a large threestory (5) __            (build) of grey stone.
In 1812 the United States and Britain went to war. In 1814 the
British invaded Washington. They burnt many buildings (6) __             (include) the Presidential Palace.
After the war James Hoban, the original architect, partially rebuilt the president’s home. To cover the marks of the fire, the building was painted white. Before long it became (7) __         (know) as the White House.
In 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt issued an order changing
the official name to the “White House”.
Since it was burnt down in 1814 by British troops during the war of 1812, the White House (8) __            (go) through numerous changes. Today it contains reception and dining room, living quarters for the President and his family (on the second floor), the President’s Oval Office and (9) __           (office) for all the President staff.
Here, in the White House, The President holds (10) __           (meet) that
decide national and international policy, signs new legislation and carries out the many duties of the office.
Besides being a residence, The White House is also a public buildingand such is open at certain times for tours. The White House is one of (11) __                    (popular) tourist attractions in the United States.
The term “White House” is often used colloquially (12) __             (denote)
the President, or the executive branch of the US government.

Read the text below. Complete the story with the correct forms of the words in brackets (1–12).An example (0) has been done to you.

After ‘The Hound of Baskervilles’ by A. Conan Doyle
Mr. Sherlock Holmes (0) was sitting (sit) one morning at the breakfast table in his room in Baker Street. His friend Dr Watson was standing near the window, examining a (1) __           (walk) stick which a visitor had forgotten the day before.
‘To Dr Mortimer from (2) __       (he) friend’, was engraved upon it,
with the date ‘1884’. Sherlock Holmes suddenly (3) __          (turn) to Watson and said, ‘The owner of the stick has a dog which is (4) __          (large) than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff’.
‘How (5) __               (know / you)?’ asked Watson in surprise.
‘I was examining that stick carefully and noticed the marks of (6) __         (dog) teeth on it’, answered Holmes. ‘They are too broad for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff. Probably the dog often (7) __           (carry) the stick behind its master. I think it must (8) __      (be) a spaniel’.
Holmes left the breakfast table and (9) __                (stand) near the window as he said this. Watson looked at him in surprise and asked, ‘How can
you be sure of that?’
‘For the simple reason that I see the dog at (10) __       (we) door and
I hear the bell which its master (11) __             (ring). I wonder why Dr Mortimer wants to see Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Well, we (12) __                  (soon /know). Come in’, he added and then there was a knock at the door.