Лексико-грамматический тест + КЛЮЧ для 10 класса

Form 10

Grammar and Lexical Test

Total 100 points

Keys.

1. Which was the fastest

1) a 2) a 3) an 4) an 5) - 6) the 7) the 8) the 9) the 10) the 11) the 12) a 13) the 14) - 15) the 16) - 17) the 18) the 19) a 20) the 21) the 22) the 23) the 24) a 25) a 26) a 27) - 28) the

II. I’d rather pack now

1) must 2) can 3) need 4) need 5) may 6) ought 7) will have 8) could 9) could 10) could 11) must 12) can 13) may 14) will have 15) cannot 16) will you be able 17) will be able 18) might 19) can

III. High Hopes

1) was going 2) said 3) come 4) will sell 5) will buy 6) will get 7) are 8) will sell 9) will buy 10) will be 11) is 12) does not rain 13) will put 14) will go 15) will look 16) will say 17) will pass 18) will only shake 19) shook 20) came

IV. The conductor’s mistake.

1) in 2) by 3) to 4) near 5) at 6) up 7) to 8) to 9) in 10) up 11) in 12) up to 13) out 14) up 15) with 16) at 17) for 18) off 19) in 20) instead of

V. The royal ravens.

1) have been 2) used 3) was used 4) thought 5) left 6) would fall 7) decreed 8) be kept 9) be paid 10) live 11) are clipped 12) cannot 13) dies 14) is headed

VI.

1. She has always been in love with me, hasn’t she?

2. Is the boy throwing stones into the pond your brother or your nephew?

3. Who found that the game was over having arrived at the stadium?

4. Who was allowed to use a dictionary when translating the text? What were the students allowed to use when translating the text? When were the students allowed to use a dictionary?

5. Did they meet each other on their way home?

6. I wonder (I am eager to know) if the teacher told the pupils to come to the blackboard.

Used: «Английская грамматика в забавных рассказах» В.В. Бондарева, КАРО 2002, «Готовимся к олимпиадам по английскому языку» Москва, Айрис-пресс 2006.

Form 10

Grammar and Lexical Test

Total 100 points

1. Fill in the blanks with the articles “a/an”, “the” or “_”. (28 points)

This is ⁽¹⁾ __ story about ⁽²⁾ __ Frenchman, ⁽³⁾ __ Englishman and ⁽⁴⁾ __ American who were once travelling by ⁽⁵⁾ __ train in Europe. ⁽⁶⁾ __ conversation was about how fast ⁽⁷⁾ __ trains were in their countries. ⁽⁸⁾ __ Frenchman said, ''In my country ⁽⁹⁾ __ trains go so fast that ⁽¹⁰⁾ __ telegraph posts by ⁽¹¹⁾ __ railway line look like ⁽¹²⁾ __ garden fence." ⁽¹³⁾ __ Englishman said, "At ⁽¹⁴⁾ __ home ⁽¹⁵⁾ __ trains run so fast that we have to pour ⁽¹⁶⁾ __ water on ⁽¹⁷⁾ __ wheels to stop them from getting hot." ⁽¹⁸⁾ __ American said, "That's nothing! I was once talking ⁽¹⁹⁾ __ trip and my daughter came onto ⁽²⁰⁾ __ platform to see me off. While I was getting into ⁽²¹⁾ __ compartment ⁽²²⁾ __ train started. I leaned out of ⁽²³⁾ __ window to give her ⁽²⁴⁾ __ kiss and kissed instead ⁽²⁵⁾ __ cow in ⁽²⁶⁾ __ field ⁽²⁷⁾ __ six miles down ⁽²⁸⁾ __ railway line."

What would you say about the trains in this country?

II. Fill in the blanks with the modal verbs can, may, must, ought, need, have to, to be able to. (12 points)

Bill: Well, Marry, here we all are to take you out to dinner before our holidays begin tomorrow.

Marry: Oh, but I haven't packed yet.

Bill: Neither have I. But you ⁽¹⁾ __ eat sometimes.

George: Yes, Mary. We ⁽²⁾ __ help you pack later.

Ann: However, perhaps, she'd better do it now.

Mary: Yes, I'd rather do it now. ⁽³⁾ __ I take lot of things? Do I ⁽⁴⁾ __ more than one case?

George: No. Only what's necessary for a few days.

Bill: You'd better take a change of clothes - and of course, your toothbrush. And you ⁽⁵⁾ __ need something to eat on the train or boat.

Ann: You ⁽⁶⁾ __ to take a book to read, your camera, and of course, your bathing costume.

Mary: Hm! If you add much more I (⁷⁾ __ to take two cases after all.

George: But wouldn't you rather take too much than too little? If you wanted some special thing in Jersey and then you found that you'd left it in London, you'd be very cross, wouldn't you?

Mary: If I forgot anything I ⁽⁸⁾ __ buy it in a Jersey, ⁽⁹⁾ __ not I?

Bill: Of course, you ⁽¹⁰⁾ __ .You'd better not listen to George. But you ⁽¹¹⁾ __ not take more than you ⁽¹²⁾ __ carry because we ⁽¹³⁾ __ not always find porters to carry our things.

Ann: Oh, that doesn't matter, Bill. You and George ⁽¹⁴⁾ __ to carry them if we ⁽¹⁵⁾ __ not find porters.

George: Do you hear it, Bill? ⁽¹⁶⁾ __ you carry Mary's bags as well as your own?

Marry: Of course, he will. I ⁽¹⁷⁾ __ to get everything into one case, I'm sure. I'll fetch some of my things.

Bill: And if we started packing now we ⁽¹⁸⁾ __ still be in time to get something to eat. Come along, Ann, you ⁽¹⁹⁾ __ help her find what she wants.

Ann: Well, if we ⁽²⁰⁾ __ not shut the case, you and George ⁽²¹⁾ __ to sit on it to help.

Mary: Here are some dresses and shoes. Why, you're still talking. Hurry up, everybody!

George: Yes. I'm getting hungry. If we hadn't talked so much we should have finished before now. Here's our case, Marry. I've opened it for you.

Answer the questions on the dialogue.

1. Why did Mary’s friends come over to her place?

2. What did Mary want to do before going out to dinner?

3. Why did she want to pack?

4. Where was she going on holiday?

5. What did her friends advise her to take?

6. Why did not she want to take too many things?

7. Who would have to carry Mary’s things if they did not find porters?

III. Use the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. (20 points)

High Hopes

One day a young country girl ⁽¹⁾ ( to go) to town with a bucket of milk on her head. She ⁽²⁾ (to say) to herself: “When I ⁽³⁾ (to come) to the market I ⁽⁴⁾ (to sell) the milk at a high price and ⁽⁵⁾ (to buy) twenty eggs with the money. Out of these eggs I ⁽⁶⁾ (to get) twenty chickens. As soon as the chickens ⁽⁷⁾ (to be) large enough, I ⁽⁸⁾ (to sell) them and ⁽⁹⁾ ( to buy) a new dress for myself. It ⁽¹⁰⁾ ( to be) a yellow dress to match my hair. On May Day, if the weather ⁽¹¹⁾ (to be) fine), if it ⁽¹²⁾ (not to rain) I ⁽¹³⁾ (to put) on the yellow dress and ⁽¹⁴⁾ (to go) to the town. Everybody ⁽¹⁵⁾ (to look) at me and ⁽¹⁶⁾ (to say): “What a beautiful girl!” But I ⁽¹⁷⁾ ( to pass) by without looking at them. I only ⁽¹⁸⁾ (to shake) my head like that.” Without noticing it she ⁽¹⁹⁾ (to shake) her head and down ⁽²⁰⁾ (to come) the milk, the eggs, the chickens and the yellow dress.

Answer the questions on the text.

1. Have your high hopes ever been ruined?

2. Who/what was to blame for that?

IV. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions and postpositions. (20 points)

THE CONDUCTOR’S MISTAKE

Once Mark Twain was travelling ⁽¹⁾_____France ⁽²⁾______train. He was going ⁽³⁾________a small town ⁽⁴⁾_______Paris. It was very late ⁽⁵⁾________night, he was very tired and sleepy. He asked the conductor to wake him ⁽⁶⁾________when they got ⁽⁷⁾________that town and went ⁽⁸⁾_______bed. It was early ⁽⁹⁾________the morning when the writer woke ⁽¹⁰⁾___________, the train was already ⁽¹¹⁾ _________Paris.

Mark Twain was very angry. He ran ⁽¹²⁾___________the conductor and cried ⁽¹³⁾_______, “I asked you to wake me ⁽¹⁴⁾___________. Why didn’t you do it? I am very angry ⁽¹⁵⁾____you. “The conductor looked ⁽¹⁶⁾__________him ⁽¹⁷⁾__________a moment and said, “You may be very angry, but not so angry as the American whom I put ⁽¹⁸⁾____________the train ⁽¹⁹⁾_____that town ⁽²⁰⁾ _____ ______you.”

How would you feel in Mark Twain’s place?

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive or active form. (14 points)

THE ROYAL RAVENS

The six ravens ⁽¹⁾ (to keep) in the Tower of London now for centuries. They ⁽²⁾ (to use) to come in from Essex for food cracks when the Tower ⁽³⁾ (to use) as a palace. Over the years people ⁽⁴⁾ (to think) that if the ravens ever ⁽⁵⁾ (to leave) the Tower, the monarchy ⁽⁶⁾ (to fall). So Charles II ⁽⁷⁾ (to decree) that six ravens should always ⁽⁸⁾ (to keep) in the Tower and should ⁽⁹⁾ (to pay) a wage from the treasury. Sometimes they ⁽¹⁰⁾ (to live) as long as 25 years but their wings (¹¹⁾ (to clip) so they ⁽¹²⁾ (cannot) fly away and when a raven ⁽¹³⁾ (to die) another raven ⁽¹⁴⁾ (to bring) from Essex.

VI. Change the following statements into questions. (6 points)

1. She has always been in love with me. (Disjunctive).

2. The boy throwing stones into the pond is my brother. (alternative).

3. Having arrived at the stadium David found that the game was over. (To the subject).

4. When translating the text at the exam the students were allowed to use a dictionary. (Special).

5. They met each other on their way home. (General).

6. The teacher told the pupil to come to the blackboard. (Indirect question).