Контрольная работа Модуль 6 "Communication" 11 класс

11th form

TEST 6

Vocabulary

    I. Choose the correct item

1        All sport stations will provide live ________of the Rugby World Cup.

A     coverage          B     covering          C     bulletin

2        The ________ story on the news tonight is about a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens.

A     hit          B     top          C     flash

3         Many of the news stories printed in _________ are just gossip.

A     tabloids          B     broadsheets          C     newspapers

4        You must have read about the latest political scandal. It’s on the ________ page of every newspaper.

A     front          B     first          C     cover

5        The emergency service has ________ the headlines again for the fourth time this year.

A     run          B     hit          C     unfold

II. Fill in: fluently, top, front, speak, efficient, headlines

1. Consumers want to buy … heating system.

2. The …. story on the news tonight is about a man who claims to have been abducted by alliance.

3. If you don’t …. your mind, people don’t pay much attention to you.

4. You must have read about the latest political scandal. It’s on the … page of every newspaper.

5. Professor Betts has devoted his career to studying the Roman civilisation and can speak Latin…..

6. Let me have a quick look at the …. And I’ll give you the newspaper in a few minutes.

Grammar

III. Rewrite the following sentences in Reported Speech

1) “I am watching a documentary on the SETI programme,” Andrew said.

2) “I may get a job with the local TV station,” Helen said.

3) “Peter won’t like the news at all,” he told her.

4) “John thinks his neighbor is an alien!” she said to Betty.

5) “Peter lent me a book about UFO’s,” Sammy said.

6) “The scandal will be all over the press tomorrow”, she told me.

7) “Did he visit the Science Museum?” Mark asked.

8) “You must inform the police about your problem”, my friend told me.

9) “Tabloid journalists are calling my house,” he said.

10) “I did not say anything to those reporters!” she said.

IV. Use the verbs in brackets to rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1. "Why don't we visit the Aeronautic Space Centre tomorrow?" Mark said. (suggested)

2. "Don't believe any gossip about Lucy," Emma told Jane. (warned)

3. "I didn't say anything to the reporters!" she said. (denied)

4. "You must inform the police about the crime," my friend told me. (insisted)

V.       Fill in: over, out of, down, back, round.

1        I was going to buy an expensive phone, but my mum talked me _____ it.

2        Sam treats me like a child. He always talks ____ to me.

3        I always talk important things _____ with my parents because I value their opinion.

4        I didn’t want to go to the concert, but Andy talked me _____ it.

5        “Don’t talk _____ to me like that, Anna! You should show some respect to your elders!”

Reading

VI.       Read and match the sentences A-G with the gaps 1-6. There is one extra sentence.

Before the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, scientists thought they knew the universe. They were wrong.

The Hubble Space Telescope has changed many scientists’ view of the universe. The telescope is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, 1) ______ .

He established that many galaxies exist and developed the first system for their classifications.

In many ways, Hubble is like any other telescope. It simply gathers light. It is roughly the size of a large school bus. What makes Hubble special is not what it is, 2) ______ .

Hubble was launched in 1990 from the “Discovery” space shuttle and it is about 350 miles above our planet, 3) ______ .

It is far from the glare of city lights, it doesn’t have to look through the air, 4) ______ .

And what a view it is! Hubble is so powerful it could spot a fly on the moon. Yet in an average orbit, it uses the same amount of energy as 28100-watt light bulbs. Hubble pictures require no film. The telescope takes digital images 5) ______ .

Hubble has snapped photos of storms on Saturn and exploding stars. Hubble doesn’t just focus on our solar system. It also peers into our galaxy and beyond. Many Hubble photos show the stars that make up the Milky Way galaxy. A galaxy is a city of stars.

Hubble cannot take pictures of the sun or other very bright objects, because doing so could “fry” the telescope’s instruments, but it can detect infrared and ultra violet light 6) ______ .

Some of the sights of our solar system that Hubble has glimpsed may even change the number of planets in it.

A        which is above Earth’s atmosphere.

B        which are transmitted to scientists on Earth.

C        which is invisible to the human eye.

D        who calculated the speed at which galaxies move.

E        so it has a clear view of space.

F        because many stars are in clouds of gas.

G        but where it is.