6 класс
Максимальное количество: 54 балла
Part А. Read the text and do the following tasks (10 points)
I.
The Christmas Tree
No one 1)________for sure who decorated the first Christmas tree . The 2)_________ of bringing an evergreen (вечнозеленое) tree indoors and 3)_________ it at Christmas started in Germany. One 4)_____________says that Martin Luther started the practice. Luther was an important Christian 5)___________ . According to the story, he noticed the starlit sky as he walked home one Christmas Eve about the year 1513.He thought the stars looked as if they were shining on the branches. When he arrived home, Martin Luther placed a small fir tree 6)__________ his house. He decorated it with lighted candles.
Decorating Christmas trees became 7)___________ in Germany. Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, the German husband of Queen Victoria, took the tradition to England. Both German and English people brought it to America. And now nearly every family in Great Britain and the USA has a 8)_________ tree.
The biggest Christmas tree in Britain is put up in Trafalgar Square in 9)____________ .
The people of Norway still give this tree every year to the 10)___________ to thank them for helping Norway against Hitler in the second World War.
Chose the right answer:
1. a) knows b) begins c) decides d) is
2. a) tree b) legend c) story d) custom
3. a) showing b) giving c) putting d) decorating
4. a) story b) legend c)fairy d) novel
5. a) man b) saint c) leader d) woman
6. a) inside b) outside c) upside d) offside
7. a) comfortable b) beautiful c) public d) popular
8. a) Christmas b) fir c) pine d) birch
9. a) London b) Paris c) Moscow d) Madrid
10. a) French people b) British people c) Irish people d) Russian people
II. Answer the questions (3 points)
1) Where was started the tradition of decorating Christmas tree? ___________________________________
2) Who started this tradition?____________________________________________________
3) Who brought it to Britain?____________________________________________________
Part B. Use of English.
I. Choose the correct question to the sentence (2 points)
1) Mother bought tickets three days ago.
a) Does mother buy tickets three days ago? b) Do mother buy tickets three days ago?
c) Did mother buy tickets three days ago? d) Bought mother tickets three days ago?
e) Is mother buying tickets three days ago?
2) I had no classes on Friday.
a) Have you got any classes today? b) Did you have any classes on Friday?
c) Do you have any classes tomorrow? d) Will you have any classes on Friday?
e) Do you have any classes today?
II. Choose the right variant (4 points)
1) The antonym for the verb “to turn on” is….
a) turn at b) turn in c) turn of d) turn off e) turn into
2) The antonym for the word “short” is ……
a) polite b) tall c) bright d) pretty e) lazy
3) The antonym for the word “cheap” is the word…. .
a) nice b) plane c) expensive d) wonderful e) cold
4) The synonym for the word “high” is…. .
a) deep b) save c) tall d) fresh e) hide
III. Put in the words in the plural (7 points)
Uncle’s farm
Tom likes his uncle’s farm. He says: “We have not one horse, but three _________, not one pig, but six ________, not one sheep, but eleven _________. We have two __________(cow) and eleven ________(goose). I am sorry to say that this year we had a lot of _________(mouse). We do not like them because they have very sharp _________(tooth).”
IV. Write in the or a (an) where necessary (-) (7 points)
1) I’d like ____ chicken sandwich and _____ glass of _____ mineral water.
2) Would you like … banana or … strawberries?
3) … cats like eating … fish. … cows like eating … grass. … birds like eating … insects.
4) My dream is to visit _____ Lake Baikal in _____Russian Federation.
5) ______ Mississippi is the second longest river in _______ United States.
6) When the sky is clear, we can see _____Moon from _____ Earth.
7) The tallest mountain in the world, ______Mount Everest is situated in _______ Himalayas.
V. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form. (12 points)
Dear Sam,
1) I____ (be) in London! The weather 2)____(be) warm and sunny today. 3) I ________(stay) with my uncle Harry. 4) He _______ (live) in the city centre. 5) I ___________________ (already/visit) the British Museum. 6) We_________ (go) there last Friday. 7) I also __________ (go) to Hyde Park with my uncle. 8)When we __________ (come) there, 9) many people ______________________ (listen) to a speaker. There are a lot of things 10) I ____________________ (not/do) yet. 11)We __________ (go) to the London Zoo tomorrow. 12) I _________________ (come) back home on June 15th.
Best wishes
Jim.
VI. Choose the right answer (6 points)
1) I want _______________________ to eat, please.
a) anything; b) somebody; c) something
2) Marry doesn’t know ____________________ at the party.
a) nobody; b) somebody; c) anybody
3) Sam has got _____________________ to do today.
a) something; b) anything; c) anybody
4) Have you got ____________________brother?
a) any; b) anyone; c) nobody
5) I think Pam is writing ___________________________ now.
a) some; b) anybody; c) something
VII. Correct the mistakes (4 points)
1) He doesn’t never eat ice-cream. _________________________________
2) They never gave presents to him, didn’t they? _____________________________________________
3) There is some tea in the cup, isn’t it? __________________________________________
4) She can play the tennis, can’t she? _________________________________________
Ответы
Part А.
I. 1) knows
2) custom
3) decorating
4) legend
5) leader
6) inside
7) popular
8) Christmas
9) London
10) Russian people
Part B. Use of English.
I. 1) c; 2) b
II. 1) d; 2) b; 3) c; 4) c
III. houses, pigs, sheep, cows, geese, mice, teeth
IV. 1) a, a, -; 2) a, -; 3) -, -, -, -, -, -; 4) -, the; 5) the, the; 6) the, the; 7) -, the.
V. 1) am 7) went
2) is 8) came
3) stayed 9) were listening
4) lives 10) haven’t done yet
5) have already visited 11) will go
6) went 12) will come
VI.
1) c. something
2) c. anybody
3) a. something
4) a. any
5) c. something
VII.
1) He doesn’t eat ice-cream.
2) They never gave presents to him, did they?
3) There is some tea in the cup, isn’t there?
4) She can play tennis, can’t she?
10 204
4 211 
