Rainbow English Unit 2

Административная контрольная работа

По английскому языку за 1 полугодие

1. Translate into English

   Избегать Приличный Заслуживать Терпение Похвала

   Обещание Ссора Суровый Строго Зануда

2. Translate into Russian.

   blue-eyed old-fashioned broad- shouldered a capable student bare necessities

   out of the blue to some extend to be over the moon to be in black mood to deserve a good mark.

3. Read the text and answer the questions

The crossword (puzzle) first appeared on December 21, 1913. Arthur Wynne created it for the New York World newspaper. Wynne gave 35 clues and called it a word-cross. The puzzle was a great success. The cross-word, as it called today, is the world’s most popular game. Nearly 90 percent of the world’s newspapers publish them. In the United States there are nearly thirty million fans of this game. Most forms of games require a partner. Crosswords do not. This is, perhaps, the reason why they attract so much attention. Why do people do crosswords? Maybe for educational value. Most fans say that they play crosswords to check their abilities and their speed in doing the puzzle. The more they play, the more they become to solve the most difficult crosswords. But most experts doubt that puzzles teach anything. They say the most evident reason why the crosswords are played is that they are done just for fun.

1. What was the first crossword created by?

1. for children of New York

2. for the New York World magazine

3. for the New York World newspaper

1. Is the crossword puzzle game popular today?

1. it’s one of the most popular games

2. it’s the most popular game

3. it’s not very popular

1. Are the world’s newspapers interested in publishing them?

1. few newspapers publish them

2. all the newspapers publish them

3. nearly all the newspapers publish them

1. Why are crosswords popular?

1. they are cheap

2. they are very interesting

3. they can be done by one person

1. What do experts think of crosswords?

1. they are very useful

2. they teach people a lot

3. they don’t teach anything

4. Read the sentences and say in which of them you can use lately instead of recently.
   1) I haven’t been feeling well recently. 

2) It was only recently that Jack got a note from the police about his dangerous driving. 

3) They have built a new hospital in our area just recently. 

4) Have you done any painting recently? 

5) I don’t know what’s come over Angela recently − she’s so touchy. 

6) They have finished their report recently. 

7) It happened recently not far from our school. 

8) We have recently moved into a new flat. 

9) Captain Wilson made a journey to Australia recently. 

10) I got this information fairly recently from one of the journalists.