Входная контрольная работа по английскому языку 11 класс
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1. The parts of the following text are all mixed up. Put them in the right order
A) He often told his friends that he could tell anyone's character exactly by his handwriting. So one lady friend decided to give it a test.
B) The lady was surprised. She smiled and explained that this was Balzac's own exercise book which he used when he was a little boy.
C) She brought him a young boy's exercise book. She said she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy's character.
D) Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. He was very proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting.
E) He decided to tell the truth. The boy's exercise book showed that it was written by a bad, lazy fellow with no respect to other people.
F) She told him that the boy wasn't her son and asked him to tell her the truth. Balzac studied the boy's handwriting very carefully.
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2. Choose the correct answer (a, b, с or d)
1. They ... football every other Sunday.
| a) play usually | b) usually play | c) are usually playing | d) usually are playing |
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2. When children ... in, their parents ... up New Year presents.
| a) were coming, wrapped | b) were coming, were wrapping |
| c) came, wrapped | d) came, were wrapping |
3. This driver is very careless. I'm sure he ... an accident.
| a) will have | b) is going to have | c) will be having | d) is having |
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4. Last year my friends and I ... to take part in a TV programmе.
| a) invited | b) invite | c) were invited | d) are invited |
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5. I wonder if you ... lend me some two hundred.
| a) could | b) may | c) must | d) can |
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6. Would you mind ... the window? It's rather chilly in here.
| a) to close | b) closing | c) close | d) to closing |
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7. Jennie ... a very smart and hard-working girl.
| a) is said that she is | b) said that she to be | c) is said to be | d) said to be |
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8. I was born in a small town on ... Volga.
| a) a | b) the | c) an | d) — (nothing) |
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9. Russia has strong trade ties with ... People's Republic of China.
| a) a | b) the | c) an | d) — (nothing) |
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10. Everyone knows that Kennedy ... by an insane person.
| a) had been killed | b) is killed | c) was killed | d) was being killed |
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11. If they ... that it is important, the work ... really soon.
| a) will see, will be finished | b) see, would be finished |
| c) saw, will be finished | d) see, will be finished |
12. Even after 30 years of marriage he ... his wife.
| a) adores | b) loves | c) celebrates | d) desires |
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13. The birth rate is very low now. ... the number of schools is not enough.
| a) however | b) nevertheless | c) though | d) as though |
3. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1– 6 словами, напечатанными в правой колонке под цифрами 1–8. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. В ответе укажите цифры, под которыми значатся выбранные Вами слова. Два слова в этом списке 1–8 лишние.
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Water skiing One day a young man who lived 1 ______ the lake in a small American town asked himself, “Why can’t people ski on water if they can ski on snow?” With his brother’s help he constructed several models of skis to test his ideas. He 2 ______ on the local lake for a few days and created skis 3 ______ for the water. This happened in 1922. The young man, who was only 18 at that time, didn’t 4 ______ his invention. However, he performed a lot of shows 5 ______ the country that made him and the sport of water skiing popular. Later, he was 6 ______ as the creator of a new sport – water skiing. Water skiing equipment has been greatly improved since that time, and the number of people who enjoy this sport is growing in many countries. | 1) hot 2) across 3) near 4) constructed 5) recognized 6) different 7) patent 8) suitable |
4. Choose the right variant.
Она решила купить или голубое платье или красное. She decided to buy …. this blue dress, or the red one.
Either b) neither c) both
Аманда не хотела ни чай, ни кофе.
Amanda wanted tea, nor coffee. b) Amanda wanted neither tea, nor coffee.
c)Amanda wanted either tea, or coffee.
Ни одна из этих идей не сработала.
Neither of these ideas have worked.
Either of these ideas have worked.
Both of these ideas have worked.
Алиса или останется дома или уедет в Китай.
Alice will either stay at home, or go to China.
Alice will neither stay at home, nor go to China.
Alice will both stay at home, or go to China.
У меня нет ни одной идеи, но и у тебя тоже.
I have no idea but either do you.
I have no idea but neither do you.
I have no idea but you too.
Ни он, ни она не поет хорошо.
Both he or she sings well.
Either he or she sings well.
Neither he nor she sings well.
У него нет ни друзей, ни родственников.
He’s got either friends, or relatives.
He’s got neither friends, nor relatives.
He’s got both friends, or relatives.
Он не подписал документы, и я тоже.
He didn’t sign the documents. And I didn’t sign either.
He didn’t sign the documents. And neither did I.
Оба варианта верные.
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