Контрольные работы по английскому языку 10 класс.

PROGRESS CHECK 1 «MAN THE CREATOR»

Form compound adjectives from the words in the two columns. Use the adjectives to complete the sentences below:

Fast- minded

Close- going

Narrow- handed

Poverty- kept

Easy- acting

Single- faced

Red- stricken

Well- set

1. Alan rushed into the room _____________ shouting something out angrily.

2. How can you be so_______________? Why don’t you want to see other people’s points of view?

3. This is a _____________medicine, it’ll soon ease your headache.

4. People living in this area are not just poor, they are __________.

5. Don’t worry. Your secret is __________. No one will find it out.

6. With his __________ eyes and big nose he didn’t look particularly attractive but he had a heart of gold.

7. ______________ people are calm and relaxed, they don’t get easily upset about things.

8. He didn’t get any help from his colleagues and did the whole job __________. 8 points

Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right.

Thomas Gainsborough was a prominent English (1)_____________. ART

His father first recognized Gainsborough’s talent in an early landscape although

the boy was to become (2) ______________ as a portrait (3)___________. FAME/PAINT

Another curious fact is that his (4)_______________ portrait nicknamed “Blue Boy” SURPASSED

was not mentioned in print during Gainsborough’s lifetime.

Gainsborough was born in Suffolk , England, in 1727 and began to study (5)________ PAINT

when he was thirteen. In 1759 he established a studio at Bath the most (6) _________ FASHION

resort of the 18^th- century England. Handsome and a man of great charm he was a (7) FAVOUR

_______ society. Although he painted the (8)______________ men and women of his LEAD

day Gainsborough’s most charming (9)______________ are of children. PORTRAY 9 points

Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences. Use the appropriate function words from the box.

1. The teacher had to wait for the excitement to die___________. 2. The sounds of their voices gradually died ___________in the distance. 3. Please, join us. You must be dying ________ a cup of tea. 4. Unfortunately, some beautiful old traditions are dying __________ all over the world. 5. The echo of the children’s laughter died __________ and silence fell. 6. It’s common knowledge that the dinosaurs died _________ long ago. 7. We don’t want wildflowers to die ____________ as a result of pollution. 8. The travelers had to wait for the strong wind to die _______. 9. I was so hungry; I was simply dying______ for something to eat. 10. Finally the storm died_________ and they saw the terrible damage it had caused.

9 points

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PROGRESS CHECK 2 «MAN THE BELIEVER»

Use the words from the box to complete the sentences:

1. Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a very _______________ job. 2. Police officers are demanding tougher ________ for people who carry knives. 3. The president will not be able to ________________ victory until all the votes are counted. 4. She finally got the success that she truly ____________. 5. He made his way to London to ______________ his fortune. 6. George ___________that he had ever been to this house. 7.The new group were just ___________, all the teenagers were crazy about them. 8. The great painting was _____________ at the turn of the 19^th century. 9. The jury declared him ____________ and he was allowed to go free. 10. Human rights groups claim that the ___________ was unfair. 11. The date of the meeting will soon be ___________. 12. The humanity is facing the growing _________ of global pollution, 13. A secretary ___________his trust and made the private information public.

13 points

Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right.

On February 2 some people celebrate Candlemas, an old 1.____________ church festival. EUROPE

In the US this day has a very special 2._____________. On this day, it is said, the groundhog, IMPORTANT

who is curled up 3.______________ in his burrow all winter, comes out for a look at the SNUG

weather. If the sun is shining and the sky is 4. ____________, he will see his shadow and CLOUD

retire for six weeks more of 5.________________ sleep. DISTURBED

But if the day is 6._________, he is supposed to remain outside in hopes of an early spring. CLOUD

If you think that this weather forecast is 7. ______________, wait for Candlemas and see. ACCURATE

7 points

Put the adjectives in the following word combinations in the appropriate order.

1. A(French, fantastic, new) ______________ film

2. A (woolen, purple, long) _______________ skirt

3. a/an (original, plastic, round)____________ coffee table

4. a )chocolate, tasty, large)_______________ cake

5. a/an (stone, ancient, grey) ______________castle

6. a//an (green, picturesque, Italian) _________island

6 points

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PROGRESS CHECK 3 «MAN THE CHILD OF NATURE»

Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences, use the appropriate function words from the box.

Down along out in

1. If two people rub___________together, they are able to live or work together in a reasonably friendly way.

2. We washed Rex and then rubbed him ______________________.

3. He told us what had happened without rubbing ___________________.

4. Rub ______________ what you have written in pencil and rewrite the sentences in ink.

5. I know that I have made a mistake, no need to rub it ___________.

6. Could you rub the child ____________ with this cloth?

6 points

Use the words from the box to complete the sentences.

Develop dumping environmental excessive pollution protect

Raise recycling reduce waste

What should humans do to improve the ecological situation on the planet?

1. People should ___________ burning of oil, coal and gas.

2. It’s necessary to ____________alternative sources of energy.

3. Governments must make laws to ____________________ the environment.

4. Man must ban ocean ________________.

5. People should be encouraged to use waste ______________.

6. Teachers should ________________ ecological awareness of their students.

7. Humans should work together to stop ________ exploitation of_______________resources.

8. Something must be done about radioactive ____________________, burying nuclear ____________is dangerous.

8 points

Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right.

Oliver Smith is a 1._______________ and a journalist. For ten years he has been travelling in NATURE

2.__________ countries of the world, especially in Africa. His articles that appear in 3. _______ DIFFER/VARY

journals are devoted to 4.__________ problems that are 5._______________ essential nowadays. ECOLOGY/EXTREME

Some of the facts that have been published give rather gloomy and 6.___________ 7. _________ DISTURB/DECSRIBE

of what is happening to our world. One of the grave problems is the fact that trees are being

constantly cut down in all parts of the globe and areas of forests the size of Scotland 8. ________ APPEAR

every year. Fewer plants mean less 9. ______________ to living beings. Oliver believes people PROTECT

are short-sighted as trees and forests can 10._______________be easily replaced. HARD

10 points

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PROGRESS CHECK 4 «MAN THE SEEKER OF HAPPINESS»

Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences. Use the appropriate function words from the box.

Out to together up for with

1. You have been speaking for about a quarter of an hour and you haven’t explained anything yet. Don’t beat about the bush! Stick _____ the point, please.

2. I don’t know if I’ll be able to stick __________ the boring party.

3. We have always been loyal to each other and I’m sure we’ll stick ___________ in the future too.

4. I know you are new in the job but stick __________ me and I’m sure you’ll be all right.

5. I don’t like the course, but I’ll stick it ___________ somehow.

6. When everyone else was criticizing Jack, Julia was the only one who stuck _____ him.

7. When they hit you, you should stick __________ yourself instead of crying.

8. Rebecca stuck _______ her story and didn’t change a word in it.

9. Fred is always so friendly and loyal, I hope we’ll stick ___________ forever.

10. I’m sticking __________ you. “Cos I’m made out of the glue.

10 points

Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right.

1. __________ Mark Ball has been concentrating on his 2. _________ life, RECENT/PERSON

3.___________ his relationship with Claire Jackson. 4. ______________ have SPECIFIC/PHOTOGRAPH

Chronicled his and Claire’s 5.________________meetings in Italy, Greece, Spain ROMANCE

and in the 6. ___________part of France. By the look of it, the romance is going SOUTH

from 7.___________ to 8.________________, leading to the obvious 9._______ STRONG/STRONG/SPECULATE

about their 10. ________________________. Though in one of the interviews MARRY

Mark has said that for now, at least, he is not feeling like ending up his bachelorhood.

8 points

Choose participle I or participle II of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. The information we have received is (depressed/depressing).

2. I was (touched/touching) when my little sister gave me her drawing.

3. After the trip the tourists felt (exhausted/exhausting).

4. Our meeting was (excited/exciting) but very long.

5. We all got (interested/interesting) in the facts that were published in our local newspaper.

6. With every minute the situation grew more and more (embarrassed/embarrassing).

7. I was really (astonished/astonishing) when I realized how well our opponents had been informed about our plans.

8. Such people are not easily (entertained/entertaining).

8 points

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FINAL TEST

Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right.

I. Walt Whitman, one of the 1._____________ American poets, was born in 1819. GREAT

He 2.___________ up in his native Long Island and got his 3._____________ GROW;

jobs in Brooklyn. Whitman had no ambition “to rise in the world” as it could ONE

4.___________ . The world itself was beautiful and interesting, it was enough EXPECT

for him to see it and to live in it. The sea and the countryside, the crowded streets

of big cities gave him 5. _____________ lessons than schools or jobs. GOOD

He began to write poems early in life and in 1855 “Leaves of grass” a small volume PUBLISH

of his poetry 6.___________. Whitman’s poetry makes people 7.____________ SEE

life in a new way and love it 8.________________. MUCH

8 points

Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs and complete the sentences.

1. Whose advice (is/are) usually most helpful to you?

2. This wallpaper (have/has) been on the walls of the rooms for years and years.

3. The news of his arrival (has/have) left nobody cold.

4. The new watch (was/were) the best I ever had.

5. The pair of jeans (was/were) worn out and dirty. 5 points

Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs and complete the sentences.

1. It (is raining/has been raining) since morning.

2. They didn’t tell me when they (will/would) come back.

3. John said he (has/had) returned from China three days before.

4. It rarely (snows/is snowing) in this part of the country.

5. If Matilda (comes/will come) early, we’ll be able to catch the 7o’clock train.

6. Nowadays winters in Moscow (became/have become) much warmer. 6 points

Choose participle I or participle II of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. The information we have received is (depressed/depressing).

2. I was (touched/touching) when my little sister gave me her drawing.

3. After the trip the tourists felt (exhausted/exhausting).

4. Our meeting was (excited/exciting) but very long.

5. We all got (interested/interesting) in the facts that were published in our local newspaper

6. We are never (bored/boring) at his lectures because they are never (bored/ boring)/

7. With every minute the situation grew more and more (embarrassed/embarrassing).

7 points

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21-26 points – «5»

16 – 20 points – «4»

12 – 15 points – «3»

0 – 11 points – «2»