Контрольная работа для 11 класса По Михеевой, Афанасьевой

Unit II.

Town and its architecture

Variant I

1. Identify the elements of a building.

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1. Fill the blanks with the words that suit the meaning of the sentence best.

1. The 1950 original film had James Stewart as a(n) _____ eccentric whose imaginary best friend is a 6ft-plus rabbit.
2. The head teacher asked him to show _____ Jack had in his hand.
3. No one answered my question, _____ was not surprising under the circumstances.
4. Mrs. Peterson, _____ lives next door, composes lovely musical pieces.
5. The perfect places to chill out by the sea, from simple _____ in Thailand, to a luxury resort in Malaysia.
6. Tony, 45, has money to _____ but is not sure what to do with it.
7. The narrator's friend doesn't just offer a _____ ear after a hard day at work, but deliverance from the shadowy corners of his soul.
8. Jane told me _____ she had been misinformed.
9. The question being asked is wordy and _____, its legal consequence unclear, and its primary context seems narrow.
10. From this point on, the evening proved an _____ for her, with Giovanni, possibly knowingly, a source of uneasy irritation.

1. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word.

1. He looks as comfortable as a man who _____ into his front room and plopped himself down in his old armchair. The lawyer said his _____ had sustained injuries when he was detained, and he was considering whether to take action against the police. The store design leads _____ through each department, with the aim of maximizing impulse buying. Feredica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy _____, breaks down in tears during a speech alongside Jordan’s foreign minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday. Rebuild of National Gallery in Edinburgh will extend lower floor, resculpt eastern gardens and add a grander _____ entrance. Amnesty claims producer Wilmar employs children to do back-breaking physical _____ on refineries in Indonesia. Now, when he couldn’t walk properly, he would have to _____, holding up the back of his pants with his fingers. The chief executive's position will place a heavy accent on an ability to carry _____ infrastructure projects. That summer heat tends to carry _____ from year to year. In Germany, they call them smombies – smartphone users who _____ about cities like zombies, oblivious to the risk. The Renaissance architecture was influenced by the use of the _____ was the art style of the 17th and the first part of the 18the century. If a building combines several styles we say that its style is A space or room within the roof of a house is called a(n) Cloth arranged in folds is a(n)
   1. Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions where necessary.
   1. Although he was born in France and his mother is Moroccan, he wanted to play for the country _____ which his father emigrated.
   2. Being married to another writer is easy. You share a love of books and an understanding that you don't want to linger _____ dinner.
   3. Mary was not a person to put _____ with any nonsense.
   4. He spared neither money nor expense _____ helping us.
   5. They are spending money they haven't got, so why should I have sympathy _____ them?
   6. No one can be spared _____ taking part in the school competition.
   7. They might as well be speaking Tibetan for I can make head or tail _____ what they are saying.
   8. I find it difficult to sympathize _____ him when he complains so much.
   9. The hero spared _____ the people their sufferings.
   10. _____ from serving functional purposes architecture is supposed to meet aesthetic requirements.
   1. Fill the blanks with the words derived from the words given in the brackets.
   1. _____ is the fact that something goes on to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions. (continue)
   2. The Romanesque style is strong with _____ small windows, dimly lit and heavy. (compare)
   3. Contemporary architecture takes a bewildering _____ of forms and makes use of a far wider range of materials than ever before. (vary)
   4. The architects of the High Renaissance admired the _____ of the ancient architecture of the Greeks and Romans. (simple)
   5. I could not tell the colour of the car in the _____. (gloomy)
   6. I have always found his _____ charming. (amiable)
   7. A rare quality nowadays is to have a _____ ear. (sympathize)
   8. London is a city which attracts kitsch and where _____ architecture, like fastidious people, must simply take its chance. (fine)
   9. Some buildings are just soaring, they seem _____. (weight)
   10. During the early 15th century, European culture became inspired by the _____, known as the Renaissance. (discover)