Материалы для проведения контрольного среза по английскому языку в 11 классе

Материалы для проведения контрольного среза в 11 классе

1.     Choose the variant where all the words belong to the same topic:

1.1   а) abandoned, neglected, orphanage, sibling, salary

b) job interview, well-paid, perk, calling, career

c) unskilled, family ties, working conditions, bizarre

1.2   а) rewarding, commitment, environment, requirement, hazard

b) reduce, reuse, recycle, increase, rise

c) tax, independence, fuel, weakness, extended family

1.3   а) waste, pollution, deforestation, consumption, resource

b) breakdown, load, breathe, conservation, crucial

c) refuge, melting pot, endangered, aware, ties

1.4   а) citizen, landmark, ozone depletion, population, passion

b) probability, prohibition, necessity, obligation

c) divorce, acid rain, tolerance, blame, host

2.     Use the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets:

Last night Manchester United (win) the football league championship. The team (win) the championship for the third time already, the first time (be) in 1986. In the final game the winning goal (score) by Bryan Rigos who later said it (be) his best play for years. Now he (hope) the team (continue) the winning race.

3.     Pit in the necessary article (a) or preposition (p):

That was our first real holiday (p)… ages. I loved being on (a)… island. We arrived (p)… that place two weeks ago and (p)… Monday evening we were already going (p)… home. Our apartment was fine, we lived (p)… the top floor.    (a) … beach wasn`t far away either.    (a) … only problem was a busy road nearby.

4.     Complete the sentences using the appropriate derivatives of the words in brackets:

Zoos are a tradition, and a visit to a zoo can be an (1) … (INTEREST) family activity. Modern zoos save (2) ... (DANGER) species by bringing them into a safe environment, where they are protected from poachers, habitat loss and starvation. They give their animal guests much more space. The animal areas no longer look like cages, but wide open parkland. It is a good (3) ... (SOLVE) to many problems as the animals appear to be free while they are actually in a very protected environment which is (4) ... (COMPLETE) unpolluted and they have no shortage of good nourishing food. In fact, the animals seem (5) ... (AWARE) of their captivity*, that is why they are relaxed and happy while living in the conservation area.

*captivity – неволя, заключение

5. In each line of the text find one word which shouldn`t be there:

1. I have visited many countries, but Brazil impressed me rather more than any other.

2. Having graduated from university with a degree in biology, I would wanted to travel and see

3. wild animals and plants in their natural habitat. Each people who had visited Brazil described

4. how beautiful it was and I discovered that what they had told me the truth. Whatever part

5. of Brazil you are either going to visit, you won’t be disappointed. However, I believe the

6. southern states can be the most magical and it is because I love flowers themselves.