ТЕСТ №2

1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на следующие за ним вопросы, выбрав единственно правильный вариант ответа.

CROCROSSWORDS

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?

a)      for children of New York

b)      for the New York World magazine

c)      for the New York World newspaper

2.      Is the crossword puzzle game popular today?

a)      it’s one of the most popular games

b)       it’s the most popular game

c)       it’s not very popular

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

a)      few newspapers publish them

b)      all the newspapers publish them

c)      nearly all the newspapers publish them

4.      Why are crosswords popular?

a)      they are cheap

b)      they are very interesting

c)      they can be done by one person

5.      What do experts think of crosswords?

a)      they are very useful

b)      they teach people a lot

c)      they don’t teach anything

2.      Выбрать правильный ответ

1.Takethe pen ... the shelf.

    a) out of                  b) from                       c)up

2.I like ... lot of milk in my tea.

    a) the                                  b) -                  c)a

3.      ... very far to walk.

    a) There was                       b) It was

4.      9 o’clock is ... time when I’m allowed to come home.

    a) the last                b) the latest                 c) the least

5.Will you have ... cup of tea.

    a) other                   b) another                   c) the other

6.She looked ... today in her new coat.

    a) good                   b) well                        c) nicely

7.Everybody failed the exam ... you.

    a) except                 b) beside                     c) besides

8.It was ... advice. It helped me a lot.

    a) useful                  b) useless                    c) used

9.I got ... letter from Bob.

    a) another                b) else                         c) more

10.She has ... many friends.

    a) such                    b)as                             c)so

3.      Выбрать правильную форму слова.

1.She is ... in her group.

    a) shorter                 b) short                       c) the shortest

2.You ... Drink milk if you don’t want.

    a) cannot                 b) needn’t                   c) should

3.The policeman asked if I ... the stranger.

    a) saw                     b) have seen               c) had seen

4.Bob asked John ... volley-ball.

a) did he play          b) if he had played     c) if he played

5.He always meets me at the station but today he ... me near the bus stop.

a) meets                  b) met                         c) has met

6.While he ... his dinner I explained to him what to do.

a) had                      b) was having             c)has had

7.You ... do it in time.

    a) needn’t               b)mustn’t

8.The garden ... a lot since I was there last.

    a) changed              b) has changed                       c) had changed

9.The teacher asked his pupils... the poem by heart.

    a) learn                    b) learned                   c) to learn

10. ... usually does this work?

    a) whom                  b) who of you             c) which of you

4. Выполнить необходимые преобразования

а) Составить соответствующий вопрос

1.      Birds flew away in autumn.(General)

2.      He usually has a smoke after dinner.(Disjunctive)

3.      We’ll arrive in Moscow early in the morning.(Special)

4.      The pupils have been taken to the playground.(Special)

5.      Mother has cleaned the sitting-room.(Alternative)

б) Перевести предложения из прямой в косвенную речь

1.      My brother said to me: ”I know these two girls quite well, we are classmates.”

2.      Roy asked Bob: “Did anyone want tickets for the boxing-match yesterday?”

3.      The teacher said to his pupils: “Learn the poem by heart if you like it.”

4.      I asked my friend: “When is your brother going to arrive?”

5.      Ann said to her sister: “Will you ring her up when you learn about it?”

5. Из данных слов составить предложения

1.      /hardly/had/up/when/loudly/phone/and/rang/alarmingly/the/he/got/.

2.      /words/looking/dictionary/she/me/the/instead/in/kept/difficult/up/them/asking/all/of/the/.

3.      /hasn’t/he/the/man/seen/since/came/here/he/old/.

4.      /mustn’t/do/they/the work/must/they/?

5.      /whether/I/the old man/wonder/sell/to/all/will/his/pictures/John/.

6. Перевести с русского на английский

1.      Он сказал, что купил машину в Ливерпуле.

2.      Доклад будут слушать с интересом.

3.      «Куда ты положил деньги?» ― «Я положил их в сумку».

4.      Где еще можно посмотреть этот фильм?

5.      «Ты должен пойти на станцию встречать ее?» ― «Нет, я не могу».

7. Окончить предложения

1.      Though I was grateful to him for his help ...

2.      As it is necessary to get up early ...

3.      If the train doesn’t leave ...

4.      Nothing will happen if ...

5.      Neither Jane ...

8. Заполнить пропуски необходимой формой данных слов

Once a man ... breakfast ... a small restaurant. The waiter served him ... cup of coffee without ... spoon. The man noticed that and that the coffee ... rather hot and he ... stir it with a finger. ... waiter ... the room and ... some minutes he came back with another cup of coffee.

“May be this coffee is not ... hot, sir”, he said.

/the/so/cannot/a/to have/to leave/at/in/to be/a/.