Внеклассное мероприятие по английскому языку

LEXICAL-GRAMMAR TEST  (11^th form)                                  (55 points)

1.     Fill in the gaps with the articles where necessary.  (17 points)

Novak Djokovic serves to Rafael Nadal on his way to clinching his first Wimbledon title

What 1) ___ year! What  2)___ run! What 3)___ player! When Novak Djokovic swept all before him at 4) ___ start of this year – and even when he secured 5) ____ world No 1 ranking by reaching yesterday's Wimbledon final –  6)___ only major question the 24-year-old Serb still faced was whether he had it in him to claim  7)___ biggest prize of all. He answered it in stunning fashion here yesterday, beating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to claim  8)___ title which he had dreamt of winning from his earliest days playing on  9)___ court near his parents' pizzeria in 10)____Serbia's mountains.

We knew Djokovic could beat anyone on 11)___hard courts and he had twice toppled Nadal, 12)____ king of clay, on his favourite territory, but this was glorious confirmation that he is a man for all seasons and all surfaces. In becoming only 13)_____ third man in the Open era, after Michael Stich and Andre Agassi, to win his first grass-court title here, Djokovic has mastered a form of tennis which had previously been his greatest challenge and extended his rule over 14) ___ opponent who used to get the better of him on 15) ___ regular basis.

Nadal won 14 of his first 18 matches against Djokovic, but this was 16)___ Serb's fifth successive victory this year over  17)____ Spaniard, all of them in finals. Indeed, Djokovic has suffered just one defeat since last November, to Federer in the semi-finals of last month's French Open.

2.     Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.      

   (16 points)

Fashion hurts

Wearing fashionable clothes can be bad for you! This may surprise you, but it is 1)_____ that some clothes can cause a 2)____  of problems. Do you find this 3)____ to believe? Well, researchers have discovered that following the latest fashion 4)_____ can be unhealthy. For example, if you 5)____ a scarf or tie too tightly it increases your blood pressure. Tight jeans, short skirts and even sensible 6)_______ shoes may all cause 7)_______ .

Experts say that things we wear can also 8)____ to stomach problems, rashes, backache and painful feet. Yet how can we explain this? Very tight clothes can 9)____ people moving naturally. If you wear trousers or skirts that are too tight around the waist, then your stomach does not have 10)___ to expand after you have eaten. Rashes can be caused by an allergic 11)___ to synthetic material. And last, but not 12)____ -wearing shoes with high 13)___ can lead to foot and back problems. Even practical shoes can cause backache if they don’t 14)_____ you properly.

 So is it worth being at the 15)___ of fashion? I think  that we will all continue to 16)____ that risk!

3.     Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.              (9 points)

4.     Complete each sentence with the appropriate for of a  suitable phrasal verb.  

(5 points)

1.     I enjoy ___________________ the encyclopedia from time to time.

2.     Sheila _____________________her duties well enough but she’s just not interested in her job.

3.     When I woke up, everyone else had gone to bed  and the fire had ___________________.

4.     We were on holiday there when the civil war ___________________ .

5.       There was so much snow that our village was completely ________________ and food had to be brought by helicopter.

       5.Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Stephen King is a very famous author today 1) ___________it was not always that way. He had to work hard to become successful, 2)__________ most writers. Until he began to make money from his writing, he worked in a laundry and then later 3) __________ a teacher. Although his stories are full of strange characters and terrifying events, at the same time they 4)___________to be very realistic to most readers.

  A few years ago, King himself was involved 5) _____________ a terrible accident. He was walking along a country 6)_______________ he saw a car coming towards him. It was moving dangerously from one side of the road to the other almost 7)_______________ if there was no one driving it. In fact, there was a driver but he was drunk. Although King tried 8) ______________ hard as he could to get out of the way, the car hit him. The driver was not hurt but behaved as if he didn’t care at all.

King said later that he felt just like a victim in one of his novels. It took  him more than a year to recover from the accident and even things he had always loved doing , like writing, were almost impossible for him.