Контрольная работа для 10 класса к разделу 1 по УМК Афанасьевой О.В.
тест по английскому языку (10 класс) на тему

THE ENGLIH LANGUAGE TEST (UNIT I, Afanasyeva-X)

1. Choose the right answer

1. Making (sacrifices/ victims) is always a part of bringing up children. 2. Everybody knows that divorce (affects/ effects) people very much. 3.Soon there appeared some (accord/ discord) in their relations. 4.I don’t trust her: everything she says about her feelings is just an (affectation/ affection). 4.I’ve broken two of my favourite brushes. I’ll have to buy new (one/ ones), I think. 5.(This/ these) new information (is/ are) rather unexpected. 6.What (is/ are) your school clothes like? 7.The police (is/ are) interested in the case. 8.All their belongings (has/ have) been destroyed during the fire. 9.We had to pay (customs/ custom). 10.The (content/ contents) of the letter upset me. 11.I can’t stand the (air/ airs) he puts on. 12.The government (do/ does) not agree on the new education policy.

2. Give as many synonyms as you can

Influence, disagreement, piece, important, preparations, particular, separated, die out, belongings, pore over smth.

III. Try and explain the following words

a layman, an accomplice, furnished, masterpiece, poverty-stricken, Cubism

IV. Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions

1. I simply hate being a victim __ circumstances. 2. He won __ sheer luck. 3. That young girl sat on the porch crying __   __ sheer helplessness. 4. They have come __ an arrangement __ their experiment. 5. After running such a long distance the child was breathing __ short gasps. 6. He gasped __ pain. 7. Some people usually have a great greed __ information. 8. I’m dying __ a drink of water. 9. We can see the shapes echo __ each other in the picture. 10. All dinosaurs died __ when it became too cold for them.

V. Give the plural of the following nouns

a cherry, a play, a thief, an ox, an exercise book, a phenomenon, a crisis, a boss, a forget-me-not.

VI. Give as many antonyms as you can

Blend, warm colours, symmetrically, foreground, a real talent, pale red, delicate

THE ENGLIH LANGUAGE TEST (UNIT I, Afanasyeva-X)

3. Choose the right answer

2. Making (sacrifices/ victims) is always a part of bringing up children. 2. Everybody knows that divorce (affects/ effects) people very much. 3.Soon there appeared some (accord/ discord) in their relations. 4.I don’t trust her: everything she says about her feelings is just an (affectation/ affection). 4.I’ve broken two of my favourite brushes. I’ll have to buy new (one/ ones), I think. 5.(This/ these) new information (is/ are) rather unexpected. 6.What (is/ are) your school clothes like? 7.The police (is/ are) interested in the case. 8.All their belongings (has/ have) been destroyed during the fire. 9.We had to pay (customs/ custom). 10.The (content/ contents) of the letter upset me. 11.I can’t stand the (air/ airs) he puts on. 12.The government (do/ does) not agree on the new education policy.

4. Give as many synonyms as you can

Influence, disagreement, piece, important, preparations, particular, separated, die out, belongings, pore over smth.

III. Try and explain the following words

a layman, an accomplice, furnished, masterpiece, poverty-stricken, Cubism

IV. Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions

1. I simply hate being a victim __ circumstances. 2. He won __ sheer luck. 3. That young girl sat on the porch crying __   __ sheer helplessness. 4. They have come __ an arrangement __ their experiment. 5. After running such a long distance the child was breathing __ short gasps. 6. He gasped __ pain. 7. Some people usually have a great greed __ information. 8. I’m dying __ a drink of water. 9. We can see the shapes echo __ each other in the picture. 10. All dinosaurs died __ when it became too cold for them.

V. Give the plural of the following nouns

a cherry, a play, a thief, an ox, an exercise book, a phenomenon, a crisis, a boss, a forget-me-not.

VI. Give as many antonyms as you can

Blend, warm colours, symmetrically, foreground, a real talent, pale red, delicate