тест по теме Education
тест по английскому языку

                                                                          TEST 1

Задание 1 

Установите соответствие между заголовками 1–8 и текстами A–G. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании есть один лишний заголовок.

1. Education: the Way to the Top

2. From Agony to Love

3. Teaching to Learn

4. Learning That Never Stops

5. Things Worth Learning

6. The Right Word Can Bring Changes

7. What My Father Taught Me

8. The Power of Numbers

A. Education has the power to transform a person’s life. I am the living example of this. When I was on the streets, I thought I was not good at anything but I wrote a poem, and it got published. I went back to school to learn. I have learned the benefit of research and reading, of debate and listening. One day soon a group of fresh-faced college students will call me professor.

B. Language has the capacity to change the world and the way we live in it. People are often afraid to call things by their direct names, use taboos not to notice dangerous tendencies. Freedom begins with naming things. This has to happen in spite of political climates, careers being won or lost, and the fear of being criticized. After Helen Caldicott used the word ‘nuclear arms race’ an anti-nuclear movement appeared.

C. I never wanted to be a teacher. Yet years later, I find myself teaching high school English. I consider my job to be one of the most important aspects of my life, still I do not teach for the love of teaching. I am a teacher because I love to learn, and I have come to realize that the best way to learn is to teach.

D. One day my sister and I got one and the same homework. My sister finished the task in 2 minutes and went off to play. But I could not do it, so I went into my sister’s room and quickly copied her work. But there was one small problem: my father caught me. He didn’t punish me, but explained that cheating makes people feel helpless. And  then  I was left  feeling  guilty for cheating.

E. Lifelong learning does not mean spending all my time reading. It is equally important to get the habit of asking such questions as ‘what don’t I know about this topic, or subject?’, ‘what can I learn from this moment or person?’, and ‘what more do I need to learn?’ regardless of where I am, who I am talking to, or what I am doing. 

F. Math has always been something that I am good at. Mathematics attracts me because of its stability. It has logic; it is dependable and never changes. There might be some additions to the area of mathematics, but once mathematics is created, it is set in stone. We would not be able to check emails or play videogames without the computer solving complex algorithms. 

G. When my high school English teacher asked us to read Shakespeare, I thought it was boring and too difficult. I agonized over the syntax — I had never read anything like this. But now I am a Shakespeare professor, arid enjoy teaching Hamlet every semester. Each time I re-read the play, I find and learn something new for myself.

Задание 2

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово  так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

 BIG 

If you love stories by Jules Verne and have always dreamt of going for a ride in a hot air balloon, England is the country for you. Every August England celebrates the __________________ hot air balloon festival in Europe.

 THEY

Most historians credit the origins of the game to 11th or 12th century French monks, who began playing a ball against __________________ monastery walls.

 CHOOSE

The Swedish __________________ a very good place for the castle.

 NOT MEAN 

Before a rugby match, the “All Blacks” dance a special Maori war dance. The Maories are the New Zealand aborigines. It ______ that all the players in the team are Maori but they all perform the dance.

GOOD 

Next morning the music critic of ‘Le Figaro’ wrote, «The __________________ violinist played the piano. The greatest pianist turned the pages. But the man who should have turned the pages played the violin.»

Задание 3

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски словами, напечатанными в колонке под цифрами 1—8. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. В ответе укажите цифры, под которыми значатся выбранные Вами слова. Два слова в этом списке 1—8 лишние.

 1) attraction

2) chapter

3) character

4) discussed

5) enjoyed

6) romantic

7) took

8) tradition

The Summer Garden in St. Petersburg was personally designed by Peter the Great in 1704. It is home to marble statues acquired from Europe especially for Russia's new capital. It was a 1 ______ place for courtly life outside the palace, and balls were held here by the nobility.

Russian aristocrats also 2  ______ simply walking in the Garden.

The surviving statues were moved indoors, while modern replicas  3______ their place in the park.

A major park 4______ was the fountains, the oldest in Russia.

The park was chosen by Alexander Pushkin as a setting for childhood walks of the fictional 5 ______ Eugene  Onegin.

The Summer Garden Park remains one of the most  6 ______ places in St Petersburg.

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

KEYS

1.   1637482
2.    biggest

   their

   had chosen

  does not mean

  best

3.  857136

                                                       TEST 2

Задание 1

Установите соответствие между текстами A—E и рубриками 1—6. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании одна рубрика лишняя.

1. Literature

2. Sports

3. Events

4. Places to visit

5. History

6. Transport

A. Lake Seliger is a famous Russian landmark. Located in the center of Valdai, it is quite far from the noise of civilization and at the same time only seven hours of going by car from Moscow. The ideal geographical location made it a very popular place for tourism. The special atmosphere of Seliger provides leisurely, comfortable rest, long and interesting conversations.

B. The annual show “Scarlet Sails” in St. Petersburg is the main graduation ceremony of Russia, a holiday dedicated to all school graduates. For the first time “Scarlet Sails” was held in Leningrad in 1968. In that year, 25 thousand school graduates gathered for the holiday. In 2018, this celebration turned 50, there were about 80 thousand graduates on the streets and embankments of the city.

C. Sailing needs a good, consistent, constant focus; it demands your attention. The wind and water are dynamic, and understanding any changes that you need to make, especially if you are sailing competitively, is vital to doing well. If you’re racing, you also learn to improve techniques very quickly, whether that’s boat positioning or trimming the sails.

D. Crimson Sails is a classic adventure tale of love and hope in the beauty of one’s dreams. Written by Russia’s Alexander Grin in 1923, this short fantasy novel introduces readers to Soll, a hopeful young girl who has been ostracized in her village. Grin is known for his amazing use of metaphor, and the present translation preserves and highlights this device.

E. Delicate and pure sound of Valdai bells has been pleasant to human hearing more than 500 years already. According to a beautiful legend, Valdai bells first appeared in 1478. In the beginning of the 19th century special bell workshops and plants appeared. In spite of the fact that they cost much money the value of Valdai bells was in their high quality and beautiful sound.

Задание 2

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово  так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

 KNOW 

Spaghetti, pasta, noodles, macaroni… It __________________ by different names in different countries, but it is equally popular all over the world.

 PAY

This is the day to congratulate our veterans many of whom __________________ for victory with their lives.

 LEAVE

To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of an ancient Egyptian boat. On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra ______ a port in Morocco.

 BEGIN

It __________________ in 1978 when Don Cameron decided to create an event that would help balloonists from all over the world to get together. It was a great idea.

NOT SINK 

In May the temperature begins to rise. The gloomy night is succeeded by continuous daylight, when the sun ______ below the horizon for several months.

ONE
 

When you look at Kizhi, the __________________ thing that you see is the beautiful main building with dozens of teardrop-shaped roofs. There are two smaller buildings with a similar design nearby, which are also very impressive.

Задание 3

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски 1—6 словами, напечатанными в правой колонке под цифрами 1—8. Каждое из этих слов может быть использовано только один раз. В ответе укажите цифры, под которыми значатся выбранные Вами слова. Два слова в этом списке 1—8 лишние.

 1. hard

2. hobby

3. job

4. interesting

5. modern

6. romantic

7. symbol

8. traditional

Twenty-first century cowboys

What do you know about twenty-first century cowboys? Cowboys have always had a  1 ______ image. 

When people first watched Hollywood films, being a cowboy wasn’t a 2 ______.

It was a life of adventure, freedom, horses. It was a classic 3 ______ of the United States of America. In reality, American cowboys have lived and worked here in the west and south-west of the United States for over three centuries, long before Hollywood.

The adventure and romance have disappeared but the 4______ work and long hours are the same as they’ve always been.

It’s also difficult to define a twenty-first century cowboy. Surely it can’t be the big cattle owners who do business with a seventy-billion dollar beef industry? These 5______ ranches use the latest technology and employ accountants.

But even some of the old  6 ______ cattle ranches make more money nowadays by offering holidays to tourists.

KEYS