Контрольная работа 11класс 2 модуль

Vocabulary and Grammar

A Fill in: summit, apparatus, confined, scoured, millennia, hissed, colony, supply, transition, flourished.

1After the flood, the town’s water .................. became contaminated.

2 The prisoner was .................. to his cell for one week.

3 Teenagers can find the .................. from school to university difficult.

4 Two .................. ago, Rome ruled the Mediterranean.

5 The twins .................. after being placed in separate classes.

6 The lions .................. the horizon in search of food.

7 Cries from the .................. of seabirds filled the air.

8 He planted a flag on the .................. of the mountain.

9 The snake .................. in warning as the boy approached.

10 The marine scientists checked their diving .................. one last time.

B Complete the phrases with the following words: volcanic, conservation, perfectly, high, nomadic.

1 .................................... lifestyle

2 .................................... eruption

3 .................................... preserved

4 .................................... area

5 .................................... standards

C Fill in: to, on, by, in, for.

1. The scientist discovered the cure ..................accident.

2 She always blames others .................. her mistakes.

3 I haven’t decided yet so I’m open.................. suggestions.

4 The meeting is .................. progress at the moment.

5 Focus .................. the big picture and not the details.

Choose the correct word(s).

Take an umbrella in case it will rain/rains.

2 I haven’t seen/didn’t see my grandparents lately.

3 By 2050, scientists fear that the polar ice caps will have melted/will melt.

4 Sam cooked/was cooking dinner when the

phone rang.

5 Look out! You will/are going to drop the plates if you’re not careful.

Read the text and complete gaps 1-7 with the correct form and tense of the verb in capitals.

It was a few seconds before Sandra realised why she felt so excited when she woke up. Then she remembered that at last the heavy white plaster that 1) ................. SUPPORT her left leg for the previous two months was to be removed. “At last I 2) FEEL .................. free again!” she thought. “If only I hadn’t gone skiing that day, none of this 3) HAPPEN ..................!” Awkwardly, she got out of bed and started to dress. She knew her mother 4) COME .................. to help her soon, as usual, but she wanted 5) DO .................. as much as possible for herself because she knew that, with three other children in the family, her mother was a very busy woman. Just as Sandra 6) THINK .................. that she wished she could do more to help, there was a loud crash from the kitchen and seconds later her mother called out: “Sandra, call an ambulance! I think I 7) BREAK .................. my leg!”

I have been a professional entertainer for about ten years now and I can

1) HONEST.................. say that I have enjoyed every moment of it. I don’t want to give you the idea that it is an easy way to make a living because it isn’t, especially when you have to face a theatre full of very young children!

Although children are easily caught up in the 2) EXCITE.................. of the

atmosphere inside a dark theatre, I find it is often difficult to get them focused

on the 3) PERFORM .................. from the beginning. This, plus the fact that their

4) CONCENTRATE.................. does not last very long, means that entertainers like me have to work harder with young audiences than with more mature ones.

I wouldn’t want you to get the 5) IMPRESS .................. that I would rather not work with very young children. Far from it. When everything goes right, it can be

the most 6) SATISFY.................. experience you could possibly have.

Read the text. For gaps 1-7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each gap correctly.

A Great Adventure

Imagine, you have just finished high school and you are about to face one of the biggest challenges of your young life. You will be 1) .................. away from home to start your university education.

Some students may find a place at a university close enough to their homes to avoid some of the problems faced by the majority. If the university is nearby, you will not need to worry 2) .................. accommodation or food and, even if you do not know any of the other students on your course, you will at least have some 3) .................. faces to come home to. Surprisingly enough, perhaps, for most young people starting out on their university careers, being close to home is not important. It seems that 4) .................. numbers welcome the chance to 5) .................. away from the family home and start out on their own. Being accepted by the university they have set their hearts on is the main 6) .................., even if that university is situated at the far end of the country! There is also the excitement of making new friends and, in your second or third year away, perhaps setting 7) .................. home with a couple of your fellow students. Going off to university really is the start of a great adventure.

1 A leaving B departing C moving D drifting

2 A about B for C from D of

3 A known B common C popular D familiar

4 A developing B growing C additional D further

5 A separate B crack C break D run

6 A demand B priority C call D thought

7 A off B down C out D up