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Афанасьева, Михеева ’’English-X’’ UNIT 1 TEST 1

VARIANT 1

TASK 1. Read the descriptions of paintings (A—F) and match them with the statements (1 — 7). There is one statement you don’t have to use.

1. This portrait was painted very much against the sitter’s will.

2. The artist seems to have foreseen his sitter’s fate.

3. The artist worked on this portrait after the painting had been finished.

4. This portrait is supposed to show the artist’s relative.

5. You can see more than one portrait of this person in one and the same place.

6. The sitter in this famous portrait doesn’t belong to the nobility.

7. This portrait is supposed to have been inspired by the artist’s relatives.

1. The picture may be a portrait of Hendrikje Stoffels with Rembrandt lived after the death of his first wife Saskia and who bore him a daughter in 1654. In Rembrandt’s little picture she appears to have lost something in a dark and shallow pool and is cautiously looking for it. Her face and pose seem to express quiet amusement.

2. She, who was born Margaretha de Geer, was the wife of Jacob Trip, a merchant from Dordrecht. They had been married in 1630 and had at least twelve children. Another head and shoulders portrait of Mrs Trip by Rembrandt is in the National Gallery and is dated 1661. The two larger portraits were probably painted in the same year.

3. Charles I became King of Great Britain and Ireland in 1625. He ruled without Parliament from 1629 to 1640, and his rule led to civil war and his own subsequent execution. He made an important collection of paintings, patronized Rubens and appointed Van Dyck as his court painter. Van Dyck’s portrait of Charles I on Horseback is believed to show a sense of sadness and melancholy in the King’s facial expression. How could the King be aware of his gloomy future? And how could a court painter take the liberty of portraying his Sovereign as doomed?

4. Murillo’s self-portrait was probably painted when the artist was in his fifties. The painting was probably produced, according to the inscription, “to fulfill the wishes and prayers of his children” (of which he had nine). Murillo worked most of his life in Seville. His religious pictures were much copied and reproduced in the 19th century.

5. This brilliant portrait was painted by Lawrence in 1789 when the artist was just twenty, Queen Charlotte forty-five. She was the wife of George III and when the artist was first introduced to her, her Majesty didn’t like the idea of sitting to him, saying that “she had not recovered sufficiently from all the trouble and anxiety she had gone through”. In the previous year the King had become ill for the first time; he was later declared insane. The Queen refused a final sitting for the portrait and the positions of the bracelets and scarf were modelled by another woman. The picture was painted at Windsor, in the background is Eton College Chapel.

6. This portrait depicts the first Duke of Wellington who defeated Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813. Goya painted the portrait in August 1812 when Wellington entered Madrid after winning the battle of Salamanca; but two years later the Duke returned the portrait to the artist to have his most recently awarded decorations included. Goya made the required alterations, so the new decorations — military orders and crosses — can be seen on the Duke’s costume.

TASK 2 Complete the sentences by choosing the appropriate words.

1. It was nearly noon and the the objects cast were short.

a) shades b) shadows

1. Jack considers himself to be a of unsurpassable circum­stances.

a) sacrifice b) victim

1. Everyone knows about Anthony’s for Anna. He’s been in love with her for years.

a) affection b) affectation

1. When 1 saw the touching scene, I felt a coming up in my throat.

a) lump b) piece

TASK 3 Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations.

1. пейзажи и натюрморты

2. пройти испытание времен

3. сюжет картины

4. на переднем плане

5. чувство пространства

6. общее впечатление

TASK 4 Use some function words from the box to complete the sentences.

1. Shelly arranged everything the publication of her thesis.

2. They couldn’t come an agreement and decided to hold another meeting.

3. “Ouch,” she gasped pain.

4. We are trying to come to an arrangement who should pay the money.

5. Ron stood the shadow so no one could see him.

TASK 5 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs to complete the sentences.

1. Whose advice (is/are) usually most helpful to you?

2. This wallpaper (have/has) been on the walls of the room for and years.

3. The news of his arrival (have/has) left nobody cold.

4. The new watch (was/were) the best I ever had.

5. The pair of jeans /was/were) worn out and dirty.

TASK 6. Use the verbs in brackets in the appropriate forms to complete the sentences. Give two forms where possible.

1. A small minority of electors (to have) voted for this candidate.

2. The best brains in the country (to have) failed to solve this problem.

3. Statistics (to be) ____ the science of using numbers to represent facts and describe situations.

4. The outskirts of our town (to be) ____ becoming more attractive with time.

5. Over hundred species of birds (to have)___ been reported to live in this National Park.

6. His lodgings (to be)___ small but fairly comfortable.

TASK 7. Complete the text with the appropriate forms of the words on the right.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman, one of the 1.______________________ GREAT

American poets, was born in 1819. He 2.____________ GROW

up in his native Long Island and got his 3.___________ ONE

jobs in Brook­lyn. Whitman had no ambition to “rise in

the world” as it could 4.___________ . The world itself EXPECT

was beautiful and interesting, and it was enough for him

to see it and to live in it. The sea and the countryside, the

crowded streets of great cities gave him 5.____________ GOOD

les­sons than schools or jobs. He began to write po­ems

early in life and in 1855 “Leaves of Grass”, a small volume

of his poetry, 6. __________ . Later he added new poems PUBLISH

to the volume but kept the same title. Whitman’s poetry

makes people 7.__________ life in a new way and love SEE

it 8.__________ . MUCH

Афанасьева, Михеева ’’English-X’’ UNIT 1 TEST 1

VARIANT 2

TASK 1. Complete the text. Use the appropriate phrases from the list below.

1. for the right phrase-book

2. since this was Switzerland

3. to see her family

4. across the aisle from me

5. hearing my story

6. where we would part

7. to give it up

Brief Encounter on a Train

When I first saw her in the station, she was boarding the train, shov­ing an enormous brown leather suitcase up the high step with her knee. She wore trousers of brown corduroy and a bright green shirt with rolled-up sleeves. Dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, young, mysterious.

She collapsed into a seat A . Then the train continued its five-hour run westward across Switzerland. I moved across the aisle and sat down facing her.

“Wie heißen Sie?” I asked. Her only answer to my question was a smile. Oh, I thought, not German. Italian, of course.

I leant forward and crafted a more careful question. She still didn’t answer. В , I had a final choice: French. The reply, as before, was a Mona Lisa smile.

I leaned back, returned the smile, and tried to look mysterious - a vain attempt, considering my fisherman’s hat, red T-shirt, mustard trousers and running shoes. Just as I was about C , Mona Lisa spoke “Habla Usted espanol?” she asked. Why hadn’t I thought of it! She was Spanish.

I rummaged frantically through my bag D . She turned out to be single, employed in a home for the elderly, and on her way to Spain E .

What we spoke of, exactly, I can’t remember, but the day flew past. I dreaded our arrival in Geneva, F , but by day’s end we were there. We exchanged addresses and said goodbye with great reluctance.

I sometimes think of those days. Occasionally, I describe the details of that spring day to others, taking some liberty with the fact.

My wife especially enjoys G . However she insists that she left Switzerland for Great Britain the following year to marry me despite the way I was dressed that day.

TASK 2 Complete the sentences by choosing the appropriate words.

1. The of the broken news was such that it left all of us speechless.

a) affect b) effect

1. The in the young people’s relations was obvious: they seemed to be on the threshold of breaking up.

a) disagreement b) discord

1. I could see that the poor man’s suffering was genuine, not .

a) affected b) discordant

1. I have just for my brother to come and collect you from the fitness center.

a) arranged b) affected

TASK 3 Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations.

1. палитра художника

2. настоящий шедевр

3. историческое полотно

4. преобладающие цвета

5. настроение момента

6. яркие светящиеся краски

TASK 4 Use some function words from the box to complete the sentences.

1. What is depicted the foreground the painting?

2. Thomas Gainsborough had a real talent a colourist.

3. The landscape is dominated a group of tall trees.

4. I’m sure all his portraits will stand the test time.

5. He heard a gasp fear in the darkness.

TASK 5 Choose the appropriate forms of the verbs to complete the sentences.

1. The stairs (is/are) very steep. Walk carefully!

2. Mathematics (have/has) always been one of the main school sub­jects. ...

3. The money (was/were) just enough to pay the house rent.

4. The clothes (was/were) bought in a good shop.

5. The information you’ve found (is/are) extremely valuable.

TASK 6. Use the verbs in brackets in the appropriate forms to complete the sentences. Give two forms where possible.

1. As far as I know, the staff (to be) ____ not happy about the new office rules.

2. Mathematics (to include)____ arithmetic, algebra and geometry.

3. The customs (to be) ____ situated further to the left, over there.

4. The crowd in front of the palace (to be) ____ getting more and more excited.

5. The police (to be)_____ called to deal with the problem.

6. The document should be written in plain English so that the public (to understand) .

TASK 7. Complete the text with the appropriate forms of the words on the right.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman, one of the 1.______________________ GREAT

American poets, was born in 1819. He 2.____________ GROW

up in his native Long Island and got his 3.___________ ONE

jobs in Brook­lyn. Whitman had no ambition to “rise in

the world” as it could 4.___________ . The world itself EXPECT

was beautiful and interesting, and it was enough for him

to see it and to live in it. The sea and the countryside, the

crowded streets of great cities gave him 5.____________ GOOD

les­sons than schools or jobs. He began to write po­ems

early in life and in 1855 “Leaves of Grass”, a small volume

of his poetry, 6. __________ . Later he added new poems PUBLISH

to the volume but kept the same title. Whitman’s poetry

makes people 7.__________ life in a new way and love SEE

it 8.__________ . MUCH