Контрольная работа по английскому языку "Выдающиеся люди"

1 вариант.

Ex. 1 Could /couldn’t/ managed to

1. I ______ speak Italian really well when I lived in Venice.

2. It was quite difficult but I ______ get it all done.

3. It was very frustrating. I ______ make her understand what I wanted.

4. He ______ walk when he was only 8 months old.

5. For once, I ______ get up early today. It was an effort!

Ex. 2. Complete the sentences putting the words in brackets into the correct form.

Use the past continuous or past simple. EXAMPLE: Carol (make) was making dinner when the phone (ring) rang.

I (do) ______ my weekly shopping when I (see) ______Jane. We (stop) _____and (have) ______ a chat.

We (be) _______ stuck in a traffic jam. We (not know) ________what to do.

Susan (have) _______ the feeling that everyone (look) ________at her.

He (lie) ________ down on the sofa, (open) _______the book and (start) _____to read.

I ………. (see) Kate this morning. I …………(walk) along the street, and she…………. (wait) for the bus.

Ex. 3. Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.

Film maker David Morris _______ (be) interested in cinema since he _________ (be) a small child. He _________ (make) his first film when he _________ (be) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40 and he ________ (make) 30 films. David loves travelling. His work ___________ (take) him all over the world. He _________ (be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year he ________ (visit) Russia for the first time. David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They ___________ (be) married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They _______ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they _______ (live) there since then.

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Ex. 1 Could /couldn’t/ managed to

I missed the last train but I ______ get a taxi.

I ______ do the Times crossword ten years ago but I can't nowadays. I'm getting too old!

I looked everywhere but I ______ find it.

There were very few seats left but I ______ get us two tickets.

I ______ run much faster when I was 20.

Ex. 2. Complete the sentences putting the words in brackets into the correct form.

Use the past continuous or past simple. EXAMPLE: Carol (make) was making dinner when the phone (ring) rang.

The boys (enjoy) _________ the film, when suddenly the electricity (go) ________off.

While Dick (try) _________ to get his car started the police car (stop) __________ and the driver (offer) ________ his help. It (is) _________very nice of him.

The kids (make) ________ so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he (say) _________and (ask) __________him to repeat.

He (stand) __________at the bus stop. I asked him what bus he (wait) ________for.

When I (hear) ________the doorbell, I (run) _______downstairs.

Ex. 3. Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.

Film maker David Morris ________ (be) interested in cinema since he ________ (be) a small child. He _______ (make) his first film when he ________ (be) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40 and he ________ (make) 30 films. David loves travelling. His work __________ (take) him all over the world. He ________(be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year he ______ (visit) Russia for the first time. David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They _________ (be) married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They ______ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they _______ (live) there since then.

Ex. 4 (1 вариант) order the paragraphs.

Einstein decided to leave Germany and go to the United States. When World War II broke out in 1939 Einstein discovered that German scientists were working on a bomb that could kill thousands of people. He wrote a letter to the American president to warn him and suggested that the Americans start building one too. In 1941 the American government started the Manhattan project which led to the construction of the atomic bomb.

Two of these bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war against Japan. Einstein was horrified when he heard the news. He wanted the world to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes. 

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1 вариант

Ex.1 Could /couldn’t/ managed to

1. I ______ speak Italian really well when I lived in Venice.

2. It was quite difficult but I ______ get it all done.

3. It was very frustrating. I ______ make her understand what I wanted.

4. He ______ walk when he was only 8 months old.

5. For once, I ______ get up early today. It was an effort!

Ex. 2. Complete the sentences putting the words in brackets into the correct form. Use the past continuous or past simple. EXAMPLE: Carol ( make) was making dinner when the phone (ring) rang.

1. I (do) ______________ my weekly shopping when I (see)_____________Jane. We (stop) _______________and (have)_______________ a chat.

2. We (be) ________________ stuck in a traffic jam. We (not know) __________________what to do.

3. Susan (have) __________________ the feeling that everyone (look)__________________at her.

4. He (lie) _____________________ down on the sofa, (open) _____________________the book and (start)___________________to read.

5. I ……….(see) Kate this morning. I …………(walk) along the street, and she…………. (wait) for the bus.

Ex. 3. Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.

Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (be) interested in cinema since he ___________________________ (be) a small child. He ___________________________ (make) his first film when he ___________________________ (be) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40 and he ___________________________ (make) 30 films. David loves travelling. His work _________________________ (take) him all over the world. He ___________________________ (be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year he ___________________________ (visit) Russia for the first time. David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They ___________________________ (be) married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They ___________________________ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they ___________________________ (live) there since then.

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Ex.1 Could /couldn’t/ managed to

1. I missed the last train but I ______ get a taxi.                

2. I ______ do the Times crossword ten years ago but I can't nowadays. I'm getting too old!                

3. I looked everywhere but I ______ find it.                

4. There were very few seats left but I ______ get us two tickets.                

5. I ______ run much faster when I was 20.                

Ex. 2. Complete the sentences putting the words in brackets into the correct form. Use the past continuous or past simple. EXAMPLE: Carol ( make) was making dinner when the phone (ring) rang.

1. The boys (enjoy) _________________ the film, when suddenly the electricity (go)___________off.

2. While Dick (try) ___________________ to get his car started the police car (stop)_____________ and the driver (offer) ____________________ his help. It (is) _________________very nice of him.

3. The kids (make) _________________ so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he (say) __________________and (ask) ______________________him to repeat.

4. He (stand)_______________at the bus stop. I asked him what bus he (wait) __________________for.

5. When I (hear) ___________________the doorbell, I (run) ____________________downstairs.

Ex. 3. Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.

Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (be) interested in cinema since he ___________________________ (be) a small child. He ___________________________ (make) his first film when he ___________________________ (be) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40 and he ___________________________ (make) 30 films. David loves travelling. His work _________________________ (take) him all over the world. He ___________________________ (be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year he ___________________________ (visit) Russia for the first time. David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They ___________________________ (be) married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They ___________________________ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they ___________________________ (live) there since then.

Ex. 4 (1 вариант) order the paragraphs

Einstein decided to leave Germany and go to the United States. When World War II broke out in 1939 Einstein discovered that German scientists were working on a bomb that could kill thousands of people. He wrote a letter to the American president to warn him and suggested that the Americans start building one too. In 1941 the American government started the Manhattan project which led to the construction of the atomic bomb. Two of these bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war against Japan. Einstein was horrified when he heard the news. He wanted the world to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

Albert Einstein was a famous scientist who completely changed the way that people saw our world and the universe. Einstein created many theories which proved that things like gravity, light, energy and matter were connected with each other. At first, very few scientists could understand Einstein’s theories but as time passed other scientists showed that he was correct. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879 and grew up in Munich. He wasn't a good student at school and only did things he was interested in, like science and mathematics. At a very early age young Albert started wondering about the mysteries of the universe.

For the last twenty years of his life, Einstein lived in Princeton where he continued his scientific work. He died on April 18, 1955.

After school Einstein went to Switzerland and tried to become a teacher there, but he couldn't find a job. He went to work at the Swiss patent office in Bern where he studied what other people had invented. After divorce from his first wife, a classmate of his, Albert went to Berlin where he married his cousin Elsa. He lived in Berlin for a long time and there he developed many of his scientific theories. Einstein became so well known that he was invited to universities around the world to talk about his discoveries. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize for Physics. In the meantime things were starting to change in Germany. Einstein was against the Nazis and their ideas of controlling the world and killing Jews. The Nazis, in return, hated him and his theories and they burned most of his books.

Ex. 4 (2 вариант) order the paragraphs

In 1633 Galileo was brought before the Inquisition, the Church's court. It sentenced him to life in prison because of his teachings. Galileo was put under house arrest because he was old and not so healthy any more. He spent the last years of his life in Florence, where he continued to work on his theories and even published a final book. He became blind and died in 1642. In 1992 Pope John Paul II published a document that said the Church made a mistake by condemning Galileo.

Galileo often questioned scientific facts of his age. For a long time people thought that heavier objects fall to Earth faster than lighter ones. By dropping objects of the same size but different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa Galileo showed that this wasn't true. In 1609 Galileo constructed his first telescope. He used it to observe the stars and the planets. He saw things that nobody had ever seen before. Galileo discovered that the moon's surface was not smooth and flat, like everyone thought, but had a rough surface and was full of craters.

Galileo is often called the founder of modern science. He made many discoveries in astronomy and physics and he built telescopes to study space. Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564. His father sent him to the university to study medicine, but young Galileo was more interested in science and mathematics. Galileo made one of his greatest discoveries as he sat in a cathedral of Pisa. As he watched a chandelier swing back and forth he noticed that longer and shorter swings took the same time. This discovery became known as the law of the pendulum. These and other important discoveries made him so well-known that Galileo became a professor at the University of Pisa.

In January 1610 Galileo discovered 4 moons revolving around the Jupiter. They were named after him, the Galilean moons. These observations proved that not the Earth was the centre of the solar system, but the sun. It was a discovery that Copernicus had made 60 years earlier. The Roman Catholic Church did not always like what Galileo taught. It still believed that the Earth was the centre of the universe and everything revolved around it. The church ordered him not to teach such ideas any more.