Контрольна робота з англійської мови, 11клас

Англійська мова.
Контрольна робота, 11 клас

(2015-2016 навчальний рік)

VARIANT #1

І.Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences (1–6).

A Teenage Tale with Bite

Two star-crossed teens stand in a wood-encircled meadow, talking intensely, obviously in love. While she is average in appearance, he seems without flaw, the sun sparkling on his perfect skin. It could be a dramatic moment plucked straight from Romeo and Juliet. But in this case the Romeo is a noble-minded vampire named Edward who struggles to resist the urge to sample the blood pulsing through Bella, the human girl he loves.

When Stephenie Morgan Meyer woke up on a June morning in 2003, she didn’t want to forget this vivid dream. But it was the first day of swimming lessons for her three young boys, and she needed to make breakfast, find swimsuits, and tend to other motherly duties. Nevertheless, she stole a moment to think about the two characters that had just emerged from her creative slumber. Meyer said, “I was so interested in the characters that for the first time since having my oldest son, I sat down at the computer and started writing.”And she found she couldn’t stop. “I started out just so I wouldn’t forget the story, but I kept going. I really feel like it was a situation where I had a talent I was not using; I had buried it. And that was my kick-start. I was supposed to be doing something with this talent,”she says. “It sounds a little odd to say that you were inspired to write a vampire novel.”
But that’s what she did. The young couple in the meadow became chapter 13 of Twilight, a novel Meyer wrote over the next three months, mostly at night, when her boys were in bed. Only six months after her dream, Twilight was accepted for publication by Little, Brown and Company. When it hit bookstores in October 2005, Twilight enjoyed supernatural success, landing on the New York Times bestseller list for children’s chapter books in hardback and paperback. It has been translated into more than 20 languages and optioned for a movie by MTV and Paramount.

Meyer, who lives in Phoenix, began writing her characters’ stories for herself with no intention of publishing. “At the time I wasn’t doing any writing,” she says. “I was a stay -at -home mom. I had no plans for a career change.” She still has her first career as wife and mother, and now she believes, “A true writer is someone who writes whether or not anyone else is going to read it.” Expect more stories from this prolific author. After writing three epilogues to Twilight, each more than a hundred pages long, Meyer realized she wasn’t close to being done with her characters. “When you create a world like that—when you create Edward and Bella—if you stop writing, it’s like you’re killing them,” she says. “I couldn’t do that. I had to let them go on and see what was going to happen.

1. Who is the author of the novel Twilight?

A) Stephenie Meyer B) Stephen King

C) J.K. Rowling D) Leo Tolstoy

2. In the first paragraph, to what book is Twilight compared?

A) War and Peace B) Pride and Prejudice

C) Romeo and Juliet D) Master and Margarita

3. After Meyer woke up from her vivid dream, later that day

A) She forgot about the characters completely

B) She sat down at the computer and started writing

C) She went to the supermarket

D) She went swimming

4. According to this article, Twilight will be made into a movie by

A) Universal and Paramount B) New Line and Disney

C) Warner Brothers D) MTV and Paramount

5. In the last paragraph, it is clear that Meyer feels

A) That she will never write a sequel to Twilight B) That she thinks she is a bad writer

C) That she has to write more books starring her characters

D) That her family does not enjoy her books

6. The main idea of this article is

A) If you believe in what you are doing, you can succeed

B) It is very hard to get books published

C) People love to read about vampires

D) Books should be made into movies

II. Use of English.

Choose the correct item(A,B,C,D) to complete the sentence.

Mobile phones are one of 1)___ inventions of the last 50 years, but not everything that is said about them is good. Mobiles are frequently blamed 2)___a number of things, from thumb injuries and headaches to house fires. One theory even blames mobile phones for the disappearance of bees!

The theory is that the bees’ navigation systems 3)___ by the radiation that is given off by mobile phones. Bees have a built-in system a bit like GPS and this helps them find their way back to their hive. But recently, thousands of bees have failed 4)___ their way home. It is believed they are dying far from their 5)___.

The problem was first noticed by beekeepers in America and is 6)___ more complicated than it at first seems. The important thing about bees is that most of the crops in many countries of the world are pollinated by them. Without bees, the crops can’t continue to grow. Many beekeepers in America and Europe have reported 7)___between 50 and 70 percent of their bees. Jim Piper, a London beekeeper, was recently asked how the problem was affecting 8)___. “My business has been ruined by this”, he explained. “Twenty-nine of my forty hives are now 9)___”.

Nobody has proved that this theory is true but it’s a fact that bees are disappearing in very large numbers. And we 10)___ manage without them. Einstein said that if all our bees disappeared, man would only live for four more years! The situation needs to be evaluated by 11)__best scientists. If the mobile phone theory is correct, we need to do 12)___ about immediately – before it’s too late.

	A	B	C	D
1	most useful	more useful	usefuler	the most useful
2	for	on	to	with
3	damage	are damaged	is damaged	are damaging
4	find	finding	to find	found
5	hives	holes	nests	cabins
6	lot	a lot	a lot of	lots
7	loosing	lost	to lose	losing
8	himself	his	him	he
9	empty	vacant	unoccupied	hollow
10	aren’t able to	can’t	can	mustn’t
11	the worlds	the worlds’	the world’s	the world
12	everything	something	anything	nothing

III. Writing

Last summer you went on a journey to the Carpathians. You really enjoyed it. Describe the journey (50-80 words) including the following points:

- where you went and who with;

-where you stayed at; what dishes you tried; what you bought

-what happened during the journey; -why you liked it so much (activities).

VARIANT #2

І.Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences (1–6).

Experience the Glories of Galicia in Ukraine’s Lovely Lviv

I had always wanted to see Lviv, that island of West European style in the center of Eastern Europe. Everyone I knew who had been there said that the experience was unforgettable.

Lviv's unique atmosphere attracts thousands of tourists every year. The city is named after the son of Prince Danilo Galitsky (Daniel of Galicia), who founded the city in the mid-13th century and named it for his son, Prince Lev. The city's mix of European architecture and tradition with the day-to-day reality of life in Eastern Europe gives it a special charm.

The historic center of Lviv was added to UNESCO's world heritage list in 1998.Lviv is located in Western Ukraine. Historically, it has been the center of Galicia, a region now divided between Ukraine and Poland. Lviv is an important automobile and rail link between Central and Eastern Europe. The city occupies 155 square kilometres and is home to 830,000 people. Every day more than 200,000 commute in from the suburbs or arrive from abroad. Most of the city's residents are ethnic Ukrainians, but the diverse

population also includes Poles, Germans, Russians, Armenians, Czechs and Jews. Russians called the city Lvov, while in Ukrainian it is called Lviv.

Lviv first appears in historical chronicles in the year 1256. The old town is a unique potpourri of architectural masterpieces from various periods and traditions - Baroque to Renaissance, neoclassicism to Empire. The city's buildings are the work of Polish, Austrian, German and Ukrainian architects. Lviv is also a famous center of Slavic culture. It is where in 1554 Ivan Fyodorov, the first Russian printer, produced his "Books of the Apostles" –one of the first Old Church Slavonic books using the Cyrillic alphabet.

The city contains more than 2,000 historical, architectural and cultural monuments. You won't be able to take them all in during a weekend visit, but a couple of days are more than enough time to soak up the city's grandeur.

Lviv is particularly beautiful in the fall. Its moderate continental climate and location on the boundary of Europe's main watersheds -the Baltic and Black seas -means that the city enjoys more than its fair share of warm, sunny days.

1. Lviv is named after

A) Prince Danilo Galitsky (Daniel of Galicia) B) Prince Lev

C) Prince Unesco D) Prince Lenny

2. Galicia is divided between which two countries?

A) Ukraine and Russia B) Ukraine and Poland

C) Ukraine and Germany D) Ukraine and America

3. In paragraph 4, the word “potpourri” means

A) pattern B) area

C) style D)mixture

4. The main point of this article is

A) Lviv has important architecture

B) Lviv was important in the Middle Ages

C) Lviv should become the capital of Ukraine

D) Lviv is a unique city that bridges cultures

5. When does Lviv first appear in recorded history?

A) in 1554 B) in 1256

C) in 1145 D) in 1053

6. Lviv has works by Polish, Austrian, Ukrainian, and German

A) authors B) architects

C) painters D) sculptors

II. Use of English

Choose the correct item(A,B,C,D) to complete the sentence.

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid 1800s and emigrated to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry-goods business 1)___several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and his dreams to San Francisco (California, USA). His dream to succeed came true over the next 20 years as he became a very 2)__ businessman.

Many of Levi Strauss’ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed clothing that was strong and durable. Strauss found a special fabric from France that was comfortable and lasted a long time. It was called “serge de Nimes,” which was later shortened to the word denim.

Another man named Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor 3)___ made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually 4)__ the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants to make them stronger. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making 5)__ pants with rivets.

Jacob Davis soon realized that using rivets was a great business idea, and he didn’t want 6)__ to steal that idea. He decided that he 7)___ to get a patent. But being a poor tailor, he didn’t have enough money to pay for the 8)___. After thinking it over, he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told 9)__his idea. He said, “If you agree to pay for the patent, we will share the profits from the riveted pants.” Levi Strauss did agree, and the new riveted pants business 10)___ Levi Strauss and Company. Today 11)___ jeans are 12)___ than ever, and Levi’s name continues to live on.

	A	B	C	D
1	for	about	at	since
2	unsuccessful	successful	lucky	careful
3	whose	which	who	what
4	tear	teared	to tear	tearing
5	lots of	lots	a few	a lot
6	somebody	anybody	nobody	everybody
7	will need	needs	would need	had need
8	invention	permission	document	patent
9	his	him	himself	he
10	be called	was called	were called	is called
11	Levi	Levis	Levi’s	Levis’
12	popular	less popular	most popular	more popular

III. Writing

Write an email (50–80 words) to your friend and describe the event in your life you will

always remember. Write about the following:

• What was the event?

• How did you feel that day?

• What were your impressions of the event?

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