VI. Look at the following sentences and choose the correct definition for the words and expressions in bold (8 points)
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XI класс
Лексико-грамматический тест
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I. Use the words in brackets to form new suitable words in the provided spaces (9 points)
My Ideal Work Environment
I believe a work culture that matches employees' (1)__________________ (PERSON) is vital for workers' job (2)_____________________ (SATISFY) as well as for a company's business success. My ideal work environment is creative, fun and relaxed. At work, I always feel (3) ________________________ (APPRECIATE) and there is a spirit of teamwork and positive energy. I respect my boss for his or her qualities of (4)_____________________ (LEADER) integrity and friendly positive nature. I know I can make a real (5) ___________________ (CONTRIBUTE) by using my unique talents and skills in order to make a difference in a company which is focused on achieving clearly defined (6) _______________ (OBJECT). My team and the company work together to introduce (7) _______________ (TECHNOLOGY) innovations. Within the company, each member of the (8) ________________ ( WORK)is given the chance to learn and develop new skills to help the company achieve its goals.1 look forward to coming to work every day because I am an (9)_______________ (ESSENCE) part of an organisation whose work I believe in. I face new opportunities and challenges every day.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. (10 points)
1.You had better get some professional advice.
Were
If___________________________________________________________________
2.I didn't agree with the idea.
Favour
I_____________________________________________________________the idea.
3. Mark was so sad that he didn’t eat anything.
Sadness
Such ___________________________________________ that he didn’t eat anything.
4. There is no way I’ll talk to him again.
Account
On ______________________________________________________ to him again.
5. He’s a very noisy boy; I can’t tolerate him anymore.
up
He’s a very noisy boy; I can’t _________________________________ him anymore.
6. You’re always complaining about your work.
Complaints
You’re _____________________________________________________ your work.
7. The car has to be repaired.
Needs
The _________________________________________________________ repaired.
8. Can I stay with you for a week?
Put
Can _______________________________________________________ for a week?
9.They enjoyed playing football.
Time
They ___________________________________________________________ football.
10. If he hadn’t reacted so quickly, we would have been killed.
Reaction
But __________________________________________, we would have been killed.
III. Think of ONE word that can fit all three sentences (10 points)
1. Glaciers provide vital evidence of climate ________________________ .
What you need is not pills but a simple _____________________ of scene.
If you need money, there’s some spare ____________________ in my coat pocket.
2. A meal at the restaurant will cost you an ________________ and a leg.
I’ve got a list of people to phone as long as your _______________ .
If you keep jumping on the ____________ of the chair like that, you’ll break it.
3. The house __________ south, with a beautiful view of the sea.
Sanchez ____________ Martinez in the final of the tournament, and won.
Wendy finally _______________ up to the fact that Fred wouldn’t be coming back.
4. Would you __________________ the baby for me while I go to the shop?
I don’t ______________ doing the washing up, but I object to drying the dishes as well!
It’s nothing to do with you, so why don’t you ______________ your own business?
5. Let’s go down to the river. It’s a really nice __________ for a picnic.
I’m afraid I’m going to be late. I’m having a _______ of bother with my car.
The evening in Blackpool was the only bright _________ in an otherwise disappointing holiday.
IV. Open the brackets putting the verb in the correct tense and voice form (14 points)
If it 1) _______________ (not/be) for Louis, Joan 2) ____________________ (never/survive) her trip to Paris last month. She 3) __________________ (not/meet) him before, but she 4) _____________ ( be) certainly glad that she had by the end of her stay. The first thing that 5) ___________________ (happen) was that the hotel where she
6) _______________ (plan) to stay 7) _________________ (never/receive) her booking, so they had no room for her. Then, as she 8) _________________ (try) to get a taxi to take her to another hotel, someone on a motorbike 9) ________________ (snatch) her bag with all her tickets and credit cards in it. As her French 10) _______________ (be) quite rusty, she 11) __________________ (not/know) how to explain what 12) _______________ (happen). It was then that Louis 13) _________________ (approach) her and 14) _______________ (introduce) himself.
V. Fill ONE suitable word in each numbered space of the following passage (9points)
Planets beyond our solar system
Throughout history we have wondered about the possibility (1) life beyond the Earth. It is only in recent years, however, that advances in technology (2) revealed the existence of extrasolar planets (or ‘exoplanets’); (3) is to say, planets which orbit not our own Sun, but other stars in the universe. So (4)______________, astronomers have identified a few thousand exoplanets, but believe that billions more exist.
Although many astronomers believe that a large number of planets in the universe are capable of supporting (5) _____________kind of living organism, whether or not life has developed on any of them (6) ___________ not yet known.
An essential requirement for life is liquid water. (7) ______ a planet is to have liquid water on its surface, its temperature must be (8)_________too hot nor too cold. However, (9)______________a planet, other than the Earth, has yet to be discovered.
VI. Look at the following sentences and choose the correct definition for the words and expressions in bold (8 points)
1. Politicians try to be careful not to wash their dirty linen in public.
A. tell dreadful personal secrets about themselves and their family
B. say bad things about other politicians
C. drink, smoke or do other things that people might not like
2. The estate agent tried to pull the wool over our eyes.
A. to charge us too much money
B. to take our money with out giving them anything in return
C. to deceive us by not telling us the true facts
3. I don't have any cash with me. Do you take plastic?
A. cheques
B. credit cards and chargecards
C. U.S. dollars
4. We spent our last holiday under canvas.
A. In a beach resort
B. In a very cheap hotel
C. in a tent
5. We turfed out our old office furniture.
A. sold
B. threw out
C. burnt
6. The thief had a cast-iron alibi.
A. an alibi that cannot be disproved.
B. a very weak alibi
C. a very unlikely alibi
7. She will have to steel herself to say what happened.
A. she'll have to pretend to be sad
B. she'll have to refuse to say what happened
C. she'll have to get ready to do something that she does not like
8. A lot of young people end up living in cardboard city.
A. a place where homeless people build themselves shelters out of pieces of cardboard
B. their parents' home
C. with their girl friend or boy friend
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