Распределение по вариантам:

ПО ПЕРВОЙ БУКВЕ ФАМИЛИИ СТУДЕНТА

А-Ж – 1 вариант,

З-Н – 2 вариант,

О-Ф – 3 вариант,

Х-Я – 4 вариант.

Контрольная работа выполняется в печатном виде, задания переписываются (например, 1. Supply the correct article where necessary) и далее выполняется; все моменты, сделанные Вами, выделить курсивом, подчеркиванием или жирным шрифтом.

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА

1 вариант

I. Grammar Exercises.

1. Supply the correct article where necessary.

1. Pete and Mary have two children, ... boy and ... girl. ... boy is seven years old and ... girl is three.

2. I won’t be home for … dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends after … work and we’re going to … cinema.

3. I have two brothers. … older one is training to be … pilot with … British Airways. … younger one is still at … school. When he leaves … school, he hopes to go to … university to study … law.

4. In my job, I do … business with people from all over the world.

5. When buying … house, you should take into … consideration how near it is to public transport.

6. … fog was so thick that we couldn’t see … side of … road. We followed … car in front of us and hoped that we were going … right way.

7. … worry about … state of his finances drove him to … despair ….

8. My first job was not …success.

9. Would you like to study at … Oxford University?

10. … Shishkin I bought yesterday was … copy.

2. Supply the correct prepositions where necessary.

1. Alice does well … drawing, but she isn't very good … reading.

2. Shall we do the translation … class? – No, you needn't. You can do it … home.

3. Soon we were all sitting … the table.

4. It is clear ... me that you don't know your lesson.

5. My wife turned … me and said “What the matter … you?”

6. Was he joking … me?

7. London is the capital ... Great Britain.

8. Suggest Nick taking … his coat.

9. Did you join … us?

10. ... nine o'clock the lecturer entered ... the hall, walked up ... the table, put his bag ... it, looked ... everybody and began his lecture.

3. Supply the correct forms of comparison.

1. The room is (clean) than it used to be.

2. This is (expensive) book of them all.

3. Take some of these sweets: they are very (nice). They are (nice) than the sweets in that box.

4. It was (bad) time of my life.

5. This test was (easy) of all.

6. Please be (careful) next time and don't spill the milk again.

7. Is N (intelligent) than S?

8. This river is (deep) in our region.

9. Show me the (far) room in your house.

10. Mother is much (young) than her husband.

4. Supply the correct tense-forms.

1. He said he (to listen) to the same stories for a long time.

2. By the end of the year he (to read) about two hundred pages.

3. At last the librarian (to give) me the book which I (to wait) for during two months. I was very glad. I (to go) home and (to begin) reading it at once.

4. Now she (to read) the book which I (to give) her yesterday.

5. You (to read) «The Murder of Roger Ackroyd» by Agatha Christie? – No, I (not yet to read) it. But I (to hear) that it (to be) a very interesting book. I (to read) it as soon as I (to get) it.

6. Victor asked me (to explain) the new rule to him, as he (to miss) the previous lesson.

7. Jane usually works in the library. She (to work) there now. She already (to gather) the necessary material and now she (to write) her report.

8. It (to be) nearly eleven o'clock when we (to begin) doing this work.

9. Hardly he (ask) his question when she (answer) them.

10. She said she (to teach) at this school for 20 years.