- •Лексико-грамматические тесты
- •Часть I
- •Воронеж
- •Test I unit I geology and the earth
- •V. Use the words in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
- •VII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from English into Russian.
- •Test II unit II minerals
- •V. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
- •VII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test III unit III
- •Igneous rocks
- •V. Which of the following words are:
- •VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
- •VII. Make up questions beginning with the words in brackets.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test IV unit IV sedimentary rocks
- •V. Form verbs from the following words.
- •VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
- •VII. Put questions to the sentences beginning with the words in brackets.
- •VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test V unit V weathering
- •I. Give Russian equivalents.
- •II. Give English equivalents.
- •III. Match the words from “a” and “b” to make word combinations.
- •IV. Complete the sentences.
- •V. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
- •VII. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VIII. Put all types of questions to the sentence.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test VI unit VI glasiers
- •V. Use the words in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Translate the sentences using Participle I and Absolute Participle Construction.
- •VII. Put the questions to which the following sentences are the answers.
- •VIII. Read the text.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Test VII unit VII streams and lakes
- •V. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
- •VI. Choose sentences in which the –ing form is a Gerund.
- •VII. Translate the sentences.
- •VIII. Make up questions beginning with the words in brackets.
- •IX. Read the text.
- •X. Translate from Russian into English.
Test V unit V weathering
I. Give Russian equivalents.
Mechanical weathering; parent rock; frost wedging; abrasion; thermal expansion and contraction; overlying rock; to thaw during the day; daily freeze-thaw cycle; to heat and cool granite repeatedly; common substance; rare in moist environment; acid solution; much more corrosive than pure water; slightly acidic; the only rock-forming silicate mineral; unaltered quartz grains.
II. Give English equivalents.
Механическое и химическое выветривание; разложение (разрушение) пород; тысячелетие; захороненные породы; текущая вода; термальное расширение и сжатие; быть подверженным коррозии; отличаться как физически, так и химически от изначального материала; чистая (без примесей) вода; делювиальные склоны; гидролиз; окисление; кислотный дождь; декомпрессия (снятие нагрузки (давления) с образованием трещин); образование ржавчины.
III. Match the words from “a” and “b” to make word combinations.
organic; to freeze; to be shaped by; to drag across; laboratory; to decompose; a small; to remain; a reversible; atmospheric;
chemically; proportion of water; intact; reaction; activity; at height; bedrock; oxygen; collisions; experiment.
IV. Complete the sentences.
Weathering is . . . . of rocks and minerals at the Earth’s surface.
. . . . is the removal of weathered rocks and minerals by moving water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.
. . . . reduces solid rock to rubble.
If water accumulates in a crack and then freezes, its expansion pushes the rock apart in a process called . . . .
The mechanical wearing and grinding of rock surfaces by friction and impact is called . . . .
The most important processes of . . . . are dissolution, hydrolysis, and oxidation.
. . . . can proceed in either direction if conditions change.
Because quartz is so tough and . . . . to weathering, it is the primary component of sand.
(frost wedging; chemical weathering; resistant; mechanical weathering; the decomposition and disintegration; mechanical weathering; a reversible reaction; erosion)
V. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
Weathering itself involves little or no . . . . of the decomposed rocks and minerals. (move)
The fragments are no . . . . from the parent rock, except that they are smaller. (differ)
Perhaps thermal expansion and contraction are more . . . . in large outcrops. (signify)
Water, carbon dioxide, acids and bases, and oxygen are common substances to . . . . rocks. (compose)
Calcite barely dissolves in pure water but is quite . . . . in acids. (solve)
These ions render the water . . . . (acid)
VI. Do the test. Only one variant is possible.
Last Monday he . . . . not eat breakfast because he got up late.
do; b) is; c) did.
How . . . . you? – I am not very well today.
is; b) was; c) are.
She always . . . . a shower in the morning.
have; b) is; c) has.
Mushrooms . . . . in autumn.
is gathered; b) are gathered; c) gathered.
The rivers in America are . . . . than those in England.
biggest; b) big; c) bigger.
Who is the . . . . student in your group?
more good; b) best; c) better.
7. Kate is not . . . . nice . . . . Ann.
as . . . as; b) so; c) as.
8. This woman is . . . . young . . . . that one.
so; b) as; c) as . . . as.
9. Russian is a very . . . . country.
largest; b) larger; c) large.