Test r7-3
Read the text and do the tasks that follow
Different kinds of sports are popular among the British. A lot of them go in for such sports as golf, football and tennis.
Some people say football and tennis are typically English sports, but not everyone knows that football was developed in England. It (4) is now spread (1) all over the world and has become perhaps the most popular team game in most countries. Nearly every area in Britain has their own home (2) team. There are also national teams which take part in National Cup. The Cup Final is played at the country's biggest stadium which (3) is Wembley Stadium in London. The Final is a big event as it is one of the most important football matches of the year. British football fans are also well-known (5) for their aggressiveness and violence.
1. Choose the best title for the text.
a) Football fans
b) Football in Britain
c) The Cup Final
d) London stadiums
2. According to the text football
a) is an aggressive game
b) is only played at Wembley
c) is a British national game
d) was developed in England
3. According to the text the fans
a) like watching tennis as well
b) think The Final isn't important
c) are aggressive and violent
d) are developing the game
4. "spread" (point 1) means
a) become known
b) understood
c) distributed
d) covered
5. "home" (point 2) means
a) house
b) local
c) building
d) international
6. "which" (point 3) stands for
a) the country
b) London
c) the biggest stadium
d) Wembley
7. "it" (point 4) stands for
a) football
b) sports
c) England
d) everyone
8. "well-known" (point 5) is
a) a noun
b)a verb
c) an adverb
d) an adjective
TEST R7-4
Read the text and do the tasks that follow
Every day we hear our planet is in danger. A lot of people are trying to do something to protect the environment, but the situation is getting worse every moment. Take the water for example. It (1) is really important for everything alive on the Earth. But there is little water that is drinkable (2) and good to use for cooking. A lot of rivers and lakes are so polluted that even fish cannot live there. Beaches that were clean fifty years ago are very dirty now so people can't have their holidays where they liked to stay (4). Lake Baikal which was famous for its clean waters and natural beauty is in great danger because of the factories near it (3). In some places the water in the lake is so dirty that it kills everything in and around (5). If the pollution is not stopped, the lake will be lost.
1. Choose the best title for the text.
a) The Earth is in danger
b) Lake Baikal
c) Water pollution
d) The beaches
2. According to the text water
a) is important for life
b) is always good to drink
c) is used by factories
d) is dirty everywhere
3. According to the text lake Baikal
a) is the most beautiful in Russia
b) is dirty everywhere
c) can be lost
d) is best for fish
4. "it" (point 1) stands for
a) example
b) water
c) pollution
d) moment
5. "drinkable" (point 2) means
a) good to drink
b) easy to drink
c) bad to drink
d) difficult to drink
6. "it" (point 3) stands for
a) factory
b)danger
c) natural beauty
d) lake Baikal
7. "stay" (point 4) means
a) live
b)sit
c) have holidays
d) work
8. "around" (point 5) is
a) a preposition
b) a noun
c) a verb
d) an adverb
TEST R7-5
Read the text and do the tasks that follow
If someone tells you that your winter coat does not warm you, you will not believe it. But you can make an experiment. Look at the thermometer and see what the temperature is. Then wrap (3) it (1) in your winter coat and leave it on the table. Some hours later look at the thermometer again. The temperature will not change. It means (5) that your winter coat does not warm you. But does it cool you then? Take two bags of ice and wrap one of them in your coat. Leave the other bag unwrapped on the table. When the second bag melts (4), check the first one (2). You'll see that the ice in the first bag has not melted. It seems that the coat cooled the ice. The thing is that our clothes do not warm us, they help us keep ourselves warm.
1. Choose the best title for the text:
a) Why ice melts
b) How a thermometer works
c) Does your coat warm you?
d) How to keep warm in winter
2. According to the text your winter coat
a) cools you
b) keeps you warm
c) warms you
d) costs a lot of money
3. According to the text the temperature inside a coat
a) is higher than around
b) is lower than around
c) is the same as around
d) is the same as in the street
4. "it" (point 1) stands for
a) temperature
b) experiment
c) coat
d) thermometer
5. "one" (point 2) stands for
a) bag
b) coat
c) ice
d) table
6. "wrap" (point 3) means
a) mix
b)change
c) put round
d) move
7. "melts" (point 4) means
a) turns into gas
b) turns into water
c) disappears
d) appears
8. "means" (point 5) is
a) a pronoun
b) an adverb
c) a noun
d) a verb