Раздел 3 (задания по грамматике и лексике)

Task 1. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные

заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами B4–B12 так,

чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните

пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному

заданию B4–B12.

When you look at this lovely house in the Welsh countryside,

you may think it's a picture from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The

Hobbit". In fact it's a real house designed by a real person.

When B4__________________ first son was born, Simon Dale’s THEY

wife, Jasmine, said:

“I wish we B5 __________________ in the country. It would be LIVE

so good for the baby”.

However, they B6__________________ enough money to buy or NOT/HAVE

rent a house in the country so they decided to take matters into

their own hand

The house B7__________________ by Simon himself, with a bit BUILD

of help from his friends. The result was impressive.

The home is made from natural materials, such as wood, stone

and mud. It uses solar panels for energy and its water

B8__________________ from a nearby spring. COME

It took Simon four months to complete his fairytale home. He

managed to create a modern wooden eco-home – one of the

B9__________________ houses you can imagine. WONDERFUL

Simon Dale said, “I B10__________________ working on a new START

house of the same eco-style.

My B11__________________ house will be smarter than the first TWO

one.

My son B12__________________ five now and I hope to celebrate BE

his tenth birthday in a new house.”

Task 2. Choose the correct answer. Only one variant is correct.

School Uniform

When I was a boy children always objected to 1_____ school uniform but teachers were 2_____ it because they said all of us looked 3_____ . Otherwise, they said, children would compete with 4_______and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see straight away 5_________ . In recent years, however, many schools 6________ the idea of making children 7_________ uniform but, funny enough, now that children can wear 8_________ they like, they have adopted a uniform of 9__________. When some journalists visited a 10________ they found that all the girls and boys were dressed 11_______ jeans. One girl said she would rather 12________ wear a coat instead of a jersey because 13_________ wants to look different 14________ the other children in the class. Parents 15________ not be as happy about

this as children, but they 16________ to be, because this new kind of uniform is 17________the children like, not something 18________ to wear, and it is also a 19________ that school uniforms 20________.

1 1) wearing 2) dressing 3) wear 4) dress

2 1) keen on 2) keen in 3) eager in 4) eager on

3 1) like 2) to be like 3) alike 4) to be alike

4 1) each other 2) another 3) themselves 4) theirselves

5 1) what poor 2) what poor 3) how poor 4) how poor

were they they were were they they were

6 1) have give up 2) have given up 3) gave up 4) had given up

7 I) to wear 2) wear 3) wearing 4) that they wear

8 1) that 2) which 3) what 4) as

9 1) theirs own 2) their own 3) its own 4) it's own

10 1) London school 2) London's school 3) school of London 4)school at London

11 1) on 2) by 3) in 4) with

12 1) to die than 2) to die that 3) die that 4) die than

13 1) any one 2) no one 3) none 4) someone

14 1) than 2) that 3) from 4) to

15 1) must 2) can 3) may 4)could

16 1) ought 2)should 3) had 4) would

17 1) a one what 2) a one that 3) one what 4) one that

18 1) it has been 2) they have 3) they have 4) it has been

forced to them been forced been forcing forcing them

19 1) great lot cheaper 2) great lot more cheap 3)lot cheaper 4)lot more cheap

20 1) used to be 2) use to be 3) are used to be 4.) are usually being

1	5	9	13	17
2	6	10	14	18
3	7	11	15	19
4	8	12	16	20