Английский язык. Учебно-тренировочный тест для подготовки к централизованному тестированию и экзамену

3)I must have lost my mobile!

4)I have got a terrible headache!

?Прочитайте вопрос. Выберите один из вариантов ответа. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A40. What does the expression 'the world is a global village' mean?

1)World population is growing fast.

2)The mass media are spreading widely.

3)Mass culture is everywhere.

4)Agriculture is being developed.

Прочитайте текст и выберите вариант ответа,

?соответствующий содержанию прочитанного текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

I.Traditionally Canadian population grew through immigration which was encouraged in order to expand the work force and domestic markets. The peak year of immigration in the 20th century was 1913, with more than 400,000 arrivals. Immigration was discouraged during the Great Depression of the 1930s, but after World War II tens of thousands of displaced persons from Europe were admitted, and in the 1970s large numbers of refugees from Europe, Asia, and Latin America were welcomed to Canada. Canada's immigration policy is nondiscriminatory regarding ethnicity; however, individuals with special talents or with capital to invest are given preference.

II. Nevertheless, natural increase is basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War. The country showed impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there was over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, but the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued the decade of the 1950s producing an increase of nearly fifteen per cent.

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III. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.

IV. After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at its lowest level in 25 years. It was partly caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.

V. Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966, another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.

A41. Which will be the most appropriate title for the article?

1)Increasing Population in Canada

2)Canada: Immigration Trends

3)Some Facts on Canadian Demography

A42. Shortly before World War II, immigration to Canada

1)increased.

2)decreased.

3)slowed down.

A43. In Canada, they prefer to admit

1)individuals who possess special talents.

2)only immigrants from Latin America and Asia.

3)mostly displaced persons from Europe.

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A44. After World War II, Canadian population grew chiefly due to

1)expanding immigration.

2)natural growth.

3)increased longevity.

A45. One can make a conclusion that

1)improved living conditions will stop population growth.

2)there will be no population growth in the near future.

3)Canadian demographic trends are difficult to predict.

?Определите, в каком значении слово употреблено в тексте. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A46. trend (III)

1)directive

2)growth

3)tendency

A47. had occurred (IV)

1)had declined

2)had taken place

3)had increased

Выберите правильный вариант перевода в соответ-

?ствии с содержанием текста. Укажите выбранный вариант.

A48. …tens of thousands of displaced persons from Europe... (I)

1)десятки тысяч бездомных людей из Европы

2)десятки тысяч "перемещенных лиц" из Европы

3)десятки тысяч европейцев, не имеющих места жительства

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A49. It was partly caused by changes in Canadian society. (IV)

1)Частично это было вызвано изменениями в канадском обществе.

2)Это было частью изменений, произошедших в канадском обществе.

3)Это вызвало частичные изменения в канадском обществе.

A50. Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966… (V)

1)Тем не менее, рост населения Канады замедлился к 1966

году…

2)Поскольку рост населения Канады замедлился к 1966 го-

ду…

3)Хотя рост населения Канады замедлился к 1966 году…

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PART B

?В каждом предложении заполните пропуск словом, образованным от указанного в скобках.

B1. Every parent knows that adolescence is very … time (trouble).

B2. Many teachers complain that teenage students possess … tempers (control).

B3. Children are often in a hurry to grow up and become … of their parents (depend).

?Переведите на английский язык фрагмент предложения, данный в скобках.

B4. Many teenagers (привыкли спорить) with their parents.

B5. The young boy couldn't (выносить) his mother's complaints.

B6. Adults shouldn't (высмеивать) the way teenagers dress and talk.

Прочитайте текст. Заполните каждый из пропусков

?только одним словом, подходящим по смыслу. Слово должно содержать не более 15 символов.

She is a young woman of 25 now. Her (B7) … with her parents started when she was sixteen. At that time the girl thought her parents prevented her from (B8) … almost everything she (B9) … to do. Her mother and father simply couldn't recognize their (B10) … who had always been so nice and neat and quiet.

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PART A

К каждому заданию даны варианты ответов, из ко-

?торых только один является верным. Выберите правильный ответ из четырех предложенных.

A1. Physics … difficult for people with poor math skills.

1)are

2)is

3)being

4)were

A2. The … you engage in reading the … you become.

1)much, more clever

2)more, cleverer

3)farther, cleverer

4)more, much clever

A3. The star students must write … test to understand who will get the prize.

1)second

2)the second

3)a second

4)an second

A4. The teacher told us to work in pairs and to ask … questions.

1)one another’s

2)each other

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3)each other’s

4)one’s another

A5. “It's about your attendance, Kate. You always … classes.” – “In fact, I … ill.”

1)are missing, was

2)miss, was

3)have been missing, will be

4)had missed, am

A6. As soon as we … studying this topic, we … a class devoted to revision.

1)will finish, will have

2)finish, would have

3)finished, would have had

4)finish, will have

A7. My friend said he … ready for the test for days, yet he … a low grade.

1)got, had got

2)has been getting, got

3)was getting, had got

4)had been getting, had got

A8. Frank … to school at eight o’clock sharp, but now it is half past eight and he … yet.

1)got, hadn’t arrived

2)gets, hasn’t arrived

3)has got, didn’t arrive

4)had got, hadn’t arrived

A9. We … on the project for two months already. We … it by next month.

1)was working, will finish

2)have been working, will have finished

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3)had worked, would finish

4)had been working, would be finishing

A10. We … by a teacher that in a day we … a multiple-choice test.

1)are being told, will be doing

2)are told, would have done

3)have been told, would do

4)were told, were doing

A11. “To pass the exam … a real ordeal. I … material for it all day yesterday. ”

1)will be, was revising

2)is being, have been revising

3)would be, am revising

4)will have been, had been revising

A12. At nine tomorrow I … a credit and after this I … home by my father.

1)will be taking, will be driven

2)will take, am being driven

3)am taking, will have been driven

4)will have been taking, will be driven

A13. By next September my friends and I … English for five years. Moreover, I … to take up another modern language.

1)would had been doing, will be proposed

2)will have done, will had been proposed

3)will be doing, am being proposed

4)will have been doing, am proposed

A14. “I may do my best to be good at math.” – The boy … that he … do his best to be good at math.

1)says, might

2)said, may

3)said, might

4)told, might

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A15. “Can you give a prompt?” he said. “Yes,” she said. – He ... if she … give him a prompt and she said she …

1)asked, could, could

2)asked, can, can

3)asked, could, can

4)asked, can, could

A16. I can’t come on Saturday morning because I … my home assignment.

1)can do

2)must do

3)may do

4)had to do

A17. My teacher encourages me … grammar rules because I’m not good at it.

1)to learn

2)learning

3)to have learnt

4)having learnt

A18. University courses come easy to those who have got used to … independently.

1)learn

2)learnt

3)learning

4)being learn

A19. “If he … me earlier that they were going to expel him from school for his bad behavior, I … of the situation beforehand”, my father said.

1)had told, would have been aware

2)has told, will be aware

3)told, would have been aware

4)had told, would be aware

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A20. The teacher … the student ... the class yesterday because it was really important.

1)wish, hadn’t overslept

2)wished, hadn’t overslept

3)wishes, haven’t overslept

4)wishes, didn’t overslept

A21. Nick’s mother went to … school by … car.

1)- / -

2)the / the

3)a / a

4)the / -

A22. We were informed about such sights of London as … London

Bridge, … Oxford Street, etc.

1)the / the

2)- / the

3)the / -

4)- / -

A23. He was caught … the act … copying and asked to hand … his worksheet right then.

1)in / of / in

2)at / about / to

3)on / in / through

4)of / of / off

A24. The teacher’s computer broke … … the end … the class so we couldn’t finish our work.

1)out / in / of

2)down / in / among

3)down / at / of

4)in / in / in

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