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Task 3 Complete the gaps with the propositions or words if necessary:
1 The teacher demanded that the students should take notes ___ colored ball-point
pens.
2 Being a psychologist ____ training, Richard devoted his life to solving other
people’s problems
3 Working ____ her thesis, Ruth learnt many interesting facts.
4 The student of the first year of studies is called ____________, and the student of
the fourth and the fifth year of studies is called _________.
5 I was expelled from the university – During the exam I was trying to cheat the
teacher by using _______.
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5 points for every correct answer
Task 4 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English;
consider the phrases underlined.
1 В студенческие годы я не был прилежным студентом: мы срывали занятия,
прогуливали, проваливали экзамены, списывали. Но теперь мы взрослые
люди, а я теперь декан факультета, на котором сам и учился.
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2 В классе у нас была зубрилка, она никогда не пропускала занятий и пр., но
она единственная, кто закончил школу.
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3 Мой брат завалил сессию и теперь наша семья должна платить за его
обучение!
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4 Я не знаю, что мне выбрать: дневное или заочное отделение. На дневном
надо много учить, а на заочном сдал сессию раз в год и свободен.
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5 Всем первокурсникам важно помнить, что нагонять пропущенный
материал намного сложнее, чем посещать все занятия.
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2 points for every correct answer
Task 5 Write down 6 pieces of advise for the freshmen of the Faculty of
Philology on how to behave during the first term at the University (dos and
don’ts)
1 ________________________________________________________________
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2 ________________________________________________________________
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3 _________________________________________________________________
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4 _________________________________________________________________
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5 _________________________________________________________________
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6 _________________________________________________________________
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3 points for every sensible answer
Task 6 Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your
partner.
1 What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘university’?
2 What are the good and bad things about universities?
3 Are all of the universities in your country very good?
4 What would you like to study at university?
5 Is it important to go to university?
6 What would happen if all universities closed down?
7 Are universities the best system of educating people?
8 Is university life more about studying or having fun?
9 is university only for very intelligent people?
10 Camus said: "The true university of these days is a collection of books."
Do you agree?
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Total:
100
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Test on Lesson 9
Name __________________________________
Task 1 Give the right spelling form of the following
words, translate them into Russian.
['rınkld]___________________________
n]_____________________
:t]________________________________________________
əbl]___________________________
]______________________
ı]_______________________________________________
['ækwılaın]________________________
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Task 2 Paraphrase the following sentences; consider the word
combinations underlined:
was given to brooding
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2 We’d like to send the children to a private school but i
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Character and Appearance
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and spent much of her time thinking about different
t would
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[͵kɒnsti'tju:ʃ
['wɔ
['ırıt
[͵ɑ:kı'mi:di:z
[prı`lımınər
1 She
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points for every correct answer
things.
a leg.
cost us an arm and
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3 During the interview never put on dirty shirts, but put your best foot forward and
make the employers believe that you’re the best of the candidates.
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4 An old husband, grey, having no energy or enthusiasm and walking in an
unsteady way was about 70 years old.
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5 Guido was between six and seven years old and as prematurely developed,
confident in himself and responsible as the children of the poor generally are.
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6 What excited him most of all was that this child didn’t try to make fun or use his
power to hurt or frighten the other kids in the yard.
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7 How it comes that you have such a big mouth? Can’t you keep silent when
people ask you about someone’s private life?!
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3 points for every correct answer
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Task 3 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English;
consider the word combinations underlined:
1 Это была странная девушка: нос крючком, квадратное лицо, покрытое
веснушками и прыщами, под глазами мешки, а на мочке уха огромный шрам!
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2 Свой первый опыт общения с противоположным полом она приобрела еще
в юности. Чтобы привлечь внимание мужчины достаточно пустить сплетню,
что ваша вилла стоит бешеных денег; а когда речь зайдет о вашем возрасте и
ваших трех детках от предыдущего брака, скрестите пальцы и хлопайте
ресницами из всех сил. Может, сработает, кто знает?!
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3 Когда я увидела ее прическу, я сразу захотела такую же: волосы
выкрашены в золотисто-каштановый цвет, слегка волнистые, украшенные
заколками и лентами. Интересно, это парик или она пользуется различными
средствами для ухода за волосами?
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5 points for every correct answer
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Task 4 Fill in the gaps in the following sentences:
1. We use “What does he/she look like?” asking about _____________________.
2. We use “Whom does she / he look like?” asking about ____________________.
3. We use “What is he/ she like?” asking about ____________________________.
5 points for every correct answer
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Task 5 Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your
partner.
1 What is beauty?
2 Who decides who or what is beautiful?
3 How often do you think about beauty?
4 Do you think you have the same concept of beauty as your friends
5 What are the most important features when determining someone’s beauty?
6 How would the world be different if we never considered beauty?
7 Is beauty in design important in your culture?
8 Do you think we are conditioned by advertising to think what is beautiful and
what is not?
9 What do you think of beauty contests?
10 Do beautiful people have better lives?
Total:
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100
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Test on Lesson 10
Name __________________________________
Task 1 Reconstruct the jumbled words, transcribe
zdrzliba [________________]_____________________________
[________________]____________________________
hrutdag [_______________]____________________________
crdehwet [________________]__________________________
sdnftwroi [_________________]_________________________
dorguth [___________________]_________________________
Task 2 Explain the difference in meaning between the following words:
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2 shreds ____________________________________________
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strands ____________________________________________________________
3 ice drift __________________________________________________________
snowdrift ___________________________________________
4 draught __________________________________________________________
drought ____________________________________________________________
5 cool _____________________________________________________________
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icy __________________________________________________________
5 points for every correct answer
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5 points for every correct answer
and translate them:
Weather
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soarforth
1 to smoke
to steam up
tatters
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bitter
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Task 3 Insert the missing words in the following sentences:
1 It was only when I got home when the sky started clearing ______.
2 When it blows from the East they call this wind __________.
3 I wished it was showering for an hour than ________________ monotonously all
day long.
4 And then suddenly the sky becomes ______________________with terrible
heavy clouds and bloodcurdling ______________ of thunder shakes up the earth.
And then _____ – Mummy, won’t you tell me a fairy –tale? The ___________
forecast is no fun.
5 Let’s hide ______________ this shade. Otherwise my brain will start steaming in
this _________________ .
6 Severe __________________ came with summer and ruined all the crops.
2 points for every correct answer
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Task 4 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English;
consider the underlined phrases:
1 Я был просто на седьмом небе от счастья, когда узнал, что это были не мои
носки, уносимые сильным ветром в небо барашками.
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2 Раскат грома и внезапный порыв ветра напугал кота и тот бросился бежать.
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3 Подумаешь, молния. Ты всегда делаешь из мухи слона….. Как!? Прямо по
моей машине!? (hit the car)
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4 Подмораживает. Вот замерзнет речка, пойдем на рыбалку. Только бы вьюга
не началась!
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5 Погода, однако, может измениться. Передавали проливной дождь. А потом
– легкий туман и мокрый снег.
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6 Всходило солнце, дул теплый ветерок, солнце заходило. А пробка (a bottle
cap) все прыгала и прыгала.
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7 Из-за густого тумана ежик долго не мог найти лошадку.
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3 points for every correct answer
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