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Test your communicative culture!. Сборник контрольных заданий по практическому курсу английского языка

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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.
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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! __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 ________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________ 3 _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5 _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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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____________
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_________
_____
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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. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 An old husband, grey, having no energy or enthusiasm and walking in an unsteady way was about 70 years old. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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?! __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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!
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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?!
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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?
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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 ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
strands ____________________________________________________________
3 ice drift __________________________________________________________
snowdrift ___________________________________________
4 draught __________________________________________________________
drought ____________________________________________________________
5 cool _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
icy __________________________________________________________
5 points for every correct answer
______________________
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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_______________
_______________
_______________
______________
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_____
___________
_______________
_______________
bitter
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_____
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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) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 Подмораживает. Вот замерзнет речка, пойдем на рыбалку. Только бы вьюга не началась! __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5 Погода, однако, может измениться. Передавали проливной дождь. А потомлегкий туман и мокрый снег. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 6 Всходило солнце, дул теплый ветерок, солнце заходило. А пробка (a bottle cap) все прыгала и прыгала. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 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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