___Headway p-I New1-14, Science1-10 (2007, May) variant 3___

VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR

I. Подберите к слову из колонки А слово или словосочетание из колонки В и запишите свой выбор (х1)

A B

1. play a) on well

2. alarm b) clock

3. make c) a horse

4. post d) the drums

5. ride e) a letter

II. Запишите слово, которое не подходит к остальным по смыслу (х1)

6. roast bake peel fry

7. platform sail yacht life-raft

8. good-looking stupid boring mean

9. ugly messy untidy dusty

10. invention celebration discovery research

III. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски данными словами (x1)

предшествующими тексту.

sharks, to hit, a machine, Costa Rica, raw, the water, hands, condition, a life-raft

COUPLE WHO SURVIVED AN AMAZING 66 DAYS AT SEA

A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent 66 days in (11) ___ in the seas of Central America after their yacht sank. They survived in very good (12) ___.

21 days after they left Panama in their yacht they met some whales. “They started (13) ___ the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the yacht was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under (14) ___.

For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and (15) ___ to make salt water into drinking water – two things which saved their lives. They caught some fish every day and ate them (16) ___. Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some (17) ___ came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my (18) ___”.

After 50 days at sea the life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and took them to (19) ___. Their two months at sea was over.

IV. Заполните пропуски одним из следующих слов(х1):

somebody, anybody, something, anything, somewhere, anywhere

20. Have you already invited ______ to your party?

21. I haven’t got ______ to wear at all!

22. Let’s ask ______ to sing.

23. Don’t ask me! I don’t want to go ______ .

24. Look! ______ is waving you.

V. Определите, имеют ли слова в каждом ряду схожее или противоположное значение. Поставьте букву Е (equivalent), если следующие слова близки по значению, и букву О (opposite), если они противоположны по значению (х1).

25. always never

26. win fail

27. shy reserved

28. clever smart

29. heaven hell

VI Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа (x1)

30. According A. for B. to C. of the forecast the weather will remain better than usual for this time of year.

31. I haven’t seen her A. since B. for C. by Monday.

32. My little brother is afraid A. to B. for C. of spiders.

33. You shouldn’t depend A. of B. on C. to Tom, he’s always late.

34. Who has paid A. for B. out C. with the meal?

VII. Прочитайте предложения и заполните пропуски артиклями (a, the, -), где это необходимо (x 0.5).

(35) ____ St. Paul’s Cathedral was designed by (36)___ Sir Christopher Wren.

I’d like to have (37) ___ hamburger for (38)___ breakfast.

Can you play (39) ___ piano?

Will you play (40) ___ chess with me?

At (41) ___ night I had (42) ___ terrible headache after I had drunk (43) ___ lot of coffee in (44) ___ evening.

VIII. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа (x1)

45. I'd prefer A. get B. to get C. getting a taxi.

46. When I was a child, my brother didn't let me A. play B. to play C. playing with him.

47. He is very good at A. learn B. to learn C. learning languages.

48. David insisted on A. pay B. to pay C. paying for the meal.

49. It is no use A. worry B. to worry C. worrying about it.

50. Tom A. is working B. has been working C. works as a postman for a month.

51. ‘Sunflowers’ A. was painted B. painted C. was painting by Van Gogh.

52. She asked me A. if I smoked B. if I smoke C. did I smoke .

53. Sam doesn’t work hard, A. is B. does C. isn’t he?

54. He was tired because he A. worked B. has worked C. had been working hard in the garden all day.

55. Ann was surprised A. see B. to see C. seeing you last week.

56. He prevented them from A. do B. to do C. doing the same mistake.

57. Ann was made A. open B. to open C. opening her suitcase.

58. Do you know how A. get B. to get C. getting to his house?

59. He is looking forward to A. see B. to see C. seeing them again.