I. Закончите предложения, выбирая вариант ответа, соответствующий содержанию текста.

1. Alexander Bell was ...

a) an engineer в) a teacher с) a doctor

2. He worked at inventing ...

a) a radio-set в) a tape-recorder c) a telephone

3. He worked at it...

a) alone в) with his friend c) with a group of scientists

4. Watson heard ...

a) music в) voice and words c) only voice

II. Напишите соответствуют ли предложения содержанию текста, если предложение верно, напишите "True", если нет "False")

1. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Paris in 1847.

2. His father was a world-famous teacher of speech.

3. Bell started thinking about sending tones by telegraph when he was ten years old.

4. Day and night Bell worked at testing and experimenting with the telephone.

5. Bell tried to make his telephone work better because sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.

III. Напишите ключевые фразы, которые передают содержание текста.

II вариант

I. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1. The Internet ... a great learning tool for people

a) to be b) is c) are -

2. He ... the cleverest boy in the class

a) is b) am c) are

3. I ... sorry, what ... your name?

a) be, is b) am, are c) am, is

4. Sorry, I can't come to your party. I ... out of town

a) am b) is c) are

5. My friends ... studying Maths at University

a) is b) are c) isn't

II. Составьте предложения, используя данные слова.

1. Different/of/species/fish/are/on the corals/there

2. Coals and oil/are/supplies/there/in/this region

3. Not/many/so/are/passengers/there/in/the bus

4. Only/toothbrush/is/one/there/in the bathroom

5. There/no/an umbrella/need/is/to take

III. Откройте скобки и поставьте глагол "to have" в нужную форму.

1. She .... (have) a torch in the bag

2. The cat is hungry. It.... (have) no food

3. My uncle.... (have) a grey beard

4. We need to go shopping. We .... (have) no vegetables left

5. She.... (have got) many wrinkles, although she is not an old woman

IV. Употребите местоимение, соответствующее данному в скобках.

1. Our institute trains 16000 students. (Его) graduates work in various parts of our country.

a) his; b) it; c) its

2. This is a chemical laboratory. (Её) equipment is new.

a) her; b) it; c) its

3. She likes to speak about (ее) institute, a) her; b) its; c) it

4. We don't know ( его), a) his; b) its; c) him

5. We listened to (его) lecture, a) its; b) him; c) his

6. I took (их) books. I shall bring (их) back in the evening, a) them; b) they; c) their

7.( Мои) books are on the table. Give (мне) one book please, a) me;* b) I; c) my

8. (Наш) teacher told (нам) about this scientist, a) we; b) us; c) our

9. Who told (вам) about this scientist? a) your; b) you; c) us

10. We saw (их) in the library, a) their; b) they; c) them

V. Подберите соответствующие смыслу неопределенные местоимения и их производные.

1. Are there ... students in the reading-room?

a) any b) no c) some d) not any

2. Is there ... bread on the plate?

a) few b) any c) many d) some

3. There are not... conveniences in the house.

a) some b) no c) any d) much

4. There are ... interesting books in the bookcase

a) some b) any c) much d) few

5. Was there ... lecture on physics yesterday?

a) some b) any c) no d) not any

6. Give me ... grapes, please.

a) any b) some c) no d) not any

7. Is there ... clean water in the bottle?

a) few b) any c) many d) some

8. Tell us ... words about your town.

a) some b) no c) any d) not any

9. Show us ... picture.

a) any b) some c) ho d) not any

10. There are ... shops in the street.

a) some b) any c) not any d) few