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2. Put "+" next to the true sentences and "-" next to the false ones. [-] 1) Bicycles are very expensive. [ ] 2) Bicycles are ecological means of transportation. [ ] 3) The first bicycles appeared a hundred years ago. [ ] 4) People ride them to work and when they have free time. [ ] 5) Today people use bicycles more than cars. [ ] 6) Some people like bicycles more than cars. [ ] 7) It is difficult to park in the centre of the city.
3. Read the text. Find and circle the following words. мистер продали соседи сильно поцеловала попробуйте радостно
(Mr) White found work in a small town, and he and his wife sold their house in London and bought one in the new town. Mr White went to work by bus, and one of his new neighbours was in front of him. Mr White said to him, "One of my teeth is hurting very badly. Is there a good dentist here?" "You don't want a dentist", answered the neighbour. "One of my teeth hurt a lot yesterday too, but my wife put her arms round me and kissed me, and the tooth stopped hurting. Go and try that too". Mr White stood up. "Good", he said happily. "Where's your wife now?"
4. Answer the questions. 1) What was the man's name? Mr White. 2) What happened to Mr white's London house? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 3) How did Mr White get to work? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 4) Did he go alone? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 5) What was the matter with Mr White? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 6) What was the neighbour's advice? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 7) What did Mr White want to do? ______________________________________ ______________________________________
Total: [ ] [12] Variant II 1. Read the article about air travel. Choose the best word (A В or C) for each blank (1-10). In 1783, two French brothers built A_____ (1) first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years later in 1903, the Wight brothers built the first plane_____ (2) an engine and______ (3) in it. This was_______ (4) the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office began the first airmail service. Aeroplanes changed______(5) in the next 30 years. Then in 1950s, aeroplanes became much_____ (6). In 1976, Concorde was built in the UK and France. It was the fastest passenger plane in the world and it_____ (7) fly 2500 kilometres an hour, so the trip_____ (8) London to New York is only four hours. Today, millions of people travel_______ (9) plane, and it is difficult to think of a world without________ (10).
2. Put "+" next to the true sentences and "-" next to the false ones. [-] 1) Two French brothers built the first aeroplane. [ ] 2) The Wright brothers built the first air balloon. [ ] 3) The Wright brother s lived in the USA. [ ] 4) In 1918 the first animal service began in the USA. [ ] 5) In the middle of the 20th century aeroplanes became faster. [ ] 6) Concorde reaches New York from London in three hours. [ ] 7) Millions of people use planes today.
3. Read the text. Find and circle the following words. Дэн швейцар проходили мимо глупые повесил тысячи потом
(Dan) was the doorman of a club in a big city. Every day thousands of people passed his door, and a lot of them stopped and said to him, "what's the time, please?" After a few months, Dan said to himself, "i'm not going to answer all those stupid people any more. I'm going to go to a shop and buy a big clock. Then i'm going to put it up on the wall here". He bought a clock and put it up on the wall. "Now people aren't going to stop and ask me the time", he said happily. But after that, a lot of people stopped every day, looked at the clock and then said to Dan, "Is that clock right?"
4. Answer the questions. 1) What was the man's name? Dan. 2) What work did he do? ___________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 3) What did people ask him about? ___________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 4) he Was happy about it? __________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 5) What did he do then? ___________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 6) Did people stop asking questions? _________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 7) What did they want to know? _____________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________
Total: [ ] [12]
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