2. Red sea is between Africa and Europe.
3. Suez Canal joins Mediterranean Sea with Indian Ocean.
4. River Volga flows into Caspian Sea.
5. Australia is the world’s smallest continent.
6. Cuba is separated from Mexico by Yucatan Channel.
Task 4. Choose the right form of the verb:
1. The trade ship Gleisher found the biggest iceberg in 1956 in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean.
a. find b. finds c. found d. finding
2. The scientists are … the Arctic Iceland, which is 61 metres thick these years.
a. observe b. observes c. observed d. observing
3. The traveling on the ocean had already … by 1912.
a. begin b. began c. begun d. beginning
4. Cook … Australia in the 18th century.
a. discover b. discovering c. discover d. discovered
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Facts from Geographical Position of the USA
California is now the country’s second most important cotton-producing state. Only Texas grows more cotton. And California’s farmers grow half of the country’s fruit and vegetables.
The centre of West Coast manufacturing is the Los Angeles area. Los Angeles was a farm community. Then the oil was discovered. Oil brought manufacturing in this region. Aircraft manufacturing became the chief industry. Automobile assembly plants and tire manufacturing are also here.
In 1959 Alaska became the 49th state of the USA. Attitudes towards Alaska were different in 1867, when the peninsula was purchased from Russia. Then most Americans had little interest in “the land of icebergs and polar bears”.
In those parts which lie above the Arctic Circle, Alaska still is the land of icebergs and polar bears. Ice masses lie buried in the earth, which permanently frozen to a depth of several hundred feet.
Test 1.
Variant 8.
Task I. Put words in the correct order:
1.Urals/of/the/are/Caucasus/on/Тhere/the/chains/Altai/the/several/territory/country/of/mountains/the/mountain/the/and/others.
2. Вaikal/the/world/lake/deepest/most/cleanest/in/the/is/the/and/the/beautiful.
Task 2. Write the transcription of the following words and expressions:
Western Siberia, Asia, tо border on, the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, to occupy
Task 3. Use definite article where it is necessary:
1. Iceland is separated from Greenland by Denmark Strait.
2. Turkey is washed by Black sea from north.
3. Philippines is a group of islands between South China and Philippine Seas.
4. Morocco is situated in northwest of Africa.
5. Amazon River flows into Atlantic Ocean.
6. United States is washed by Gulf of Mexico from south.
Task 4. Choose the right form of the verb:
1. Ice … the sixth continent of the world Antarctic.
a. cove b. covering c. covers d. covered
2. The rivers Angara and Yenisey … the Kara Sea with Baikal Lake.
a. joins b. joined c. joining d. join
3. The observation weather station … the most southern Arctic Iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean in 1935.
a. find b. finds c. found d. finding
4. The expedition will have … the mountain by the end of the week.
a. climb b. climbs c. climbing d. climbed
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Facts from Geographical Position of the USA
Alaska is America’s largest state, but very few people live there. The capital of Alaska is Juneau.
The currents of the Pacific warm Alaska, and the Arctic chills it. Alaska lies between 71 degrees and 56 degrees north latitude, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This immense tongue of land is sharply divided into three distinct regions. In the north, Arctic Alaska reaches from the Arctic Ocean to the rough mountains of Brooks Range. Central Alaska lies between Brooks Range and Alaska Range. From the western face of the Alaska Range, another block of territory slopes down toward the Bering Sea and Russia.
The stream pressure in the Drake Strait was measured in 1969. It was 270 mln cubic metres a second.
Arctic Alaska has been the home of the Eskimos for countless centuries. It is believed that the Eskimos moved there from Mongolia or Siberia. A short route for their passage would have been the Bering Strait, which is named for Vitus Bering, the sea captain who discovered Alaska on his voyage to Russia in 1741.
Test 1.
Variant 9.
Task 1. Put words in the correct order:
1. much/but/sea/lake/much/is/more/Baikal/smaller/is/there/ water/Baltic/than/in/the/it.
2. climate/country/dry/is/of/part/and/the/central/the/in/The/continental.
Task 2. Write the transcription of the following words and expressions:
Georgia, the Saint Lawrence River, mountain chain, the Urals, tundra and taiga, Korea
Task 3. Use definite article where it is necessary:
1. Mississippi River flows into Gulf of Mexico.
2. Mount Elbert is the highest mountain in Rockies.
3. Bogota is the capital of Columbia.
4. Bahamas is a group of islands in Atlantic Ocean
5. Mitchell Mount is the highest in Appalachian Range.
6. Australia is washed by Indian Ocean from west.
Task 4. Choose the right form of the verb:
1. Two members of the British Everest Expedition conquered the top of Everest in 1953.
a. conquer b. conquering c. conquers d. conquered
2. The Mozambique Channel … Madagascar Island and Africa.
a. separate b. separates c. separating d. separated
3. Puma, bear, deer, and other fur-bearing animals are … today in the Rockies.
a. survive b. survives c. surviving d. survived
4. The Alpine Club and the Royal Society had … the first expedition on Everest.
a. organize b. organizes c. organizing d. organized
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Facts from Geographical Position of the USA
The gold was discovered in the Canadian Yukon. Thousands of Americans rushed into Alaska, on their way to Canada. Some never left Alaska, and some returned there from the Canadian gold fields when gold was discovered at home in 1889.
After fishing Alaska’s chief industry is lumber and paper production. There are also large deposits of coal, copper, gold, and other important minerals.
The twenty islands of Hawaii lie upon the Pacific, from southeast to northwest. They belong to the hot climate, but the climate is rather less hot because of the ocean currents that pass their shores, and because of the winds that blow across the land from the northeast. On the larger islands, volcanic mountains from which lava flows, rise up out of the sea. Along the gently sloping land areas to the southeast, there are beaches of yellow, white and black sands.
Test 1.
Variant 10.
Task 1. Put words in the correct order:
1. lowland/Western/mostly/is/mountains/the/the/south/in/ Altai/with/Siberia/the.
2. lakes/lots/with/covered/marshes/territory/Western/is/evegre-en/Siberia/of/The/of/forests/and.
Task 2. Write the transcription of the following words and expressions:
the Ukraine, the sea border, Tyumen Region, Eastern Siberia, Autonomous Okrug, seas and oceans
Task 3. Use definite article where it is necessary:
1. Mongolia borders on China in south.
2. Great Bear Lake is in north of Canada.
3. Mackenzie River flows into Beaufort Sea.
4. Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
5. Japan is washed by Sea of Japan from west and by Pacific ocean from east.
6. Himalayas separate India and China.
Task 4. Choose the right form of the verb:
1. The Bering Strait … Asia and America.
a. separate b. separates c. separating d. separated
2. When the white people … to America the Indians were … many interesting facts about nature.
e b. came ing es
a. teach b. teaches c. taught d. teaching
3. The United States occupies a large area in the central part of the North American Continent.
a. occupy b. occupies c. occupying d. occupied
4. Americans … the first railway in 1869.
a. occupy b. occupies c. occupying d. occupied
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Facts from Geographical Position of the USA
The largest island, Hawaii, lies at the southeastern end of the chain and is almost twice as large as all other islands combined. Five volcanoes gave the island its form. Of the two active volcanoes, Mauna Loa is the world’s largest. It towers above the scenic Hawaiian National Park, which stretches from the mountain peak across the sea to the neighbouring Mauni. Hot-climate plants, sandy desert, waterfalls and craters, caves and beaches make the park a tourist attraction.
The Great Salt Lake is in the northwest of the state of Utah, close to Salt Lake City, the capital. It is so salty that the human body cannot sink in it. Its present area is much smaller than ancient lake of which it is a remnant.
The decrease in size is due partly to evaporation, partly to diversion for irrigation of some of the streams which fill it. The saltness of the lake has increased as its area has diminished, and today it is about six times as salty as the ocean.
Test 2.
Variant 1.
Task 1. Choose the correct variant:
1. He is as ________ as his brother.
1. cleverer 2. clever 3. the cleverest
2. I want to drink. I ______ very thirsty.
1. am 2. is 3. are
3. I’ve got a motor-bike but I ______ got a car.
1. hasn’t 2. haven’t 3. hadn’t
4. I _______very tired last night so I went to bed.
1. were 2. was 3. wasn’t
5. The letter ________ yesterday.
1. was receiving 2. were received 3. was received
6. William wrote three __________ to his bank partners yesterday.
1. letter 2. letters 3. letter’s
7. People say he is a nice ________ .
1. men 2. man 3. man’s
8. The shops _________at 9 o’clock every day.
1. open 2. opens 3. opened
9. ________ you enjoy the party yesterday?
1. Do 2. Does 3. Did
10. Have you ever _________ to Florida?
1. be 2. been 3. were
11. The windows are dirty. I _________ clean them.
1. mustn’t 2. needn’t 3. must
12. I don’t know. She _________ come next afternoon.
1. may 2. couldn’t 3. had to
13. Sue travels a lot. Today she is in Madrid. Tomorrow she _________. In Rome.
1. was 2. will be 3. has been
14. Pease, be quiet. I _________ .
1. work 2. worked 3. am working
15. It ___________, so we didn’t go out.
1. rains 2. was raining 3. is raining
Task 2. Read and decide which word is correct:
16. Most people in our country work ____ a week.
1. hours 2. days 3. nights
17. Learning foreign ____ is not an easy thing. You should always be careful about you pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
1. country 2. language 3. traditions
18. Usually I borrow books from the ___ .
1. bookshop 2. department store 3. library
Task 3. Fill in the missing remarks suitable for the conversation:
19. A. I am looking for Christine. __________ ?
B. Yes, she is in her office.
20. A. Where are you from?
B. __________ .
21. A. Can we stop walking?
B. Why? __________?
A. I am tired.
22. A. Did you like the film?
B. No, __________ .
23. A. What is her name?
B. I am sorry. __________ . She told me her name but I forgotten it now.
Task 4. Text. Read and decide which answer 1, 2, 3 best fits each space:
A Story Too Terrible To Tell
Three men came to New York for the first time. They 31 ___ a room in a hotel. In the evening they went out sightseeing and 32 ___ back till nearly three in the morning. That morning they 33 ___ the room on the 43d floor.
“I am sorry, gentlemen”, said the porter, “but the elevator 34 ____, there is something wrong with it. You 35 ____ to walk up to your room”. This was too bad. But the men 36 ___ to tell stories on the way up in order to kill the time.
By the time the first one had told his story they 37 ___ up to the 14th floor. The next story 38 ___ them till they had reached the 31st floor.
But the third person stopped and 39 ___ to go on climbing.
“The story I have to tell is a short one”, he said at last, “we 40 ___ the key to our room downstairs with the porter”.
have taken
2. take
3. took
didn’t come
2. aren’t coming
3. haven’t come
had taken
2. was taking
3. will take
didn’t work
2. does not work
3. haven’t worked
will have
2. had
3. were having
agree
2. agreed
3. will agree
had climbed
2. are climbing
3. will climb
is amusing
2. will amuse
3. was amusing
has refused
2. refused
3. was refusing
are leaving
2. will leave
3. have left
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Minerals
Minerals are the basic naturally occurring inorganic homogeneous units having definite physical and chemical properties which are combined in various ways and under different conditions to form rocks.
Most minerals consist of elements combined as chemical compounds although a few may occur as native elements — for example, gold, silver, copper, and carbon (diamond and graphite).
Eight elements make up about 98% of the earth’s crust. Oxygen is the most abundant and seven other elements unite with oxygen to make up many of the common minerals. The most fundamental combination of these elements is their union with oxygen to form oxides. When silicon unites with oxygen, silicon dioxide is formed, which unites with water and forms acids. The six other elements unite with oxygen and water to form bases. The acids and bases combine to form silicates, which are the most abundant compounds in the earth’s crust.
Test 2.
Variant 2.
Task 1. Choose the correct variant:
1. February is _______ month in a year.
1. short 2. shorter 3. the shortest
2. It is eight o’clock. You ______ late again.
1. am 2. is 3. are
3. Mr and Mrs Taylor _______ got any children.
1. hasn’t 2. haven’t 3. have
4. Last year Rachel _______ 22, so she is 23 now.
1. was 2. were 3. wasn’t
5. The houses ______ long ago so they need to be repaired.
1. was built 2. wasn’t building 3. were built
6. Last night the _______ was shining brightly.
1. moons 2. moon 3. moon’s
7. The _______ go every five minutes.
2. bus 2. buses 3. bus’s
8. It’ s raining. The sun _______ .
2. wasn’t shining 2. hasn’t shone 3. isn’t shining
9. I often drink tea but I _______ coffee.
1. don’t drink 2. wasn’t drinking 3. hasn’t drunk
10. It was hot in the room yesterday, so I ________ the window.
1. open 2. opened 3. opens
11. She is wearing a skirt today but yesterday she ________ trousers.
1. wore 2. has worn 3. was wearing
12. Carol _______ her arm last week.
1. broke 2. has broken 3. breaks
13. _______ I phone you this evening? – Yes, please.
1. Did 2. Shall 3. Was
14. I like this hotel. You _______see the mountains from the window.
1. can 2. could 3. must
15. Marlin is a very interesting person. You _______ meet her.
1. must 2. needn’t 3. could
Task 2. Read and decide which word is correct:
17. Since ancient times ___ has served man, being the source of his life.
1. science 2. nature 3. world
18. The Clock Tower and the Houses of Parliament is ___ for its big hour bell, known as “Big Ben.
1. great 2. proud 3. famous
19. Are you ___ in tennis?
1. played 2. interested 3. watched
Task 3. Fill in the missing remarks suitable for the conversation:
20. A. Would you like a cup of tea?
B. No, thanks. __________.
21. A. __________?
B. I am an engineer.
22. A. I don’t know the meaning of this word. __________?
B. Certainly. You may use it I don’t need it for a moment.
23. A. What’s in the newspaper today?
B. __________. I haven’t read it yet.
24. A. __________?
B. Yes, they are married and they have two children.
Task 4. Read and decide which answer 1, 2, 3 best fits each space:
Hot Air Balloons and Wings Made From Chicken Feathers By R. O'Neill, From «Flight»
Man has always wanted to fly. He 31 ___ about the problem for many years. One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he 32 ___ designs for machines that would fly. 800 years ago one man in England made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his shoulders and 33 ___ into the air from a tall building. He 34 ___ very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and 35 ___ every bone in his body. The first real steps 36 ___ place in France in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air always 37 ___. The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to 38 ___ how it was carrying the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep, a chicken and a duck. We 39 ___ today how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip 40 ___ for eight minutes and that the animals landed safely.
thinks
2. has thought
3. will think
made
2. has made
3. is making
was jumping
2. jumped
3. jumps
hasn’t flown
2. won’t fly
3. didn’t fly
broke
2. has broken
3. breaks
take
2. took
3. is taking
rises
2. has risen
3. is rising
watches
2. watch
3. watched
won’t know
2. didn’t know
3. do not know
lasts
2. was lasting
3. is lasting
Task 5. Translate from English into Russian:
Minerals and Their Properties
Minerals are naturally occurring substances with a characteristic atomic structure and characteristic chemical and physical properties. Some minerals have a fixed chemical composition; others vary within certain limits. It is their atomic structure that distinguishes minerals from one another.
Some minerals consist of a single element, but most minerals are composed of two or more elements. A diamond, for instance, consists only of carbon atoms, but quartz is a compound of silica and oxygen. Of the 105 elements presently known, nine make up more than 99 percent of the minerals and rocks.
The most striking feature of minerals is their crystal form, and this is a reflection of their atomic structure. The simplest example of this is rock salt, or halite (NaCl, sodium chloride), in which the positive ions (charged atoms) of sodium are linked with negatively charged chlorine ions by their unlike electrical charges. We can imagine these ions as spheres, with the spheres of sodium having about half the radius of the chlorine ions (.98 A as against 1.8 A; A is an Angstrom Unit, which is equivalent to one hundred millionth of a centimeter, written numerically as ~0. cm). The unit is named for Anders Angstrom, a Swedish physicist.
Test 2.
Variant 3.
Task 1. Choose the correct variant:
1. Today the sun is ________ than yesterday.
1. hot 2. hotter 3. the hottest
2. My favourite colour ______ blue.
1. am 2. is 3. are
3. It’s a nice house but it ________ got a garden.
1. hasn’t 2. haven’t 3. have
4. Was the weather fine when you ________ on holiday?
1. was 2. were 3. weren’t
5. We _________ to the party, so we didn’t go.
1. wasn’t invited 2. weren’t invited 3. weren’t inviting
6. I am going to buy some _______ .
1. flower’s 2. flower 3. flowers
7. Peter prefers to live in a ________ .
3. cities 2. city 3. city’s
8. Where is John? – He is in the kitchen. He _________ dinner.
3. is cooking 2. cook 3. have cooked
9. ________ you ________ tennis every day? – No, three times a week.
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