Контрольная работа по английскому языку Oxbridge
I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа существительного.
Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Ann spends her holidays at her grandparents' place in the country.
2. There are a lot of museums in Moscow.
3. Peter often stays at his friend's house when he comes to London.
II. Письменно задайте все виды вопросов к предложению (общий, специальный (что? как много? где? в какой стране?), а также альтернативный и разделительный.
There are a lot of places of interest in our country.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, вставляя необходимую форму глагола (Present Indefinite или Present Continuous). Подчеркните Ваши вставки.
1. Не (write) a letter to his friend now.
2. Tom usually (play) football but today he is playing (play) tennis.
3. What language they (speak) in Holland?
4. The professor (speak) five foreign languages. Right now he (speak) Dutch.
5. My friend always (tell) me truth, but I see that she (tell) a lie now.
IV. Перепишите следующие предложения, вставляя little, a little, few, a few, many и much. Подчеркните Ваши вставки.
1. There is (мало) salt in the soup.
2. There are no matches in the box. - "No, you are wrong. There are (несколько).
3. He speaks English (немного), but he wants to know it very well.
4. I know (мало) French words, and I cannot read books in French.
V. Используя обороты: There is / There are/It is - дополните предложения. Подчеркните Ваши вставки.
1. _ always much snow in this country in winter.
2. _ snowing hard.
3. _ too much sugar in my tea. _ too sweet, I can't drink it.
4. Don't buy this jacket. _ very dark and doesn't suit you.
5. Let's go out! _ getting dark.
VI. Прочитайте, перепишите и письменно переведите текст.
Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest universities in Great Britain. They are called Oxbridge to denote an elitist education.
Only rich people send their children to these universities. The main characteristic feature of these universities is the tutorial (that means the individual tuition).
The normal length of the degree course is three years, after which the students take the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Some courses may be a year or two longer.
Oxford and Cambridge universities consist of a number of colleges, each self-governing and independent.
The University is merely an administrative body, which organizes lectures, arranges examinations, grants degrees. Each college has its name. Most colleges have their own dining-hall, library and chapel.
The University has laboratories and research institutes and other educational facilities. All the lectures are organized by the University. In every college there are students majoring in different subjects, but each student follows his own course of study.
VII. Ответьте письменно на вопросы по тексту:
1. What does «Oxbridge» mean?
2. What makes these universities quite different from any other?
3. How long is the course of study?
What is the function of the University?
VIII. Переведите письменно текст.
The Origin of the Word 'America'
For a while after the first voyage of Columbus in 1492, America became famous as the 'New World'. Later, map-makers in Europe decided to name the New World after a man named Amerigo Vespucci. He was an Italian merchant and adventurer who made three trips to the New World. Columbus became the first explorer to reach the mainland of South America in 1498, but Amerigo Vespucci soon wrote a book in which he claimed that he had gone there in 1497. This was not true, but people did not know for many years that Amerigo Vespucci was lying. So, «Amerigo» gave rise to «America», and we know the continent by that name. Gradually the word America began to denote not only the New World, but the USA as well. The word gave rise to numerous derivatives such as «Amerindians» to distinguish them from the natives of India, «Americans» to denote the citizens of the USA.
Контрольная работа по английскому языку состоит из восьми заданий. Однако контрольная несложная.
