Полугодовая К.Р. для 10 класса
тест по английскому языку (10 класс) на тему

Административная контрольная работа

по английскому языку  за 1 полугодие

 2017-2018 учебного года 10 класс

1. Read the text and answer the questions.

CROSSWORDS

The crossword (puzzle) first appeared on December 21, 1913. Arthur Wynne created it for the New York World newspaper. Wynne gave 35 clues and called it a word-cross. The puzzle was a great success. The cross-word, as it called today, is the world’s most popular game. Nearly 90 percent of the world’s newspapers publish them. In the United States there are nearly thirty million fans of this game.

Most forms of games require a partner. Crosswords do not. This is, perhaps, the reason why they attract so much attention.

Why do people do crosswords? Maybe for educational value. Most fans say that they play crosswords to check their abilities and their speed in doing the puzzle. The more they play, the more they become to solve the most difficult crosswords.

But most experts doubt that puzzles teach anything. They say the most evident reason why the crosswords are played is that they are done just for fun.

1. What was the first crossword created by?

1. for children of New York
2. for the New York World magazine
3. for the New York World newspaper

2. Is the crossword puzzle game popular today?

1. it’s one of the most popular games
2. it’s the most popular game
3. it’s not very popular

3. Are the world’s newspapers interested in publishing them?

1. few newspapers publish them
2. all the newspapers publish them
3. nearly all the newspapers publish them

4. Why are crosswords popular?

1. they are cheap
2. they are very interesting
3. they can be done by one person

5. What do experts think of crosswords?

1. they are very useful
2. they teach people a lot
3. they don’t teach anything

2.  Make  the questions.

1. Birds fly away in autumn. (General)     ___________________________________________________________________________
2. He usually has a smoke after dinner. (Disjunctive)     ____________________________________________________________________________
3. We’ll arrive in Moscow early in the morning. (Special)        ____________________________________________________________________________
4. The pupils have been taken to the playground. (Special)        ____________________________________________________________________________
5. Mother has cleaned the sitting-room. (Alternative)         ___________________________________________________________________________

3.Give the plural of the following nouns.

A tomato -______________, a party- ______________, a wife - ___________, a church - __________, a woman- ______________, a tooth - _____________, a sheep - ___________, a mouse- __________, a play -___________, a child- ________________, a species- ______________, an exercise book -___________________.

4.Make the right sentences.

1. /his/name/remembered/after/a few/minutes/I/.   __________________________________________________________________________
2. /going/to London/I’m/for/next week/a few days/.       __________________________________________________________________________

3. /door/couldn’t/tried/he/to/but/the/he/open/do/it/        ____________________________________________________________________________