Контрольная работа 10 класс, 3 четверть
тест по английскому языку (10 класс)

№ 1. Choose the correct variant.                                                                Test. 10 form.

1. I didn’t mind … alone when I was a child.

1. to be        b) being        c) be

2. Did you let Pat … your laptop?

1. to use        b) using        c) use

3. Did Jack remind you … the cat?

1. to feed        b) feed                c) feeding

4. Modern people are certainly … than ancient people.

1. more anxious        b) anxiouser        c) much anxious

5. If my father … his car properly, he … still it.

1. had locked, would have        b) had locked, have        c) locked, had had

6. The plane …        off at 6.

1. will take        b) takes        c) is taking

№ 2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate word.

1. … are trying to make connections between the existence of the humans in Siberia and the Clovis.
2. The first humans were not able to live in really harsh …
3. The … of one of the great civilizations of the ancient world puzzled scientists for years.
4. It is a long period of time when there is little or no rain. It is a …
5. Scientists believe that the present environmental situation can be … and even improved.
6. He has criticized modern culture for ignoring our emotional and spiritual … and feels that more recognition should be given to those who work for the common good.

№ 3. Read the text and fill in the gaps. One is not used.

People who settled in Scandinavia had originally been Germanic people. They lived A______on the Roman Empire. As Rome and the Great Roman Empire began to collapse, the Germanic people started to spread out, often invading lands that had previously been under Roman rule.

The Germanic Angle and Saxon tribes settled in Britain, other tribes settled in Scandinavia between the 3rd and the 6th centuries. By the 8th century, the Viking Age had begun and lasted until they were Christianized in the 11th century.

The Vikings were tough, B _____ in the harsh Scandinavian climate. They were dependent on the sea, C______ neighbouring countries such as Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland. They even D_______Columbus, but never settled there.

They were an incredibly cruel and violent race, E ______as seafaring tradition is evident in their myths. They are full of heroes, battles and violence. Only men who died in battles had the glory of living with Odin in his hall, others were sent to the underworld.

And yet if you study Scandinavian myths, you will find many references that link them with Greek, Roman, and Celtic mythology as well. As in other pagan cults, the first Germanic gods F______ the personification of the forces of nature, but by the time the myths were written down, they had developed into far more sophisticated characters and stories.

1. discovered America 500 years before
2. in an area that bordered
3. were the first to reach America, prior
4. that we know of were just
5. and their warlike attitude as well
6. and they had to be to survive
7. and conducted frequent sea raids on

Ответы

1. 1b 2c  3a  4b  5a  6b

2.

Scientists

Conditions

Disappearance

Drought

sustained

Development

3. 267154

№ 1. Choose the correct variant.

1. He can’t stand … in long queues.

1. to wait                b) waiting                c) wait

2. Her parents make her … French.

1. to study                b) studying                c) study

3. I’m not keen on … to shopping centers.

1. going                b) to go                c) go

4. You are one of the … people I know.

1. messyest                b) more messy                c) messiest

5. If people … a little more tolerant, our world … a better place.

1. would be, are        b) were, would be        c) would be, were

6. He … at the university next year.

1. will study                b) is going to study        c) studies

№ 2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate word.

1. The surprise findings indicate that humans were able to survive in harsh conditions during …times in this particular part of Siberia.
2. Research is a detailed … of something in order to discover new facts.
3. The scientific theory according to which plant and animals change gradually over long periods of time to become more suitable for their … .
4. Two monks smuggled out eggs and mulberry seeds in hollow … canes.
5. It’s extremely important to … the right balance between the technological and the spiritual development of humanity.
6. Human activity has such a great … on the planet’s ecology that it is no longer possible to separate people form nature.

№ 3. Read the text and fill in the gaps. One is not used.

Throughout history abandoned places have held a fascination for many people. This has often found expression in art: ruined buildings A__________ a common subject in paintings. Such places are also treated B ________and in poetry.

Travellers coming across ruined buildings in jungle or deserts naturally wondered C______, and why they were deserted and ruined.

The writings of explorers and travellers contain accounts of many deserted places in distant lands, while the work of archeologists has shown that the remains of many abandoned places can in fact lie close at hand, D__________.

The discovery of abandoned places over the centuries has occurred in a number of ways. Apart from the sites which have become completely buried or sufficiently ruined E_______ have been lost completely.

Some buried sites may have been anticipated as a potential archeological site before they were identified with a known historical place, as in the case of Troy.

In many cases the "discovery" of an abandoned place is a rediscovery. Stonehenge, F ___many centuries, its true history long forgotten, and myths and legends evolved to explain the origins of such a curious ruin. Only in the 18th century did scholars begin to speculate seriously about who built Stonehenge and for what purpose.

1. in a variety of ways in prose
2. as to be unrecognizable, few
3. how they came to be there
4. in deserted landscapes are
5. as we all know how
6. for example, was abandoned for

7. literally under one's feet

Ответы

№ 1. 1b  2c  3a  4c  5b  6b

№ 2.

glacial

study

environment

bamboo

maintain

influence

№3.    413726