Итоговая работа для 10 класса
тест по английскому языку (10 класс)

№ 1. The parts of the following text are all mixed up. Put them in the right order

A) He often told his friends that he could tell anyone's character exactly by his handwriting. So one lady friend decided to give it a test.

B) The lady was surprised. She smiled and explained that this was Balzac's own exercise book which he used when he was a little boy.

C) She brought him a young boy's exercise book. She said she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy's character.

D) Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. He was very proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting.

E) He decided to tell the truth. The boy's exercise book showed that it was written by a bad, lazy fellow with no respect to other people.

She told him that the boy wasn't her son and asked him to tell her the truth. Balzac studied the boy's handwriting very carefully.      

№ 2. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct past forms.

Last year Sam and Joanna decided to buy a house. They (1) (save up) for ages, and by the end of April they (2) (put by) enough for the deposit on a house. They (3) (live) in a tiny flat at that time and Joanna (4) (insist) that she  wanted a house with a big garden.. They (5) (search) for only a few days when they found exactly what they (6) (look for)-a two-bed –roomed house in a nearly an acre of garden .Unfortunately the owner (7) (ask) much more then they (8) (be) willing to pay, and when they (9) (look) more  closely  at the interior, they (10) (see) that whoever (11) (live) there before, he (12) (make) an absolute mess of the walls and floors. Still Joanna (13) (like) the garden and the location so much  that she (14) (manage) to convince Sam that , despite the price, it (15) (be) the perfect house for them.

№ 3.  Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

ST. Patrick,s Festival has been in existence since 1996. From  a one-day (1) ….it has developed  into a 5- day (2) …. , the largest in Ireland. It takes place in March in Dublin. (3) …..of music , street (4) …. ,(5) ….and dances attract a lot of participants and  (6) … . The ….has become an (8) ….element of festival.

№ 1.D, A, C, E, B

№ 2. 1)had been saving up;

2) had put by;

3) were living;

4) insisted;

5) had been searching;

6) were looking for/ had been looking for;

7) was asking;

8) were;

9) looked;

10) saw;

11) had been living;

12) had made;

13) liked;

14) managed;

15) was.

№ 3.  

1)celebration;

2) festival;

3) carnival;

4) theatre;

5) fireworks;

6)spectators;

7) parade;

8) essential.