Промежуточный контроль знаний учащихся 11 класса по англ языку
тест по английскому языку (11 класс)

1. Задание 1

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды.

1.   Before such tours you should learn how to move and breathe in rapid water.

2.   This company ignores tourists’ safety.

3.   Rafting can be life-threatening.

4.   This kind of tour is for strong and fit people.

5.   Professional staff make these difficult tours fun.

6.   If you secure your life jacket properly, you’ll come home safely.

7.   Team spirit and optimism are important in such tours.

2. Задание 2 

Вы услышите диалог. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений А–G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 — True), какие не соответствуют (2 — False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 — Not stated). Занесите номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите запись дважды.

A)  Every year Betsy spends the New Year abroad.

B)  Betsy thinks that the trip was not worth the money.

C)  There is an active volcano on the island.

D)  Betsy led an active life on the island.

E)  The zoo had more than a hundred species of wild birds.

F)  There are no snow-capped mountains on the island.

G)  Foreigners are not allowed to own property on the island.

Запишите в ответ цифры, расположив их в порядке, соответствующем буквам:

3. Задание 3-9

Вы услышите репортаж дважды. Выберите правильный ответ 1, 2 или 3.

Why did Helen change her original name?

1)  She wanted to break her tribe traditions.

2)  People found it difficult to pronounce it.

3)  She did not like its meaning.

4. 

Which tradition, according to Helen, is still alive in Navaho lifestyle?

1)  Horse riding.

2)  Clothes.

3)  Houses.

5.  

How does Helen characterize her family?

1)  They stick to the reservation area.

2)  It tries to preserve old traditions.

3)  It is unusually big for Navaho tribes.

6.  

What is Helen’s opinion about keeping Navaho traditions?

1)  Navaho people must assimilate into white culture.

2)  Traditional lifestyle is appropriate only in reservations.

3)  There should be a balance in accepting white culture.

7. 

What does Helen say about her knowledge of the Navaho language?

1)  She used to be better at it.

2)  She still has an excellent command of it.

3)  Her speaking skills are better than her writing.

8.  

Which of the following weekend activities does Helen NOT mention as her habit?

1)  Watching films.

2)  Taking part in traditional ceremonies.

3)  Meeting peers.

9.  

What does Helen dream of visiting?

1)  Local places of interest.

2)  American cities.

3)  Countries on other continents.

10. Задание 10 № 4554

Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.

1. A good investment

2. How it all began

3. Multi-purpose constructions

4. All is well that ends well

5. A vertical marathon

6. Breathtaking athletic events

7. 21st century technology

8. Once number one globally

A. Radio and television towers are tall structures designed to transmit radio or television signals. However, besides serving their main function they often become tourist attractions, as a lot of them are true architectural wonders. Among some of the most famous — and tallest — towers in the world are the Tokyo Skytree, the Canton Tower in China, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, and the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia.

B. The Ostankino Tower is 540 meters tall which makes it the tallest tower in Europe. When it was built in 1968, it was the tallest structure in the world, which it remained until 1975. The Ostankino Tower radio and television signal covers the area with the population of over 15 million people. The Tower also has an observation platform and a restaurant about 330 meters in the air which you can reach on one of the lifts in just 58 seconds.

C. The first Radio Tower in Moscow was built during the Civil War in 1922 by the outstanding Russian architect Vladimir Shukhov and is a hyperboloid structure. In fact, it was Shukhov who first invented the hyperboloid metal structure in the 1890s, inspired by the weaving of peasant baskets. Vladimir Lenin himself approved the construction of this tower which today is considered a historic and architectural monument of Soviet Constructivism.

D. Yet another use of television towers is holding sports events. Some of the most common ones are base-jumping, an extreme sport where participants jump off high structures with parachutes; and bungee jumping, where the jumpers are attached to a tall structure with a large elastic cord. Among the more traditional competitions is racing up the tower staircase, which was held in the Ostankino Tower up until 2000, when the tower was damaged by the fire.

E. The fire broke out at a height of 458 m on 27 August, 2000. It took over 300 firefighters, more than 24 hours and a lot of effort to stop it. Many people were afraid that the tower would not be able to survive and would collapse. Luckily it didn’t happen. But almost all TV channels and some radio channels stopped working for several days. The reconstruction of the tower that followed lasted until 2007. In 2009 the tower reopened its doors to tourists.

F. And not only to them. On July 21, 2018, Ostankino Tower was open again to 28 sportsmen from 12 countries who raced up its winding staircase. The staircase is very narrow, so the sportsmen had to run one by one with a 30 second interval between them. Only professional runners were allowed to participate. It was a German athlete Christian Riedl who made it to the top in just 9 minutes and 51 seconds, setting a new record.

G. It would be logical to assume that television towers are the tallest structures in the world. In fact, it had been true until 2009 when the Burj Khalifa, the tallest sky-scraper in the world, was built in Dubai. It cost about $1.5 billion to complete the construction of this building, but it paid off: office and apartment space pricing is over $40,000 per m2, and over 90% of all the apartments and offices are now occupied!

11. Задание 11 № 1512

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

                                         Chocolate

Chocolate is made from a number of raw and processed foods produced from the seeds of tropical cacao trees. Cacao has been cultivated in A ______ at least 3000 years. For most of this time it was made into a drink called, in translation — “bitter water”. This is because В ______ to be fermented to develop a palatable flavour. After fermentation the beans are dried and roasted and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. These are then ground and liquefied into chocolate liquor. The liquor is then processed into cocoa solids or cocoa butter. Pure chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and butter in different proportions. Much of С ______ with added sugar. Milk chocolate is sweetened chocolate that additionally contains either milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate on the other D ______ is therefore not a true chocolate. Chocolate contains theobromine and phenethylamine which have physiological effects on the body. It is similar to serotonin levels in the brain. Scientists claim E ______ , can lower blood pressure. Recently, dark chocolate has also been promoted for its health benefits. But pet owners should remember that the presence of theobromine makes it toxic to cats and dogs. Chocolate is now one F ______ , although 16 of the top 20 chocolate consuming countries are in Europe. Also interesting is that 66% of world chocolate is consumed between meals.

1. the chocolate consumed today is made

2. that chocolate, eaten in moderation

3. central and southern America for

4. of the world’s most popular flavours

5. hand contains no cocoa solids and

6. cacao seeds are intensely bitter and have

7. many countries worldwide at

Moscow’s ‘Universal Provider’

Teatralnaya Square in Moscow is dominated by three imposing buildings: the Bolshoi Theatre, the Maly Theatre and TsUM — Central Universal Department Store. All of them have a rich and fascinating history.

The building that has been known for almost 100 years as TsUM was built in 1908 as the famous Muir & Mirrielees Dpartment Store and is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year. Back at the turn of the 20th century, the building was owned by a Scottish family which was very well-known in Moscow.

Archibald Mirrielees was a 25-year-old ambitious Scotsman when he came to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1822 to gain fame and fortune. Having started as a representative of a British company, in 1843 he founded a business under his own name. In 1852 he was joined by his young brother-in-law Andrew Muir, and so the Muir & Mirrielees company was born.

At first, the company was operating in St. Petersburg as a whole-sale business. Andrew Muir traveled all over Europe choosing the best fabrics, clothes and other fashionable goods which were then imported into Russia and sold to local shops. In 1867 the firm opened its first office in Moscow, which had played second fiddle to St. Petersburg from the time of Peter the Great, but now was rapidly developing its industries. By that time Archibald Mirrielees had already been retired for ten years and lived in England. Now his sons Archie and Fred were helping Andrew Muir to run the company.

In the middle of the 19th century the first Department stores appeared in Europe: first, The Bon Marché in Paris, and then, Whiteley’s in London. At the time when most shops were small, this was an innovation that was characterized by fixed prices, the possibility to exchange goods or get a refund, seasonal sales and daily deliveries to every part of the city. William Whiteley, who was first to open such a store in London, called his shop a 'Universal Provider' and indeed managed to find anything a client could ever fancy to buy.

This was the example that Muir & Mirrielees in Moscow were going to follow. In 1885, they bought a three-storey building in Petrovka, across the street from the Bolshoi. By 1892 the store had 25 departments, and in 1891 Muir & Mirrielees gave up wholesale trading and focused entirely on their Department store — Moscow’s true ‘Universal Provider’.

Nobody knows how the big fire started. Some believe that it was jealous rivals from the smaller shops that set Muir & Mirrielees on fire. In any case, early in the evening on November 24, 1900, while Feodor Shalyapin was singing one of his leading roles across the street, the famous store went up in flames. By midnight, to the audience of both Bolshoi and Maly theatres’s spectators who'd deserted their performances in favour of a more dramatic spectacle, the building burnt down completely.

In 1908, the new Muir & Mirrielees store with 80 departments was erected in the same place, designed by the well-known architect Roman Klein. It was the first building in Russia to use walls of reinforced concrete — a technique invented in America for sky-scrapers. It allowed for thinner walls and bigger windows. Moscow had never seen a building quite like this before. One of the attractions of the new store were two lifts that held 8 passengers each. This was also a novelty in Moscow, and not everyone trusted them.

Among the loyal customers of Muir & Mirrielees were Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy’s wife and daughter, the Tsvetayev family and many more.

12. Задание 12

The word ‘ambitious’ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to the word

1) determined.

2) aggressive.

3) arrogant.

4) hopeful.

13. Задание 13 

Archibald Mirrielees lived in

1) Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century.

2) Moscow in the second half of the 19th century.

3) St Petersburg in the first half of the 19th century.

4) St Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century.

14. Задание 14

According to the 4th paragraph, Andrew Muir

1) was responsible for the quality of imported goods.

2) started selling musical instruments in Moscow.

3) spent his holidays in different European countries.

4) had two grown-up sons who were helping him.

15. Задание 15

According to the article, which of the following was NOT a novelty that made a Department store different from an ordinary small shop?

1) Clients could order goods from stores to be delivered to their homes.

2) Clients could return goods to the store and get their money back.

3) Client could pay much less if they negotiated the price at the store.

4) Clients could buy things cheaper at the store at certain seasons.

16. Задание 16

William Whiteley called his store a ‘Universal Provider’ because

1) he sold his goods all over the country.

2) of the variety of goods that were sold there.

3) his clients came from all social classes.

4) he provided many smaller shops with goods.

17. Задание 17

According to paragraph 7, on November 24, 1900

1) Feodor Shalyapin was watching the fire from across the street.

2) Feodor Shalyapin had fewer admirers listening to him than usually.

3) there was a drama played at the Bolshoi, rather than an opera.

4) performances in the Bolshoi and Maly theatres ended at midnight.

18. Задание 18

The new Muir & Mirrielees building seemed unusual to Muscovites because

1) from the outside it looked like a sky-scraper.

2) of the modern technologies that were used in it.

3) it was designed by an American architect.

4) of the attractive decorations on the lifts.

19. Задание 19 

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

Languages in the USA

The most commonly used language in the United States is English, which is the de facto national language. Nonetheless, many other languages __________________  19.SPEAK   in the United States.

__________________  20. THIS include indigenous languages, languages brought to the country by colonists, enslaved people

and immigrants from Europe, Africa and Asia.

Spanish, of course, is the __________________ 21. TWO most commonly spoken language in the United States. However, few

people realise that after English and Spanish Chinese is spoken regularly in more American homes than any other language.

The Brownings

On January 10, 1845, Robert Browning, a little-known poet and playwright, sent a letter to Elizabeth Barrett, an internationally renowned poet, an invalid, after reading her volume of poetry. Over the course of the next 20 months, they __________________22. WRITE  each other close to 600 letters.

It is one of the __________________ 23. GREAT literary correspondences of all time.

24. Задание 24 № 6861

Преобразуйте, если это необходимо, слово LEAVE так, чтобы оно грамматически соответствовало содержанию текста.

The couple’s last letter was exchanged on September 18, 1846, the night before the two __________________24. LEAVE  for a trip to Italy and two weeks after their secret marriage.

__________________25. THEY  romance, which Elizabeth credited with saving her life, lasted for 15 years and spawned some of the world’s most beautiful poetry.

The Vancouver Aquarium

The Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium. It is __________________ 26. CONVENIENT located in Stanley Park, a popular area.

In addition to being a major __________________27. ATTRACT for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research and conservation.

It was one of the first facilities to invite __________________28. SCIENCE into the galleries to interpret animal behaviour.

So a visit to the aquarium is not only pleasant, but also __________________29. EDUCATION.

The aquarium remains a nonprofit organisation. Its __________________30.OWN is the City of Vancouver.

The aquarium has been rented for $40,000 a year since 1991. This money and the entrance fees paid by __________________31. TOUR support the aquarium financially.

Two years in a hut

Henry Thompson, a writer, built a hut on the shore of the pond and lived there all alone for two years. He did this for two reasons: because he wanted to 32 ______ that people spend too much time and money on food and clothes and because he wanted a perfectly quiet chance to write more books. 33 ______ to the writer, he spent only one hundred dollars a year while he lived in this hut. He raised beans on his land, ate wild berries, caught fish and “went visiting” his friends and neighbours now and then. To buy his woodsman’s clothes and a few necessities, he planted gardens, painted houses, and cut wood for his friends.

This period influenced Henry’s creative work a lot. He wrote a book called “The Wood” which 34 ______ all about these seven or eight hundred days he lived in his hut. Several other books also describe the time when he 35 ______ to live all by himself. These sold very well. In all of them Henry was boasting that he had found the only sensible way to live. “I am for simple living, and I 36 ______ being alone!” he would declare in his books. He 37 ______ you feel, when you read his books, that it is fine to walk around the fields, sniffing the wild grape and the green grass, and that no one can find pleasure like the man who rows, and skates, and swims. 38 ______, people passing by the pond used to hear him whistling old ballads, or playing very softly and beautifully on a flute, and they thought he sounded lonely and sad.

32. Задание 32 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) prove

2) ensure

3) agree

4) secure

33. Задание 33 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) According

2) Regarding

3) Including

4) Concerning

34. Задание 34 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) speaks

2) tells

3) says

4) talks

35. Задание 35 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) used

2) made

3) kept

4) held

36. Задание 36 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) amuse

2) please

3) satisfy

4) enjoy

37. Задание 37

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) makes

2) gives

3) turns

4) takes

38. Задание 38 

Вставьте пропущенное слово:

1) Although

2) Otherwise

3) Moreover

4) However