Итоговая контрольная работа по английскому языку для 11 класса (Rainbow)
тест по английскому языку (11 класс)

Итоговая контрольная работа по английскому языку

(базовый  уровень) для 11 класса

Ex. 1 Read the text and do the test after it.

Helen was a very successful businesswoman. She had always liked nice clothes, and when she had left school she had gone and worked in a shop which sold them, not far from her home. After a few experiments she showed that she was very successful at designing the sorts of things that women want to buy, so after a few years the owner of the shop, who was an oldish lady, offered to make her a partner. «It's something I should have done long ago,» she told Helen with a smile.

Helen was very pleased, of course, and when the old lady retired, Helen bought her share and became the sole owner of the shop. Now she had her independence.

Ever since she had started in the shop she had had to travel around to see what attractive things her rivals in the clothes trade were producing, to attend fashion shows and so on. She had always stayed at small cheap hotels, because she dared not spend too much money when she was saving up to buy a shop of her own.

But when she at last became the owner of the shop, and it was making good profits, she found that she had plenty of money, and she felt she should now stay in the best hotels whenever she traveled. Then the people who buy good clothes can see that your business is successful,' she said to herself, 'and therefore more of them think they should buy the clothes you make.'

So when she had to go to the next fashion show, which was in Rome, she stayed at a very good hotel. She bad a nice big room with beautiful furniture in which she could entertain customers, and there were also fine public room where she could, with her great pride; hold small fashion shows of her own. The room service was excellent, and so was the dining-room, which had a band every evening for dancing. Helen had never before dared to stay in such a splendid place.

She could see from the bills she signed for everything that the prices in the hotel were high, but she was rather surprised when just before she left, she was given a bill of several pages, written on beautiful headed paper.

1. Why did the lady who owned the shop where Helen worked offer to make her a partner?

1)Because it was something she should have done long before.

2)Because she was too old and needed a partner.

3)Because Helen was a clever businesswoman.

4) Because Helen was a very successful designer.

2. Helen had to travel around:

         1)to hold fashion shows of her own;

   2)to find out what her competitors were doing;

          3)to look for new customers;

   4)to make new contracts.

    3. Why did Helen start staying in the best hotels?

1)Because she was a famous fashion designer.

2)Because she liked comfort and pleasure.

    3)To attend fashion shows.

    4)To attract rich customers.

4. In what other ways did a big hotel help her business?

1)She could sell her clothes there.

2)She could show rich customers that her clothes were fashionable.

3)People could see her collection of clothes.

4)She could have meals in the room and dance every evening.

5. What surprised Helen when she was given a bill?

       1)The high prices.

2)The cheap paper.

3)The length of her bill.

5)The hotel service.

Ex. 2 Fill in the gaps with the correct words.

Career choice

Making a career choice is one of the most difficult and most important decisions we will ever make in our lives. It has to be made with much_____ (1) and deliberation. Moreover, career choices cannot be made based on just a few criteria alone. Your job may carry great monetary benefits and perks, but if you do not enjoy what you do then you are_____ (2) wasting a large part of your life. At the same time, remember that money is also important for you need it to survive. So, if a job is all____ (3) but no pay, things can get difficult.

Before you start choosing a perfect career, you need to know yourself first. But sometimes all this self-analysis leads to ___(4) . We end up more____ (5) than we

were at the beginning. Then, the best way to deal with the dilemma is to think

about _______ (6) a career counselor.

A career development professional will use various tools to help you evaluate

your interests, personality, _______ (7) and values. He or she will then show you how all these things, combined, play a role in choosing a career. You can also learn about

a career by interviewing people who are already in that profession.

1.         a) think              b) thought      c) thinking      d) thinkable

2.         a) fool               b) foolish        c) foolishly     d) fooling

3.         a) satisfaction    b) satisfy        c) satisfying    d) satisfied

4.         a) somewhere    b) anywhere    c) where        d) nowhere

5.         a) confusion      b) confused     c) confusing    d) confusable

6.         a) consulting     b) consult        c) consulted     d) consultive

7.         a) skillful          b) skilled        c) skills            d) unskilled

Ex.3 Form the derivatives from the following words.

Athens is being more and more __________________ ATTRACT

 to tourists. Although the city is big and ____________ NOISE

 ____________________________________________ TOUR

 can still find a lot of quiet places with a ____________ ROMANCE

 atmosphere to enjoy a __________________________ TASTE

 Greek meal and listen to ________________________ TRADITION

music.

Ex 4.Choose the right variant.

1. I don’t remember ... that I’m sure you’re mistaken.

 a) to say;       b) say;      c) saying;      d) to have said.

2. There were two answers, and ... was right.

 a) neither;      b) no one;     c) no;      d) not any.

 3. This dress is ... as the one I had before.

 a) plenty the same;     b) very similar;    c) very same;      d) much the same.

4. He ... here from 1955 to 1960.

 a) worked;     b) works;     c) has been working; d) has worked.

5. He’s... his sister.

 a) much taller that;    b) much more taller than;     c) much taller than;     d) more taller than.

 6. Be careful you don’t... your keys!

a) lost;       b) loosen;     c) lose;      d) loose.

 7. What they say may be true; you never can...

 a) guess;     b) tell;     c) remember;    d) recognize.