Тест по английскому языку в 10(11) классе
материал (10 класс) по теме

Тест по английскому языку в 10 классе(итоговый контроль)

Listening (20 points)

Listen to an interview with 5 passers-by.

1) Match the topics (A-F) with the speakers (1-5). There is one extra topic.

A Cycling                                                                  1 Speaker 1

B Reading newspapers on the train                           2 Speaker 2

C A famous TV show                                                3 Speaker 3

D Travelling by plane                                                4 Speaker 4

E Driving a car                                                           5 Speaker 5

F Tourism

2) Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1 Speaker 1 believes that BMWs are the safest cars.

2 Speaker 2 has never taken part in a TV show called “The Wheel of Fortune”.

3 Speaker 3 has visited Stonehenge once.

4 Speaker 4 found it very difficult to get used to riding a bike in Holland.

5 Speaker 5 travels to work by train.

Reading (20 points)

Read the text and do the tasks below

 A Climb That Wasn’t Fun

          Imagine a snowstorm close to the summit of a 6,000-meter peak in the Andes. On the descent, your climbing partner slips in dangerous conditions. His leg is badly broken. For hours you struggle to lower him down the mountainside. The cold is unbearable, and you must battle fatigue and dehydration. Then disaster strikes afresh: tied to the rope, your friend slips over an unseen cliff. The sound of his cries is lost in the blizzard. As he dangles below, you cannot know whether he is alive or dead, but his weight is pulling you certainly to the edge. Without prompt action, you will die. Do you cut the rope?

It’s the stuff of nightmares – and now a powerful film as well. The British-made documentary, “Touching the Void” recreates the ordeal of two young British climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, who were trapped on the side of a forbidding Peruvian peak, back in 1985.  So how was the moral crisis resolved? The thousands who read Simpson’s best-selling book, also called “Touching the Void” will already know: Yates cut the rope.

But the full force of both the book and the movie lies in the sequel to that decision. Against all odds, Simpson survived a 50-meter plunge into a crevasse. Unable to climb out, he crawled down into the depths in search of a route back to the daylight. His luck held. Driven by stubborn determination, he hopped and crawled down the mountainside for two agonizing days, reaching base camp in a state of delirium just as Yates was preparing to leave.

Actors and stuntmen play out the story on the mountainside. But the most of the narrative comes from Simpson and Yates themselves, speaking directly to the camera against a neutral background. Simpson, in particular, tells an articulate tale – but don’t expect tortured self-analysis or lyrical description. Mountaineers, especially British ones, are shy of gut-spilling.

So much the better.  The dispassionate style throws into relief the horror of the events described and the awesome savagery of the Andes backdrop. Yet the calm delivery is deceiving, neither man has quite escaped psychological scarring. Simpson has told how he suffered posttraumatic stress after revisiting the Andes with the film crew. And since filming ended, Yates has broken off all contact with the director. He’s reportedly unhappy with the film.

Simpson survived, but what about his friendship with Yates? The relationship between the two main characters did survive their ordeal. As the movie makes clear, Simpson never questions Yates’s decision to cut the rope. Indeed, among his first actions on regaining base camp is to thank Yates for his help after the original accident. One reason Simpson chose to publish his memoir was to remove the blame from Yates, who came under attack for breaking a taboo of the mountaineering brotherhood. As a climber, Simpson understood the need for realism in moments of crisis. He summarizes his own attitude with heroic understatement. Climbing was “fun” he says. “But sometimes things went wrong, then it wasn’t fun’ For proof just watch “Touching the Void”

Read the statements and circle the correct letter a, b, c or d:

1) The movie “Touching the Void” is …

a) a fictional story based on a nightmare of the producer;

b) based on the memoir of Simpson;

c) based on the novel by Yates;

d) an American documentary about two climbers.

2) Simpson’s nightmare begins when…

a) he falls into a crevasse;

b) Yates cuts the rope attached to him;

c) he breaks his leg;

d) he loses his way in a blizzard.

3) The setting of this adventure is…

a) a mountain in Peru;

b) a mountain in Germany;

c) the mountains of Nepal;

d) Mount Denali in Alaska.

4) The moral crisis of this story is about…

a) Yates’ decision to help his injured friend down the mountainside;

b) whether Yates can get Simpson to base camp;

c) whether Yates should let his friend fall when his own life was also at risk;

d) whether Yates should help his friend out of the crevasse.

5) Simpson survived because he…

a) was determined to find his way out of the crevasse and back to base camp;

b) wanted revenge after Yates left him for dead;

c) really hadn’t broken his leg;

d) knew Yates would be waiting for him.

6) The first thing Simpson did when he saw Yates was to…

a) tell him that he had broken the rules of mountaineering;

b) thank him for helping him when he was injured;

c) ask him why he had left him;

d) discuss the idea for the movie.

7) When the crisis occurred, Yates took action based on…

a) a code of honor in which climbers help each other to the death;

b) a book of rules that governs all climbing expeditions;

c) a need to make a decision for self-survival;

d) what he believed the public would think of his actions.

8) The best description of the relationship between Yates and Simpson is…

a) a friendship based on respect and understanding of the dangers of climbing;

b) a strong distrust of each other;

c) based on the need to change the laws of mountaineering brotherhood;

d) based on the need to produce the movie.

9) The main lesson learned from this story is…

a) never trust a friend;

b) trust yourself when no one else can help you;

c) only climb where no crevasses are present;

d) always sacrifice everything for a friend.

10)The title of the movie and book is “Touching the Void”. This title refers to…

a) Yates’ sense of loss when his friend falls into the crevasse;

b) the mountaineering community’s condemnation of Yates’ action;

c) the blizzard conditions on the mountain when the accident occurred;

d) Simpson’s fall as he ”touches” the empty space when falling into the crevasse.

Use of English (20 points)

1) Form a word that fits in the space

  Recently I decided to take up (1 photograph) as a hobby. I have always taken snapshots, but I have never been very (2 skill).

My snaps were either a complete (3 fail) for technical reasons, or were just not very (4 imagine).

First I decided that to be (5 success), I would have to buy new equipment.

Just then I had an (6 expect) piece of good luck.

A friend who works in a camera shop said she could sell me a (7value) camera.

A customer had left it at the shop to be repaired, but there had been a (8 understand), and it was actually for sale.

I thought this was a rather (9 belief) explanation and so I asked her some more questions.

It turned out that she had had a (10 agree) with the customer and he had thrown the camera at her in anger because she had disliked his photos!

2) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

When you visit Rhydyronnen in Wales, you (1 get) a very friendly welcome from James and Tina Flanagan, who (2 operate) this unusual project for many years. It (3 include) an inn, restaurant, shop and post office as well as three cottages. Several years ago the National Trust (4 restore) the property, which (5 be) unused for a number of years. Now it (6 be) once more an important part of village life. The self-catering cottages (7 furnish) in nineteenth-century style, but with modern conveniences included. Rates (8 start) at 140 pounds a week. More information and maps of Wales (9 can) (10 order) from James and Tina Flanagan, Rhydyronnen, Cwmdu, Llandeilo, Dyfed, Wales S A19 7DY.

Writing (20 points)

Write an essay on the topic: ”Actions speak louder than words” (a surprising adventure which has made you change your mind about a person you used to dislike).

Script

“The Wheel”

Interviewer: Excuse me, what’s the first thing that you associate with the word “wheel”?

Speaker 1: Well, the will? It’s about cars, I guess. I simply love driving my car. It’s brand new. I haven’t traveled much in it but it’s amazing – it can reach the speed of 180 km per hour. It’s quite comfortable. My best friend says I’m going to crash it one day if I keep speeding like this. But he’s wrong. He thinks that only BMWs are safe. I don’t agree. Why doesn’t he try my Opel instead, I wonder?

Interviewer: OK – let’s ask a second person. Excuse me, what’s the first thing that you associate with the word “wheel’?

Speaker 2: Oh, obviously “The Wheel of Fortune”. You have heard the name, I’m sure. I watch this TV competition every Friday with my family. My dad especially is crasy about it. He knows a lot of words and he particularly good at guessing the final category phrases. Once I told him to take part in it, but he said he wouldn’t guess a single word. I don’t believe him. I’m sure he would do well!

Interviewer: And now for a third person. Excuse me, what’s the first thing that you associate with the word “wheel’?

Speaker 3: Well, I associate this word with something round. Let me think. Oh, yes. Last year I visited Stonehenge. It’s a popular tourist attraction in Wiltshire. It consists of a group of very large, tall stones arranged in circles. As far as I know, they were put there in pre-historic times perhaps as a way to study the sun, the moon and the stars. It’s incredibly beautiful and has its own character. I’m going to go there again this summer.

Interviewer: Let’s ask someone else – number four. Excuse me, what’s the first thing that you associate with the word “wheel’?

Speaker 4: Wheel, you say?  Of course, I’d say two wheels as I’m thinking about my bike. I lived in Holland for a few years. It’s normal for people there to travel around the city by bike. I got used to riding it so much that I’d find it very difficult to live without it. I don’t have a driving licence so my bike makes my life much easier.

Interviewer: And one last person. Excuse me, what’s the first thing that you associate with the word “wheel’?

Speaker 5: Are you asking me about means of transport? Well, I prefer trains. I live far from the city centre. No car. No direct bus either. The only way of getting into town is by train. But it’s so time-consuming. I don’t like it but at least I have time to go over an article or two, so that before I get to work I know what’s going on in the world.