Spotlight 11 Reading Comprehension 0
тест (11 класс)

Exercise 1        Read the text and match paragraphs A-G to the headings 1-8.  There is the an extra heading. Use heading once.( 7 points)

1. From its 18 miles of seacoast - the shortest of any coastal state in the US - to the summit of the Northeast's highest peak, New Hampshire packs plenty of variety into an easy-to-reach area. Along with the many places to visit, New Hampshire's natural attractions offer plenty of things to do in the great outdoors, many of them free.
2. The easiest way to reach the top of Mount Washington, the highest elevation in the northern Appalachians at more than 6,000 feet, is on the steep Cog Railway that has been carrying tourists since it opened, the first of its kind in the world, in 1869. On a clear day, the view from the summit of Mount Washington spans four states; on a cloudy day, you may be able to look down on the tops of clouds.
3. Those who long for the nostalgia of an authentic coal-fired steam engine train, can reserve the steamer special morning departures from late May through late October. At the top, the Sherman Adams Visitors Center houses a small museum; a cafeteria; and the Mount Washington Observatory, a research station that studies extreme weather conditions, for which the mountain is notorious.
4. In 1934, the world record wind speed was recorded here. From the opposite (Pinkham Notch) side of the mountain, you can drive up the six-and-a-quarter-mile-long Mount Washington Auto Road or ride a van operated from Great Glen Trails. Climbers have the choice of several trails but should be aware of the mountain's unpredictable and sudden weather changes.
5. Strawbery Banke was the name of the first 1623 settlement at what is now Portsmouth. The ten-acre Strawbery Banke Museum contains houses from four centuries of the old port neighborhood. Some are restored and furnished to show life in the various eras, while others are preserved to show construction methods and restoration techniques - of particular interest to those who are restoring old homes.
6. Costumed interpreters demonstrate cooking, crafts, and skills from the various periods, and you can watch authentic boats under construction. The homes vary from that of a prosperous merchant and political leader to a 1950s duplex, and represent various ethnicities that called the neighborhood home. Period gardens, a 1770 tavern, a fully stocked World War II era neighborhood market.
7.  The first aerial tramway in North America, the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway carried its first passengers to the 4,080-foot summit high above Franconia Notch in 1938. On clear days, you can see New Hampshire's Presidential Range and mountains in Vermont, New York, and even Canada.

Exercise 2 Read the text and match paragraphs A-F to the expressions 9-15.  There is the an extra expression. Use expression once.( 6 points)

1. The short Rim Trail to the observation tower ___________________________
2. straight down into the floor of the notch. A notch is ________________________
3. through a mountain range by____________________________, and Franconia is
4. one of the __________________________in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
5. Farther south in Franconia Notch State Park, Flume Gorge is an ____________
6. in the rock at the base of Mount Liberty. Its walls rise _______________above the brook that flows through it.

Exercise 3 Using words in the brackets make-up appropriate words ( 10 points)

16. When the mile-high sheet of ice that ____________(to form)
17.  the notch ___________( to  melt) , torrents of water raged down
18.  this valley, _____________(to carve) a 20-foot smooth-bottomed
19. _________(depress)  into the solid granite of the mountain.
20.  Franconia Notch __________(to have)  miles of hiking trails,
21. a campground, and Echo Lake State Park, with a _________(beauty)
22. ________(sand) beach and boat rentals. Portsmouth Harbor Trail
23. _______________( to connect)  more than 70 of the city's
24. __________(history)  sites and scenic attractions. Among these
25. ___________(to be) 10 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.

Master

Exercise 1        .( 7 points)

Exercise 2 ( 6 points)

Exercise 3 ( 10 points)

16. formed
17. melted
18. carving
19. depression
20. has
21. beautiful
22. sandy
23. connects
24. historical
25. are