Контрольная работа по английскому языку для 11 класса

The 11th form

PROGRESS CHECK

PART I. LISTENING. (15 points) (EE,11. P.43)

1. a) Listen to a girl speaking about her experience of learning English and rut the parts of the course in the order she mentions them.

1 _______________ A Case Study

2 _______________ B original Writing

3 _______________ C Language Investigation

4 _______________ D language and Society

5 ________________ E Stylistic Analysis

Key: 1B 2E 3D 4A 5C

b) Listen again and match the statements and the course parts. You can choose some of the parts more than once.

1 It made up the most of the course work for the students. _____

2 It was the speaker’s favorite part. _______

3 The students studied all three parts of this subject. ______

4 It was the longest part of the course. _______

5 The students were given materials to prepare for this part in advance. ______

6. The students were given plenty of practice in this subject. _______

7 The speaker still recalls something from this subject now. ________

8 The students had to write articles in this subject. ________

Key: 1C 2B 3D 4C 5A 6B,E 7D 8A,B

Part II. READING. (7 points)

A constitution may be defined as the system of fundamental principles according to A __________________. A good example of a written constitution is the Constitution of the United States, formed in 1787.

The Constitution sets up a federal system with a strong central government. Each state preserves its own independence by reserving to itself certain well defined powers such as education, taxes and finance, internal communications, etc. The powers B _________ are those dealing with national defence, foreign policy, the control of international trade, etc.

Under the Constitution power is also divided among the three branches of the national government. The First Article provides for the establishment of the legislative body, Congress, and defines its powers. The second does the same for the executive branch, the President, and the Third Article provides for a system of federal courts.

The Constitution itself is rather short, it contains only 7 frticles. And it was obvious in 1787 C _____________. So the 5th article lays down the procedure for amendement. A proposal to make a change must be first approved by two-thirds majorities in both Houses of Congress and then ratified by three quarters of the states.

The Constitution was finally ratified and came into force on March 4, 1789. When the Constitution was adopted, Americans were dissatisfied D_____________. It also recognized slavery and did not establish universal suffrage.

Only several years later, Congress was forced to adopt the first10 amendments to the Constitution, E ________________. They guarantee to Americanssuch important rights and freedoms as freedomof press, freedom of religion, the right to go to court, have a lawyer, and some others.

Over the past 200 years 26 amendments have been adopted F _________. It provides the basis for political stability, individual freedom, economic growth and social progress.

1. which are given to a Federal government

2. because it did not guarantee basic freedoms and individual rights

3. but the Constitution itself has not beenchangeds

4. so it has to be changed

5. which a nation or a state is constituted and governed

6. which were called the Bill of Rights

7. that there would be a need for altering it

Key:

PART III. USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR/ VOCABULARY) (6 points).

a) Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами после номеров 1-7, так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы B4-B10.

VOTING A DUTY AND A PRIVILEGE

1. One of the most important rights for U.S. ____________ CITY

is the right to vote.

2. Voting is a duty in a _____________ democray. REPRESENT

All citizens should vote to choose decent

3. people to be the federal, state, and local ____________ LEAD

Before citizens vote, the must register to vote in their state.

4. You do not have to pay for ___________________. REGISTER

Everyone should also learn about the candidates and issues

5. in the election. We can get _________________ by reading INFORM

newspapers or listening to the news on TV and the radio.

People must be active. They must work with organizations

6. to make their communities and states ______________. GOOD

Key: 1. citizens; 2. representative; 3. leaders; 4. registration;

5. information; 6. better

b) Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами А22-А28. Эти номера соответствуют заданиям А22-А28, в которых представлены возможные варианты ответов. Обведите номер выбранного вами варианта ответа.

Roosevelt and the Great Depression (7 points)

When Roosevelt became president, on March 4, 1933, and with his wife , Eleanor Roosevelt, moved into the White House, the Great Depression was at its

1_________________. The American depression had begun with the stock market crash in New York City in October 1929. As a result, the bankingsystem had collapsed. Many states had declared so-called bank holidays to

2 _________________ banks from being ruined when their clients withdrew all their money. People who had been successful suddenly found themselves penniless overnight. Sixteen million or more people were unemployed, and many had been out of 3_________________ for a year or even longer. In 1932 nearly two million Americans were without homes moving from one locality to another. They were what Fortune magazine called the Depression’s “wandering population”. Whether Americans would be 4________________ with the new leadership depended on Roosevelt’s success in bringing aid to those in distress and in achieving some measure of economic improvement. Roosevelt’s first inaugyral address, with its promise to make war upon the depression and its final phrase, “the only thing we have to fear is fear 5__________________, “brought a new style to the U.S. presidency. Roosevelt was 6________________, both in himself as a leader and in the American people. The prospect of change offered hope to the millions of people trapped in the depression. But the desp air and the bitterness which people felt took time to 7_______________ away.

1. A) beginning B) worst C ) middle D) centre

2. A) not give B) convince C ) prevent D) protrude

3. A) home B) house C ) work D ) employment

4. A) glad B) satisfied C ) joined D) helpful

5. A) us B) ourselves C ) oneself D) itself

6. A) confident B) honest C ) believed D) reserved

7. A) pass B) leave C) put D) keep

Key: 1B worst 2C prevent 3C work 4B satisfied

5D itself 6A confident 7A pass