Проверочная работа по английскому языку, 10-11 классы

Проверочная работа по английскому языку

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учитель английского языка

ГБОУ г. Москвы «Школа №1034

имени Героя Советского Союза

В.В.Маркина»

Бочкина Е.А.

Цель работы: проверить уровень подготовки учащихся 10-11 классов для участия в олимпиаде школьников по английскому языку, c использованием заданий 1.Open Cloze. 2.Multiple Choice. 3. Words Often Confused

1.Fill in the gaps with one word. The first one (0) has been done for you

Japan Сentenarians at Record High

The number of Japanese people hitting the landmark age of 100 has (0)reached

record levels.

There are now 36,276 centenarians in the country - a rise of 4,000 on last year's

figure, a report (1) the Health and Welfare Ministry found.

Women make(2) the vast majority of those who are living past 100.

Japan has (3) of the world's longest life expectancies, but there are concerns

about the burden this is (4) on society.

(5) the country's pension system and social services are (6) pressure from

its burgeoning greying population.

(7) to the latest figures, almost 20,000 people (8) set to turn 100 this

year alone - receiving a congratulatory silver cup and letter (9) the prime

minister.

While the number of Japan's centenarians has been rising for the last 40 years,

the figures have accelerated in the past decade.

UN projections suggest (10) will be nearly one million people (11) 100 years of

age in Japan in 2050. Of the country's current centenarians, a staggering 86% are women.

The ministry, which released its annual report ahead of Japan's Respect For the

Aged Day on 15 September, said its elderly population were living (12) active

lives (13) ever.

Japan's oldest woman is 113 and lives on the southern island (14) Okinawa, the

ministry said.

The oldest man is 112-year-old Tomoji Tanabe from the southern prefecture of

Miyazaki. He rises early, reads his morning newspaper, has milk in the

afternoon and (15) his diary in the evening.

Matsu Yamazaki is 103 years old but still works in her family's grocery shop in

Tokyo, looks (16) her home and (17) puzzles to (18) her mind agile.

"Even if I go on living, I just don't want to lose my mind," she told the BBC in

July.

"I know lots of people who've (19) their memory. They go out and wander

(20) town and can't find their (21) home."

The key to Japanese longevity has long been put (22) to a number of factors,

including healthy diets, strong communities and excellent medical care.

ANSWER KEY

1. by

2. up

3. one

4. placing

5. both

6. under

7. according

8. were

9. from

10. there

11. over

12. more

13. than

14. of

15. writes

16. after

17. does

18. keep

19. lost

20. around

21. way

22. down

2.In the text below, fill in the blanks with the right answer (a, b, c, d). The first one (0) has been done for you

Most annoying phrases used by children revealed in poll 

“I’m bored“, “Why?” and “Are we nearly there (0) yet?” have topped a list of phrases used (1) children that most (2) their parents. A study carried (3) among 3,000 families also revealed “It’s not fair”, “Do I have to?” and “It wasn’t me” are sure to (4) mothers and fathers mad. Seven (5) ten parents said their kids regularly answered them (6). The poll was conducted by www.Mumpoll.com, a market (7) website for mums. Spokeswoman Emma Elsworthy said: “Despite being adorable 99 per cent of the time, our children do have the ability to be really annoying sometimes, especially when they (8) absolutely everything.

Children are naturally (9), and often their retorts aren’t because they are naughty, but because they want to (10) the boundaries to see what they can get (11) with.

A parent’s life would be made so much easier if the kids always did as they were told, rather than questioning why or how, but it would also be far more (12).

Half of the UK’s parents agreed the words “I’m bored” filled them with dread, as they’re usually followed by hours of whingeing and moaning.

And the study – which revealed the top 20 most annoying things kids say – showed 37 per cent of mums and dads can’t (13) to hear “Why?”

Despite (14) a coherent and factual answer to most of their child’s questions, the word is often repeated (15) again. And “Are we nearly there yet?” is a bugbear parents can look (16) to hearing on any car journey which exceeds 10 minutes. “It’s not fair!” is an expression which will crop (17) time and time again for 30 per cent of (18) parents. And the classic “Do I have to?” when asked anything from ‘please tidy up your toys’ to ‘eat your dinner’ is the fifth most annoying thing uttered by a child.

Emma Elsworthy added: “There is no doubt that (19) children is a challenge from day one, but any parent who can put up with being on the receiving end of up to 20 questions or retorts a day without snapping can afford to give themselves a good pat on the back.”

ANSWER KEY

1.By

2.Irritate

3.Out

4.Drive

5.Out of

6.Back

7.Research

8.Question

9.Curious

10.Push

11.Away

12.Boring

13.Bear

14.Giving

15.Over and over

16.Forward

17.Up

18.Patient

19.Raising

20. up

3.Complete these sentences using th correct form of one of the words below:

goggle scan glare gaze glance glimpse peer peep squint

1. It was early morning and he tried to__________ through the mist.

2. I _________ at my watch and couldn't believe my eyes: I'm late!

3. The bright sun always makes me ________.

4. I only __________ at that man yesterday and can't describe how he looked like.

5. Both sides were throwing _________ and looks of contempts.

6. He could only __________at her in admiration.

7. Why have you____________ at them in amazement?

 8. The door was ajar and she could not resist _______in.

9. I was __________ the text in order to find interesting information.

ANSWER KEY

1. peer

2. glanced

3. squint

4. glimpsed

5. glares

6. gaze

7. goggled

8. peeping

9. scanning

Источники: 1) news.bbc.co.uk BBC NEWS |Asia-Pacific| Japan centenarians at record high, 2) www.telegraph.co.uk Most annoying phrases used by children revealed in poll-Telegraph