Тест для подготовки к ОГЭ «Past and present Crimea: myths and reality», 9 класс

“Past and present Crimea: myths and reality”

King Mithradates VI of Pontus Myths

Vocabulary Test

Choose the most suitable word to complete each sentence:

Инструкция: Задание, при выполнении которого необходимо выбрать ответ из нескольких предлагаемых вариантов.

1. Прежде чем приступать к выполнению задания, внимательно ознакомьтесь с его формулировкой.

2. Постарайтесь сформулировать свой вариант ответа и сравните его с предложенным. Выбирайте аналогичный или наиболее близкий к сформулированному вами.

3. Всегда полностью читайте предложение, прежде чем сделать выбор .

4. Выбирая слова из списка, обращайте внимание на часть речи.

5. Если вы сомневаетесь в правильности ответа, прочитайте предложение, подставляя каждый из предложенных вариантов.

6. Постарайтесь всякий раз определить, почему тот или иной вариант не подходит.

7. Предложенные варианты слов могут иметь близкое значение, быть синонимами. В этом случае обращайте внимание на контекст и ситуацию, в которой слово используется.

Test

Myths and legends from all across the world tell stories of incredible gods and goddesses who possessed remarkable abilities and divine weapons. Who were these beings and in what way were they important to our ancestors?

There are also accounts of mythological creatures and mysterious ancient places. Historians, archaeologists and scientists have been able to confirm 1) the fact, validity, actuality of some of these myths, but many mythological personalities, creatures and places are still 2)hidden, shrouded,  wrapped up in mystery. There is no doubt many mythological beings and places are still of great cultural and historical significance to people.

King Mithridates VI of Pontus used poison to avoid death by poison. Mithradates VI of Pontus often referred to as the Poison King was a brilliant toxicologist. He was 3) hunted, haunted, obsessed with poison and took small doses of a specially prepared poison to help him develop a resistance if some should try to poison him.

He impressed by eating poison, murdered his own mother to become king and he was Rome’s worst enemy. King Mithridates hated the Roman Empire and he sent their army west to crush the “Romans, the enemy of all humanity.”

Living in times when 4) slipping, sipping, spreading poison into food or drink was a reality that had been one of the choice methods of killing for thousands of years, King Mithradates VI began 5) a hard, tough, rigid program 6) to bring up, to educate, to enlighten himself on every form of poison and that knowledge would later become his 7) greatest, superlative, extreme enemy.

King Mithradates VI of Pontus was 8) a generation, descent, breed from Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia. He was a powerful king who 9) challenged, disputed, contested the late Republican Rome, creating an empire that 10) stretched, extended, spread from the northern reaches of the Black Sea to Syria and Armenia.

Keys: 1) validity; 2) shrouded; 3) obsessed; 4) slipping; 5) rigid; 6) to educate;

7) greatest; 8) descent; 9) challenged; 10) stretched.

Grammar test

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:

Инструкция: Вид тестового задания, предполагающий изменение грамматической структуры с сохранением значения высказывания.

1. Внимательно ознакомьтесь с заданием.

2. Внимательно прочитайте контрольное предложение. Постарайтесь определить, какое грамматическое явление проверяются в тесте.

3. Определите, какие преобразования требуется проделать с предложенной грамматической структурой.

4. Вставьте в предложение преобразованный элемент.

5. Преобразуйте сначала контрольные предложения, правильность преобразования которых у вас не вызывает сомнений. Затем вернитесь к более трудным предложениям.

6. Прочитайте предложения еще раз, чтобы проверить связи в получившихся предложениях. Проверьте правильность оформления грамматических структур и орфографию.

Test

In time, Mithridates would take the title, “the Great” or Megas and would also 1) (to know) as Eupator Dionysius. The title, “Eupator” means, “born of a noble father” and his connection to the god of wine and revelry, Dionysius (Bacchus-Roman), is evident.

King Mithradates VI had a good reason to become 2) (to obsess) with poison. The previous ruler and king, Mithridates V, 3) (to assassinate) by poison at a banquet in 120 B.C. in the city of Sinope, the same place where Mithridates VI 4) (to be born.)

Now, of course, King Mithradates VI who 5) (to have) plenty of enemies feared he might one day succumb to a similar fate.

In order to learn the secrets of poisons, King Mithradates VI 6) (to start) to mix different herbs together. He developed lethal poisons and then took small, self-administered, non-lethal doses to ensure that his immune system would be able to survive. He studied everything he 7) (can) get his hands on, and consulted some of his most trusted advisers. Such was his desire to avoid death by poison, that it became a serious fear of his in an attempt to make sure he was immune to every type of poison.

In our present day, this practice 8) (to become) known as, Mithridatism which is a system that is 9) (to practice) in parts of the world and in unique fields, such as snake handlers or people who 10 (to work) with poisons of a special nature.

Keys: 1) be known; 2) obsessed; 3) had been assassinated ;4) was ; 5) had ;6) started; 7) could; 8) has become; 9) practiced; 10) work.

Matching

Match the words with their definitions:

Инструкция: Ознакомьтесь с заданием и просмотрите списки слов для выявления соответствия. Определите критерии или признаки, по которым необходимо соотнести слова этого списка, соотнесите их со словами второго списка.

1. Выполните задание сначала со словами, которые не вызывают у вас сомнений.

2. Затем вернитесь к более трудным случаям. Теперь у вас меньше вариантов для выбора. Это увеличивает вероятность правильного ответа.

3. Просмотрите списки еще раз и проверьте свои ответы.

Test

When King Mithradates VI saw everything he had fought for was lost, he would withdraw in shame to the citadel in Panticapaeum where he was surrounded by his enemies who sought to overthrow him. With no way out, and the great king and enemy of Rome sensing his end, he decided on his terms to take the noble way out…suicide. However, his years of strengthening his immune system against the use of poison would prove to be his greatest enemy in his final moments as the despondent and furious king attempted to take his life by poison but found it was to no avail. Thus, ordering a mercenary to run him through with his sword, Mithridates committed suicide and brought to an end the great Pontic Kingdom and its ruler who hated Rome.

Today, not many people are familiar with the history of Mithradates VI of Pontus who challenged Roman imperialism more than 2,000 years ago.

However, in antiquity and the Middle Ages, and even into the 20th century CE, Mithradates was as famous as Hannibal, Spartacus, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and other illustrious enemies of the Roman Republic. His life inspired Machiavelli and Racine, and one of Mozart’s first operas: Mitridate, re di Ponto.

Keys: 1 c; 2a; 3 e; 4 b; 5 d.