Контрольная работа по "Английскому языку"

 

 

 

 

 

Контрольная работа №1

для студентов заочной формы обучения

(АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК)

 

 

  Выполнил (а) (ФИО)

Направление з/о                               курс          шифр

Рецензент

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Пояснительная записка

 

Данная контрольная работа предназначена для студентов I курса заочной формы обучения всех направлений. Она составлена ни базе страноведческой тематики и включает в себя лексико-грамматические задания, а также задания на закрепление и развитие компетенций в различных видах речевой деятельности: говорении, понимании, чтении и письме.

Требования  к выполнению контрольной работы по иностранному языку.

1. Контрольная работа состоит из лексико-грамматических упражнений, а  также включает в себя задания на развитие всех видов речевой деятельности.

 

Контрольная работа №1
Тема/лексика	Грамматика	Чтение	Говорение/аудирование
Тексты: Знаменитые люди Великобритании. Праздника США. Образование в Великобритании. (5 тыс.печ.знаков)	Словообразование. Существительное. Артикли. Местоимения. Числительные. Предлоги. Глаголы to be, to have	Поисковое изучающее чтение	Учеба в университете. Биография родственников, друзей

2.Студен должен самостоятельно выполнить контрольную работу №1 в течение 1-го семестра (сентябрь-декабрь) и предоставить ее к устной защите рецензенту в течение зимней сессии во время практических занятий по иностранному языку,

3.Перед выполнением контрольной работы следует повторить грамматический материал, во время выполнения контрольной работы следует использовать словари и другую справочную литературу.

4.Студент должен заполнить титульный лист (ФИО, направление, курс, шифр).

5.Студент должен выполнить все задания контрольной работы №1 в письменном виде чернилами, чётким почерком в выданной ему контрольной работе.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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БЛОК 1

I. Read (the text, translate it and fill in the gaps choosing the right answer.

(1)___________to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving was

(2)______ in 1621 be the English Pilgrims who had founded the

Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the

(3)________by (4)_____    with their Native American

guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Although this event was an important part of American colonial history, there is no

(5)_______that any of the (6)___________thought of the feast as a

thanksgiving celebration. Two years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because rains

came during the prayers. (7)______________ the custom (8)_________

____among New Englanders to (9)___________celebrate

Thanksgiving after the harvest.

 

1. A Accordingly     В Accordance       С According         D Accordant

2. A celebrating      В celebrated          С celebration        D celebrate

3. A occasion         В occasional        С occasionally    D occasionalism

4. A feast               В feasted             С festivity               D feasting

5. A evident          В evidently           С evidence              D evidenced

6. A participate       В participating      С participants         D participated

7. A Grade             В Gradually         С Graded                 D Gradual

8. A prevailed         В prevalence        С prevailing            D prevalent

9. A annual           В annum                С annualize               D annually

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I I. Read the text, translate it and do the exercises given below.

James Cook

   James Cook was born in Yorkshire on October 27, 1728. At the age of eighteen be took his first voyage as an apprentice on board a ship. In 1755 he enlisted in the Royal Navy as an able seaman and was sent to the American coast. While charting the coast of Newfoundland, Cook mastered the skills of a mapmaker.

   Cook's first round-the-world voyage took place in 1768-1771. On board the Endeavour he sailed round Cape Ноrn and explored the South Pacific. He discovered several islands in the South Pacific, sailed around both islands of New Zealand and explored the eastern coast of Australia.

   The second voyage was undertaken in search of the Southern Continent. There were two ships: the Resolution commanded by James Cook, and the Adventure commanded by Tobias Furneaux. The second voyage demonstrated the outstanding skills and experience of Cook as з seaman and a captain. Cook did more than any other man of his time to promote the health of his crew. In those times lots of sailors on long voyages died of scurvy because of the lack of vitamins in food and bad hygiene. Cook made his men wash every day and air their beds; he tried to get as much fresh food as he could; he made his men cat sauerkraut. His second voyage lasted three years and eighteen days, they sailed into the stormiest seas on earth, through uncharted southern seas filled with ice. Out of 112 men Cook lost four, among whom only one died of an illness.

   The purpose of Cook's third voyage was to look for the Northwest Passage (between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans) from the Pacific side.

   Cook set out from England on the Resolution, in company with Captain Clerke on the Discovery. They sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean into the Pacific, then turned north to find the passage. They sailed round the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, through the Bering Strait and into the Arctic Ocean, where they were stopped by thick ice. After spending there as much time as he could, Cook turned south to reload and repair the ships for the next year.

But he never returned to the Bering Strait. Captain Cook met his death on the Hawaiian Islands where he and his crew were attacked by the natives on February 14, 1779.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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III. a) Complete these sentences with a singular or a plural noun and translate them.

1.  They sailed around both (island, islands).

2.  The second voyage demonstrated the outstanding skills and (experience, experiences).

3.  Lots of (seaman, seamen) died of scurvy.

4.  He tried to gel much fresh (food, foods).

5.  Lots of (person, people) are unhappy about it.

6.  It was one of the largest (company, companies) in the world.

7.  Two (man-of-war, men-of-war) left the harbour a few days ago.

8.  They prefer to see a (woman-doctor, women-doctors).

b) Open the brackets, using the Possessive Case and translate the sentences.

1. The (ship) crew stood on deck.

2.  We heard the (men) shouts in the distance.

3.  Tobias (Furneaux) ship was the Adventure.

4. The purpose of (Cook) third voyage was to look for the Northwest Passage.

5.  (The sailors) health was poor.

6. They usually have ten (minutes) break.

IV. a) Supply a/an, the, no article and translate the sentences.

1. ................Cook was born in............Yorkshire on............October.

2. They sailed around……….Africa into.......Pacific on ……...Discovery..

3. He met his death on ...........Hawaiian Islands.

 

 

 

 

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4. He took his first voyage as…......apprentice on..........board.

5.  There were..........two ships: the Resolution, the Adventure.

6.  ….....second voyage was undertaken in search of the Southern Continent

b) Contrast the use of definite and indefinite articles. Use the model.

Translate the sentences.

MODEL: There are four seasons in a year. — The four seasons of the year are

spring, summer, autumn and winter.

 

1. There are seven days in a week.-

2. There are twelve months in a year.-

3.  There are four parts in Great Britain.-

4.  Edinburgh and Glasgow are two Scottish cities.-

V. a) Put in a suitable pronoun and translate the sentences.

1.  He and (him, his, himself) crew were attacked by wild animals.

2.  (They/their/theirs) opinion is that he is an able seaman.

3. She told me of a friend of (she/her/hers) who was not reliable.

4.  Thai's a good idea, but (me/my/mine) is better.

5. (They/them/their) explored the eastern coast.

6.  He made (him, his. himself) crew wash every day.

b) Put in a suitable pronoun and translate the sentences.

1. (Some/any/something) sailors died because of the lack of vitamins.

2 There weren't (some/any/no) problems on deck.

3. (Every/everything/anything) was OK. (Somebody/anybody/nobody) died

then.

 

 

 

 

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4. He said (some/somebody/something).

с) Put in a suitable pronoun and translate.

(many/much/few) food

(many/much/little) sailors

(many/much/a little) seamen

(many/much/a few) ice

(a lot of/much/little) vitamins

(a lot of/many/little) experience

(much/little/few) places

to enjoy the voyage very (a lot/many/much).

VI. Correct the mistakes in these sentences and translate them.

1.  He was born at 1728.

2.  In the age of 18 he took his first voyage.

3.  They explored the eastern coast on Australia.

4.   Did he come back of February,14?

5.  They sailed into the stormiest seas by earth.

6.  They set out on England.

7.  I was attacked into the natives.

VII. Write and translate.

a)years

in 1728-

in 1907 -

in 2009-

from 1776 to 1779 -

b)dates

on 27^th October -

on 12^th.February -

on 1^st. January -

c) clocks

at 7 00 -

at 6.05-

at 12.30-

at 18.50 -

d) telephone numbers

8952 566 02 03-

 

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8953 112 47 70-

VIII. Fill in the gaps with am/am not, is /is not, are/are not, has/has not,

have/have not to complete the story. Translate it.

    Our family ... a big one, we ….. four: my father, my mother, my elder brother and me. My father ... a tall broad-shouldered man of 49. He ……..a beard

but he……....a moustache. My mother … a pleasant woman of 47. She........blue

eyes, My parents ..... economists and they ... fond of their profession. They

........much time to do everything about the house. They ….. always very busy.

    My elder brother …... an economist, he …. a doctor, so he …….. as busy as my parents, in the evening when we ….. at home we ….. glad to see each other.

    Our hobbies ….. the same. My mother …. fond of music, my cider brother ... a football-fen, my father and I ... interested in playing chess. But we…... all keen on making films. It... our family hobby and useful for all of us.

БЛОК 2

I.  Read the text and do the exercises given below.

University of Oxford

   Oxford has no upper or lower limit on the age of those admitted as undergraduates. Historically, it was common for boys to become members of the university between the ages of fourteen and nineteen. Jeremy Bentham matriculated in 1761 at the age of thirteen, which was unusually young. At the present time, the usual age range of those admitted to study for first degrees begins at about seventeen, although the majority are eighteen or nineteen. Harris Manchester caters only to mature students above 21.

   Prospective students apply through the UCAS application system, in common with most British universities, but (along with applicants for Medicine, Dentistry and Cambridge applicants) must observe an earlier deadline of 15 October. To allow a more personalized judgment of students, who might otherwise apply for both, undergraduate applicants are not permitted ю apply to both Oxford and Cambridge in the same year.

   Students successful in early examinations are rewarded by their colleges with scholarships and exhibitions, normally the result of a longstanding endowment, although when tuition fees were first abolished, the amounts of money available became purely nominal. Scholars, and exhibitioners in some colleges, are entitled to wear a more voluminous undergraduate gown; "commoners" (originally those who had to pay for their 'commons"_; or food and lodging) being restricted to a short, sleeveless garment. The term "scholar" in relation to Oxbridge, therefore, had a specific meaning as well as the more general meaning of someone of outstanding academic ability. In previous limes, there were "noblemen commoners" and ''gentlemen commoners", but these ranks were abolished in the 19th century. "Closed" scholarships, available only to candidates who fitted specific conditions such as coming from specific schools, exist now only in name.

   The academic year is divided into 3 terms, determined by Regulations.

 

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   Michaelmas Term lasts from October to December; Hilary Term from January to March; and Trinity Term from April to June. Within these terms. Council determines for each year eight-week periods called Full Terms, during which undergraduate teaching takes place. These terms arc shorter than those of many other British universities. Undergraduates are also expected to prepare heavily in the three holidays (known as the Christmas, Easter and Long Vacations).

I. Mark the statements which are True.

1.  Oxford hasn't any upper or lower limit on the age of those admitted as undergraduates.

2. Applicants are permitted to apply to both Oxford and Cambridge in the same year.

3.  There are thirty-eight colleges of the University of Oxford and six Permanent Private Halls, each controlling its membership and with its own internal structure and activities.

4.  The academic year consists of three terms.

II. Write down the answers to the following questions.

1.  Who matriculated in 1761 at the age of thirteen?

 

2.  Was it common for boys or girls to become members of the university between the ages of fourteen and nineteen?

 

3.  Are students successful in early examinations rewarded by their colleges with gowns?

 

4.  How many terms docs the academic year have?

 

5.  The terms are shorter than those of many other British universities, aren't they?

 

БЛОК З

I. Complete the sentences about yourself and translate them. Get ready to speak on this topic.

1.  My full name is........

2.  In 19…...on the.....^th  of........ I was born in the.......(city ,town, village)

of.......

3.  In 19.....I went to school.

4. In 19..., I finished....( ordinary school, specialized school, lyceum, technical college).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5.  In 20….. I entered the Ural State Forest Engineering University.

6.  I am a first-уеаr student at the…………………..(Correspondence) faculty.

7.  I am specialized in……...

8.  My dean's name is.....

9. There a lot of subjects in my timetable. My favorite ones are.......

10.  I never miss..........(classes, exams, tests, lectures, seminars).

11.  There are..... (excellent, good, satisfactory) marks in my student record

book.

II. Translate the questions and answer them. Get ready to tell about

your relative of friend.

1.  Is it your distant or close relative/friend?

2.  Who is he/she?

3.  What is your father's (motor's, sister's, brother’s, aunt's, uncle's, wife's, husband's, son's, daughter's, niece's, nephew’s, stepmother's. godmother's) name?

4.  What is his/her surname and patronymic?

5.  What is his/her nationality?

6.  What is his/her telephone number?

7.  What is his/her e-mail?

8.  How old is he/she?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9.  When is he/she born?

10. What is his/her star sign?

11.  Does he/she work or study? Where?

12. (If he/she works) What is he/she? (What is his/her profession?)

13.  (If he/she studies) What is he/she going to be?

14.  Does he/she live alone or with the parents? (Is he/she single, married. divorced, widowed?)

15. What does he/she look like? (Describe his/her appearance)

16. What can you say about his/her character? (What is he/she like?)

17.  Has he/she got a hobby? What is his/her hobby? (What are his/her hobbies?) What does he/she do in his/her free (spare) time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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