Викторина «Путешествие по странам - 2»

Викторина «Путешествие по странам - 2»

по английскому  языку

4 – 6, 7 – 8 классы

 

I. Read the postcard and

back        card        city       last       million       staying       together     way

 

a) choose the most suitable word given for each blank.

 

 

                                                 Dave Smith

10 Wall Road

 Newcastle

 England

 

Dear Dave.

Well, this is my first time in New Zealand, but I sure hope it won’t be the (1)___ .

Laura and I are (2)____at Waitemata Harbour, which is relatively busy – though Auckland

only has just over one (3)____ people. But the beach is one way and the farms are the other

(4)____ and both are glorious and there’s nobody there! And as the picture on this (5)___

shows, for someone who likes sailing, like you do, this  (6)____ is paradise. They call it “the city of sails”. Maybe one day you and I will visit Auckland (7)____ and you can take me sailing. I’d like that…

Speak to you when I get (8)____ .

                                                       Love, Helen.

 

b) True or false?

1. Helen has been to New Zealand before.
2. Helen is visiting New Zealand alone.
3. Helen has visited the beach and the farms.
4. There are more people where Helen is staying than on the beach or at the farms.
5. Helen tells Dave she has been sailing.
6. Dave likes sailing.
7. Helen wants to go back to Auckland one day with Dave.

II. Read the text and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (V), if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

A  CROW  AND  A  JUG

(1)___One hot day a crow wanted some water to drink. It was far from the river (2)___and the crow didn’t want to fly there at for a drink. It flew round and round (3)___but could not to see any water. At last it saw a big jug near the house. The (4)___crow flew down to the jug. It looked into it. There was a little of water in (5)___the jug. The crow put its head into the jug but couldn’t get the water. The (6)___crow flew into the air, then it flew down on the jug. It has wanted to break (7)___it. But the jug was strong. It could not be break it. The crow could not fly (8)___any more. It sat down to rest. It thought and thought. The crow saw some (9)___small stones on the ground. It had an idea. It took a stone and had put it (10)__into the jug. Then another and another.  The water came higher and every (11)__time the stone fell into the jug. Soon the water came very high. The crow (12)__ put its head into the jug and had a drink at the last.

 

III. Use the words given in CAPITALS at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

TOURISM IN BRITAIN

Every year more than eleven million tourists visit Britain. In fact,

tourism is an (1)___ industry, employing thousands of people.     IMPORTANCE

Most (2)___ come in the summer months when they can expect    VISIT

good weather.

Tourists (3)___ spend a few days in London, then go on to             USUAL

other well-known cities.

Perhaps the least visited places in England are old (4)___              INDUSTRY

towns.

But many people think that nineteenth-century cities show

the (5)___ reality of Britain.                                                              WONDER        

The cheap, concrete  (6)___of the 1960s look old and dirty              BUILD

but for adventurous (7)___ these cities are full of life and colour.    TOUR

 

Викторина «Путешествие по странам - 2»

по английскому языку

9 – 11 классы

 

1. For questions 1-11, read  the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

IN PRAISE OF PLASTIC

Whether you are at home , at school or in the office, you are

likely to be (1)……………… by objects made of some kind of plastic         ROUND

material. And, of course, there are many types of plastic,

each one (2)…………….. for a particular use. Thin, flexible plastic is         SUIT

good for making objects such as bags, whereas thick, hard

plastic is a (3)……………. material for making things like pens,                   USE

DVD cases and other (4)……………… objects .                                                    FUNCTION

So, although plastic has a (5)……………. for being cheap and                    REPUTE

disposable, in the hands of a good (6)………………., it can also be            DESIGN

used to make objects of great beauty. As well as offering

(7)………………. high quality at low price, plastic can take almost             EXTREME

any shape, colour or consistency, and has been used to make

very (8)……………..pieces of furniture.                                                           ATTRACT

Plastic can also be seen as an environmentally friendly

(9)……………. of material. It can be used in place of other materials         CHOOSE

that are in short supply in their (10)………….. state, such as certain          NATURE

types of wood, and it is also very hard-wearing. When you no

longer wanted it, then it would almost certainly be possible to

(11)………… the material.                                                                                  CYCLE

 

II. Read the text again and say if the information is true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS).

1. Plastic things are sure to be around you in your every-day life.
2. It does not matter what type of plastic is used to make suit-cases.
3. The most expensive piece of furniture was once made of plastic.
4. A good plastic chair could last you a long period of time.
5. Unfortunately, plastic is eco-unfriendly.

 

III. Say whether the idioms in the following sentences are used correctly (TRUE) or incorrectly (FALSE).

1. We were late, so we took a short cut through the park.
2. A woman would probably be pleased if a man gave her a dirty look, and vice-versa.
3. Hobson’s choice is no real choice at all.
4. The two runners finished the race at the same time. It was a dead heat.
5. Most people would be too embarrassed to tell others that they had a plum job.
6. I hate tight spots, so I never get into lifts. I always use the stairs instead.
7. In Britain, when a couple have been married for fifty years, they are often given a golden handshake.
8. To get a job you need a permanent address, but to be able to rent a flat you need to have a job. It’s a vicious circle.
9. Don’t believe a word he says; it’s just another of his tall stories.
10. Daniel is a Catholic and his wife is a Methodist so they went to a local church for a mixed blessing.
11. He can speak two languages fluently – he’s double Dutch.
12. If something was a long short, it might not have a great chance of succeeding.
13. A flying visit is a very short trip in an airplane.
14. Don’t mention last year’s Christmas party to Harry. It’s a bit of a sore point with him. That’s when he split up with his girlfriend.
15. I felt really pleased when she told me that she thought I had a fat chance of getting the job.