Название: Тесты по английскому языку для школьных олимпиад

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Test 17

I. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.

A doctor was often stopped by one of his patients the street and asked for his medical advice free of charge. The doctor didn't like it and decided to put an end to this practice.

One day a patient stopped him again and exclaimed, "Oh, doctor! I'm so glad to see you. I heve such a bad headache?. The doctor seemed very much interested and said, "Close your eyes, open your mouth and show me your tongue." The patient did so. Then the doctor quickly went away leaving the patient with his mouth open and tongue out.                   .1

Вопросы:

1. Why did the patient ask the doctor for advice in the street?

2. In what way did the doctor put an end to tttis practiced?

II. Поставьте вопрос к подчеркнутому члену предложения.

Then the doctor quickly went away.

III. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную глагольную форму.

"Guinness Book of Records"(1— be) one of the mostpopular books in the world. It (2 — contain) records of all kmds„ there (3 — be) thousands of them.

It all (4 — start) in 1954 when a man (5 — call) Norris McWhirter (6 — publish) the Guinness Book of Records for the Guinness brewery — Guinness, by the way, (7 — be) a type of beer. Very quickly the book (8 — become) a best-seller. It (9 — sell) over 49 copies so far. And if you (10 — think) that it (11 — be) the English who (12 — be) mad about records, you (13 — be) wrong: the book (14 — translate) into 24 languages. There (15 — to be) a lot of people all over the world who (16 — seem) to want (17 — read) about other people who (18— be) faster, fatter, fitter or just madder than they (19 — be).

Since ancient times people (20 — try) to break a record. If you (21 — want) to break a record one day, you (22 — have) to find someone reliable who (23 — watch) you and then (24 — ask) a newspaper (25 — write) a report. Then, when. you (26 — break) the record, you (27 — write) to the Guinness Book and (28 — hope) that the day (29 — come) when your record (30 — print) in the newspaper. Your name and photograph (31 — place) in many newspapers and your record (32 — translate) into twenty-four languages— in one of the world's famous books. You (33 — can) do it, for example by (34 — walk) on your hands a long way or (35 — sing) the same song over and over again or (36 — do) any other thing not many people (37 — be able) to do. Why not (38 — try) and (39 — see) what (40 — happen)?

IV. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. Are you ... working?

a) yet, b) just, c) else, d) still.

2.1 don't know this writer. — ... do I.

a) So, b) Also, c) Either, d) Neither.

3. I can hear you well enough. You ... shout.

a) must, b) mustn't, c) needn't, d) need.

4. We wondered who ... .

a) is he, b) was he, c) he is, d) he was.

5. Can you wait ... minutes?

a) few, b) a few, c) little, d) a little.

6. Carlbs is not so ... at English as Jack.

a) good, b) better, c) worse, d) best.

7. Barbara is not ... in sports.

a) to interest, b) interest, c) interested, d) interesting.

8. Put on your warm coat, ... a strong wind outside.

a) it is, b) there is, c) it was, d) there was.

9. ... of you must go and see her at the hospital.

a) Some, b) Somebody, c) Any, d) Anybody.

10. When will you have your watch ... ?

a) repair, b) repaired, c) repairing, d) to repair.

11. Your watch ... 2 minutes fast, it's 12 o'clock now.

a) is, b) was, c) are, d) were.

12. They made a lot of friends during ... trip.

a) — , b) a, c) an, d) the.

13. Christie turned ... her father for advice.

a) up, b) to, c) at, d) in.

14. The teacher expected him ... better at the exam.

a) to do, b) doing, c) do, d) did.

15. The children were let... for a walk.

a) going, b) go, c) to go, d) to have gone.

16. Nobody ... saw them leave the house. a) others, b) more, c) get, d) else.

17. We can't wait, something has ....

a) done, b) do, c) to be done, d) to do.

18. The tourists said they wouldn't leave the town before they ... all the sights.

a) see, b) have seen, c) will see, d), had seen.

19. You needn't worry, your. parents ... .

a) are warned, b) have warned, c) have been warned, d) were warned.

20. I wishyou ... the meeting. It was so interesting.

a) attend, b) attended, c) had attended, d) would attend.

V. Переведите на английский язык.

1. Мы так устали, что с трудом двигались.

2. Можно мне еще кофе?

3. Мне сказали, что статья напечатана на 3-й странице.

4. Вы не возражаете, если я приду немного позже?

5. Где твоя одежда? Ее надо постирать.

VI. Выберите правильный ответ.

1. What river does London stand on?

a) the Thames, b) the Severn, c) the Avon, d) the Clyde.

2. Under what king did the knights of the round table gather together?

a) Henry IV, b) Edward II, c) Arthur, d) William the Conqueror.

3. What is Britain separated from the Continent by? a) the English Channel, b) the Persian Gulf, c) the Suez Canal, d) the Gulf of Mexico.

4. Robert Burns is a ... poet.

a) American, b) English, c) Scottish, d) Welsh.

5. R. Kipling wrote ... .

a) "Canterbury Tales," b) "Alice in Wonderland," c) "Treasure Island," d) "Maugly."