Контрольная работа № 1 Вариант 1

Language section

Vocabulary

A Complete the text with the words in the box.

aggressive draw the line get on with it gets upset In the end

look your best looks obsessed with The thing is To begin with

My brother is really (1) ______ the way he looks. He spends hours down the gym and he’s so worried about his (2) ______. Whenever I talk to him about it he (3) ______ and tells me that I’m jealous. Sometimes he gets quite (4) ______ and I think it’s absurd. (5) ______ he spends so much time there that he doesn’t have enough time for his friends. (6) ______ it started as a hobby, but I think it has gone too far. I mean, it’s OK wanting to (7) ______, but you have to (8) ______ somewhere.

(9) ______, it’s his life and I guess I should just let him (10) ______.

B Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Be careful! There are three extra words and phrases.

a drag add up get the bug for butt in nuts

take up clear up easy-going have a look in-thing

(11) Paintballing is definitely the new ______ to do.

(12) I think you should _____ a new hobby. It’ll do you good.

(13) You’ll get on really well with him as he’s very ______.

(14) I really don’t enjoy all the practice. I know it’s necessary, but I find it all a bit of ______.

(15) Can you _____ something ____ for me? What exactly did you mean when you said it was too difficult for me?

(16) I wish you wouldn’t ______. Do you realize it’s rude to interupt?

(17) I’m sorry, but what you’re saying just doesn’t ______.

Grammar

C Choose the correct word or words to complete the sentences.

(18) ______ all the time is silly. Looks aren’t everything.

a) Dieting b) Dieted

(19) I have a friend ______ works as a model.

a) which b) who

(20) The newspapers keep ______ stories that aren’t true.

a) publish b) publishing

(21) I became ill because I wasn’t _____ eating so much.

a) get used to b) used to

(22) Look at her! She ______ to make a good impression.

a) is obviously trying b) tries

(23) As a child I _____ want to work with animals.

a) would b) used to

D Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

(24) When do you going paintballing again?

__________________________________________

(25) I would used to collect coins when I was younger.

___________________________________________

(26) You like stamp collecting, aren’t you?

___________________________________________

(27) What do I find difficult to understand is why you enjoy it.

___________________________________________

(28) It’s really difficult to used to your new hair cut.

___________________________________________

E Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold so that the new sentence has the same meaning as the original one.

(29) What aspect interests you the most?

(find / interesting)

_________________________________________

(30) When did you start collecting coins?

(how long)

_________________________________________

(31) Were you hurt?

(did)

_________________________________________

(32) I prefer music from the 1960s.

(what)

_________________________________________

(33) I won’t talk to him again.

(going to)

_________________________________________

Reading

Read the article below and match the person, A, B or C to the sentences 1–5.

A Ms Baker B Mr MacFaerne C Mr Podolski

(1) Foxes are a nuisance.

(2) Areas originally occupied by foxes had been taken over for housing.

(3) Foxes are excellent at pest control.

(4) Foxes have the habit of tipping rubbish bins over.

(5) It’s the action of people that caused the crocodiles to appear in gardens in Florida.

I’m writing in response to the recent radio programme you had about urban foxes. I listened to the arguments of the two guests – Jean Baker and Tom MacFaerne – you had on your programme and, to be perfectly honest, it just made me angry. Frankly, Mr MacFaerne didn’t help the cause of foxes with his behaviour and he also failed to make some of the most important points. Ms Baker kept on going on about how the foxes were a nuisance and she seemed to be saying that the foxes were moving into the cities because they liked it there. I may be wrong, but I think that over the past thirty years it is far more likely that we have built houses in the areas where the foxes used to live rather than the foxes deciding to move to the cities!

Would Ms Baker build her house near an area where crocodiles lived? Of course, that’s exactly what’s happened in Florida and the consequences are that people now have crocodiles in their gardens, but whose fault is that? As far as I’m concerned, what’s happening here with foxes is exactly the same, except that foxes are much less aggressive. As for the foxes tipping rubbish bins over, what does she expect? Firstly, foxes are very inquisitive animals and, secondly, because we’re destroying their natural habitat we are also killing the animals they usually eat.

People like myself who put out food in our gardens for the foxes not only get the pleasure of seeing these lovely animals but also find that they don’t go poking their noses into our rubbish. Personally, I would much prefer a fox in my garden rather than other urban animals like rats. As Mr MacFaerne pointed out, foxes are very good at keeping the number of rats and other pests under control. There is also no point trying to control the number of foxes as they control their own numbers naturally.

Finally, if you ask me what we should be controlling isn’t the fox population but rather the human population. We should stop building in the countryside and then complaining when the animals that already live there come into our gardens and our houses.

Yours truly,

Frederick Podolski