Question

I вариант I. Reading

ReadingA1. Read the text « Isaac Newton» and choose if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer.

Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1642 at Woolsthorpe, England. His father was a wealthy farmer, who died 3 months before Isaac was born. His mother married for the second time when Newton was three years old. She left Isaac in the care of his grandmother and began to live with her new husband.

When Newton was twelve he was attended the King’s School, Grantham. He studied there until seventeen. Then in 1659 Isaac had to leave to help his mother on the farm. Isaac Newton was not interested in working on the farm and in 1660 he went to the grammar school again.

After the school, Newton studied mathematics at Cambridge University and received his degree in 1665. Then the university was closed because of the danger of plague (чума) and Newton went home for eighteen months. It was most important period in his life when he made his three great discoveries — the generalized binomial theorem, of the nature of white light, and of the law of gravitation.

Isaac Newton made a lot of discoveries in mathematics, physics, astronomy and other sciences. The first practical reflecting telescope was also invented by Newton. Between 1670 and 1672 he studied optics.

It should be noted that Isaac Newton was religious and studied theology. Newton studied the Bible and published some of his theological researches.

It is also known that between 1689 and 1690 and in 1701 Isaac Newton was a member of the Parliament of England. In 1703 Isaac Newton became president of the Royal Society.

Newton died at the age of 84, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his monument stands today. Many scientists consider Newton to be the greatest genius in the history of mankind.

1. The great English scientist Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1624 in England.

2. He studied at King’s School and then he left grammar school to help his mother on the farm.

3. After finishing school, Newton studied mathematics at Cambridge University.

4. At the university he made his great discovery —a theory of the atom.

5. Isaac Newton invented the first practical reflecting telescope.

6. Isaac Newton was not a member of the Parliament of England and later he became the president of the Royal Society.

7. There is not a monument to Isaac Newton in London.

II. Cultural Awareness

A2. For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

1) What should a person get before starting to work?

a) A levels

b) a working card

c) an application

2) A gap year is a period of time which a person takes to pause:

a) between kindergarten and primary school

b) between primary and secondary school

c) between secondary school and college or university

3) A CV means

a) a summary of your job experience and education

b) your autobiography

c) an application for a job

4) Apple is a name of a US company whose best-known product is

a) the typewriter

b) the personal computer

c) the dictating machine

III. Use of English

A3. Fill in the gaps with necessary letters.

Ach…vement

Empl…ment

Q…lity

Opt…nal

Te…nical

To tr…t

A4. Match the words with the transcriptions.

1) to require

2) key

3) an opportunity

4) to prepare

a) [ˏɒpəʹtju:nɪtɪ]

b) [ki:]

c) [prɪʹpeə]

d) [rɪʹkwaɪə]

A5. Choose the correct form of modal.

Can / may / must / have to / should / needn’t

1) You … work a lot to earn enough money.

2) I … visit my grandmother. I haven’t seen her for ages.

3) … I use your telephone?

4) I … play rugby.

A6. Choose the correct tense form.

1) He a letter at the moment.

a) Writes

b) Write

c) Is writing

d) Has written

2) I a new book for an hour yesterday.

a) Am reading

b) Read

c) Have been reading

d) Was reading

3) you ever to London?

a) Had you ever been

b) Have you ever been

c) Was you ever in

d) Has you ever been

4) The train at 10.

a) Will leave

b) Left

c) Has let

d) Leaves

A7. Match the words with the definitions.

1. To succeed in

2. To require

3. A comprehensive school

4. To pass an exam

5. Employment

a) Занятость, работа

b) Нуждаться, требовать

c) Сдать экзамен

d) Преуспеть в

e) Общеобразовательная школа

B1. Build the nouns from the following verbs.

1. to develop - 2. to contribute- 3. to found-

B2. Complete the sentences, using the correct verb forms.

1) The book … (to sell) in different countries.

2) Dynamite … (to discover) by Alfred Nobel in 1867.

3) The Olympic Games … (to hold) since 1896.

4) Soon computers … (to use) in all classrooms.

B3. Translate from English into Russian.

1) The Beatles made a breakthrough in pop and rock.

2) Popular newspapers, which are half the size of a broadsheet, are called tabloids.

3) Comprehensive schools provide compulsory education for children between the ages of 11 and 16.

4) It is valued when workers are showing initiative, co-operative, self-motivated, self-confident, creative and well-organised.