Контрольна робота для 10 класу.

Test

Variant 1

1.                Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

constructed  discovered   invented theory  invention

1.             The Wright Brothers successfully designed, ___________ and flew the first powered aircraft, showing that man could fly.
2.             Albert Einstein’s ___________ of relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20^th century.
3.             Alexander Bell constructed the first practical telephone; his ___________ totally changed our life.
4.             Benjamin Franklin ___________ electricity and invented the Franklin stove.
5.             Thomas Edison filed over 1000 patents. He ___________ a wide range of products from the electric light bulb to the phonograph and motion picture camera

II.Choose one of the answers for each question.

1.               Macbeth ________ by Shakespeare.

wrote  written  was wrote  was written

2.               The snow ________ later.

cleaned  are cleaned  will clean  will be cleaned

3.               The film ________ by a young film-maker.

directs  was directed  directed  are directed

4.               The painting ________ for $1 million.

sold  was sold  is sold  selling

5.               Lots of ice cream is ________ in the summer.

ate  eat  eaten  eating

6.               Most roads ________ because of the snow.

are closed  close  closed  closing

7.               Paper ________ invented by the Chinese.

are  is  was  were

8.               Tea ________ in Sri Lanka.

is growed  is grown  grown  growed

III.Open the brackets using Present, Past or Future Simple Passive

1. This problem __________________ (to solve) by your brother yesterday.
2. All the fish __________________ (to eat) by the cat last night.
3. BMW __________________ (to make) in Germany.
4. St. Petersburg __________________ (to fond) in 1703.
5. French __________________ (to speak) in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
6. The train schedule __________________ (to change) in a week.
7. A new dress __________________ (to buy) for my sister tomorrow.
8. This text __________________ (to translate) at the last lesson.
9. These trees __________________ (to plant) last autumn.
10. Many interesting games always __________________ (to play) at our PT lessons.

IV.Complete the sentences with passive forms (present and past simple) of the verbs in brackets.

e.g. The Olympics are watched by billions of people today. (watch)

1. Nowadays the work _______________ by computer. (do)
2. Now, prizes _______________ every week. (give)
3. The course _______________ two years ago. (start)
4. In Europe, most food _______________ in supermarkets. (buy)
5. _______________ Latin still _______________ in schools? (learn)
6. Gold _______________ in California in the 19th century. (discover)
7. Cars _______________ all over the world nowadays. (produce)
8. _______________ you _______________ any information about it? (send)
9. Radio _______________ by Marconi. (invent)

V. Rewrite the sentences from active (Past Simple) into passive (Past Simple), attentive: the 1st sentence has more than 1 variant.

Example: Stephen King wrote The Green Mile in 1996. — The Green Mile was written by Stephen King in 1996.

1.          They gave Tom a valuable prize. —

a) A valuable prize ________________________________________________________

b) Tom _________________________________________________________________

2.          The powerful earthquake destroyed the city. —

The city ________________________________________________________________

3.          George Orwell wrote some famous books. —

Some famous books _______________________________________________________

4.          Newton discovered the law of gravity. —

The law of gravity ________________________________________________________

5.          The thunderstorm damaged some houses. —

Some houses ____________________________________________________________

6.          Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower between 1887 and 1889 for the World' Fair. — The Eiffel Tower _________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

7.          Did he pick up the kids from school yesterday? —

_____________________ the kids __________________________________________?