Контрольна робота з англійської мови для 11-го класу на тему: "It's Our Planet"

Test on the topic: It’s your Planet

1. Choose the correct answer   

1. The rules are intended to ________________accidents

 a) protect  b) prevent  c) react

2. Pregnant women should ___________ avoid certain foods such as raw eggs.

 a) to avoid  b) avoiding  c) avoid

3. An accident at the power station could result in large amounts of ______________being released.

 a) ozone layer  b) radiation  c) global warming

4. We must encourage the planting of new trees and _____________our existing woodlands.

 a) preserve  b) avoid  c) prevent

5. An animal’s sense of smell is still crucial to its _________________.

 a) preserving  b) survival  c) fossil

6. Up to 10 million tonnes of ______________are produced every year in the UK.

 a) fossil fuel  b) pesticide  c) toxic wastes

 

2. Choose the correct answer

1. The doctor advised Petro to keep ________from cigarettes

 a) away  b) up   c) behind

2. Could you make _______a bill?

 a) off   b) up   c) out

3. She had to hold ________ her joy

 a) out   b) back  c) out

4. She is a housewife, that’s why she has to keep ______ the house

 a) back   b) up   c) on

5. She got up and made ______ the exit

 a) for   b) off   c) up

6. She's been looking _______an apartment for half a year already

 a) through  b) over   c) on

7. The teacher was looking _______ our homework

 a) after   b) round  c) over

3. Choose the correct answer

 Scientists have come up with a new theory on why woolly mammoths became (1) ______21,000 years ago. Up until now, people have believed that mammoths, the 3-metre-high relatives of elephants, died out because they were hunted to extinction. New research shows they ran out of grass, and that was caused by global (2) ______ 21 millennia ago. Researchers from the UK’s Durham University suggest the hairy dinosaurs (3) ______ to death because forests took over the grasslands they needed to (4) _____. As the Earth became warmer and wetter, forests spread and the mammoth had fewer areas to graze. "Mammoths had roamed and munched their way across many parts of Europe," said lead researcher Professor Brian Huntley.

Professor Huntley said what happened to the mammoths in prehistoric times is a warning of what might happen in the future to today’s large herbivores. “This was a time of major environmental (5) _____ and losses of (6) ______ that may have led to the (7) _____ of mega-species that roamed many parts of the planet,” he said. He had a warning about the plight of today’s large animals: "It is food for thought in these times of global warming and (8) _____ habitat change." Other creatures also to become extinct due to climate change were the cave lion, giant deer, woolly rhino and the cave bear. The research team believe today’s elephants and rhinoceroses could suffer a similar fate.

1	A	distinct	B	extinct	C	instinct	D	instinctive
2	A	warming	B	effort	C	crisis	D	warning
3	A	starved	B	froze	C	killed	D	ran
4	A	survey	B	surrender	C	survive	D	serve
5	A	protection	B	research	C	improvement	D	change
6	A	habit	B	habitual	C	inhabitant	D	habitat
7	A	appearance	B	introduction	C	extinction	D	migration
8	A	human-aided	B	human-induced	C	human-centered	D	human-error

 Test on the topic: It’s your Planet

4. Choose the correct answer   

1. The rules are intended to ________________accidents

 a) protect  b) prevent  c) react

2. Pregnant women should ___________ avoid certain foods such as raw eggs.

 a) to avoid  b) avoiding  c) avoid

3. An accident at the power station could result in large amounts of ______________being released.

 a) ozone layer  b) radiation  c) global warming

4. We must encourage the planting of new trees and _____________our existing woodlands.

 a) preserve  b) avoid  c) prevent

5. An animal’s sense of smell is still crucial to its _________________.

 a) preserving  b) survival  c) fossil

6. Up to 10 million tonnes of ______________are produced every year in the UK.

 a) fossil fuel  b) pesticide  c) toxic wastes

 

5. Choose the correct answer

1. The doctor advised Petro to keep ________from cigarettes

 a) away  b) up   c) behind

2. Could you make _______a bill?

 a) off   b) up   c) out

3. She had to hold ________ her joy

 a) out   b) back  c) out

4. She is a housewife, that’s why she has to keep ______ the house

 a) back   b) up   c) on

5. She got up and made ______ the exit

 a) for   b) off   c) up

6. She's been looking _______an apartment for half a year already

 a) through  b) over   c) on

7. The teacher was looking _______ our homework

 a) after   b) round  c) over

6. Choose the correct answer

 Scientists have come up with a new theory on why woolly mammoths became (1) ______21,000 years ago. Up until now, people have believed that mammoths, the 3-metre-high relatives of elephants, died out because they were hunted to extinction. New research shows they ran out of grass, and that was caused by global (2) ______ 21 millennia ago. Researchers from the UK’s Durham University suggest the hairy dinosaurs (3) ______ to death because forests took over the grasslands they needed to (4) _____. As the Earth became warmer and wetter, forests spread and the mammoth had fewer areas to graze. "Mammoths had roamed and munched their way across many parts of Europe," said lead researcher Professor Brian Huntley.

Professor Huntley said what happened to the mammoths in prehistoric times is a warning of what might happen in the future to today’s large herbivores. “This was a time of major environmental (5) _____ and losses of (6) ______ that may have led to the (7) _____ of mega-species that roamed many parts of the planet,” he said. He had a warning about the plight of today’s large animals: "It is food for thought in these times of global warming and (8) _____ habitat change." Other creatures also to become extinct due to climate change were the cave lion, giant deer, woolly rhino and the cave bear. The research team believe today’s elephants and rhinoceroses could suffer a similar fate.

1	A	distinct	B	extinct	C	instinct	D	instinctive
2	A	warming	B	effort	C	crisis	D	warning
3	A	starved	B	froze	C	killed	D	ran
4	A	survey	B	surrender	C	survive	D	serve
5	A	protection	B	research	C	improvement	D	change
6	A	habit	B	habitual	C	inhabitant	D	habitat
7	A	appearance	B	introduction	C	extinction	D	migration
8	A	human-aided	B	human-induced	C	human-centered	D	human-error

 

7. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive

1. Who painted Susan’s portrait? ________________________________________________________

2. The cat broke the vase in the dining room. ______________________________________________

3. Melissa ate all the fruit. _____________________________________________________________

4. They may not repair the car this week __________________________________________________

5. They saw her writing a test ___________________________________________________________

6. We made him wash the dishes _________________________________________________________

7. Grandfather is going to tell the children a story____________________________________________

8. Sam remembers his friend telling him a secret_____________________________________________

9. Do they sell clothes in this shop? _______________________________________________________

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8. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive

1. People say that children are afraid of ghosts.___________________________________________

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2. They think that you lived in London__________________________________________________

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3. They believe that the factory will make profit soon ______________________________________

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9. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive

1. Who painted Susan’s portrait? ________________________________________________________

2. The cat broke the vase in the dining room. ______________________________________________

3. Melissa ate all the fruit. _____________________________________________________________

4. They may not repair the car this week __________________________________________________

5. They saw her writing a test ___________________________________________________________

6. We made him wash the dishes _________________________________________________________

7. Grandfather is going to tell the children a story____________________________________________

8. Sam remembers his friend telling him a secret_____________________________________________

9. Do they sell clothes in this shop? _______________________________________________________

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10. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive

1. People say that children are afraid of ghosts.___________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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2. They think that you lived in London__________________________________________________

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3. They believe that the factory will make profit soon ______________________________________

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