Підбірка 100 карток підготовки до ДПА або ж просто діагностика знань учнів.

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І. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–4).

WHY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU

People need to be active to be healthy. Our modern lifestyle and all the conveniences we’ve become used to have made us sedentary¹ – and that’s dangerous for our health. Sitting around in front of the TV or the computer, riding in the car for even a short trip to the store and using elevators instead of stairs or ramps all contribute to our inactivity. Physical inactivity is as dangerous to our health as smoking!

Add up your activities during the day in periods of at least 10 minutes each. Start slowly... and build up. If you’re already doing some light activities move up to more moderate ones. A little is good, but more is better if you want to achieve health bene-fits. Scientists say accumulate 60 minutes of physical activity every day to stay healthy or improve your health. Time needed depends on effort – as you progress to moderate activities, you can cut down to thirty minutes, four days a week. Physical activity doesn’t have to be very hard to improve your health. This goal can be reached by build-ing physical activities into your daily routine. Just add up in periods of at least ten minutes each throughout the day. After three months of regular physical activity, you will notice a difference – people often say getting started is the hardest part.

(From Handbook for Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living p. 4.

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998)

1. Sedentary – involving a lot of sitting down; not active

1. Nowadays people ...

 A are less active than in the past.

 B do more exercises than in the past.

 C are as sedentary as they used to be.  D spend much time in the gym.

2. Time needed for physical activity depends on ...

3. You can improve your health ...

 A integrating physical activity into your timetable.

 B eating less and less during short periods of time.

 C relaxing and keeping cool.  D working as hard as possible.

4. People say that ...

 A getting into physical activity is the most difficult part.

 B they do not have time for physical activity.

 C getting into physical activity is not so difficult.  D they get enough physical activity.

Examination Card № 1

ІІ. Grammar

Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verb (present simple or present conti­ nuous).

III. Writing

Last winter you travelled around Ukraine during your winter holidays. Write about your travelling experience:

• What did you do before going on a trip?
• What kind of travel did you do?
• What were the positive and negative aspects of your journey?

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Examination Card № 2

I. Reading

Match the headings (A-F) to the paragraphs (1-5). There is one heading that you don’t need to use.

1. The analysis of the ways you spend your time may impress you

2. Successful time managers
3. Two ways of perceiving time
4. It is better to distribute your time daily than do all your work at once
5. A schedule is a good helper
6. Time is unlimited

1

Speaking of time, there seem to be just two ways of perceiving it: some people com-plain about never having any, others are always looking for ways to kill time. But time is actually very fairly distributed. Everyone gets 60 minutes per hour and 24 hours per day. It is only the daily tasks that are distributed unequally. They make the day too short for some people and too long for others.

2

Just imagine a pupil who is handed his lessons for the week all in one lump: “By Saturday you have to do 100 maths problems, read 20 pages in your reading book, write two dictations and a composition, and know all about the geography of the world. You must also learn two songs, participate in sports and find time for needlework and draw-ing.” The pupil will probably be shocked by this pile of work and prefer to stay in bed pretending to have the flu. However, divided according to subjects and lessons, the weekly workload is not as intimidating. The child sees that all the subjects can be cov-ered – and there is free time as well.

3

A schedule can help to fight your way through too many commitments. It shows us how the 168 hours of a week is spent. For example, that we slept a total of 3020 min-utes, sacrificed 2875 minutes for our studies or work, spent 1885 minutes on various tasks such as shopping or a visit to the dentist, and that only 2300 minutes was left for leisure time.

4

By means of such an analysis, we can observe critically the aspects we like and the ones we don’t. Some of the results might even shock us – when we realize, for instance, how much time we spend watching television and how little time remains for the people closest to us.

5

People who have time don’t necessarily work less than others who are always in a rush. But they know how to set priorities, and they stick to their decisions. Learning how to use your time best can change your whole way of life and help you to get tasks accomplished.

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ІІ. Grammar

Choose the correct item.

III. Writing

You are asked to talk about your free time activities. Include the following information:

• Write what your favourite free time activity is.
• Write about how often and for how long you do it.
• Explain why you enjoy doing it.

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Examination Card № 3

I. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–4).

CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

Have you ever tried a strawberry pizza? If you went to Oxnard, the “Strawberry Capital of California,” in May, you could!

Oxnard is in Southern California and this part of the state takes its strawberries very seriously. At the two-day California Strawberry Festival you can see and try strawberries prepared in all sorts of ways. In addition to traditional treats such as strawberry shortcake, strawberry jam, strawberry tarts and strawberries dipped in chocolate, there is strawberry pizza! This dessert pizza is topped with strawberries, sour cream, cream cheese and whipped cream on sweet bread baked like a pizza. Straw-berry kеbabs dipped in powdered sugar are another delicacy. And drinks such as a strawberry smoothie can wash it all down.

Strawberries are big business in Oxnard. The annual strawberry revenues are $100 million from Oxnard’s bountiful 6,600 berry acres. Twenty-four companies harvest and cool nearly 16 million trays of berries, which are shipped throughout North America as well as to Germany and Japan. The festival, which attracts more than 85,000 visitors, features three stages with musical entertainment, 335 arts and crafts exhibits, strolling musicians, clowns, artists, face-painting, contests, and a “Strawberryland” for children with puppets, magicians, musicians, and a pet zoo.

1. Which food is not mentioned in the article?

2. What are the annual revenues from strawberries?

3. Who is the target audience of “Strawberryland”?

4. What attractions are available for the visitors?

A arts and crafts exhibits

B strolling musicians, clowns, artists

C face-painting, contests D all of the above

ІІ. Grammar

Put the verbs into the correct tense form (past simple or present perfect simple).

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III. Writing

Write  about your native town. Include the following:

• What is your town known for? Is there anything special about it?
• What are the advantages of living in your home town or visiting it?

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Examination Card № 4

I. Reading

Read the text given below. Match the headings (A–F) with the parts (1–6) of the text.

1. The first students

2. Staying at the universities
3. No married teachers
4. An exciting competition
5. Women students
6. Ancient universities

1

The towns of Oxford and Cambridge have some of the finest buildings in Britain. They are famous for their universities, the oldest in England. All the students live and study in colleges. Cambridge has 31 colleges and Oxford has 39. Oxford’s first college started in 1249. Cambridge’s first college opened in 1281.

2

Before the 12th century, people who wanted a good education went to the Sorbonne in Paris. Then, in 1167, all English students in Paris moved to Oxford. Some people say King Henry II told them to move. Others say the French threw them out! The students went to study in Oxford monasteries and that was the beginning of Oxford University.

3

The Church was very important in Oxford and Cambridge for many years. For example,­ until the 19th century the university teachers were almost like priests and they couldn’t marry.

4

Women started studying later than men. The first women’s college at Cambridge opened in 1869 and at Oxford in 1878. Today, three Cambridge colleges and one Oxford college are for women only. Men and women study together in the others.

5

Every year the universities compete in a rowing race over 7 kilometres of the Thames. The first race was in 1829 and it became a yearly race in 1839. All the students really want their university to win!

6

People can stay in rooms at Oxford and Cambridge when the students are on holiday. Some rooms are modern but the older rooms are more interesting (and more uncomfor­ table!). They often have low ceilings, small windows and a view of the square in the middle of the college. Imagine sleeping in the same room as an ex Prime Minister or eating at the same table as Lawrence of Arabia!

ІІ. Grammar

Choose the correct item.

III. Writing

1. Describe the weather in the place where you live. Include the information:

• what the weather at the moment is like;
• how the weather influences your mood;
• what you like to do when the weather is good / nasty.

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Examination Card № 5

I. Reading

Read the text and decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

“Fish and chips” is deep-fried fish in batter with deep-fried potatoes, and a popular take-away food. Fish and chips is originally from the United Kingdom, but also very popular in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and some coastal towns of the Netherlands and Norway; and also increasingly so in the United States and elsewhere. For decades it was the dominant (if not the only) take-away food in the United Kingdom.

The fried potatoes are called chips in British and international usage; and while American English calls them french fries, the combination is still called “fish and chips”. (Potato chips, an American innovation, are a different potato-derived food, and are known as crisps in the United Kingdom.)

Fish and chips have separately been eaten for many years – though the potato was not introduced to Europe until the 17th century. The originally Sephardi dish Pescado frito, or deep-fried fish, came to Netherlands and England with the Spanish and Portu-guese Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The dish became popular in more widespread circles in London and the south-east in the middle of the 19th century (Charles Dickens mentions a “fried fish warehouse” in Oliver Twist) whilst in the north of England a trade in deep-fried “chipped” potatoes developed.

It is unclear when and where these two trades were merged to become the fish and chip shop industry we know today. The first combined fish and chip shop was probably the one opened in London by Joseph Malin in 1860.

During World War II, fish and chips were one of the few foods that were not ra-tioned in the UK.

1. Fish and chips are popular only in England.

2. Americans call “French fries” what British call “chips”.

3. Americans call “chips” what British call “crisps”.

4. The potato was introduced to Europe in the 18th century.

5. The dish became popular in the 19th century.

6. The first fish and chip shop was opened in the 19th century.

ІІ. Grammar

Choose the correct item.

Examination Card № 5

III. Writing

You are going to talk about sport activities at leisure time.

• What kinds of sport activities are popular in your country? Which of them are your favourite?

• Do you think sport can unite communities? How?
• What kinds of problems can sport fans create?

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Examination Card № 6

I. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–5).

A record­-breaking snowstorm has brought chaos to much of the north­-eastern United States. Much of the region now lies covered in some two feet or more of snow and trans-port systems are at a standstill. Thousands of homes are without electrical power.

The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York since records began in 1869.

To add to the problems facing the entire north-­eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting­¹. The road network in many places is impassable. Most of the airports in the region have been closed, with hundreds of flights cancelled. Passengers on Transatlantic flights heading into New York have, in some cases, found themselves diverted to alternative destinations.

Here in Manhattan, snowploughs worked non-­stop on Sunday in an effort to keep the streets and avenues open to traffic. But much of the city was quiet. Even the no-toriously busy Times Square was all but deserted for much of the day. Some who did venture² out into the snow were rewarded with the memorable sight of people making their way down Broadway on skis.

Taken from “Snowstorm Hits US” by Jeremy Cooke, www.bbc.com, 13 February, 2006

¹ drifting – занос (сніговий)

² venture – ризикнути

1. Because of the large amount of snow...

  A people walked out on strike for higher pay.

  B transport systems were closed and many homes were without power.

2. This was the most snowfall New York has seen since...

3. The phrase “localised drifting” most likely means...

  A snow is being blown into large piles is some areas.   B snowploughs cannot plough the roads clear.

  C people are lost in the blizzard.   D people stayed home from work.

4. What was the notoriously busy Times Square missing?

2. What was a remarkable sight to see on this day?

  A Central Park Zoo’s penguins   B people skiing on Broadway

  C Transatlantic flights landing in Times Square   D the deserted theatres on Broadway

Examination Card № 6

ІІ. Grammar

Choose the correct item.

III. Writing

You are asked about making our cities more environmentally friendly. Write about the following:

• putting bins on every street corner;
• planting more trees, creating more parks;
• improving public transport, using bicycles by people;
• recycling things.

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Examination Card № 7

І. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A-d) to complete the sentences (1-5).

Energy is defined by Daniel D. Chiras, as “the capacity to do work” and it is found in many forms, including light, heat, sound, electricity, coal, oil, and gasoline. These forms of energy provide us with the capacity to light our homes, cook our food, travel by car, plane, boat or train, operate factories, and do many other things that we do regularly.

Commonly used energy sources include wood, oil, coal, natural gas, the atom (or nuclear power), and moving water. Humans have used wood as an energy source, main-ly to cook food and to provide heat and light, for thousands of years, but the use of other sources is a relatively recent development. Coal in particular did not fall into widespread use in Europe until the 1700s, after wood supplies had become scarce. Oil followed near the end of the 1800s, and in the 1900s still other sources of energy were brought into use like natural gas, hydropower (using the power of moving water), geo-thermal power (using power from deep within the earth), and nuclear power. While the use of wood for energy has virtually stopped, the use of all these other sources has grown dramatically.

Energy sources are very diverse. First and foremost, the sun is the primary energy source throughout the world. The radiation from the sun gives plants the ability to produce sugars, which can be used as an energy source for organisms to grow. Energy from the sun is converted into sugars by plants through the process of photosynthesis. The energy stored in the chemical bonds of these sugars is used for plant growth and can be found in plants’ leaves and stems. Animals eat the plants then convert these sugars into energy for their own use through digestion.

However, plants can also rot over time and become the fuel that we use to light our houses, power our trains, and boil our water. After all, gas, oil, and coal are only plants that have rotted for thousands of years. Coal, oil, and natural gas are the most common sources of energy in Ukraine.

4. The primary energy source in the world today is:

5. The most common source of energy in Ukraine is:

Examination Card № 7

ІІ. Grammar

Put the verbs into the correct tense form (present perfect simple or present perfect continuous).

III. Writing

Nowadays pupils can’t live without their favourite gadgets (mobile phones, MP3 players and computers). Talk about them. Include the following:

• Do they use them every day? Why?
• How did these inventions change the life of teenagers?
• What would the life without these gadgets be like?

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Examination Card № 8

І. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–5).

Bahrain’s reputation as a relatively liberal and modern Persian Gulf state has made it a favourite with travellers in the region and an excellent introduction to the Gulf. It was once the seat of one of the great trading empires of the ancient world, and is redolent¹ of the past. Bahrain’s history goes back to the roots of human civilisation. The main island is thought to have broken away from the Arabian mainland sometime around 6000 BC and has almost certainly been inhabited since prehistoric times. The archipelago first emerged into world history sometime around 3000 BC as the seat of the Dilmun trading empire. Dilmun, a Bronze Age culture that lasted some 2000 years, benefited from the islands’ strategic position along the trade routes linking Mesopotamia with the Indus Valley. In the midst of a region rapidly becoming arid², Dilmun’s lush spring-­fed greenery gave it the image of a holy island in the mythology of Sumeria, one of the world’s earliest civili-sations, which flourished in what is today southern Iraq. Dilmun had a similar cachet³ with the Babylonians, whose “Epic of Gilgamesh” mentions the islands as a paradise where heroes enjoy eternal life. Some scholars have suggested that Bahrain may be the site of the biblical Garden of Eden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain

1. redolent – той, що нагадує (про щось), викликає думку

2. arid – посушливий, безводний, неродючий
   • cachet – особлива якість, слава

1. Bahrain is known for its ...

2. In this text “broken away” could be replaced by ...

3. Dilmun culture could be described as ...

4. Sumeria was located in present-­day ...

5. According to the text, which of the following has made Bahrain a popular tourist destination?

A Bahrain shares a border with Gilgamesh.

B It is a liberal state.

C It was once part of the Arab mainland.

D Bahrain is rapidly becoming more arid.

ІІ. Grammar

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.

1. “What’s the time?” he asked. He wanted to know

2. “Stop talking, Joe,” the teacher said. The teacher told Joe

3. “When will we meet again?” she asked me. She asked me

4. “Be patient,” she said to him. She told him

5. “Are you busy?” she asked him. She asked him

6. “Go to your room,” her father said to her. Her father told her

III. Writing

Imagine that you are showing the photo of your best friend to your parents. Write about him / her. Include the following:

• What does he / she look like?
• What is your friend like?
• Does the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed” have sense while wtiting about him / her?

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Examination Card № 9

І. Reading

Read the text and answer the questions.

MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES AND HERITAGE

Think about all the emotions expressed in the music you listen to: joy, happiness, loneliness, nervousness, and, of course, sadness. Music with sad themes is often called the ‘blues’.

Blues music developed in the United States among Southern blacks after the Civil War. When slaves were brought to America from Africa, they brought their musical traditions with them. Blended with folk and popular music of whites, these African musical traditions developed into the blues.

The blues is believed to have originated in the Mississippi Delta, a wedge-shaped region in northern Mississippi between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. This is a rural area where the poorest and most disadvantaged black people lived – this lifestyle cre-ated a need for the expression of sadness that is so often sung in the blues. The condi-tions in this area – poverty, racism, and inhumane working situations – led many blacks to go north, to cities such as Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit.

The blues did not vanish from the Mississippi countryside, however, and in 1978, the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival was founded to celebrate and promote the blues and the culture of the Mississippi Delta people. What started out on the back of a flatbed truck is now the oldest and largest blues festival in the South, with 20,000 visitors and performances on three festival stages.

1. What kind of music is called the ‘blues’?

2. How and where did the blues develop?

3. Whose musical traditions formed the foundation for blues?

4. Where did poor conditions in this area lead black people to go?

5. When was the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival founded?

6. What was the aim of this festival?

ІІ. Grammar

Complete the sentences with the correct question tags.

Examination Card № 9

III. Writing

You have just returned from the sightseeing tour around Ukraine. What places of interest have you seen? Describe one of them. Include the following:

• location of the sight;
• some interesting facts about it;
• your impressions.

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Examination Card № 10

І. Reading

Read the text given below. Decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False).

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is my fifth day at the summer camp. Life in the great outdoors isn’t exactly what I ve expected, but I’m not starving ... yet ... so don’t worry about me.

I guess I should tell you about what I do every day. First, everyone has to get up at 5:30 A.M. They have this silly old rooster named Harry who loves to wake us up. Next, we have to make our beds and tidy up the cabin before our camp counselor, Jeff, comes to inspect the place.

Then, we have breakfast around 6:30 A.M. After that, we have some free time, so I’ve been going down to the nearby stream to fish for a couple of hours. But yesterday, the only thing I caught was an old shoe and a tree branch. Great catch, Huh? Then when I was trying to swat a mosquito buzzing around my head, I slipped and fell in the stream and lost my fishing pole. That ended my fishing career.

Well, in the afternoon, there are different activities we can choose from like ar-chery, horseback riding, and hiking. I thought archery would be the sport for me until I shot an arrow through Jeff’s pant leg. As you can imagine, I haven’t been invited back since.

In the evening, everyone is assigned a different chore to get dinner ready. Yester-day, I was in charge of cooking the hotdogs, but I accidentally dropped them in the fire, so we had to settle for beans instead. The other kids are always razzing me about it.

At night, we sit around a campfire in front of the cabin, sing songs, and tell ghost stories. That’s usually fun, but one night while trying to find more sticks for the fire, I got all turned around and got lost. After about an hour of wandering aimlessly in the forest, I finally found my way back, but no one seemed to have realized what had hap-pened, thinking that I just had gone to bed. A bear or wolf could have eaten me and no one would have known it. I was so beat I just crashed ... out like a light.

Well, today is another day and tomorrow I go home ... and not a bit too soon. I’ve learned that camping is just not for me.

Love,

Brad

1. Brad wrote a letter to his sister and brother.

2. Brad wrote in his letter that he wasn’t starving.

3. Brad does the same things every morning.

4. Brad wakes up at 6:30 in the morning.

5. Brad never has free time at the camp.

6. A mosquito caused Brad to fall into the stream.

7. Brad really enjoys archery.

8. Brad shot his friend Jeff in the leg with an arrow.

9. Brad dropped the beans in the fire, so the kids had to eat hot dogs.

10. Brad was lost for an hour in the forest.

Examination Card № 10

ІІ. Grammar

Put the verbs into the correct tense form (past simple or present perfect).

III. Writing

Many pupils participate in clubs and sections after school.

• Which activities do you participate in?
• Which after-school activities are important for pupils? Why?
• What is your favourite after­school activity?

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Examination Card № 11

І. Reading

Read the text and choose the best answer (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–5).

It was the strangest of all races. Two teams of five men each – one British, the other Norwegian – set out at the beginning of the 1911 Antarctic summer, both bent on becoming the first explorers to reach the South Pole. The British team was led by 43-year-old Robert Falcon Scott, the Norwegian team was led by by 39-year-old Roald Amundsen. Each man had already made expeditions to the Antarctic region.

Yet because the two expeditions had chosen to build their coastal base camps 600 miles apart, at either edge of the vast Ross Ice Shelf, their paths would never overlap, and the two teams would never meet each other. There was no way to know who was leading the race.

Amundsen’s team set out on October 18. Scott’s party did not depart from Cape Evans until November 1. The two parties had about the same distance to cover (nearly 800 miles in a straight line) to get to the South Pole. Yet their traveling styles were completely different, and those differences would spell victory or defeat. Amundsen used dogs to haul his sleds, while the men were skiing; when they were close to exhaus-tion, they could kill and eat the dogs. Scott experimented in vain with ponies and mo-torized tractors to pull his sleds, but ended up heading for the Pole with his men in harnesses, pulling their heavy sleds themselves.

Taken from “100th Anniversary of Roald Amundsen Reaching South Pole–How the Grueling Race Was Won” by David Roberts, Beyond the Edge: National Geographic Adventure Blog, 2011.

1. Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott competed to be the first person to:

A visit Antarctica.

B win a sledding race.

C reach the North Pole. D reach the South Pole.

2. How old was Roald Amundsen when he started the race?

3.  Why was there no way for the men to know who was winning the race?

A One team was travelling much faster than the other team.

B One team never started the race.

C The teams’ paths never overlapped.

D The weather conditions made it too difficult to see.

4. “In vain” means:

A unsuccessfully    C for fun    B successfully    D carefully

5. According to the article, the styles of travel used by Amundsen and Scott were dif-ferent because:

A They traveled very long distances.

B Amundsen used dogs to pull his sleds.

C Scott had more people in his team.