Name__________Surname_________________ Form 11___ Variant I _______Date
Name______________Surname
Read the article about a strange accident, and decide if the statements 1–8 are true (T) or false (F).
WHO AM I?
On 3 July 2003, a thirty-five-year-old Englishman called Doug Bruce walked into a police station in Coney Island, New York, and told the police that he did not know his own name. He had woken up a few minutes earlier on an underground train, with a headache and a hurt hand and shoulder. At that moment, he had no idea where he was going, where he had been, or who he was.
Doug went to a police station because he had nowhere else to go. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sandals and he had a backpack with a few things in it: a Spanish textbook, a bunch of keys and a map of New York. The police were puzzled. ‘We’d never had anything like this before,’ says Lieutenant Pete Pena. They sent Doug to Coney Island Hospital. On his name tag, the nurse wrote ‘Unknown white male’.
The doctors were surprised at how strong his memory loss was. Although Doug could form sentences, he remembered nothing about his own past and seemed to know little about the world. One specialist at the hospital, Dr Leonid Voroybyev, admitted that he’d only ever seen such a serious case ‘in the movies and in my textbooks’.
The hospital would not let Doug go until they knew who he was. In the end, hospital staff found a phone number inside the textbook in Doug’s backpack. It belonged to an ex-girlfriend’s mother, but when staff contacted her, she had no idea who he was. However, when Doug spoke to the daughter, Nadine, she recognised his voice at once. ‘Is that you, Doug?’ she asked. ‘I don’t know,’ came the reply. Nadine went to the hospital, told the doctors who Doug was, and took him home.
‘Home’ was a very attractive apartment in downtown Manhattan, which he shared with two dogs and three parrots. Doug discovered that he had previously lived in Paris, where he had made a lot of money working in the banking industry.
Now that Doug knew who he was, he had to deal with other challenges. He was worried about meeting his family and friends because he thought they would seem like strangers to him. However, when he met his sisters, they told him that he had changed. Before the accident, he had been very friendly and sociable, but rarely showed his feelings. According to them, he had become much more relaxed and wasn’t scared to let people know how he was feeling. And indeed, to Doug, it felt like his life had started all over again as he tasted strawberries, saw snow fall and watched fireworks explode for what seemed like the first time.
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II. Grammar and vocabulary
Mark: ___ / 10
My sister and I once played a joke on my older brother. He 1___ to get his first job with a top bank and he 2___ very pleased with himself. Every year only 3___ jobs like this are offered and I suppose he had paid 4___ to every detail to do well in the 5___. Anyway, the night before he was going to start the new job, he 6___ to go to bed early. What he didn’t know was that we had put 7___ clocks in the house forward one hour. The next morning, he got up, had 8___ quick breakfast and went to catch the train. Of course, when he got to the station, the platform was empty so he jumped in a taxi. He arrived 9___ work an hour early. His boss was really pleased with her new 10___! When he eventually discovered what we’d done he was nevertheless very angry with us!
1. A just managed B had just managed C just had managed
2.A felt B was feeling C had been feeling
3. A few B little C a few
4.A interest B attention C effort
5. A review B experience C interview
6. A decided B was deciding C has decided
7. A some of B the whole C all the
8.A a B some C –
9.A to B at C in
10 A employ B employer C employee
Mark: ___ / 10
III.Writing
Your school want to attract new students. Write an essay about after-school clubs and activities your school offers.
Mark: ___ / 10
Name__________Surname___________Form 11___ Variant III _______Date
Read the article and decide if the statements 1–8 are true (T) or false (F).
PLACES TO VISIT: CHURCHILL, HOME OF POLAR BEARS
There are no roads into Churchill, so access to this place is by rail or air. Air service is available all year round. Normally, there are three or four flights a week from Winnipeg. In addition, there are extra flights in the summer months. Trains run three times a week from Winnipeg and the journey takes two days.
If it’s polar bears you are looking for, this is the place to come! Starting in the autumn, a large number of polar bears migrate from their summer places to their winter fishing grounds and their route goes directly through the town of Churchill. The summer months are when whales make their way into the Churchill River from Hudson Bay to find cooler water. Other wildlife in the area include wolves, Arctic foxes and seals.
Most visitors to Churchill stay for about three days but for visitors with a special interest, such as the bears, a five-day stay is usual. You should book rooms several months ahead, especially in summer. Hotels and bed & breakfasts get fully booked up in the polar bear season. A special place to stay is the ‘Polar Inn’ on the other side of the Churchill River. Here you can see the bears passing right outside your front door.
The motel and hotel dining rooms serve a good variety of dishes from regional to classic. Wild meat, such as ox meat, is on offer in some of the restaurants together with local fish, mushrooms, and wild fruit jams. Prices in these places are not generally cheap in Churchill but travellers are very satisfied.
1. You can reach Churchill by plane in the summer months only. ___
2. It takes two days to get from Churchill to Winnipeg. ___
Mark: ___ / 8
1.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets (present simple, present continuous, will or be going to).
Mark: ___ / 10
1.The children are playing _________ the garden.
2._________ Monday afternoons we meet for a game of football.
3.We always spend Christmas _________ home.
4.But _________ Easter we’re usually with my grandparents at the cottage.
5.Our school is _________ Keble Street, opposite the hotel.
6.Can you find the highest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis, _________ the map?
7.The lesson starts _________ three minutes. Hurry up!
8.My older brother Jim is studying engineering _________ a Technical University in Poland.
Mark: ___ / 10
III.Writing
During the winter holidays, you and your friends went to the mountains. Write a description of the place you visited, in which you …
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Name__________Surname___________Form 11___ Variant II _______Date
Read the article and decide if the statements 1–8 are true (T) or false (F).
PLACES TO VISIT: CHURCHILL, HOME OF POLAR BEARS
There are no roads into Churchill, so access to this place is by rail or air. Air service is available all year round. Normally, there are three or four flights a week from Winnipeg. In addition, there are extra flights in the summer months. Trains run three times a week from Winnipeg and the journey takes two days.
If it’s polar bears you are looking for, this is the place to come! Starting in the autumn, a large number of polar bears migrate from their summer places to their winter fishing grounds and their route goes directly through the town of Churchill. The summer months are when whales make their way into the Churchill River from Hudson Bay to find cooler water. Other wildlife in the area include wolves, Arctic foxes and seals.
Most visitors to Churchill stay for about three days but for visitors with a special interest, such as the bears, a five-day stay is usual. You should book rooms several months ahead, especially in summer. Hotels and bed & breakfasts get fully booked up in the polar bear season. A special place to stay is the ‘Polar Inn’ on the other side of the Churchill River. Here you can see the bears passing right outside your front door.
The motel and hotel dining rooms serve a good variety of dishes from regional to classic. Wild meat, such as ox meat, is on offer in some of the restaurants together with local fish, mushrooms, and wild fruit jams. Prices in these places are not generally cheap in Churchill but travellers are very satisfied.
1. You can reach Churchill by plane in the summer months only. ___
2. It takes two days to get from Churchill to Winnipeg. ___
Mark: ___ / 8
II.Grammar and vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1.If I __________________ (be) stronger, I’d help you carry the cupboard.
2.I won’t travel to London if I __________________ (not / get) a cheap flight.
3.If you __________________ (break) the old plate, Mum will be sad.
4.He __________________ (paint) the door if he’d had a paintbrush.
5.We’ll say hello if we __________________ (meet) them tomorrow.
6.We’d feel embarrassed if we __________________ (say) such a stupid thing.
7.If I __________________ (not / study), I’d have failed the test.
8.Water boils if you __________________ (heat) it to 100⁰C.
9.I __________________ (have) some juice if I had been thirsty.
10.It would not surprise me if he __________________ (not / know) the answer.
Mark: ___ / 10
2. Complete the text with the correct words A–C.
Yesterday, we had a class discussion about spare-time activities. A lot of people said that they were interested 1___ computers, but when we got into detail, we found out, that most of them were 2___ on playing online games. I find that a waste of time, I prefer to spend time 3___ something more active, like sports. Some girls mentioned, that they were 4___ arts or music. And one boy said he loved drama. He has to learn lots of lines, which helps him at school, too. I realized that I would like to go and see one of their 5___, and maybe I could join in later. I’m always looking for a new 6___ and I feel happy to learn new 7___. And if I realize that I am not good enough 8___ acting, I might help them advertise their new show as a 9___.
1.A on B in C about
2.A fond B mad C keen
3.A into B on C with
4.A into B on C for
5.A practices B rehearsals C trainings
6.A choice B result C challenge
7.A skill B skills C articles
8.A in B - C at
9.A photographer B photograph C photography
Mark: ___ / 9
III.Writing
During the winter holidays, you and your friends went to the mountains. Write a description of the place you visited, in which you …
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Mark: ___ / 10