Семестрова контрольна робота для 11 класу

Choose the word or phrase that produces a grammatically correct sentence.

That’s the café _______ we are supposed to meet Nora.

The theory of relativity ___ by Albert Einstein.

USE OF ENGLISH

Read the text and choose the correct answer for each gap.

Many people have tried ___ smoking at some point in their lives, and these days many of us ___to stop taking___ substance which is not cigarettes

But which ___ be killing the same number of people ___ tobacco, or even more. I am talking about sugar.

When I went to the doctor five years ago, he told me that sugar___ kill me one day if I didn’t avoid___ it.

My only chance of long-term survival, said the doctor, was ___ all sugar from my diet. Before that day, I ___ to quit anything; ___, I didn’t think it would be too difficult. “I have achieved difficult things in my life, much more difficult than that,” I thought. It wasn't true.

I didn't know how difficult it was to stop smoking, or drinking alcohol, because I ___ addicted to anything, but when I stopped eating sugar, I realised that sugar is a very powerful drug.

For the first few weeks or months I ___  that I was eating chocolate or cakes, and then I woke up in the morning and my body was crying for sugar.

It's been 3 months now, and I___ very, very little sugar in that time; only the added sugar that food manufacturers put in some of their processed products, like bread, tinned tomato, etc. 

I am very happy because I don't crave sweet things any more, and I feel ___ healthier and energetic than a few months ago.

What do you call ...

a short film on TV advertising a product?

What do you call ...

a machine into which you put money to buy coffee, sweets etc.? 

Read the definition and choose the correct one.

You can buy a gold ring or a bracelet at a .... .

Read the definition and choose the correct one.

The money you borrow from a bank is a .... .

Read the definition and choose the correct one.

You can buy a holiday or a trip from a ....  

 Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

The shop is definitely ...... a visit if you’re interested in designer clothes.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

Excuse me, how much does it ..... to get a taxi to the airport? 

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

How much do they ..... for cinema tickets in your town?

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

Look at those jeans! They are $10 ..... !

Complete the sentence with the correct preposition.

She spends most of her pocket money ________ clothes and music CDs.

Complete the sentence with the correct preposition.

Can we go now? You’ve been trying on those clothes ________ ages!

For each sentence choose the answer which is the translation of the words in bold and fits the meaning.

Fortunately, the queue wasn’t very long, so we (нам не довелося чекати) __ more than just a couple of minutes.