Задания для контрольной работы по английскому языку для студентов заочной формы обучения Психолого-педагогический институт
Test
Choose the correct variant( Выберите правильный вариант).
1. What … the best ways of bringing up children?
a) are c) is
b) do d) does
2. There … many neglected children in Russia nowadays.
a) is c) were
b) are d) do
3. She … … a lot of subjects to study at university.
a) have got c) has got
b) have d) does
4. What subject … you like best?
a) is c) do
b) are d) does
5. My friend … a new scientific book now.
a) is reading c) do read
b) read d) is read
Choose the correct translation (Выберите правильный перевод).
Everybody knows this, and nobody will think of questioning this fact.
a) Все это знают и никто не будет подвергать это сомнению.
b) Каждый это знает и никто не подумал бы сомневаться в этом.
c) Все это знают и никто давно уже не думает об этих вопросах.
Swimming is a good physical exercise for him.
a) Плавая, он получает хорошую физическую нагрузку.
b) Плавание – хорошее физическое упражнение для него.
c) Он получает большое удовольствие от плавания.
Джек выглядит старше своих лет.
a) Jack looks older than he is.
b) Jack is as old as he looks.
c) Jack is not as old as he looks.
Если завтра будет хорошая погода, мы поедем за город.
a) If the weather is bad tomorrow, we’ll go to the country.
b) If the weather will be good tomorrow, we’ll go to the country.
c) If the weather is fine tomorrow, we’ll go to the country.
Quite large numbers of people have to learn English to find a good job.
a) Довольно большое количество людей изучило английский язык, чтобы найти хорошую работу.
b) Довольно большому количеству людей приходится изучать английский язык, чтобы найти хорошую работу.
c) Довольно большое количество людей имело возможность изучить английский язык, чтобы найти хорошую работу.
Для зачета (для тех студентов, у которых фамилии начинаются с букв А-К):
Text 1. Educating the nation.
Schooling is compulsory for twelve years, for all children aged five to sixteen. There are two voluntary years of schooling thereafter. Children may attend either state-funded or fee-paying independent schools. In England and Wales the primary cycle lasts from five to eleven. Generally speaking, children enter infant school, moving on to junior school at the age of eight, and then on the secondary school at the age of eleven. Roughly 90 per cent of children receive their secondary education at ‘comprehensive’ schools. Secondary schools lasts either until the end of the compulsory attendance cycle, or includes the two final years of secondary education, generally known in Britain (for historical reasons) as the ‘sixth form’. In many parts of the country, these two years are spent at a tertiary or sixth form college, which provides academic and vocational course.
Two public examinations are set, on completion of the compulsory cycle of education at the age of sixteen, and on completion of the two voluntary years. At sixteen pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary of Education (GCSE), introduced in 1989. It replaced two previous examinations: the Certificate of secondary Education (CSE), which indicated satisfactory completion of secondary education, and the General Certificate of Education (GCE), which was for higher academic achievers. The new GCSE was introduced with two main intentions: to provide one examination whereby the whole range of ability could be judged, rather than having two classes of achievers; and two assess children on class work and homework as well as in the examination room, as a more reliable form assessment. The new GCSE remains controversial, partly on account of the rush with which it was introduced, and it is possible that it will be substantially revised during the 1990s. During the two voluntary years of the schooling, pupils specialize in two or there subjects, and take the GCE Advanced Level, or ‘A level’ examination, usually, with a view to entry to a university, polytechnic or other college of higher education. New examinations, Advanced Supplementary (AS) levels, which were introduced in 1989, are intended to provide a wider range of study. The Examinations are not set by the government, but by independent examinations boards, most of which are associated with a particular university or group of universities.
Scotland, with a separate education tradition, has a slightly different system. Children stay in the primary cycle until the age of twelve. They take the Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) usually at the age of sixteen, and instead of A levels, take the Scottish Higher Certificate which is more like continental European examinations, since it covers a wider area of study than the highly specialized A level course. Scots pupils who wish to continue their studies beyond the Higher may take the Certificate of Sixth Year Studies (CSYS).
For less academically inclined pupils, a Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education was introduced in 1986, as a qualification for a further year of full-time education after sixteen to prepare for work or vocational course.
The academic year begins in late summer, usually in September, and is divided into there terms, with holidays for Christmas, Easter and for the month of August, although the exact dates vary slightly from area to area. In addition each term there is normally a mid-term one week holiday, known as “half-term”.