Задания для выполнения контрольных работ Контрольная работа для 1 семестра

1. Write and say about yourself.

My first name is ... .

My last name is ... .

Please call me ... .

I am from ... (city, town).

I am ... (nationality).

I am a/an ... (job).

I grew up in ... (place).

I went to ... (name of school) in ... (place).

I graduated from ... (name of school or university) in ... (year).

My best subjects were ... .

My favorite teacher was ... .

In school I used to play ... (sports, musical instruments).

On the weekends I often used to ... .

My hobbies were ... .

My best friend in high school was ... . He/She ... .

2. Put ‘a’, ‘the’, or nothing into the gaps.

Mr. and Mrs. Forrester have … son and … daughter. … son lives at … home and … daughter is … student at … university. Mr. Forrester is … journalist. He works for ‘… Times’. He writes … articles about restaurants. ‘I love … food!’ he says.

3. Look at the answers in this job interview. What are the questions?

A: First, I want to ask you a few questions about your educational background. Where did you go to school?

B: In Florida.

A: Oh, really? And when ... ?

B: I graduated four years ago.

A: I see. What did ... ?

B: I majored in economics.

A: Oh? And did ... ?

B: No, I didn’t take French in college, but I took it in high school.

A: You did? Well, now, what about your work experience. What ... ?

B: After graduation I got a job in a bank.

A: Well, that’s very interesting.

4. Make the nouns plural.

City … , woman …, child …, criterion …, analysis …, box …, toy …, hanger-on …, phenomenon …, hero …, passer-by …, grant-in-aid …, codex …, memorandum …, life …, roof …, sister-in-law … .

5. Make up different types of questions.

The judge asks some questions to the defendant at the trial.

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, or Simple Past.

1. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. 2. When Ann (be ) on her way to the station it (began) to rain. Ann (run) back to her apartment for her umbrella, but this (make) her late for her train. 3. I’m sorry I’ late. (you, wait) long? 4. At 7 am Charles (ring) Peter and (say), “I’m going fishing, Peter. Would you like to come?” “But it’s so early,” (say) Peter. “I (not have) breakfast yet. Why you (not tell) me last night?” 5. Tom (meet) Paul at lunch time and (say), “I (not see) you at the bus stop this morning. You (miss) the bus? “I (not miss) it,” (reply) Paul. “I (not miss) a bus for years. But this morning George (give) me a lift.”

7. Read the newspaper story. Then read the statements the police took from two suspects, Tony and Rita Buckby. How many differences can you find between Tony’s and Rita’s statements.

Thieves Steal Vanderfill Jewels

A man and a woman entered the home of millionaire Dorothy Vanderfill in New Jersey at 9 p.m. last Saturday and stole a $60, 000 diamond necklace and some jewels.

Tony’s statement. We left our house at 8 p.m. and drove downtown for dinner. We had dinner at Buddy’s Steak House. After dinner, we went for a walk and did some shopping. I bought some magazines, and Rita bought some candy. Then we went for a drive along the lake. We got home at 11 p.m. and went to bed.

Rita’s statement. We left our house at 8 p.m. and drove downtown for dinner. We parked in front of Buddy’s Steak House and had dinner. After dinner, we drove around China town and looked at the shops. We came home at 10:30 p.m. and watched TV until midnight.

8. Read the text and answer the questions below.

A lawyer is someone qualified to advise or act in legal cases.

Legal eagle is a slightly humorous expression meaning a lawyer, especially a clever one.

Courts are presided over by judges or, in lower English courts, by magistrates.

In the English system, solicitors represent people and prepare their cases before they reach court; barristers present and argue the cases in court. Solicitors do not represent people in court except magistrate’s courts.

There are a few hundred judges, trained as barristers, who preside in more serious cases. There is no separate training for judges.

Coroners have medical or legal training (or both), and inquire violent or unnatural deaths.

A jury consists of twelve people ("jurors"), who are ordinary people chosen at random from the Electoral Register (the list of people who can vote in elections). The jury listens to the evidence given in court in certain criminal cases and decides whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. If the person is found guilty, the presiding judge passes the punishment. Juries are rarely used in civil cases.

In the American system, attorneys, familiar from a thousand TV and real-life court-room dramas, represent people, prepare cases and present and argue them in court.

What did you learn about a) magistrates, b) solicitors, c) barristers, d) coroners,

e) jury, f) attorneys?