Listening Comprehension Test.

Directions:

In this Test you will carefully listen to a text read aloud twice. The text is followed by 20 tasks. You should do tasks 1 through 10 following the first reading of the text on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. The text will be read a second time and you should do tasks 11 through 20 following the second reading of the text on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. For each task you will choose from four possible answers (a, b, c, or d), or two symbols (+ or -) as specified prior to each task. Choose the best answer and mark the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

 

Завдання 1. Task 1

Directions:

Statements 1 through 10 (on your Answer Sheet put down + if the statement is true, - if it is false):

1. People have always believed that men can fly.

2. Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a shop that sold bicycles.

3. They were the first men to fly because they were very lucky.

4. Orville was the first to fly because he won the toss of a coin.

5. Orville and Wilbur were hard-working students of flight.

6. Orville was lying flat on the wing when flying his first flight.

7. The brothers were pleased with what the reporters wrote about their flight.

8. The first long article about the Wright brothers' flight was in a beekeepers’ magazine.

9. In Virginia, Orville flew around an Army field 2 times to prove he could fly.

10. The Wright brothers' depended on the wind to help them fly their plane.

Аудіювання, 11 клас

Listening Comprehension.

Завдання 2. Task 2. Directions: Statements 11 through 20 (choose the correct letter a, b, c or d):

11. Orville and Wilbur...

a) graduated from high school;

b) didn't finish high school;

c) graduated from vocational school;

d) the article doesn't say.

12. Their first flight was...

a) on a sunny day;

b) on a snowy day;

c) on a rainy and windy day;

d) on a windy December day.

13. The brothers were … about the poor reporting.

a) upset;

b) confused;

c) happy;

d) embarrassed.

14. The Wright brothers were...

a) methodists;

b) medical;

c) methodical;

d) merry.

15. Orville got to fly the plane first because...

a) he won the coin toss;

b) he could run faster than Wilbur;

c) he had more courage than Wilbur had;

d) he convinced Wilbur he should be first.

16. The newspaper article that appeared about their first flight...

a) was also carried by many other newspapers;

b) pleased Orville and Wilbur very much;

c) was talked about by everyone;

d) had most of the details wrong.

17. You could describe the Wright brothers as...

a) daredevils when it came to flying;

b) very careful about everything having to do with flying;

c) men who enjoyed arguing with reporters;

d) rather careless pilots..

18. When people saw the brothers’ flight over the field, they were …

a) screaming as loudly as they could;

b) laughing and jumping;

c) waving their hands;

d) frightened and shocked.

19. Orville showed Americans that people could fly...

a) in September of 1808;

b) in September of 1906;

c) in September of 1908;

d) in September of 1996.

20. You could describe Icarus as...

a) a silly man;

b) having flown successfully;

c) having built a glider;

d) a mythical character.

 

Читання, 11 клас

ROUND II. Reading Comprehension Test.

Directions:

In this Test you will read three texts. You should do the tasks following the text on the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For each task you will choose the best possible answer from four possible answers (a, b, c or d) or two symbols (+ or -) as specified prior to each task. Choose the best answer and write down the letter or symbol of your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Statements 1 through 5 refer to Text 1.

Text 1

The largest lake in the western United States is the Great Salt Lake, an inland saltwater lake in northwestern Utah, just outside the state capital of Salt Lake City. Rivers and streams feed into the Great Salt Lake, but none drain out of it; this has a major influence on both the salt content and the size of the lake.

Although the Great Salt Lake is fed by freshwater streams, it is actually saltier than the oceans of the world. The salt comes from the more than two million tons of minerals that flow into the lake each year from the rivers and creeks that feed it. Sodium and chloride — the components of salt — comprise the large majority of the lake's mineral content.

The Great Salt Lake can vary tremendously from its normal size of 1,700 square miles, depending on long-term weather conditions. During periods of heavy rains, the size of the lake can swell tremendously from the huge amounts of water flowing into the Salt Lake from its feeder rivers and streams; in 1980 the lake even reached a size of 2,400 square miles. During periods of dry weather, the size of the lake decreases, sometimes drastically, due to evaporation.

Task 1: Questions (choose the correct letter a, b, c or d):

1. The passage is NOT telling about...

a) the location of the lake;

b) the formation of the lake;

c) the reasons for saltiness;

d) the size of the lake.

 

2. The word "drain" means:

a) walk;

b) stop;

c) flow;

d) cross.

 

3. According to the passage, the size of the lake depends on...

a) one reason;

b) two reasons;

c) three reasons;

d) four reasons.

 

4. It may be inferred from the passage that...

a) the water leaves the lake through some underground passages;

b) the water evaporates intensively from the surface;

c) the water only feeds the lake without leaving it;

d) there is no water at all but a saline and mineral solution.

 

5. The lake is salty because...

a) salty rivers flow into it;

b) its bottom is made of salt;

c) salt is not carried out of the lake;

d) it is a part of an ocean.