ПКВЯз. Английский язык. Домашнее чтение

Match each word with its translation

• disgust
• зависть
• dignity
• невинность
• innocence
• достоинство
• envy
• отвращение

Fill in the right forms of the verbs. Hardly … these words, when the leader of the group … on the path.

• had Chingachgook pronounced; appeared
• Chingachgook had pronounced; had appeared
• Chingachgook pronounced; appeared
• Chingachgook pronounced; had appeared

Complete the sentence according to the text: A child noticed that

• the water was tasty
• the water was red and thick
• there was enough water for crops
• the war in the North finished

Pick up the right answer . The word damn is pronounced to rhyme with

• dumb
• came
• come
• lamb

Match each word with its translation

• искренне
• queer
• яростно
• vital
• энергичный
• violently
• странный
• heartily

Match each phrase with its translation

• to mow the lawn
• выпадать на то же самое число
• slight melancholy
• поздно ложиться спать
• to go to bed late
• легкая грусть
• fall on the same date
• подстригать газон

Define the tense and voice of the predicate in the sentence: They will open the gates a thousand miles North

• Future Perfect Passive
• Future Continuous Active
• Future Simple Passive
• Future Simple Active

Point out correct statements:

• The Future Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “Umm, her family will come before her career.”
• The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He was looking at me.”
• The Present Indefinite tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “She’s obviously a disorganized scatterbrain.”
• The Past Continuous tense the verb is used in the following sentence: “He was looking at me.”

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: “animal’s foot that has claws or nails.”

• hand
• leg
• arm
• paw

Match the words with their definitions

• reason for action
• suburb
• a sign or object which represents a person, idea, etc.
• poverty
• the state of being very poor
• symbol
• an outer area of town or city
• purpose

Match the synonyms

• nonsense
• purpose
• wonder
• use of land
• tenancy
• surprise
• intention
• twaddle

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: a small gun, which is held in the hand.

• maid
• net
• path
• revolver

Pick up the right answer. The greatest slaughtering and meat-packing center in the world is

• New Orleans.
• New York.
• Chicago.
• Boston.

Match the synonyms

• dignity
• twaddle
• creature
• intention
• purpose
• living animal
• nonsense
• true worth

Complete the sentence: I took the … down to the Village so I could walk all the way up Fifth Avenue to the Zoo

• river
• house
• forest
• subway

Complete the sentence according to the text: The people in the South wanted

• the two Northern countries stop to disagree
• The President to stop the war in the North
• to help the two Northern countries
• the two Northern countries continue to disagree

Liza (‘Pygmalion’) would like to get rid of her Cockney

• because she has fallen in love with a marquis.
• in order to get a job at a florist’s shop.
• because she has fallen in love with Henry Higgins.
• in order to be received at the Palace.

Pick up the right answer. The life of the first settlers was strongly influenced by

• their environment.
• climate.
• the Indians.
• the British Government.

The English proverb equivalent to the Russian one: Все кошки серы в темноте.

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: the study of nature.

• science
• path
• net
• phosphorus

Pick up the right answer. The only borough on the main land is

• Brooklyn.
• Richmond.
• Queens.
• the Bronx.

Complete the sentence according to the text: Eliza Doolittle was really in love with

• Henry Higgins
• Colonel Pickering
• Freddy
• the servant

Complete the sentence: This seems … him

• enlightened
• to enlighten
• is enlightened
• enlighten

Point out correct statements:

• Pluto was very intelligent.
• Some people believe that all black cats are evil.
• The hero changed as he began to drink.
• The main character thinks that drink is the reason to die.

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: not moving

• still
• terror
• path
• net

Complete the sentence: It’s one of those things a person ….

• have do
• has do
• has to do
• have to do

Fill in the right English equivalent for the following: Рождество.

Pick up the right answer. The first English colony was established in

• Boston.
• Chicago.
• Jamestown.
• New York.

Match the words with their definitions

• sober
• looking ill, sad, tired, anxious, pale
• oath
• person who is the property of another and must serve him
• slave
• solemn declaration that something is true
• wane
• not drunk

Henry Higgins met Eliza in the portico of St. Paul’s ____.

For a moment Cora and Alice … trembling.

• was standing
• were standing
• stood
• had stood

Match the words with their definitions

• alarms
• strength
• maiden
• to value highly
• to prize
• girl
• sinews
• tears

Fill in the right English equivalent for the following: Новый год.

When Liza comes to see Professor Higgins

• she looks very tidy and smart.
• she is dressed in a pretentious and pathetic way.
• she doesn’t care what she looks like.
• she is very dirty and dressed in rags.

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: “large, strong, flesh-eating animal of the cat family found in Africa and South Asia.”

• lion
• tiger
• cat
• bear

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: to do something that is not honest or truthful to somebody else.

• net
• mark
• trick
• path

Complete the sentence: … was once a trim and lightly muscled body has begun to go to fat

• what
• that
• this
• these

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: “favourable time or chance.”

• possibility
• option
• doubt
• opportunity

Fill in the right forms of the verbs. Before the morning, as the moon …, they … on their way.

• rose; were going
• rose; went
• rose; had gone
• rose; has gone

Find the right definition that corresponds to the following word: Marquand. («THE ZOO STORY»)

Find the synonym for the phrase from the red sky of the morning

• from the east
• in the sun
• from the west
• on the sun

Match the words with their definitions

• customer
• look long and steadily
• to criticize
• outer limit or boundary of a surface
• edge
• form and give a judgement of; find fault with
• to gaze
• person who buys things, especially one who gives his custom to a shop

Point out correct statements:

• Probably, during the fire someone cut the dead cat from the tree and threw it through the window.
• After the fire the main character forgot the shape very soon.
• The people see a shape of large cat, hanging by its neck next to the wall after fire.
• After the death of his cat he began to search for another cat.

Fill in the right answer: The events described in the book take place during the war between the English and … colonizers

Leave out the odd word

• occupied
• arranged
• engaged
• busy

Match the synonyms

• to dare
• to mask
• to utter
• to walk wearily
• to trudge
• to say
• to pretend
• to face

Leave out the odd word

• a landlord
• a keeper of an inn
• a publican
• a gentleman

Match the synonyms

• to obtain
• to start
• to possess
• to have
• to initiate
• to get

Fill in the right form. The slope was so steep that Cora and Alice … their horses.

• had get off
• had to get of
• have to get of
• had to get off

Find the right word that corresponds to the following definition: a chemical material which shines in the dark and appears to burn.

• scent
• terror
• phosphorus
• sink