Progress Check unit 1 10th form УМК Биболетова

Progress Check (unit 1) 10^th form

1.   Fill in the blanks with necessary words.

1.      You  have to pay for your education at a ………………school.    2. At universities bright students get a ……………… . 3.  Being away from home I am always ……………….. .  4.  ……………….subjects must be studied by all students.  5. A school year in high school in Russia is divided into two …………….. .  6. A ………………studies and lives at school.

homesick,  border, compulsory, private, semesters, scholarship

2.      Put the verbs in the appropriate form.

1.      You (find) out about the new timetable yet?    2.  They (tell) us about holidays next Monday.    3. He (not, be) a newcomer now. He (appear) in our class last year.   4.  We (be) here since 10 a.m. We (listen) to a lecture for an hour.   5. Our teachers (not, give) us only good marks.  6. All marks and notes (write) into our report books.  7. How long he (study) at this school?     8.  By 11 a.m. yesterday they (finish) their test and from 11 to 12 they (write) an essay.  9. Some new subjects (learn) by students last year.  10. An interesting educational programme (show) to us next week.

3.      Choose the correct form.

1)     I wish I …. Him the truth but I preferred to keep it in secret.

could tell/will tell/could say/to tell

2)     She …..me to buy this book.

demanded/emphasized/insisted/recommended

3)     I wanted to take a taxi to get to the theatre, but my father …. that we should walk there.

remarked/suggested/prevented/allowed

4)     The lecturer wanted to …..the audience’s response, so he started to ask questions.

create/evoke/suppress/affect

5)     The news …. Him so deeply he could hardly speak.

affected/suspected/expressed/suppressed

6)     During the lecture the professor demonstrated us new sources from which we  could….. knowledge in any field.

gain/gather/evoke/save

7)     I came to the station …..time to buy tickets and a newspaper.

at/in/on/before

8)     She felt very tired, …. she had been for a long walk.

as if/ as soon as/ though/despite

9)     When I concentrate on my assignment it is very important that there are no ……

Distractions/distinctions/distress/devastation.

4.      Translate from Russian into English.

1)     Если бы ты мне сказал это заранее, я бы не опоздал на встречу.

2)     Я попросил его помочь мне подготовиться к экзамену, т.к. он самый умный ученик в классе.

3)     Я отдам тебе книгу, как только прочту ее.