Разноуровневый тест по чтению (английский язык-7класс)

Разноуровневый тест по чтению (7класс)

(использован текст из сборника сост. В.В.Логиновым. Изд. «Олимп», «АСТ»)

Read the text and do the tasks that follow

Britain ruled over many countries in different parts of the world at the beginning of the century. Those countries were called colonies. In some of them people still (1) speak English as a second language. The British Empire existed until 1949 when Britain and the former colonies agreed to found the Commonwealth. The Queen of Great Britain became the Head of Commonwealth as well. She is also the queen of such countries as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Some people in these countries don't like the (2) idea of being ruled by someone who doesn't even live in their country. But others don't mind. They (3) say that the Queen does not have any real power anywhere outside (4) Great Britain so she can't change anything really.

1.   Choose the best title for the text

a) The Commonwealth       b) Modern politics

c) The Queen of England    d) The elections

2. Complete the sentence: They say that the Queen does not have any …

a) money       b) power

c) children     d) freedom

3. Choose the right answer to the question: What language do people speak in colonies as the second language?

a) French       b) German

c) Russian     d) English

4. According to the text the Queen

a) has a lot of colonies                                 b) is the head of the Commonwealth

c) rules in all English-speaking countries   d) speaks English as a second language

5. According to the text the Commonwealth

a) consists of colonies only                                     b) no longer exists

c) was formed in the middle of the century            d) helps the Queen to rule the world

6. Find the true sentence:

a) Britain ruled over many centuries all over the world       b) The British Empire existed until 1959

c) The Commonwealth was founded in 1949                       d) The Queen of Great Britain became the          .                                                                                                  president 

7. "still" (point 1) means

a) quiet      b) calm

c) now       d) up to now

8. "idea" (point 2) means

a) thought       b) plot

c) plan            d) story

9. "they" (point 3) stands for

a) former colonies                                        b) countries of the Commonwealth

c) people who don't mind the Queen           d) people who are against the Queen

10. "outside" (point 4) is

a) an adverb                    b) a preposition

c) a noun                         d) a verb

Задания 1-3 - уровень А (оценка «3»), задания 4-6 - уровень B (оценка «4»), задания 7-10 - уровень С (оценка «5»).