Суммативная работа по английскому языку за 4 четверть для 10 класса (ЕМЦ)

10B form         Summative Assessment for the TERM 4        Variant-1

Name, surname _____________________________________

READING (2.5 POINTS)

Task1. Read the article below and mark the statements YES / NO / NOT GIVEN.

      Space tourism is tourism in which participants pay for flights into space. Space Tourism is the term that’s come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back. Many people find this idea futuristic. But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject, and it’s now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today.

      It’s a distinct category of “space travel” which also includes travel in space for work purposes – to date, mainly by government staff. In recent years it has been observed that, although governmental space agencies are not interested in space tourism, it is an objective of development of space activities and will help considerably in funding the space operations or activity.

      Although space tourism had come up in a number of science fiction stories, it is an astonishing fact that in almost none of them, tourism is portrayed as more than a small-scale activity greatly overshadowed by government space missions – military operations, scientific research, defence, etc. This is a good example of how the Cold War pattern of space activities has paralyzed the public’s imagination. That is, government organizations carrying out monopoly “missions” in space ostensibly for the benefit of the taxpayer and created a fixed image of what are space activities, which has dominated the imaginations of scientists and engineers, politicians, the media, and the general public for several decades.

      The price for a flight to the International Space Station is US$ 20-35 million. The space tourists or the spaceflight participants as called by few, usually sign contracts with third parties to conduct particular research while in orbit. This helps to minimize the expenses.

1.      Space Tourism is organized for ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back.( YES / NO / NOT GIVEN)

2.      It’s now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a non-realistic target for business today.( YES / NO / NOT GIVEN)

3.      The Cold War pattern of space activities has paralyzed the public’s imagination and it is the most negative aspect for developing of space tourism. ( YES / NO / NOT GIVEN)

4.      The space tourists or the spaceflight participants as called by few, usually sign contracts with third parties to conduct particular research, especially medical and psycological experiments, while in orbit.   ( YES / NO / NOT GIVEN)

5.      Category of “space travel” includes travel in space for work purposes – to date, mainly by government staff. ( YES / NO / NOT GIVEN)

WRITING (12.5 POINTS)

Task 2 (3 POINTS). Complete the sentences with the words from the box:

desirable      particles       amount     carbon      generate     department

1. The space technology __________develops hardwear, softwear and machinery to improve space exploration.

2. Releasing ________dioxide on Mars would make it warmer.

3. We can _________electricity using solar panels.

4. Space is a vacuum because it contains no ___________.

5. The ________of oxygen in the atmosphere hasn’t been constant through time.

6. In the future genetic engineering may allow us to choose _________ characteristics for our children.

Task 3 (4.5 POINTS).  Write the sentences (1,2,3 types)

1.      If you _______________ (to be) busy, I  ________________ (to leave) you alone.

2.      _________________________________________________________________________________

3.      _________________________________________________________________________________

4.      If mother  _______________ (to buy) a cake, we _________________ (to have) a very nice tea party.

5.      __________________________________________________________________________________

6.      __________________________________________________________________________________

7.      If we ____________________ (to receive) a telegram from him, we ______________ (not to worry).

8.      ___________________________________________________________________________________

9.      ___________________________________________________________________________________

Task 4. (5 POINTS)   Write two body paragraphs of an essay (10-12 sentences).

·                    Support your ideas with arguments for and/or against;

·                    Give reasons or examples;

·                    Use appropriate punctuation marks;

·                    Follow the structure using appropriate linking devices.

Topic 1. Would you like to travel into space? Why or why not?

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Total 15 points