Задания к контрольной работе по УД ОД 01.01 «Иностранный язык» (Английский) для студентов 1 курса очной формы обучения

Задания к контрольной работе

по УД ОД 01.01 «Иностранный язык» (Английский)

для студентов 1 курса очной формы обучения

1. Read the article about a new invention carefully and then decide which of sentences 1-8 are true (T), which are false (F), according to the text.

PEDAL POWER TV

TO UPROOT COUCH POTATO

A television set that will only work if children pedal an exercise bicycle to provide the electricity has been invented by researchers examining weight problems at a New York hospital.

Experiments involving overweight children aged between eight and twelve showed that those who had to pedal when they wanted to watch their favourite programmes not only watched far less television, but also recorded impressive loss of fat.

The 'couch potato TV' was developed by researchers at St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital as a result of growing concern over weight problems among an increasing number of American children. David Allison, who headed the research, said: 'I am not naive enough to think we're going to solve the world's weight problems with TVs hooked to bicycles. But there are other things we could do that are only limited by our imagination. '

Mr. Allison once proposed that people should be charged to travel in lifts in an effort to encourage them to use the stairs. He said that 13% of American children were considered seriously overweight, and that the number was growing. During the tests children who had the 'couch potato TV sets' watched on average one hour of television a week, while children in a second 'control' group watched more than twenty hours.

1 The new invention is a television set combined with a bicycle. T / F

2 The aim of the experiment was to measure how much electricity we can generate through exercise. T / F

3 Mr Allison says watching television limits children's imagination. T / F

4 Mr Allison tried to discourage people from using lifts. T / F

5 The invention has reduced the number of overweight children in the USA by 13%. T / F

6      All the children in the experiment watched television for twenty hours. T / F

2. Write all possible types of questions to the highlighted sentence from the text.

3.     Choose the correct item

1. We ...... on holiday next weekend.

A go   В are going    C goes

2. James is a good student. He .........his homework every evening.

A do   В is doing      C does

3.  I ..........this film yesterday.  Let’s watch something else.

A have seen   В saw   C am seeing

4. Ted........... his car last month.

A sold       В has sold   C is selling

 5. The sun ........... every morning.

A is rising   В rises     C was rising

6. I ........ my first cassette player when I was eighteen.

A have bought   В am buying   C bought

7. Jennifer.......... vegetables twice a week.

A ate    В is eating    C eats

8. Look! My mother ……!

A comes    B came  C is coming

9. I want to watch a new film tonight. It ……… at 8 p.m.

A starts     B will start   C  is starting

10. Last year we  ……. our trip to Moscow.

A enjoy   B enjoyed    C enjoys

4.     Choose the correct alternative.

1. It sometimes (snows/is snowing) here in April.

2. It is 8 o’clock. Mother (cooks/ is cooking) breakfast.

3. Three times a week father (leaves/is leaving) the house at half past eight.

4. We often (watch/are watching) TV.

5. At the moment  we (sit/ are sitting) in armchairs and (watch/are watching) TV.

6. Sometimes Mike (does/is doing) his lessons in the evening.

7. Look at Mike. He (does/is doing) his lessons.

8. It (rains/is raining) now.

9. At weekends  the family (has/is having) tea at 5 o’clock.

10.  It is 5 o’clock. The family (has/is having) tea.