ТУР I
reading comprehension
An Alien1
I. I've always wondered about Roy Dwight, ever since I saw him jump. One day, I was walking around the corner of Main Street in Greensburg, my home town, when a car zoomed2 past me, turned sharply, and went straight for Roy! "Watch it, Roy!" I yelled. He turned around, seeing the car, which was about three metres away from him, leaped3. And I mean leaped! He went soaring above the blue car and landed about seven metres behind it. The driver, a short, fat man, climbed out of the car and started shouting at Roy. Roy turned and ran, naturally. The driver added a few more swear words to his, little speech, then jumped back into his car, slammed the door and, drove off.
II. Here's the problem: I think Roy is an alien. If he could jump around seven metres, he must be used to a strong gravity. Roy has a long, thin face, light brown hair and pointed ears. Maybe it was his pointed ears that made me think he was an alien at first. They always reminded me of Spock in the stupid Star Trek show on TV. When he first came to Greensburg one and a half years ago everyone called him Spooky Spocky, but we all got sick of it. So we quit. His eyes always look like they are squinting4. If he is not from Earth he is probably squinting because his sun is less bright than ours, or he lives further away from our sun than we do. He has got a long drooping nose, but his main feature is his 1Q. It is 183. Now show me a kid with the IQ of 183 and I'll show you an alien.
- Up to now I had had my doubts if he was an alien or not. But yesterday in the park I finally decided. We were playing football in the park stadium and Roy was sitting in the stands with a radio beside him. Of the whole park our favourite place is the stadium. The guard always lets us play, which is pretty nice of him. Well, Roy was sitting in the stands, but he was doing something pretty strange. He wasn’t only listening to the radio, he was also talking into it. I guessed it was his transmitter, and he was using it to talk to his people. Then Bill had to go home and clean up his rooms, so we were short one player. We called to Roy and asked if he wanted to play. He agreed and slid off the bench. As he slid his leg bumped his 'radio' and it fell to the ground and split apart. Its contents were totally different from those of a normal radio. There was this greenish fluid coming out and the electronics were very, very compact. The antenna had an enormous booster that probably helped in transmitting over long distances. Right then I knew for sure: Roy is not from Earth.
VI. I told the other guys I had to go shopping for my mom and before they could say anything I ran home ... When I finally got there I ran into my room and hurried to my long wooden desk. I found a button under it and pushed it. With the sound of working electronic motors my desk transformed into a communications terminal. My fingers went flying over the keyboard, typing area codes. Then I reached for my microphone and said into it: “Zargon to Pluto Station. Zargon to Pluto Station. I have found an alien. He is not from Earth nor is he one of us. Delay the invasion until I investigate further”.
1alien – чужестранец, иностранец, инопланетянин
2zoom - изменять масштаб изображения (увеличивать, уменьшать)
3leap (leapt, leaped)– прыгать, перепрыгивать
4squint - косить
ТУР I
reading comprehension test
Task I. What is this text about? Choose the right idea
1) An alien mission on the Earth.
2) A strange boy who looked like an alien.
3) The invasion of aliens to the Earth.
4) One alien's investigation about the other.
5) The flight from Earth to Pluto.
Task II. Answer the questions
1) Has the narrator always wondered about Roy Dwight?
2) Could Roy Dwight leap seven metres?
3) Did Roy Dwight first come to Greensburg one year ago?
4) Is his IQ 183?
5) Was Roy Dwight only listening to the radio?
Task III. Match the number of the paragraph with the key –statement
1) An unusual radio. I
2) An enormous leap. II
3) An urgent message. III
4) A strange appearance. IV
5) A bright idea.
6) A great success.
Task IV. Finish the sentences according to the text
1) He went soaring above the blue car and landed about.....
2) If he could jump around that high, he must be used...........
3) The guard always lets us play, which...................................................
4) Then Bill had to go home and clean up his room, so we were…………….
5) My fingers went flying over the keyboard......................................
Task V. Correct mistakes according to the contents of the text, add 1-2 sentences to prove your corrections
1) The driver was so astonished by Roy's leap that he couldn't say a word.
2) Roy looked like Leonardo Di Caprio.
3) His IQ was typical to an average boy of his age.
4) Roy constructed a primitive radio.
5) The author was an ordinary teenager.
ТУР II
LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR TEST
Task I. Divide the sentences into two columns.
A) where you beginning your answer with So... B) where you beginning your answer with Neither...
1) A friend of mine likes classical music.
2) I don't play the guitar well enough.
3) Her cousin rides a bicycle every day in summer.
4) My uncle doesn't believe in ghosts.
5) They can dive very deep.
6) We have a new school uniform.
7) She will not remind you of it.
8) I did not learn to play the violin when a child.
Task II. Put the adjectives/adverbs into the comparative and superlative degrees
Careful, well, fast, badly, pretty, narrow, unhappy, low
Task III. Choose the correct verb to show that two actions in each sentence take place at the same time
1) I see that you (know, knew) the subject well.
2) I saw that he (knows, knew) the subject well.
3) You will see that she (knows, knew) the subject well.
4) I saw that she (is, was) trying to find an answer.
5) I understood that you (will get, would get) there on time.
6) I thought you (are, were) coming back next month.
7) She (knows, knew) I had made a mistake.
8) He (feels, felt) I'm right.
Task IV. There are eight mistakes in the following text in the use of sequence of tenses. Find them and correct.
When I approached the house I was hearing the scream. I rang the doorbell several times. When the woman at last opened the door I had understood that something unusual has happened. She was trembling She told me that she has seen someone's shadow in the sitting room. I rushed to the kitchen to grab a knife. I thought it is a thief. The woman told me that it is on the table. So with the knife in my hand entered the sitting room. I turned the light on. And I see there is nice small squirrel jumping from one curtain to another.
Task V. Translate the sentences
1) Если я поеду в Париж, то поднимусь на Эйфелеву башню.
2) Если бы мой друг умел водить машину, он бы подвез меня.
3) Если бы в кинотеатре показывали новый фильм, я бы пошла тобой.
4) Если вы выйдете в шесть, то успеете на автобус.
5) Если бы сегодня не было дождя!
Task VI. Identify the meaning of the word in caps
1) You must KEEP your promise.
А. сдержать В. хранить С. охранять D. соблюдать
2) Не KEEPSoninterrupting.
А. держать В. содержать С. охранять D. продолжать
3) HisjokesMADEuslaugh.
А. сделали В. произвели С. заставили D. смогли
4) IhopeyouwillnotCHANGEyourmind.
А. изменишь В. променяешь С. выменяешь D. оставишь
5) I'mnotinterestedinyourOPINION.
А. представление В. мнение С. взгляд D. Воззрение