The story was so good that

Контрольная работа для студентов 4 курса ХГО (2 вариант)

I. Reading. Read the text and answer the questions in writing.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Lewis Carroll is a pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the professor of mathematics from Oxford. The future writer went to Rugby school and then to Christ Church College in Oxford, and he got Mas­ter’s Degree when he was 23. His first experience in writing was not a fairy-tale, but a serious work on mathematics.

When Dodgson was working in the college, he got acquainted with the Liddell family. Liddell was the dean of the faculty where he worked. The Liddells had four children: a son, Harry, and three daughters: Lorina Charlotte, Alice, and Edith. Dodgson became a good friend of the family and often entertained the children with different stones.

One day the Liddells together with Dodgson went on a boating trip on the Thames, and he told the children the story about wonderful adventures under ground. The story was so good that everybody asked him to publish it.

The first book appeared in 1865 and had the title Alice ‘s Adven­tures in Wonderland. Dodgson continued writing and soon published the second book: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Saw There.

He went on writing books and stories for children, but none of them enjoyed so much popularity as stories about Alice and her ad­ventures.

The Jabberwocky is one of the poems from the book Through the Looking-Glass. and is a wonderful example of nonsense that people all over the world enjoy up to now.

Agree or disagree.

1. Lewis Carroll is the real name of the writer.

2. Lewis Carroll was a professor of mathematics in Oxford.

3. The Liddells had five children.

4. Dodgson liked telling children amusing stories.

5. The story about Alice’s adventures in Wonderland was told on a boating

trip on the Thames.

6. Lewis Carrol wrote many books for children, and all of them are popular.

II. Grammar. Put a preposition fronr the box into each gap.

at in. about after for with by to on after

James fives jn a small flat (a) ____ Cambridge. He lives (b) ____two other boys who are students (c) ____ Cambridge University. They work hard during the week, but (d) ______ weekends they invite a lot of friends to their house. They cook a meal (e) ___ their friends, and then they go out (f) ___ the pub (g) ___ a drink, or they stay (h) ___ home and listen (i)___music.

James has two jobs. (j) ____ Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays he works (k) ____ a hospital, where he helps to look (I) ___ children who are ill. He goes to the hospital (m)____ bus. He starts (n)____ten o’clock and works until quarter (o) ____ five. On Thursdays and Fridays he works (p) ____ home. He has a word processor (q)____ his bedroom and he writes stories, (r) _____ the evening, one of the boys cooks a meal. (s) ___ dinner they look in the newspaper to see what’s on TV or they talk (t) ___ their day. They usually go to bed at about midnight.

III. Vocabulary. Put the words into the correct columns.

sausage map actress lovely sandwich pilot arrive palace ham cottage want bring notebook hard cheap goose journalist dictionary arrive unfriendly interpreter magazine yellow club shore engineer office newspaper healthy do

The story was so good that

(a) Изучите примеры:

— I didn’t enjoy the book. The story was so stupid.

— I didn’t enjoy the book. It was such a stupid story.

Мы употебляем so с прилагательным без существительного: so interesting

Мы употебляем such с прилагательным c существительным: such an interesting story

Мы употебляем so с наречием: so carefull

(b) So и such усиливают значение прилагательного.

so long но such a long time

so far но such a long way

so many но such a lot (of)

so much но such a lot (of)

Сравните so и such в следующих предложениях:

Часто мы говорим so. that.. и such. that.. :

— I was so tired that I went to bed at seven o’clock.

— She worked so hard that she made herself ill.

— It was such lovely weather that we spent the whole day in the garden.

— The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.

It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.

Вы можете опустить that в этих предложениях:

— I was so tired (that) I went to bed at 7 o’clock.

(c) В этих предложениях мы употребляем so и such разным образом:

— I expected the weather to be mush cooler.

— I’m tired because I got up at 6 o’clock.

— I was surprised when Jack told me the house was built 100 years ago.

— I haven’t seen him for so long that I’ve forgotten what he looks like.

— I didn’t know you lived so far from the city centre.

Рабочая тетрадь Spotlight 7. Workbook. Страница 14

Writing a story — Пишем рассказ

1. a) Read the story and put the paragraphs in the correct order. — Прочитай рассказ и поставь параграфы в правильном порядке.

D. Jenny was so excited. She looked forward to her winter holiday in the Swiss Alps all year and now she was finally there. There were lots of interesting people in her group and the leaders seemed very professional and experienced. Jenny couldn’t believe her luck. She was away from the city at last. — Дженни была так взволнована. Она ждала свои зимние каникулы в Швейцарских Альпах весь год и сейчас она наконец-то была здесь. В ее группе было много интересных людей, а тренеры казались очень профессиональными и опытными. Дженни не могла поверить в свою удачу. Она наконец-то уехала из города.

C. Everyone was amazed by the scenery on their first walk. The snow-capped mountains looked beautiful against the clear blue sky and the air was so fresh. There were colourful wild flowers everywhere. Jenny stopped to take some photographs. But, when she looked around, she realised that everyone else had gone and she was completely alone! — Все были восхищены планом их первой прогулки. Горы со снежными вершинами выглядели прекрасно на фоне чистого синего неба, а воздух был такой свежий. Везде были разноцветные дикие цветы. Дженни остановилась сделать несколько фотографий. Но когда она оглянулась, она поняла, что все уже ушли и она осталась абсолютно одна!

B. Some time later, Jenny was walking along the track, when suddenly she saw that it divided into two paths and didn’t really know which one to take. She decided to follow the path on the right. After a while there was a noise and the ground sank. She screamed as she felt herself falling over the edge of the mountain, but managed to grab some bushes on her way down. She shouted as loud as she could, but no one came. — Некоторое время спустя Дженни шла вдоль трассы, когда вдруг она увидела, что она разделяется на два пути, Дженни не знала, по какому пути идти. Она решила следовать по дороге справа. Через какое-то время послышался шум и земля стала оседать. Она закричала, поскольку почувствовала, что падает с гребня горы, но сумела схватиться за кусты, что росли на пути ее падения. Она закричала так громко, как могла, но никто не пришел.

A. Then, just as she was losing, she felt two strong hands pull her to safety. Thankfully, the group leaders quickly realised she was missing and went back for her. Jenny was so relieved that they found her just in time! — Затем, когда она уже начала слабеть, она почувствовала две сильные руки, тянущие ее наверх, в безопасность. К счастью лидер группы быстро понял, что она пропала и отправился назад за ней. Дженни почувствовала облегчение, что ее нашли вовремя!

b) Which paragraph(s) give(s) information about: — Какие параграфы дают информацию о:

2. Put the events from the story in the correct order. — Поставь события из рассказа в правильный порядок.

3. Write a story about a holiday adventure for a school newspaper. Use the plan below and the text in Ex. 1a as a model. — Напишите рассказ о приключениях во время каникул для школьной газеты. Используйте план и текст из упражнения 1а в качестве модели.

It was a bright, spring morning and Elizabeth and her two best friends, Catherine and Becky, decided to go away for the weekend. After a while they got hungry, so they stopped to get something to eat. Becky and Elizabeth went into the shop while Catherine stayed outside. Suddenly Catherine saw a very big cat with blue eyes and wanted to see where it lived. She followed the cat and the door locked behind her.

When two girls walked back to meet Catherine, they realized she was not there anymore. After a few minutes they both began to worry, as they couldn’t see Catherine.

Then they heard a voice coming from a shed behind the shop. It was Catherine. She was inside just with the cat. After a few minutes of laughter and tears, the girls were back on the road and all was well.

Это было яркое весеннее утро и Елизавета со своими двумя лучшими друзьями Катериной и Бекки решили уехать на выходные. Вскоре они проголодались и остановились взять что-нибудь поесть. Бекки и Елизавета пошли в магазин пока Катерина оставалась снаружи. Вдруг Катерина увидела очень большую кошку с голубыми глазами и захотела посмотреть, где та живет. Она проследовала за кошкой и дверь за ней закрылась.

Когда две девочки вышли к Катерине, они поняли, что она пропала. Через несколько минут они обе начали беспокоиться, поскольку не видели Катерину.

Затем они услышали голос, идущий из сарая за магазином. Это была Катерина. Она была внутри с кошкой. Через несколько минут смеха и слез девочки вернулись на дорогу и все было хорошо.

Horse riding. Melony went to the stable. She put a saddle on Sally. The horse was 5 years old. It was big and white with a long mane. Bob, Melony’s young brother, entered the barn. He was also going to ride the horse. Bob chose Bolt and saddled him up. It was a warm and slightly windy evening. Melony and Bob started their ride. They were talking about faraway places when Sally suddenly bucked. Melony fell from the horse and landed on her shoulder and her head.

“Melony, are you ok?” cried Bob stopping his horse. Melony was just mumbling something indistinct. Bob gently rolled her over and saw no blood. He thought that was good. Bob pulled Melony up into a sitting position. She slightly moved her legs and arms. She didn’t break anything. However, her head was not ok. She touched it and felt an intense pain.

They were trying to understand what the matter was but still unsuccessfully. “We must go to the hospital. It can be something dangerous” said Bob.

Прогулка верхом. Мэлони отправилась в конюшню. Она надела седло на Сэлли. Лошади было 5 лет. Она была крупной и белой, с длинной гривой. Боб, младший брат Мэлони, вошел в конюшню. Он тоже собирался покататься на лошади. Боб выбрал Молнию и оседлал его. Был теплый, слегка ветреный вечер. Мэлони и Боб начали прогулку. Они говорили о дальних странах, когда Сэлли внезапно встала на дыбы. Мэлони упала с лошади и приземлилась на свое плечо и голову.

«Мэлони, ты в порядке?», — закричал Боб, останавливая своего коня. Мэлони бормотала что-то невнятное. Боб осторожно перевернул ее и не увидел крови. Он решил, что это хороший знак. Боб посадил Мэлони. Она слегка пошевелила ногами и руками. Она ничего не сломала. Но с ее головой было что-то не так. Она дотронулась до нее и почувствовала сильную боль.

Они пытались понять, в чем была проблема, но все еще безрезультатно. «Нам нужно отправиться в больницу. Это может быть что-то серьезное», — сказал Боб.