Цель: контроль усвоенной лексики по теме и проверка усвоения грамматического материала причинно-следственные связи в сложном предложении.
I. Выберите правильный вариант.
TEST
1. The Australian continent is washed in the north by ….
a) the Arafura Sea b) the Irish Sea c) the North Sea
2. The land varies from high mountains to deep canyons in ….
a) Australia b) the USA c) the UK
3. The USA stretches from … in the north to … in the south.
a) Canada … Mexico b) Mexico … Canada c) Brazil … Cuba
4. … is the highest mountain in England and Wales.
a) Snowdon b) Elbrus c) Everest
5. No place in … is more than 75 miles from the sea.
a) Great Britain b) the USA c) Australia
6. The centre of the Australian continent is taken by ….
a) the mountain ranges b) the deserts c) the plains
7. The chief rivers of Great Britain are …, ….
a) the Avon, the Thames b) the Missouri, the Yukon c) the Murray, the Darling
8. … is located to the south of Asia, between the Pacific and Indian oceans.
a) The USA b) Great Britain c) Australia
9. The southern parts of … have warm temperatures year round, but the northern parts have very cold winters.
a) Australia b) the UK c) the USA
10. … is typical of the UK.
a) steady rainfall b) severe drought c) cold winter
II. Прочитайте вопросы 1-4 и тексты, обозначенные буквами A-E. Установите, в каких текстах можно найти ответ на эти вопросы. Ответ на каждый вопрос можно найти только в одном тексте. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу, приведенную ниже, где под номером вопроса впишите соответствующую букву. В задании один текст лишний.
Where can tourists….
1. learn more about extreme sports?
2. see a country which is as large as America?
3. enjoy the most splendid view of the Niagara Falls?
4. have lunch at a sand dune?
A.
Canada has an area of nearly ten million square kilometers. It is a country of lakes. Since the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River form a great water way from the Atlantic to the heart of the country. The Niagara Falls on the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are one of the most splendid sights in the world.
B.
New Zealand is famous for its geysers, thermal springs, its national past time rugby and extreme sports. It is a mountainous country. Most of North Island and the south-west of South island have good forests of evergreen trees and large areas are rich grasslands. Tourists are offered such extreme amusements as tramping through virgin forest, rafting on rushing mountain rivers, jumping from helicopters and bridges into precipices and water.
C.
Australia is massive and very sparsely peopled: in size in rivals the USA, yet it’s population is just over eighteen million. This is an ancient land, and often looks it. In contrast, its cities – most of which were founded as recently as the mid nineteenth century – express a youthful energy.
D.
Indian people are very friendly and hospitable. I continued to travel in India at a snail’s pace. The longer we were out in the desert, the more beautiful it grew, so peaceful and romantic as the land shifted from scrub bush to sand dunes to rocky hills and back to sand dunes. Each day we could stop at a new sand dune for lunch.
E.
Dubai (a land of sunrise) was once a part of a large desert. But now it is a green island of everlasting summer, a centre of world entertainment, and a civilized city in the United Arab Emirates. There are wonderful buildings of glass, skyscrapers, peaceful fountains in the middle of flower gardens, and meadows with colorful plants.
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III. Переведите предложения с русского языка на английский, используя союзы причинно-следственной связи.
1. Австралия расположена в южном полушарии (hemisphere). Вот почему в Австралии лето, когда у нас зима.
2. Так как большая часть земли в Австралии - это бесполезная пустыня, люди страдают из-за нехватки свежей воды.
3. Вследствие того, что ландшафт варьируется от густых лесов до обширных пустынь, от высоких гор до плоских равнин, США – это земля физических контрастов.
4. Британцы любят заниматься садоводством, потому что погода в Великобритании мягкая.
5. Великобритания – это островное государство, вот почему Британия имеет более трехсот портов.
Keys:
I. 1 a; 2 b; 3 a; 4 a; 5 a; 6 a; 7 c; 8 c; 9 c; 10 a.
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III.
1. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere (полушарие). That is why it has summer when we have winter.
2. Because much of the land is a useless desert in Australia, the people suffer from limited fresh water.
3. The fact that the land varies from heavy forests to extensive deserts, from high mountains to flat plains, the USA is a land of physical contrasts.
4. British people like gardening because the weather in Great Britain is mild.
5. Great Britain is an island state, that’s why Britain has more than 300 ports.