Рубежный контроль по дисциплине Базовый иностранный язык в контексте межкультурной коммуникации
$$$ 1 D
Inserttherightword.
The weather … quite warm though it’s only 50 C above zero.
A)gases
B)looks
C)stares
D)seems
E)has a look
$$$ 2 E
Find the antonym for: ancient
A)large
B)famous
C)old
D)favourite
E)contemporary
$$$ 3 C
Find the antonym for peace
A)bomb
B)make
C)war
D)wit
E)piece
$$$ 4 C
Choose the right variant.
A)This is some tasty things in my fridge
B)There is some tasty things in my fridge
C)There are some tasty things in my fridge
D) These are some tasty things in my fridge
E)It is some tasty things in my fridge
$$$ 5 E
Insert the right word.
Won’t you …me in a walk?
A)Come
B)unite
C)run
D)find
E) join
$$$ 6 C
Choose the right form of the verb.
If the weather… fine we shall go for a walk.
A)were
B)was
C)is
D)will be
E)have been
$$$ 7 E
Complete the sentence
She told the child an interesting story to keep him …
A)healthy
B)warm
C)rudes
D)clean
E)awake
$$$ 8 C
Choose the right variant
A)No of this money is mine
B)Anything of this money is mine
C)None of this money is mine
D)None of this money are mine
E)Nothing of this money is mine
$$$ 9 B
Choose the correct paraphrase:
These are not the same people
A)These people don’t like each other
B) These are different people
C) These are like people
D These people are unlike
E) These are not alike people
$$$ 10 A
Prescription:
A)treatment ordered by a doctor
B)preparation
C)high temperature
D) a catching disease
E) illness
$$$ 11 D
Insert the right word.
It will be…. first- year students to take part in the phonetic contest as it will give them a good chance to brush up their pronunciation
A)Useful before
B)Useful to
C)Bad for
D)Useful for
E)Conditional for
$$$ 12 A
Choose the correct modal verb:
She … be working in the garden, tell her to have a little rest.
A) must
B) shall
B)need
C)can
D)will
$$$ 13 A
Choose the right variant:
He … at me as if I had asked him to do something important.
A)stared
B)looked
C)glanced
D) gased
E) had a look
$$$ 14 E
Choose the right variant:
I fell asleep when I …
A)watched television
B)watches television
C)watching television
D)were watching television
E)was watching television
$$$ 15 B
Find the synonym for: to laugh at
A)to insist on
B)to make fun of
C)to yelp of
D)to scream
E) to relay on
$$$ 16 E
Insert the right word.
She kept her door … and didn’t let anyone in
A)mixed
B)open
C)frisky
D)free
E)closed
$$$ 17 D
Choose the right form of the verb.
The house (to build) in 1995
A)built
B)is built
C)has been built
D)was built
E)had been built
$$$ 18 D
Choose the right variant:
People started to shout … the driver.
A)from
B)about
C)to
D)at
E)on
$$$ 19 A
Choose the right variant:
She gave me her telephone number
A)so that I could contact her
B)as that I could contact her
C)so that I can contact her
D)me that is what I could contact her
E)so that I could to contact her
$$$ 20 D
The verb in “Future Perfect Continuous” denotes.
A)an action completed before a definite moment in the future
B)an action completed before a definite moment which was future from the point of view of the past
C)an action which will be going on at a definite moment in the future
D)an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will be going on at that moment
E)a future action
$$$ 21 A
Choose the right form of the verb: If you --- in my way, I should not ask you to step aside.
A)were not
B)Shouldn’t be
C)Hadn’t been
D)Are not
E)Would not
$$$ 22D
Express in one word: A heated iron box for baking in.
A)jug
B)store
C)fire place
D)oven
E)bacon
$$$ 23D
Complete the sentence: Caroline: Good morning Doctor!
Doctor: Well, what’s the__?
A)tree
B)train
C)aling
D)trouble
E)travel
$$$ 24 B
Complete the sentence: The first is…
A)Beefsteak
B)soup
C)fried eggs
D)porridge
E)fried potatoes
$$$ 25 C
Express in one word:
Priceless work of art:
A)picture
B)exhibition
C)masterpiece
D)humanity
E)entertainment
$$$ 26 D
Insert the right word
The … should do more to help homeless people.
A)movement
B)punishment
C)agreement
D)government
E)development
$$$ 27 B
Choose the right word:
She thinks he is:
A)smartest man in the world
B)the smartest man in the world
C)the smarter man in the world
D)man in the world
E)a smarter man in the world
$$$ 28 E
Find the synonyms for the underlined word.
To put together several objects to form one new unit.
A)To find
B)To play
C)To pretend
D)To formulate
E)To unite
$$$ 29 C
Find the synonyms for the underlined word.
River flow into the sea.
A)walk
B)look
C)run
D)rest
E)join
$$$ 30 C
Choose the right variant.
While my mother:
A)was read a book, I playing the piano.
B)reading a book, I played the piano.
C)was reading a book, I was playing the piano
D)reading a book, I playing the piano
E)read a book, I playing the piano.
$$$ 31 A
Choose the synonym:
Resemblance
A)likeness
B)resistance
C)similar
D)alike
E)the same
$$$ 32 C
Find the equivalents for:
A room with no people
A) a bare room
B) stuffy room
C) an empty room
D) an open room
E) a vacant room
$$$ 33 E
Boutique is:
A)a shop shut sells bouquets
B)a second hand shop
C)a shop that is very cheap
D)a bazaar
E)a small shop that sells fashionable clothes
$$$ 34 E
Find the synonym
Faithful
A)stimulating
B)worthy
C)praised
D)true
E)devoted
$$$ 35 D
Find the right word to the definition.
The Thermometer which is used throughout the British Commonwealth and in the UK
A)the Reamur
B)Temperature
C)The English Thermometer
D)The Fahrenheit
E)The Centigrade
$$$ 36 C
Choose the right translation:
Vital
A)летальный
B)интересный
C)жизненный
D)напряженный
E)стоящий
$$$ 37 A
Insert the right word
Will it be ….everything to have our meeting after the lesson?
A) convenient for
B) Useful to
C) Convenient at
D) natural for
E) convenient on
$$$ 38 B
Find the right word to the definition
To look steadily, with wide-open eyes, often with curiosity or surprise, or vacantly
A)to gaze
B)to stare
C)to glance
D)to watch
E)to look
$$$ 39 B
Choose the right variant:
Mr Pickwick inquired…
A)whenMr Dodson be back, Sir?
B)When Mr Dodson would be back.
C)When Mr Dodson Will be back.
D)When Mr Dodson is back, Sir.
E)If Mr. Dodson be back, Sir?
$$$ 40 E
Find the synonym for:
To do well in smth.
A)to enjoy
B)to ruin
C)to build up
D)to destroy
E)to succeed
$$$ 41 D
Find the antonym
United
A)combined
B)ununited
C)disunited
D)divided
E)joined
$$$ 42 D
Choose the right variant:
the problem (study) for three years, but they haven’t got any results.
A)has being studied
B)is studied
C)has studied
D)has been studied
E)was studied
$$$ 43 A
Choose the correct form of the verb
If I (get up) early tomorrow morning, I (go) jogging.
A)get up /will go
B)got up / go
C)got up / am going to go
D)will get up/ go
E)had got up/ should have gone
$$$ 44 E
Insert the right word.
Temperature
A)to make
B)to mean
C)to pressure
D)to do
E)to take
$$$ 45 B
He phoned to say…:
A)has he forgotten his bag on the plane
B)he had forgotten his bag on the plane
C)he forgot his bag on the plane
D)he forgotten his bag on the plane
E)he has forget his bag on the plane
$$$ 46 D
Choose the right variant. You … the flowers as it is going to rain.
A) should water
B) ought to water
C) can’t water
D) needn’t have watered
E) can water
$$$ 47D
Insert the right words: I went to supermarket…
A)buying food
B)for food
C)for buy some food
D)to buy some food
E)to send a postcard
$$$ 48E
Complete the sentence.
Lemonade, fruit juice, fruit drinks are called…
A) strong drinks
B) harmful drinks
C) weak drinks
D) hard drinks
E) soft drinks
$$$ 49C
Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs
Go … this road and… hill at the end.
A)up\long
B)-\long
C)Along\up
D)Up\-
E)From\up
$$$ 50B
Find the word for the abbreviation Xmas:
A)Charity
B)Christmas
C)Thomas
D)Choir
E)Mantel Place
$$$ 51B
Complete the sentence
Who was the boy you were all laughing…?
A)from
B)at
C)in
D)about
E)across
$$$ 52A
Complete the sentence
I often go to the cinema, because I like watching …
A) Movies
B) Circus
C) Moon
D) Dogs
E) Teachers
$$$ 53A
Choose the right variant to complete the sentence
We can’t agree…
A) with one of the problem
B) without you for the problem
C) to you on the problem
D) about you on the problem
E) on you on the problem
$$$ 54D
Find the synonym of the underlined word:
She likes to relax after dinner:
A)to agree
B)to join
C)to run
D)to rest
E)to look
$$$ 55B
Identify what part of speech the underlined word is
I am trying to remember his name.
A) past form
B) infinitive
C) present participle
D) past participle
E) gerund
$$$ 56C
Will you look for a… room to have a consultation?
A)occupied
B)empty
C)vacant
D)bare
E)busy
$$$ 57A
Complete the sentence with the correct prepositions
What do you like to do… rainy weather? - I like to watch… TV or listen… good music.
A)in\-\to
B)in\-\-
C)in\to\to\
D)in\to\-
E)on\-\-
$$$ 58B
Choose the most suitable word for the space in the sentence
There were ten people waiting in the doctor’s…
A)ward
B)surgery
C)house
D)flat
E)office
$$$ 59D
Choose the words to complete the sentence
You should think… before accepting the job. It’ll be very … work.
A)seriously\hardly
B)serious\hard
C)hardly\serious
D)seriously\hard
E)hard\ serious
$$$ 60D
Insert the right word:
I’d like to draw. I need a … of paper.
A)slice
B)chunk
C)lump
D)piece
E)bar
$$$ 61D
Choose the right variant
A)Is there many news in your parents letter?
B)Have there any news in your parent’s letter?
C)Having there any news in your parent’s letter?
D)Is there any news in your parent’s letter?
E)Are there any news in your parent’s letter?
$$$ 62E
Choose the right variant
A)There isn’t many sense in what you suggest.
B)There isn’t a few sense in what you suggest.
C)There isn’t many sense in what you suggest.
D)There isn’t a many sense in what you suggest.
E)There isn’t much sense in what you suggest.
$$$ 63E
Choose the preposition to complete the sentence
Baby sitter is a person who looks… children.
A)out
B)for
C)into
D)forward to
E)after
$$$ 64D
Transform the sentence into Reported Speech
Tom asked, “Can you phone me when you get home?”
A)Tom asked that I could phone him when I got home.
B)Tom asked who could phone him when I got home.
C)Tom asked if I can phone him when I got home.
D)Tom asked if I could phone him when I got home.
E)Tom asked what I could phone him when I got home.
$$$ 65A
Find the synonym for: to cure.
A)to treat
B)to transfer
C)to translate
D)to take
E)to travel
$$$ 66A
Choose the phrase which means the same for the phrase in italics
There is also concern about the declining role of fathers.
A)Fathers are becoming less important.
B)Fathers don’t live with their families
C)Fathers are the same position as their mothers.
D)Fathers live with their families
E)Fathers are becoming more important.
$$$ 67C
Insert the right word:
Students always … to their holidays.
A)look through
B)look
C)look forward
D)look about
E)look for
$$$ 68C
Find the synonym for the phrase
To run into smb… is
A)to drop into smb.
B)To runoversmb. by accident
C)To meet smb. by chance
D)To protect smb.
E)To visit smb.
$$$ 69B
Express in one word
To cook by slow boiling in a closed pan with little water.
A)to boil
B)to stew
C)to fry
D)to cook
E)to butter
$$$ 70C
Choose the most suitable word for the space in the sentence
Sarah spent the summer… an island.
A)into
B)to
C) on
D) at
E) in
$$$ 71E
Choose the words to complete the sentence
People spent a lot of … buying presents
A)time and moneys
B)times and moneys
C)a time and money
D)times and money
E)time and money
$$$ 72E
Choose the preposition to complete the sentence
Where is Stirling? It’s… the middle… Scotland.
A)in\in
B)on\of
C)in\-
D)-\of
E)In\of
$$$ 73A
Choose the correct verb
Andrew is very good at … jokes.
A)telling
B)tells
C)tell
D)told
E)has told
$$$ 74D
Choose the right variant
A)Angela felt her heart to stop beating
B)I saw you to dance
C)We saw her to cross the street.
D)We don’t want anyone to interfere.
E)What made you to terrorize me?
$$$ 75C
Complete the sentence
My home is my…
A)Art
B)Architect
C)Castle
D)Power
E)Home
$$$ 76 E
Find the synonym for: Dwelling
A)request
B)cathedral
C)resort
D)church
E)residence
$$$ 78E
Choose the correct ending for the sentence
I had a very bad toothache and was in …
A) heart attack all night
B) Agony all night
C) Intelligence all night
D) Office all night
E) An agony all night
$$$ 79A
Choose the adjective to complete the sentence
Did you have a good holiday?
Oh yes! It was absolutely…!
A)fantastic
B)disgusting
C)crowded
D)polluted
E)luxurious
$$$ 80A
Complete the sentence
The story wasn’t interesting at all. It was quite…
A)boring
B)interesting
C)exciting
D)absorbing
E)fascinating
$$$ 81D
Choose the right variant
A)How can we do our projects more attractive?
B)How can we decide our projects more attractive?
C)How can we doing our projects more attractive?
D)How can we make our projects more attractive?
E)How can we effect our projects more attractive?
$$$ 82A
Insert the right word:
I believe Thursday is the only… day for meeting.
A) Convenient
B) comfortable
C) connected
D) usual
E) completed
$$$ 83C
Find mistake in the sentence
Would you like a chocolate?
A)you
B)like
C)a
D)would
E)chocolate
$$$ 84E
Choose the right variant
They didn’t like the party.
A)Neither didn’t we.
B)We didn’t like neither.
C)Either did we.
D)Either we too.
E)Neither did we.
$$$ 85D
Choose the preposition to complete the sentence
We need to go to the gas station as we have run… … petrol.
A)into of
B)for
C)out
D)out of
E)after
$$$ 86 B
Identify the sentence with the verb in Past Perfect Continuous active form
A) I have been building
B) I had been building
C) I had built
D) I have been being built
E) I hade been being built
$$$ 87 D
Find the synonym for: to laugh at
A)to scream
B)to rely on
C)to yelp of
D)to make fun of
E)to insist on
$$$ 88 C
Find the synonym for: be careful
A)look through
B)look forward
C)look ahead
D)look about
E)look for
$$$ 89 E
Choose the right variant
…before you moved to Mexico?
A)Where lived you?
B)Where you did live?
C)Where do you live?
D)Where you lived ?
E)Where had you lived ?
$$$ 90C
Choose the right variant
To start to exist in a particular place at particular time
A)to die
B)to lay
C)to originate
D)to live
E)to perish
$$$ 91D
Choose the preposition to complete the sentence
My married sister lives… her mother- in -law
A)on
B)from
C)at
D)with
E)in
$$$ 92E
Choose the right transformation
Mr. Mumble said to Oliver, “Bow to the board.”
A)Mr. Mumble ordered Oliver not to bow to the board.
B)Mr. Mumble ordered Oliver that to bow to the board.
C)Mr. Mumble ordered Oliver to bowed to the board.
D)Mr. Mumble ordered Oliver should to bow to the board.
E)Mr. Mumble ordered Oliver to bow to the board.
$$$ 93A
Find mistake in the sentence
I don’t like the furnitures in this room
A) furnitures
B) the
C) don’t
D) like
E) this
$$$ 94 B
Choose the right variant
When Tom arrived…
A)we were dinner
B)we were having dinner
C)we were dinnering
D)we having dinner
E)had a dinner
$$$ 95 C
Complete the sentence with the correct verb
By May, 24 we … married for 25 years.
A)have been
B)will be
C)will have been
D)will have been being
E)will be being
$$$ 96 A
Choose the preposition and verb to complete the sentence
Most politicians are extremely skilled… in public.
A)at speaking
B)of speaking
C)at to speak
D)in to speak
E)in speaking
$$$ 97 E
Complete the sentence.
A dish served before or at the beginning of a meal is called…
A) cod
B) just a beginner
C) beginner
D) fowl
E) starter
$$$ 98 C
Insert the right word
According to the …the state language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh.
A) Parliament
B) Senate
C) Constitution
D) Majilis
E) The supreme court
$$$ 99 E
State the type of the conditional sentence
If the weather were fine, we could go for a walk.
A)III type
B)I type
C)0 type
D)–
E)II type
$$$ 100B
Find the synonym for: to search
A) look about
B) look for
C) look after
D) look through
E) look