Тест №1

Test 1, Listening:
Cutting Edge Placement Test (copyright Pearson Education, 2004)

Listen to someone speak about their childhood in Scotland in the 1930s. Mark the four statements which are correct. [4 marks]
Послушайте, как кто-то рассказывает о своем детстве в Шотландии в 1930-е годы. Отметьте четыре правильных утверждения. [4 балла]

You now have one minute to read the statements.
Теперь у вас есть одна минута, чтобы ознакомиться с утверждениями.

A In the 1930s, my family lived in a village in Scotland.
B We didn’t have a TV but we listened to the radio every morning.
C The school was six miles from our house.
D We walked to school every day.
E When I was 14, I left school.
F I went to the cinema in our village every Saturday afternoon.
G My family left Scotland when I was 15 and moved to England.
H I often go back to the village in Scotland.

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Теперь можно приступить к выполнению следующей части теста.

Test 1, Reading:
Part One (reading comprehension)
Read the text and mark the correct answer (A-C) to each question (1- 4).
Прочитайте текст и отметьте правильный ответ (A-C) на каждый вопрос (1-4).

Estelle Dupont was 100 years old in 2000. She was born near Bordeaux in France, where her father was a rich businessman. Today she lives in an old people’s home in Paris.

“My father was a rich businessman and we lived in a chateau about ten kilometres from Bordeaux. Our home was very comfortable. The house was very big - there were twenty bedrooms, beautiful gardens and lots of servants. But my childhood wasn’t happy. I was an only child, and my mother was always ill. She died when I was eight, and my father died two years later when I was ten. It was a very bad time. I was a very unhappy child, but life is better now.”

1 How old was Estelle Dupont in 1967?
A She was living in Bordeaux.
B She was 67 years old.
C She was a hundred years old.

2 Where did she live when she was a child?
A She lived in the city of Bordeaux, France.
B She lived in an old people’s home in Paris.
C She lived in a chateau near Bordeaux.

3 Did she like the gardens at the chateau?
A Yes, she said they were beautiful.
B Yes, she said they were very big.
C No, because she had no one to play with.

4 What happened to her parents?
A Estelle’s mother died two years after her father.
B Her father died two years after her mother.
C She was an only child.

Part Two (vocabulary)
Mark the correct word (A-C) to complete each sentence (5-8).
Отметьте правильное слово (A-C), чтобы завершить каждое предложение (5-8).

5 My sister likes Mexican food, but I don’t like ________ .
A it
B them
C her

6 Does ________ friend like classical music?
A your
B you
C yours

7 My parents haven’t got calculators, but ________ have a computer at home.
A it
B them
C they

8 I really like Craig David’s music. My older brother gave ________ some of his CDs.
A me
B them
C my

Part Three (communication)
Read the utterances (9 -12). Mark the place (A-C) where you would hear them.
Прочитайте высказывания (9 -12). Отметьте место (A-C), где вы бы их услышали.

9 Look at exercise 6 on page 21.
A restaurant
B classroom
C shopping mall

10 How much is an sandwich and a bottle of water?
A café
B restaurant
C living room

11 What time does the main film start?
A video shop
B cinema
C library

12 Fasten your seatbelts, put the backs of your seats in the upright position and fold away your tables.
A police station
B train station
C aeroplane

Part Four (grammar)
Mark the correct word (A-C) to complete each sentence (13-20).
Отметьте правильное слово (A-C), чтобы завершить каждое предложение (13-20).

13 We are looking for a green car ________ .
A every day
B at the moment
C yesterday

14 I don’t usually play tennis ________ .
A on Tuesdays
B last week
C tomorrow

15 John isn’t going to buy a new house ________ .
A next year
B last month
C yesterday

16 Where were you at 6 o’clock ________ ?
A tomorrow
B in the summer
C this morning

17 What time did you leave home ________ ?
A tomorrow
B on Thursday
C at 6 o’clock

18 There are a lot of clouds in the sky ________ .
A on Monday
B yesterday
C at the moment

19 Do you like going to the beach ________ ?
A in summer
B tomorrow
C last month

20 She never drives her car ________ .
A today
B next day
C at weekends

Если вы набрали в этом тесте меньше 19 баллов из 24, то ваш уровень "Starter" (это также уровень "A1" по Общеевропейской системе CEFR) и вы можете заниматься по пособию уровня "Cutting Edge Starter", т.к. вы ещё, видимо, не достигли уровня "Elementary" или что-то пошло не так.

Если вы набрали в этом тесте 19 баллов или больше, то вы ваш уровень уже, как минимум, "Elementary" (это также уровень "A1-A2") и вы можете переходить на следующий тест - "Test 2".
Мне удалось набрать 24 балла.