Part I. Reading.
Read the text about Yuri Gagarin. Below the text there are seven statements about it. Decide if each sentence is “True” or “False”. If the sentence is true, put a letter “T”, if it is false, put letter “F” into the answer sheet. (Прочитайте текст, отметьте правда или ложь, T/F. Результат занесите в бланк ответов)
It was on the 12th of April, 1961, when the first flight by man into cosmic space took place. Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut in the world, was a 27-year old Air Force pilot at that time.
The spaceship flew at the speed of 300 miles a minute. His flight lasted 108 minutes. It was a brilliant achievement of our scientists and technologists, and of Yuri Gagarin
who risked his life to achieve a victory for his country and mankind.
Yuri Gagarin said at the press conference: «On my flight the ‘day’ side of the Earth was clearly seen: the continents, islands, seas, and big rivers. Flying over the land I could clearly see the big fields, and it was possible to distinguish which was meadow and which was forest.
I did not see the Moon. In space the sun shines ten times more brightly than on the Earth. The stars can be seen very well.
I felt excellent. When weightlessness developed, everything was easier to do. My legs and arms weighed nothing. Objects swam in the cabin».
1. Yuri Gagarin was born on 12 April 1961.
2. Yuri Gagarin was twenty-seven when he flew to the space for the first time.
3. Yuri Gagarin flew 300 miles from the Earth to the Moon.
4. It was difficult to distinguish forests and fields flying over the Earth.
5. Yuri Gagarin could not see the Moon, but he saw the stars.
6. Yuri Gagarin felt bad in space.
7. When weightlessness developed it was not difficult to move with legs and arms.
Part II. Grammar.
Choose the correct answer. Put the results into the answer sheet. (Выберите правильный вариант ответа. Результаты занесите в бланк ответов )
1. Yesterday from 3 to 6 I my new game.
a) played b) was playing c) had played d) were playing
2. When my Mom phoned me I TV.
a) was watching b) watched c) watching d) have watched
3. When he his friends had already gone to the cinema.
a) come b) was coming c) came d) had come
4. When she , her brother the dinner.
a) had come, was cooking b) came, was cooking
5. If you ___ the medicine, you ___ better.
a) take, would feel b) taken, felt c) took, would feel d) would take, felt
6. Dropping rubbish is strictly ___ in my town.
a) prohibit b) prohibiting c) prohibition d) prohibited
7. ___ Volga is the longest river in ___ Europe.
a) the, the b) - , the c) the, - d) - , -
8. The capital of ___ USA is ___ Washington.
a) the, - b) - , - c) the, the d) - , the
9. It was a man … had never eaten Chinese food.
a) who b) which c) what d) whoever
10. … you want, you will find it in this shop.
a) whenever b) whoever c) what d) whatever
11. Lena says: “I will sleep after dinner”.
a) Lena says that I will sleep after dinner.
b) Lena says to me that I will sleep after dinner.
c) Lena says that she will sleep after dinner.
d) Lena says that she will sleeps after dinner.
12. I don’t need this book, so it’s … for me.
a) useful b) use c) used d) useless
13. He says: “John is my classmate”.
a) He says to John that he is his classmate.
b) He says to John that I am his classmate.
c) He says that John is my classmate.
d) He says that John is his classmate.
14. This street is very ___.
polluted b) pollute c) pollution d) polluting
