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TEST FOR THE XI-th class NAME/SURNAME_________________________________ I. a) Read the text attentively. Don’t look now It is a cold, grey autumn day. John and Laura Baxter are in their cottage in England. Laura is reading in front of the fire and John is working at his desk. They are drinking red wine. John is an architect and he is looking at some photos of old churches in Venice. John and Laura’s children, a boy and a girl, are playing in the garden. The little girl, Christine, is wearing a red coat. She is playing with a ball near a pond. Her brother is riding his bicycle. Christine throws her ball and it goes into the pond. At the same time, her father spills his drink and the wine goes on a photo. He cleans it and he sees a strange figure in the photo. He can see a small person in a red coat in the church. Suddenly, John gets up from his desk and runs out of the cottage. He doesn’t know why. He runs into the garden and finds his daughter’s body in the pond. She is dead. A year later, John and Laura go to Venice for a few months. John is repairing an old church. Their son is at a school in England. When they arrive, they see a group of people near the canal. The police are taking a dead body out of the water. There is a murderer in Venice. One afternoon, John and Laura go to a restaurant near their hotel for lunch. Two old English women are sitting at a table near them. The women are sisters and one of them is blind. Laura is not hungry. She goes to the toilet. The two sisters follow her. The blind sister says to Laura: “I can see your little daughter with you at your table. She is wearing a red coat. And she is happy now! Laura is shocked. How can the blind woman know about her daughter? Laura goes back and tells her husband: “Our daughter is happy, John! “What are you talking about? “says John.” Christine is dead.” No, that blind woman has got special powers, John. She can see our daughter with us. It’s fantastic. John is not happy. He is angry with the blind woman. But for the first time in a year, Laura is in a good mood. Venice is an old city. It is full of tiny streets, grey buildings and dark canals. It is often foggy. One foggy evening, John and Laura are walking round the city and they get lost. There aren’t any people in the streets. Sometimes, John thinks he sees a small figure in a red coat. Is it a ghost of Christine, his daughter? But John doesn’t believe in ghosts. Laura meets the two sisters again. She tells her husband: “Our daughter is sending messages to the blind woman. She wants to talk to us, John! And the sisters think you have got special powers, too. Laura and John get a phone call from England. Their son is ill. Laura goes back to visit him. John stays in Venice. One day, he sees Laura and the two English sisters on a boat on a canal. Laura is wearing a black dress. Laura! Laura! he shouts. She does not hear him. But how can she be in Venice and England at the same time? John goes to the Italian police. They listen to his story and then phone the school in England. Laura is
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TEST FOR THE XI-th class
NAME/SURNAME_________________________________
I. a) Read the text attentively.Don’t look now
It is a cold, grey autumn day. John and Laura Baxter are in their cottage in England. Laura is reading in front of the fire and John is working at his desk. They are drinking red wine. John is an architect and he is looking at some photos of old churches in Venice. John and Laura’s children, a boy and a girl, are playing in the garden. The little girl, Christine, is wearing a red coat. She is playing with a ball near a pond. Her brother is riding his bicycle. Christine throws her ball and it goes into the pond. At the same time, her father spills his drink and the wine goes on a photo. He cleans it and he sees a strange figure in the photo. He can see a small person in a red coat in the church. Suddenly, John gets up from his desk and runs out of the cottage. He doesn’t know why. He runs into the garden and finds his daughter’s body in the pond. She is dead. A year later, John and Laura go to Venice for a few months. John is repairing an old church. Their son is at a school in England. When they arrive, they see a group of people near the canal. The police are taking a dead body out of the water. There is a murderer in Venice. One afternoon, John and Laura go to a restaurant near their hotel for lunch. Two old English women are sitting at a table near them. The women are sisters and one of them is blind. Laura is not hungry. She goes to the toilet. The two sisters follow her. The blind sister says to Laura: “I can see your little daughter with you at your table. She is wearing a red coat. And she is happy now! Laura is shocked. How can the blind woman know about her daughter? Laura goes back and tells her husband: “Our daughter is happy, John!“What are you talking about? “says John.” Christine is dead.” No, that blind woman has got special powers, John. She can see our daughter with us. It’s fantastic. John is not happy. He is angry with the blind woman. But for the first time in a year, Laura is in a good mood. Venice is an old city. It is full of tiny streets, grey buildings and dark canals. It is often foggy. One foggy evening, John and Laura are walking round the city and they get lost. There aren’t any people in the streets. Sometimes, John thinks he sees a small figure in a red coat. Is it a ghost of Christine, his daughter? But John doesn’t believe in ghosts. Laura meets the two sisters again. She tells her husband: “Our daughter is sending messages to the blind woman. She wants to talk to us, John! And the sisters think you have got special powers, too. Laura and John get a phone call from England. Their son is ill. Laura goes back to visit him. John stays in Venice. One day, he sees Laura and the two English sisters on a boat on a canal. Laura is wearing a black dress. Laura! Laura! he shouts. She does not hear him. But how can she be in Venice and England at the same time? John goes to the Italian police. They listen to his story and then phone the school in England. Laura is there with her son. John does not understand. What is happening? John walks out of the police station. Then, he sees the small figure in the red coat. He shouts: “Hey, you, stop! Come here!” But the figure runs away. The streets are dark and silent. John hears a sound. Over there, near a gate, is the small figure in the red coat. She is crying softly. John walks up to her. “I saw you yesterday, he says. “Please, can we….”But John does not finish the sentence. The figure runs round. It is not a girl, but a small man with a horrible smile on his face. He takes out a knife….
a)Read the story again. Are these sentences true or false?(T;F)
1. John Baxter is an artist.2. John and Laura have got two children.3. John sees his daughter fall into the water.4. John Baxer is in Venice on holiday.5. The two sisters are friends of the Baxter family.6. Laura believes the blind woman has got special powers.7. John thinks he sees the ghost of his daughter in Venice.8. Laura returns to Venice but does not tell John.9. The Italian police phone the school in England.10. The murderer is a small man in a red coat.
10 pointsb).Complete the sentences with places from the story.
At the start of the story, John and Laura are in their______________________. In Venice John and Laura stay in a ____________________________________. The police pull a dead body out of a __________________________________. In Venice, John is repairing an old____________________________________. The two women are sitting near the Baxters in a ________________________.
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c).Explain the words in English:
Canal___________________________________________________________________Cottage_________________________________________________________________Gate____________________________________________________________________Ghost___________________________________________________________________Spill____________________________________________________________________ 10 pointsII. Circle the correct preposition in these sentences.1. He responded _____ shrugging his shoulders. (From; with ;by)2. Were you _____ the phone a lot this afternoon? I tried calling you five times and always got a busy signal.(on; in; at)3. I'm tired of waiting _____ him. I'm leaving. (from; with; for)4. No, I came here _____ foot. My bicycle had a flat tire and my car was out of gas.(with; by; on)5. I'll wait _____ 5:00, but not one minute longer!(from ;until; at)6. What are you afraid _____ ? Nothing bad' s going to happen.(of; at; to)7. The accident happened _____ the intersection of 10th Street and Applegate Drive.(in; at; from)8. Was this handcrafted or made _____ machine? (with; from; by)9. Chuck isn't here. He'll be away _____ at least an hour.(until; from; for)10. My roommate wrote that letter _____ me. I couldn't do it because I sprained my wrist playing volleyball.(to; from; for) 10 points
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form:1. They …..English now. (to learn).2. While I…., you…at a disco.(to work, to dance)3. Nobody knows that he…to sell his parents’ house. (decide)4. Julia did not enjoy the event as much as she …to.(expect)5. The child is so dirty. He …in the wet sand since morning.(play) 6. This house….two years ago by his grandparents.(build)7. The topic of the discussion…..already by them. (choose)8. If you do not find me at home, you…the package on the garden table. (leave)9. I …by mother to write essay in English. ( not help)10. …..the books to Mary tomorrow? (to return). 10 pointsIII. Comment: “ How can I tell what I think till I see what I say”.
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