Тест
34. Тесты по английскому языку начального (Beginner)
уровня с ответами.
PRACTICAL
ENGLISH
Match the answers
a-k to the questions 1-10.
Example: Did you have a good day?
1
What's the date today? g 2 What did you think of the film? j 3 Where's room 107? f 4 How far is that? c 5 What do you think of the singer? a 6 Can you help me? k 7 Are there any banks near here? d 8 What are you going to do tomorrow? e 9 Where's the bus station? h 10 When's your birthday? b
a
I think she's great. b It's next week. c Oh, about twenty kilometres. d Yes, there are two in the centre. e It depends on the weather. f It's on the second floor. g It's the twelfth of May. h Go straight on, turn left, and
it's opposite the park. i Yes - it was brilliant. j I really liked it. k Sure.
READING
1 Read the text and
answer the questions. Isambard Brunel.
Isambard Brunel was a great engineer. He
built bridges, railways, tunnels, and boats.
But what do we know about his life and work?
Brunel
was born in Portsmouth in the south of England
on 9th April 1806. His mother was English,
but his father, Marc Brunel, was French.
His father was a famous engineer in France,
but he left his country in 1793. First he
went to America and then to England, where
he married an English woman in 1799. Isambard
went to school in England and France, and
spoke English and French.
When
he returned to England from school in France,
Brunel went to work for his father. In his
first job, he and his father built a tunnel
under the River Thames in London. Then,
in 1831, Brunel won a big competition. It
was for a bridge across the River Avon in
Bristol in the south of England. The Clifton
Suspension Bridge took 30 years to build,
but today it is one the most beautiful bridges
in the world.
In
1833, Brunel got a new job. He became chief
engineer for the Great Western Railway Company,
and work began on the train line from London
to Bristol. Today, when you travel to Bristol
by train, you go over beautiful bridges
and through fantastic tunnels - Brunel built
them all. As well as bridges, tunnels and
railways, Brunel designed some famous boats.
The 'Great Western', built in 1837, was
the first steamship to go across the Atlantic
Ocean to the USA. And the 'Great Eastern',
built in 1859, was the biggest boat in the
world.
Brunel
wasn't a good businessman. The 'Great Eastern'
was very expensive to build and he lost
his money. He also smoked a lot every day
and worked very hard. He was only 53 when
he died on 15th September 1859.
Example: What was Isambard Brunel's job?
1
Where was Isambard Brunel from? Portsmouth (in the south of England)
2 What was his father's job? an engineer
3 What languages did Brunel speak?
English and French
4 What happened in 1799? Brunel's father married an English woman.
5 Which company did he get a job
with in 1833? the Great Western Railway Company
6 Why did he lose his money? He wasn't a good businessman and he built a
very expensive boat.
7 How old was he when he died? He was 53 when
he died.
2
Read the text again and tick ()
True or False.
Example: Brunel wasn't an engineer.
True
/ False
1
Brunel's mother was French.
True
/ False
/
2
Brunel spoke two languages. True
/ False
/
3
Brunel's father went to the USA. True
/ False
/
4
Brunel's first job was in France.
True
/False
/
5
Brunel's first job was working with
his father. True
/ False
/
6
They finished building the Clifton Suspension
Bridge in the 1860s. True
/ False
/
7
Brunel's train line went from London to
Bristol. True
/ False
/
8
Brunel didn't like hard work.
True
/False
/
WRITING
Answer the questions
and write about the life of a famous historical
person in your country.
Who was he/she?
Why was he/she famous?
What were the important events and achievements
in his/her life?
When did he/she die?
Student's
own answers.
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