2a Test Booklet ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 11 класс

Test 2a (Module 2) Vocabulary and Grammar

A Fill in: summit, apparatus, confined, scoured, millennia, hissed, colony, supply, transition, flourished.

1. After the flood, the town’s water ________ became contaminated.
2. The prisoner was ________ to his cell for one week.
3. Teenagers can find the ________ from school to university difficult.
4. Two ________ ago, Rome ruled the Mediterranean.
5. The twins ________ after being placed in separate classes.
6. The lions ________ the horizon in search of food.
7. Cries from the ________ of seabirds filled the air.
8. He planted a flag on the ________ of the mountain.
9. The snake ________ in warning as the boy approached.
10. The marine scientists checked their diving ________ one last time.

B Complete the phrases with the following words: volcanic, conservation, perfectly, high, nomadic.

1. ________ lifestyle
2. ________ eruption
3. ________ preserved
4. ________ area
5. ________ standards

C Fill in: to, on, by, in, for.

1. The scientist discovered the cure ________ accident.
2. She always blames others ________ her mistakes.
3. I haven’t decided yet so I’m open ________ suggestions.
4. The meeting is ________ progress at the moment.
5. Focus ________ the big picture and not the details.

D Choose the correct word(s).

1. Take an umbrella ________ it ________.
2. I haven’t seen my grandparents ________.
3. By 2050, scientists fear that the polar ice caps ________.
4. Sam ________ dinner when the phone ________.
5. Look out! You ________ the plates if you’re not careful.

E Read the text and complete gaps 1–7 with the correct form and tense of the verb in capitals.

Free again!

It was a few seconds before Sandra realised why she felt so excited when she woke up. Then she remembered that at last the heavy white plaster that 1) ________ her left leg for the previous two months was to be removed. “At last I 2) ________!” she thought. “If only I hadn’t gone skiing that day, none of this 3) ________!” Awkwardly, she got out of bed and started to dress. She knew her mother 4) ________ to help her soon, as usual, but she wanted 5) ________ as much as possible for herself because she knew that, with three other children in the family, her mother was a very busy woman, just as Sandra 6) ________ that she wished she could do more to help, there was a loud crash from the kitchen and seconds later her mother called out: “Sandra, call an ambulance! I think I 7) ________!”

F Read the text and complete gaps 1–6 with the correct derivative of each word in capitals.

Tough Audience

I have been a professional entertainer for about ten years now and I can 1) ________ say that I have enjoyed every moment of it. I don’t want to give you the idea that it is an easy way to make a living because it isn’t, especially when you have to face a theatre full of very young children! Although children are easily caught up in the 2) ________ of the atmosphere inside a dark theatre, I find it is often difficult to get them focused on the 3) ________ from the beginning. This, plus the fact that their 4) ________ does not last very long, means that entertainers like me have to work harder with young audiences than with more mature ones. I wouldn’t want you to get the 5) ________ that I would rather not work with very young children. Far from it. When everything goes right, it can be the most 6) ________ experience you could possibly have.

G Read the text. For gaps 1–7, choose A, B, C or D to complete each gap correctly.

A Great Adventure

Imagine, you have just finished high school and you are about to face one of the biggest challenges of your young life. You will be 1) ________ away from home to start your university education. Some students may find a place at a university close enough to their homes to avoid some of the problems faced by the majority. If the university is nearby, you will not need to worry 2) ________ accommodation or food and, even if you do not know any of the other students on your course, you will at least have some 3) ________ faces to come home to. Surprisingly enough, perhaps, for most young people starting out on their university careers, being close to home is not important. It seems that 4) ________ numbers welcome the chance to 5) ________ away from the family home and start out on their own. Being accepted by the university they have set their hearts on is the main 6) ________, even if that university is situated at the far end of the country! There is also the excitement of making new friends and, in your second or third year away, perhaps setting 7) ________ home with a couple of your fellow students. Going off to university really is the start of a great adventure.