Дискурсивная практика "Английский язык"

I. In each set of words and word combinations spot the one which does not relate to the others. (5 points)

1 stop
delay
promote

2 ruthless
callous
greedy

3 mysterious
obscene
bawdy

4 squanderer
spendthrift
rascal

5 to disclose
to testify
to attest

II. Can you guess what characteristics these facial features spell out? Try to match the two columns: (7 points)

forehead
eyebrows
eyes
nose
lips
chin
ears

health
how you interact with others, leadership qualities
sensuality, communication, love and affection and how you express yourself
level of assertiveness
ambition and courage and relationship to money
way of thinking, learning style and knowledge
intimacy; how open you are to life and experiences

III. Choose the correct option to fill the blank or to match the definition (5 points)

1. Marriage was traditionally viewed as … a sacred bond
a love affair
a temporary union

2. The expression which is not negative is … s/he’s got common sense
s/he’s a teacher’s pet

3. A birth outside wedlock a birth outside home
a birth of a surrogate mother
a birth of not married parents

4. The smaller family replacing the extended family of the old days traditional
united
nuclear

5. A person who spends money wastefully prodigy
spendthrift
waste

IV. Translate the active expressions into English(12 points)

1. юношеская преступность
2. сокращение населения
3. сожительство
4. дети, рождённые вне брака
5. полная занятость
6. иметь в семье пример мужского поведения
7. работать неполный рабочий день
8. ребёнок работающих родителей
9. приносить доход в семью
10. разведенный (ая)
11. потребительство
12. физиогномика

V. Match the notions with their definitions (6 points)

a primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring
a family group that consists not only of parents and children but also of grandparents, aunts etc
people who are very closely related to you, such as your parents, children, brothers, and sisters
a family in which one or both parents have children from previous marriages living with the family
traditional ideas about what a family should be like, which emphasize the importance of marriage
a family in which there is only one parent who lives with the children

immediate family
nuclear family
extended family
blended family
family values
single-parent family

VI. Find active equivalents for the words and phrases: (8 points)

1. old-fashioned, but elegant
2. an ability to remain calm when in trouble, pain, etc.
3. claiming importance, value, esp. without good cause
4. fixed idea of a person’s character
5. agitated
6. self-control, self-restraint
7. virtuous, respectable
8. attractive, charming (Am variants) (Br variants)

VII. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions: (7 points)

1. to have respect and affection sb
2. to be jealous sb/sth
3. to approve sth
4. to talk loudly strong accents
5. to be welcoming visitors
6. to be wary doing sth
7. to progress leaps and bounds

Кол-во ошибок	Процент выполнения	Оценка
0-1	100 -98	10
2-3	97-94	9
4-5	93-90	8
6-10	89-80	7
11-15	79-70	6
16-20	69-60	5
21-25	59-50	4
26-33	49-34	3
34-41	33-18	2
42-49	17-2	1
50	0	0

SPEECH PRACTICE TEST 11