Контрольная «Вариант 2»,
Английский язык в Брянске

Вариант 2 Part 1 Grammar and vocabulary 1. Guess the person who repairs the pipes in the bathroom. a) a physician c) a plumber b) a surgeon d) a school teacher 2. Choose the appropriate word. My relatives were very ... when I made a career. a) support c) supported b) supportive d) supportable 3. Choose the correct form of the verb. They ... …their school certificates last Friday a) will be given b) was give c) were have given d) were given 4. Give the definition of the word “challenging”. a) dull and tiresome b) making you feel happy and satisfied c) irritating and often overwhelming d) difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way 5. Make the right word combinations. 1) full-time a. person 2) self-employed b. skills 3) engineering c. job 4) telephone d. profession 6. Open the brackets and fill in the appropriate form of the words. 1) This job is not well paid but it is quite_______ (satisfaction). 2) Does your friend have any unusual_______ (ambitious)? 8. Fill in the gaps with the correct words. Career choice When school is over, young people need to make a choice of what they want to do further. Our grandparents often say that life used to be safer and less_____(1) when they were young. That may be true, but I think that our generation have more opportunities than they had. We have a wider career choice and we can shape our life ______ (2) our inclinations and abilities. I'm sure that there are no good or bad jobs but there are right and wrong ones for every particular person. One and the same job could be very______(3) and enjoyable for one person and absolutely inappropriate for another one. It's also natural that different people have different job_____ (4). Some of us seek a prestigious job, some look______(5) a well-paid job, and some people want to work freelance and don't care about money or______ (6) — they just want to be their own bosses and plan their own days. Distance jobs are gaining popularity for the same reasons. You see that we can choose not only the industry we want to devote_____(7) to, but the format of the job too. 1. a) complicated b) comfortable c) communicative d)competent 2. a) because of b) due to c) according to d) in spite of 3. a) refreshing b) retraining c) relaxing d) rewarding 4. a) preferences b) benefits c) opportunities d)responsibilities 5. a) at b) after c) for d) forward 6. a) salary b) payment c) cost d) prestige 7. a) ourselves b) yourselves c) us d) yours