Progress Evaluation Test No.4

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 515.

Step 4. Writing Practice

Step 3. Role Playing

Situation. Pretend that you are participants of a seminar on sports development in Great Britain and the USA. Take turns asking and answering questions about the major sports events in the countries and the outstanding sporting personalities.

Sports Council of Great Britain has carried out a study on participation in sport of young people aged six to sixteen. The results are published in the report “Young People and Sport in England”. Table below shows the results of the study. Make written comments on the state of physical education and sporting activities among schoolchildren in Great Britain.

Table 4.3

BOYS

Age category 6 - 9 10 – 11 12 – 14 15 – 16

Hours PE per week 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours

at school

Hours of sport per week 10 hours 10 hours 8 hours 10 hours

during summer holidays

Number of sports tried out 12 sports 14 sports 17 sports ?

GIRLS

Age category 6 – 9 10 – 11 12 – 14 15 – 16

Hours PE per week 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours

at school

Hours of sport per week 5 hours 7 hours 8 hours 5 hours

during summer holidays

Number of sports tried out 10 sports 13 sports 16 sports ?

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Form A

I. Match the Russian word with the corresponding English one:

1. зрелищный a. spectacle, b. spectacular, c. spectator

2. полезный a. benefit, b. benefice, c. beneficial

3. различие a. difference, b. different, c.differ

4. происхождение a. originally, b. original, c. origin

II. Guess what game it is:

1. Its most important matches gather 100.000 spectators

at the Wembley Stadium. 1.American football

2. In this game one man ,”the bowler” throws the ball

and the “batsman” hits it with his bat. 2. rugby

3. Some people who play this game join clubs others

hire public courts. 3. cricket

4. It's the most “scientific” of all outdoor team games

because of the countless rules. 4. baseball

5. This typically American sport is played with a bat and

a hard ball by two teams of nine players. 5. lawn tennis

6. The game appeared in 1859. The players are allowed

to take the ball into their hands and run with it. 6. soccer

III. Replace the modal verbs by their equivalents:

1. I couldn't find Mike anywhere.

2. They may play basketball in the gym.

3. You must come to the University earlier tomorrow.

4. If it doesn't rain we can go hiking.

5. She must consult a doctor about her injury.

IV. Translate the italicized adjectives :

1. Soccer matches are самые популярные events

in the sports life of the country 1.___________________

2. Cricket players are не менее популярны

than film stars in Great Britain. 2.___________________

3. Rugby is более быстрая and жестокая игра

than soccer. 3.___________________

4. Baseball is более зрелищный than cricket. 4. ___________________

5. The Liverpool team is самая быстрая

of all football teams in England. 5. __________________

V. Choose the verb which best completes the statement:

1. In Great Britain only rich people … afford to go in for horse-racing.

a. can, b. may

2. To achieve success in sport you… outdo your opponent.

a. should, b. must

3. Athletes … exercise daily to be in top form.

a. ought to, b. must

4. She… work hard if she wants to pass the exams successfully.

a. should, b. has to

5. You… be more active, go jogging or practise some sport.

a. should, b. have to

6. They… do all the exercises, they do__ (can, may) some of them.

a. mustn't, b. needn't

7. Mike played very well, but in the end Jack …beat him.

a. could, b. was able

VI. Read the paragraph. Write the topic and the main idea. Translate the paragraph

into Russian:

Some decades ago many Americans called Monday “ the day after the baseball game”. Times have changed and countries too. In the US of today football is the most popular spectacular sport. Baseball now is in the second place among the sports people most like to watch. The “four major sports” are football, baseball, hockey and basketball. Their seasons often overlap ¹