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Is It Easy to Be Young?

контрольная работа по проверке пройденного лексического и грамматического материала к уроку 4 учебника В.П. Кузовлева Английский язык. 10–11 классы

Цель: закрепить активную лексику урока, проверить усвоение грамматической структуры Complex Object.

1. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами из рамки.

politics, part-time, problems, spots, boring, money, chore, appearance, guy, drugs, grades

I am a teenager so my life isn’t easy. I have many (1)_______. My parents want me to get good (2)_______ at school. But I have so many subjects at school and some of them are extremely (3)_______. I have to do much homework and to read many foolish books, while some teachers don’t understand that their subjects are not the most important things in my life. Some of my friends worry a lot about their (4)_______ and their teenage (5)_______ which spoil our lives! I must confess that (6)_______, alcohol and AIDS don’t really bother me or my friends. The same I should say about (7)__________. What we really care about is how to impress a cute (8)_______ or an attractive girl. Of course I, like many other teenagers, have problems with (9)_______. Some of my friends found a (10)_______ job in order to have an opportunity to earn some money. But despite all these problems, the life of a teenager to day isn’t a (11)_______, it is still fun.

2. Подберите к каждому тексту подходящий по смыслу заголовок. Один заголовок лишний.

1. Teenagers’ Interests
2. Do Teenagers Have Problems?
3. Typical American Teenagers.
4. Are Teenagers a Problem?
5. What is a Teenager?

A. Officially, a teenager is anyone aged from 13 to 19 inclusively, but most people would probably think first of the younger age group and exclude 18 and 19-year-olds. After all, once you reach 18 you can vote, get married without your parents’ permission, and join the army. On the other hand, children are growing up and developing more quickly, and these days 11 and 12-year-olds would like to include themselves in the ‘teenager’ group.

B. According to ‘the older generation’, teenagers are lazy, they wear ridiculous clothes, and are appallingly rude to their betters and elders; they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, constructive, caring or hard-working. What’s more, they spend all their time listening to awful music and watching unsuitable films.

C. Teenagers are human so, of course, they have problems. It is a difficult time for them because it is a period of transformation. It isn’t quite as bad as a chrysalis changing into a butterfly, but it may seem like that. It isn’t easy to grow up, and the dramatic physical and emotional changes are often confusing and worrying.

D. Typical American teenagers are in fact very ordinary. They think their teachers make them work too hard; they love their parents, but are sure they don’t understand anything; and their friendships are the most important things in their lives. Some of them do have a lot of money to spend, but usually they have earned it themselves.

3. Переведите на английский язык, используя Complex Object и активную лексику урока.

1. Мои родители запрещают мне курить.
2. Мама не разрешает Павлу заводить домашнее животное.
3. Закон разрешает продавать алкоголь только лицам старше 16 лет.
4. Его родители не хотят, чтобы он служил в армии.
5. Твои родители разрешают тебе работать полдня после школы?
6. Закон разрешает подросткам получить водительские права в 16 лет.
7. В школе учителя заставляют школьников выполнять много заданий и упражнений.

KEYS:

I. 1. problems; 2. grades; 3. boring; 4. appearance; 5. spots; 6. drugs; 7. politics; 8. guy; 9. money; 10. part-time; 11. chore

II. 1. –; 2. C; 3. D; 4. B; 5. A

III. 1. My parents forbid me to smoke.
2. Mother doesn’t allow Pavel to have a pet. (Mother doesn’t let Pavel have a pet.)
3. The law permits selling alcohol only to those who are 16 or older.
4. His parents don’t want him to serve in the army.
5. Do your parents allow you to work part-time after school?
6. The law allows teenagers to get a driver’s license if they are 16. (The law lets teenagers get a driving licence if they are 16.)
7. The teachers at school make schoolchildren do many tasks and exercises.

By Natalya Plyugina,
School No. 44, Kaliningrad