Nobeiguma pārbaudes darbs” ” Unit 6

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Vērtēšanas skala
Balles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Punktu skaits 1-5 6-12 13-19 20-27 28-34 35-40 41-46 47-52 53-56 57-60
Iegūtais punktu skaits: Vērtējums:

1_ Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech. Mark:_____/10

1 ‘I will never forget you, Sheila,’ said Fred.
Fred told Sheila .
2 ‘Our grandparents are thinking of moving to a village next year,’ the kids said.
The kids said
3 ‘Steve doesn’t know my surname,’ Emily said.
Emily said .
4 ‘I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight,’ Sean said to Hannah last Saturday.
Last Saturday, Sean told Hannah .
5 ‘We won’t be able to finish the work on time,’ the workers told their boss.
The workers told their boss
6 ‘I’ve never had any mysteries I couldn’t solve,’ the detective said.
The detective said .
7 ‘I’m buying a present for myself today,’ Kelly said.
Kelly said .
8 ‘We visited Exeter last week,’ Mr and Mrs McCormick said.
Mr and Mrs McCormick told us
9 ‘I doubt you'll be able to live in a remote mountain village for very long,’ Helen said to Luke.
Helen told Luke .
10 ‘I’ve just seen an alien spacecraft,’ Mary said to reporters.
Mary told reporters .

2 Rewrite the questions as reported questions. Mark:______/10

1 ‘Are we going to the football game this Saturday?’ Harry asked Dave.
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2 ‘Will you go to university after you leave school?’ my teacher asked me.
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3 ‘Where were you at the time of the robbery?’ the policeman asked Mr and Mrs Willis.
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4 ‘Have you interviewed the neighbours about the incident?’ I asked the inspector.
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5 ‘When are you going to come home?’ Nick asked his girlfriend.
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6 ‘Did anyone phone you this morning?’ the police officer asked Mrs Phillips.
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7 ‘Can you tell me what happened last night?’ the reporter asked the woman.
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8 ‘Where does your boyfriend work?’ I asked Michelle.
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9 ‘What did you see when the UFO landed?’ the doctor asked Mike.
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10 ‘Why did our guests have to leave so early?’ Jason asked his parents.
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3 Read the sentences and complete the compound nouns. Mark:______/10
1 A long metal curtain __________ held up the thick green curtains.
2 The cat loves sitting on the __________sill, looking out at the garden.
3 I looked through the key__________ but it was dark inside the room.
4 There was a noise coming from under the __________boards, but when we lifted them up we
couldn’t find anything there.
5 It was getting dark so I switched on the __________ lamp on my desk.
6 The garden was full of __________beds with tulips, roses and petunias.
7 You can put your dinner on the __________ table in the living room and sit on the floor to eat.
8 Jayne keeps all her favourite novels on a book__________ above her bed.
9 They don't want anyone to smoke in the room, so there are no __________trays.
10 My grandpa loved sleeping in his rocking __________ .

4. Match the materials to the objects made from them. There is one material you do not need.
china fabric glass leather marble wood Mark:______/5

1 __________ : doll, plate

2 __________ : mirror, bottle
3 __________ : shoes, belt
4 __________ : statue, steps
5 __________ : lamp shade, curtain

5. Choose the correct answers. Mark:_____/5

1 I’ve never come across / out / to a better book than David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas.
2 Why don’t we call into / on / after Petra? I think she lives near here.
3 I’m looking into / for / after my notes. Have you see them anywhere?
4 I caught the flu last month. It took me ages to get out / over / from it.
5 Scientists are looking up / across / into the origins of the universe.

[Link] the text with an appropriate word in each gap. Mark______/10

The Flannan Isles are a group of seven tiny islands off the north-west coast of Scotland. In 1899, a lighthouse
was built on the largest of the islands to warn passing ships about the dangerous rocks around the islands.
Three men had to be in the lighthouse at all times to keep the light burning as a warning to any boats in the
area.
On the night of 15 December 1900, a passing ship reported 1____________ they hadn’t seen a light in the
lighthouse. They told the people on land 2_----------- they had seen it on the night before, and with no reason
for it to be out, this was curious. However, because of extreme weather, the people on land weren’t able to
send a boat out to check if everything was okay until 26 December.
However, when they reached the island, and got 3____________ their boat, the door of the lighthouse was
locked. When they looked 4_---------------- the windows they saw the clock on the wall had stopped and there
was no fire in the 5____________ . When they managed to get 6-----------------_ the lighthouse, they came
7
------------------ a full meal cooked and prepared and still on the table. They looked for the men in the
lighthouse and around the island, but they had disappeared.
At the time, some people thought the men might 8____________ been kidnapped by passing pirates. Others
believed the men could 9------------------ gone mad because of being on the island for too long, and thrown
themselves into the sea. However, when the people in charge of the lighthouse looked 10------------ the event,
they concluded that the men had probably fallen into the sea during a large storm.

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[Link] the article. Match each paragraph 1–5 with the heading A–F that best fits. There is
one heading you do not need. Mark:_____/10
Mystery book
1 _____________
One of the most mysterious books in the world is the so-called Voynich manuscript. The name refers
to Wilfrid Voynich, a book collector who bought the manuscript in Italy in 1912. We do not know
who wrote the manuscript or why, but scientific analysis shows that it probably dates from the
fifteenth century and was written in northern Italy. Attempts to trace the history of the manuscript
have identified some of its previous keepers, but have opened up more questions than they have
answered.
2 _____________
The book is about 240 pages long and appears to have six main parts. It is richly illustrated with
pictures of plants, animals, people and stars. There are many theories about the subject matter of the
manuscript. The pictures suggest that the manuscript may be a handbook for doctors working with
herbs, but no one knows for sure. Why is that the case? Because no-one can read it!
3 _____________
The book was written in a language that nobody has been able to read, using letters that nobody
recognises. Many people think the book is written in code, but even the most experienced code-
breakers have been unable to translate it. Experts have identified about 30 recurring letters or
symbols that may correspond to an encoded alphabet; however, there are also a number of letters or
symbols that appear only once or twice in the whole book. There appear to be nearly 35,000 ‘words’
in the manuscript.
4 _____________
Experts usually agree that the first section is about plants, and that the first word on each page is the
name of a plant. This section follows the pattern of medieval herbal guides with descriptions and
careful illustrations. But this does not make it easier to understand the manuscript because nobody
recognises the plants. Some look familiar, but the pictures often show peculiar details that don’t
match any known plants, or they combine the roots of one plant with the flowers, fruit and leaves of
other species.
5 _____________
Some people suggest the book must have been a kind of trick or hoax and that the reason we cannot
understand it is that it doesn’t mean anything. Others argue that it can’t have been just a joke because
writing 240 pages and drawing the complex pictures must have taken months and been a lot of hard
work. One theory is that someone with a mental illness wrote the book, and that it is a product of his
or her imagination. We may never know, but the Voynich manuscript continues to be one of the
world’s greatest mysteries.
A Just a load of nonsense?
B An overview of the structure
C A magical garden?
D The author’s identity
E A challenging puzzle
F Origins and owner