Давыдова Полина 220 гр. Экзаменационный тест

Давыдова Полина 220 гр

Экзаменационный тест

the CONCERT

1. Read the text and answer the questions which follow.

There was only one ____ chair on the stage of the concert hall in northern England. There was ____ no piano, no music stand and no conductor. Just that solitary chair ____.

The atmosphere in the ____ hall was tense. People were nervous _____ and excited. Everyone __ in __ the audience of 600 people knew that they were going to hear a very special kind of music.

Finally it ____ was time to start. Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world`s most famous cellists _____, came on to the stage, bowed to the audience and sat down quietly on the chair. He made himself _____ comfortable, thought for some minutes until there was complete silence, and then he started to play music that was at first empty and dangerous, but that soon became loud and painful, like the worst thing you`re ever heard. It was almost _____ unbearable but then, finally, it faded away to nothing. Yo-yo Ma did __ not __ move. He stayed with ____ his head bowed over his instrument.

Everyone in the hall held their, ____ breath. For what seemed like hours, nobody, ____ moved. It was as if they had all experienced something terrible and, ____ dark.

But then Yo-Yo Ma stood,____ up. He put down ____ his cello. He stretched out his hand ____ to someone in the audience, asking them to come and join him. An electric _____ shock ran through the audience when they realized what was going to happen.

A man got up from ____ his seat and walked towards the stage. He was dressed in dirty motorcycle ____ leather, but Ma did not seem to mind. He rushed down from the stage, and when the two men met they flung _____ their arms around each other in an emotional embrace.

The audience went crazy; suddenly ____ everyone was cheering and shouting, like people do when they`re just heard great music. But this ____ was more than music.

2. Fill in the given words.

Words: was, it, not, the, and, this, hand, chair, flung, nobody, himself, cellists, motorcycle, in, one, with, down, from, their, stood, almost, nervous, electric, suddenly, the

the CONCERT

3.Make up the questions and answer them.

Ответ:

a. Many people were in the audience people, were not they?

-Yes, there were 600 people in the audience.

b. What the music was like?

-The music was at first empty and dangerous, but soon became loud and painful, like the scariest thing you've ever heard.

c. Did musicians or the audience react crazy?

–The audience react crazy.

d. Did the pianist play at the concert?

-No, pianists didn’t play at the concert

4. Complete the table below using words from the text.

Words about musical instruments, musical furniture and musicians:	Adjectives describing how people feel:	Adjectives describing something bad:
piano	crazy	dangerou
music stand	nervous,	loud
conductor	excited	tense
cellist	Terrible,	painful
cello	dark	Scariest

5. Translate into Russian main parts of the cello.

1)Peg Box- коробка для колков

Scroll-(Завиток)Головка

Pegs-(ориентиры)колки

Nut-порожек

Fingerboard-гриф

2)Neck-(Шея)

Top- верхняя дека

Strings-струны

F Holes-(резонаторы)эфы

Bridge-(Мост)подставка

Tailpiece-струнодержатель

Back-задняя сторона

Sides-бок

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