Sub-Summative Test 2 1. Choose the correct word for this definition.
to tryvery hard to do something or to make something happen means
A) hang out
B) strive
C) instill
D)
D) pretend
2. Choose the correct variant.
Most people … interesting careers for their families.
A) sacrifice
B) instill
C) reside
D) claim
3. Choose the correct variant.
My elder sister is … reading maps.
A) afraid in
B) tired off
C) excellent at
D) good for
4. Match the words with the definitions.
1. previously
a) the basic and most important part of something
2. casual
b) before the present time or the time referred to
3. core
c) clothes that are not formal or not suitable for special occasions
5. Complete the metaphors.
1. Your career is
2. Trust is
3. Good is up,
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6. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words.
striving addiction delighted
1. All my friends were xxx at Jane's success.
2. My elder brother has an xxx to mystery stories.
3. Most teenagers are now xxx to learn foreign languages.
7. Write the answers to the questions.
1. How do you take care of your parents?
2. Are parents busier than their children? Why?
8. Fill in gaps with the correct prepositions.
1. Julia is good … playing chess.
2. Shahin is keen … drawing pictures.
3. My elder sister is afraid … travelling by plane.
9. Choose the correct word.
1. Ordinary/Traditionally, kids have supported their parents when they get old.
2. I don't believe that adults are as busy as they pretend/claim to be.
10. Write a paragraph on the topic:
"Why should we always respect family values?"
Olympic games and Kazakhstan
July 17 at 11:35 am
Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst
On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.
Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.
However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).
The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order