8 класс. Итоговая контрольная работа по английскому языку.(Rainbow English)
V-I
1. Complete the sentences with the prepositions.
1. The film is much spoken … .
2. The papers were looked … and some of them were chosen for the discussion.
3. She is often late and waited … .
4. Why is it so noisy at his lectures? Why is he often not listened … ?
5. When I’m away, my pets are well looked … .
6. Such problems are often discussed … our managers.
2. Match the word with their definitions.
1. to admire a. to approve, to regard sth/sb with respect
2. to lead b. to make or become better
3. to enter c. to show the way
4. to improve d. to come in
3. Give English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.
1. быть сделанным из картона
2. перепутать два адреса
3. ради будущего всего человечества
4. внести вклад в развитие науки
5. блестящий лектор
6. чувствовать восхищение по отношению к кому-либо
7. уважать закон
8. смешать муку и яйца
9. по всему свету
4. Write these sentences in the passive voice.
1) People grew this coffee in Brazil.
2) Someone made this piano in the 18th century.
3) Somebody sent a Christmas postcard to me.
4) Somebody bought a lot of vegetables and put them in the fridge.
5) What will you grow in the kitchen garden is summer?
6) I won’t forget your help.
7) They speak only English in their club.
8) They did not include all endangered birds on the list.
9) They will make a new discovery soon.
10) Will somebody draw the emblem of our club?
5. Read the text and complete the statements after it.
Albert Einstein: the Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century
Not many people really deserve the title “genius” but Albert Einstein was one of them. His discoveries have changed the way we understand our world today. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. He was a very slow learner at first. He even had trouble learning to speak! His parents were really worried. As a boy, Albert Einstein was very unhappy at school. His teachers treated him badly because they thought he wasn’t very clever. His marks were usually bad.
In 1896 Albert went to Zurich to study at one of the best technical universities. There his abilities in mathematics and physics began to show. After he graduated in 1902, Einstein took a job at the Swiss Patent Office. 1905 was his “Miracle Year”, as he published three important essays including one on the “Special Theory of Relativity”. Later Einstein wrote “The Theory of Gravity” and “The General Theory of Relativity”. Soon he became a worldwide celebrity.
In 1914 Einstein moved back to Berlin. In 1921 Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, and modestly travelled third class to Stockholm to receive it. He used his influence to lecture around Europe and the USA to promote world peace. Soon the Nazis came to power in Germany. So in 1933 he
had to go to America where he lived for the rest of his life. He died on April 18th, 1955 in New Jersey, leaving behind a new way for us to look at the world.
1. Albert Einstein…
a) was a real genius
b) could hardly be regarded as a genius
c) is a real genius for some people
2. Albert’s progress at school…
a) was not very good
b) was very good
c) was not good at all
3. Albert’s abilities in mathematics became evident during his …
a) school years
b) university years
c) college years
4. Einstein worked on his famous theories in the…
a) 19th century
b) 20th century
c) 19th and 20th centuries
5. Albert Einstein…
a) thought that only science was important
b) believed that scientists had a duty to protect the world
c) was sure the main aim of any person’s life was fighting for peace
8 класс. Итоговая контрольная работа по английскому языку.(Rainbow English)
V-II
1. Complete the sentences with the prepositions.
7. The salad was made … various vegetables.
8. The church was designed … unknown architects.
9. The witnesses were spoken … yesterday. They answered lots of questions.
10. When Mr Smith entered the room, he saw his servant dead on the floor. Mr Sherlock Holmes was sent … He promised to arrive immediately.
11. The wooden churches in Kizhi were often built … axes.
12. They are trying to forget him. He is never spoken … .
2. Match the word with their definitions.
1. to bury a. to finish studying at an educational institution and get a diploma
2. to respect b. to use something with other people
3. to graduate c. to place a dead body in a grave, to hide sth in the ground
4. to share d. to show honour or consideration for sb/sth
3. Give English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.
1. чувство долга
2. благоразумное поведение
3. поступить в университет
4. знающий врач
5. здравый смысл
6. отпраздновать событие
7. быть сделанным из картона
8. перепутать другие адреса
9.уважать закон
4. Write these sentences in the passive voice.
1) We’ll remember the play.
2) People heard a loud noise in the garden.
3) Ann won’t clean the carpet tomorrow.
4) She will do it next Saturday.
5) What will you grow in the kitchen garden is summer?
6) Andrew took us to the living room.
7) People killed the last dodo many years ago.
8) They built a new hospital in our city last month.
9) People translated this book into many languages.
10) They taught reading in the first year.
5. Read the text and complete the sentences after it.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711—1765) was a Russian scientist and writer who made important contributions to literature, education and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His interests lay in chemistry, physics, optics, geography, history and art. His poetry helped to develop the modern Russian language.
Lomonosov was born in the village of Denisovka (now Lomonosovo) near Kholmogory in the far north of Russia. His father, first a fisherman, eventually bought a ship and began transporting things from Arkhangelsk to other places. When Mikhail was ten, his father decided that the boy was old enough to help him.
However, young Lomonosov was not interested in the family business. Learning was what he wanted. His neighbour had taught him to read and he spent as much time as he could with books, among which there was a grammar book and a book of arithmetic. The knowledge he got at home was not enough for Lomonosov and in 1730, at nineteen he left the village and joined a caravan travelling to Moscow.
Here he entered Slavic Greek Latin Academy and lived on bread and water for quite a long time but made rapid progress as a student. He completed a twelve-year study course in only five years, and graduated from the Academy with brilliant results. A fantastic student, he was given an opportunity to go to Saint Petersburg University and later to the University of Marburg in Germany.
The latter was among Europe’s most important universities in the 18th century. Lomonosov quickly learned German and developed an interest in German literature and philosophy. He seriously studied chemistry and began writing poetry. In Germany Lomonosov got married. The money he got from the Russian Academy of Sciences was not enough for his growing family and he decided to return to St Petersburg.
At home he became a member of the Academy, and soon was made professor of chemistry. Wishing to improve education in Russia he and Count Ivan Shuvalov founded Moscow University.
Lomonosov developed a number of important theories and made some brilliant discoveries, wrote poetry some of which is remembered till nowadays.
1) Lomonosov was not interested in ... .
a) astronomy
b) biology
c) literature
2) Lomonosov’s father ... .
a) sold goods
b) bought goods
c) delivered goods
3) Young Lomonosov left home for Moscow because ... .
a) he didn’t have enough books to read
b) he wanted to see the world
c) he wanted to receive a good education
4) Lomonosov was able to get a university education because ... .
a) the Russian government paid for his studies
b) the German government paid for his university course
c) he worked very hard and paid for himself
5) St Petersburg University was founded ... .
a) before Moscow University
b) after Moscow University
c) at the same time as Moscow University
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