Контрольная работа № 3 по английскому языку в 8 классе.

Form 8, Modular test 3.

I. Choose the subject: Psychology, History, Ecology, Biology, Astronomy.

1. It studies the function of the human body.

2. It studies the events which happened in the past.

3. It studies the planets and stars.

4. It studies natural environment.

5. It studies the mind and how it influences people’s behaviour.

II. Read the sentences and fill in the words: shift, salary, freelancer, overtime, desk

1. She works as a … from home.

2. Jim’s father is very well paid. His … is 30,000$ a month.

3. Ann often works the night …. It’s tiring.

4. My father often has to work … at work.

5. Bob has to travel a lot. A … job is not for him.

III. Read the sentences and fill in the words: characterizes, summarize, modernize, apologized, criticizes.

1. Kim is very kind and she never … anyone.

2. Tony was very sorry, so he … for breaking the vase.

3. Mark has bought an old house which he is going to …

4. We have to … this text for our English class.

5. The film … the captain as a bad man.

IV. Fill in: out, back, round, up, about, out.

1. The nurse brought the patient … by using some cold water.

2. This song brings … happy memories from childhood.

3. Shakira is bringing … a new album.

4. This place is an ideal place to bring … children.

5. The new government brings … many changes in education.

V. Choose the correct word.

1. Who discovered/ invented television?

2. Columbus discovered/ invented America in 1492.

3. He got a job/career as a flight attendant.

4. The company has got 200 employers/employees.

5. He earns a lot. He has a high wages/salary.

VI. Fill in: at, under, in.

1. He left school … the age of 17 years old.

2. ... the beginning of his day he reads newspapers.

3. There are few people who can work … pressure.

4. The teacher left Jane … charge of the class.

5. He started his career … the end of 1951.

VII. Choose: Past Perfect// Past Simple// Past Continuous// Past Perfect Continuous?

1. Kate left// was leaving the school in 2006.

2. When mum came home, her son did// was doing his homework.

3. When mum came home, her son had already done// does his homework.

4. I was doing my homework while my brother played// was playing a computer game.

5. He had been driving// has been driving for three hours before he reached the village.

VIII. Read the text and fill in the missing words: satellite, inventor, exploring, space, flight, Earth.

Russians have been ( 1 ) space since the 1950^th.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was known as the father of human space flight. He was a rocket scientist, an ( 2) and a pioneer in space research.

Sergey Korolyov was a scientist and the rocket engineer who put the first ( 3 ) Sputnik 1 into space in 1957.

Yuri Gagarin was first human to go into ( 4 ) and the first man to orbit the ( 5 ) on 12^th April 1961. His ( 6 ) lasted 108 minutes.