Контрольная работа 8 класс

Control test

Chess in Russia.

1. Match the titles to the paragraphs of the text. One title is extra.

1. The game for the educated

2. First champions

3. Moving to the Olympics

4. The origin

5. Chess and great people.

1. Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which a square-checked board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid(сетка). Chess combines elements of art (in terms of chess composition), science and sport. The name originates from the Persian language: checkmate (шах и мат), meaning “the ruler died”. Chess appeared in the 6^th century in India. In the 9^th and 10^th century chess appeared in Europe. In 1886 championships all over the world began.

2. The history of chess in Russia began in the 12-14^th centuries as a result of the Tatar-Mongol Yoke’s influence. Since the late 18^th and early 19^th century the first chess clubs and Russian chess books appeared in Russia. Thanks for the efforts (усилиям) of such outstanding chess players as Alexander Petrov, Karl Yanish and others chess got popularity among noble people, and later among intelligentsia, gradually one of the main indicators of educational level of the society.

3. Many prominent writers played chess and loved it. Such great Russian writers and poets as Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, found great joy in playing chess, which also contributed(способствовали) to the game’s growing popularity in Russia. In the life of Leo Tolstoy chess occupies a special place. He played chess almost every day, finding time for the game. Tolstoy was not a good player. When he won, he was happy like a child; at a loss he was distressed.

4. Chess is a popular game in Russia. Today many people play chess for pleasure, they also take part in different competitions. For years, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation, has been trying to get chess accepted at the part of the Olympics. The effort has included introducing drug tests to follow regulations of the International Olympics Committee. Experts have been discussing if chess is a sport for many years because there is no physical element in chess. Still, many countries already recognize chess as a sport.

Make the questions to the underline words:

1. Write the same in English

1. Заниматься рыбной ловлей_________________________________________

2. Заниматься боксом_________________________________________________

3. Заниматься прыжками в высоту______________________________________

4. Играть в футбол_________________________________________________

5. Заниматься спортивными танцами___________________________________

6. Заниматься гимнастикой___________________________________________

1. Choose the right answer

1. My parents (travel/ travelled) every year.

2. The tradition of the Olympic Games (reappeared/ had reappeared) only in the 19^th century.

3. She (swam / was swimming) at 5 o’clock yesterday.

4. During our summer holidays we (played / had played) different sport games.

5. I (had done/ done) my flat by 5 o’clock.

6. My brother (broke / had broken) his leg before we (arrived/ had arrived).