Контрольная работа module 2, 8 класс

Name____________________________ Date_______________________

Variant A

1. Read the email and choose A, В or C to complete the gaps.

Hi Alison,

How’s everything going? Sorry I haven’t written for a while, e.g. but I’ve been studying for my university exams, and you know how busy that keeps you! Anyway, I got your email, and I’m thrilled that you 1) to stay with me for a few days!

I know that one of the things you love about my city is the shopping, so let me tell you about a

2) places I’ve discovered. First of all, forget about the shopping mall! There’s 3)

fantastic flea market, just a ten-minute bus ride from my house, where you’ll find the most amazing

things at unbelievably good 4) I’m sure you’ll love the colourful atmosphere and the loud street vendors calling out to you to take a look at their 5) Another place we can do our

shopping, as well as do something for 6) , is the Oxfam store in the town centre. It mainly

sells second-hand things, but they’re in very good condition and at bargain prices. The last time I went there, I ended up buying four books and five CDs! My brother says there’s a good car boot

7) on just outside of town every Sunday, but I haven’t been yet. We can go together, if you

like!

I’m sure you’ll fill your suitcases with 8) of new things to take back home. But you should

know that we can only pay 9) cash at these places, so leave your credit card behind!

I’d better go now. I need to go to the 10) to pick up my new reading glasses.

See you soon,

Anna

1. Underline the correct item.

1 Would you like to stay for dinner? We’re having roast chicken with poached/mashed potatoes.

2 We took Jane out to lunch to cheer her up, because she’s been going off/going through a rough time at work.

3 Milk and other dairy products are very appealing/nourishing for young children, as they help them grow strong and healthy.

4 Be careful not to spill the salt/spill the beans and tell John about the surprise party.

5 Dinner is almost ready. I just have to beat/ grate the cheese for the pasta.

6 Joe eats out so often that he always welcomes the chance to have a nice home-cooked/ undercooked meal whenever he visits his mother.

7 The new clothes shop has a great variety of jeans and shirts at very low/poor prices.

8 Jane made a delicious raw/spicy sauce for the spaghetti.

9 Nathan likes his steak well done/rare, so don’t cook it for more than ten minutes.

10 Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to set the table for a formal dinner; it’s a cup of tea/piece of cake.

1. Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?

1. ___________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?

2. The kitchen is a complete mess! What ___________________ (the children /

do)?

3. Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years!

4. Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.

5. How much coffee ___________________ (she / drink) this morning?

6. Simon ___________________ (write) three books.

7. I ___________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!

8. It ___________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.

9. I ___________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.

10. She ___________________ (forget) how to get to my house.

11. I ___________________ (work) in the garden all day and I need a rest.

12. She ___________________ (make) three cakes. They look delicious!

13. David feels great these days. He ___________________ (get) up early lately.

14. We ___________________ (always / hate) rush hour traffic.

15. Recently, I ___________________ (study) a lot. My exams are in a few weeks.

16. We ___________________ (write) this book for months and months.

17. I ___________________ (always / love) chocolate.

18. I ___________________ (want) to go back to university for a long time.

19. What’s that delicious smell? ___________________ (you / cook)?

20. I ___________________ (watch) seven films this week!

IV.

1. Your English pen-friend is interested in national dishes. Write him/her an e-mail describing your favourite dish and give a recipe. Writе 80-100 words.

Name____________________________ Date_______________________

Variant В

1. Read the following article about cookery programmes and their effect on British cuisine. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

Are Brits becoming more adventurous in the kitchen?

What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Probably fish and chips, or a Sunday dinner of meat and two vegetables. But is British food really so bland and uninteresting? Despite a reputation for less-then-spectacular cuisine, Britain is producing more and more top class chefs who dominate our television screens and whose recipe books frequently top the best seller lists.

It’s thanks to these TV chefs rather than any advertising campaign that Britons are turning away from meat-and-two-veg and ready-made meals and becoming more adventurous in their cooking habits. It seems that TV programmes have the power to bring a higher profile to cooking and are wielding real influence on what people cook at home.

According to a new study from market analysts, 1 in 5 Britons claim that watching cookery programmes on TV has encouraged them to try different food. Almost one third say they now use a wider variety of ingredients than they used to, and just under 1 in 4 (24%) say they now buy better quality ingredients than before. One in four adults say that TV chefs have made them much more confident about expanding their culinary knowledge and skills, and young people are also getting more interested in cooking. With an increasing number of male chefs on TV, it’s no longer ‘uncool’ for boys to like cooking. The UK’s new obsession with food is reflected through television scheduling. Cookery shows and documentaries about food are broadcast during prime time evening slots.

Many of the new celebrity chefs promote modern ‘fusion cuisine’, which blends classic ‘British’ cooking with international and exotic influences. Even the chefs themselves are younger, more beautiful and much more experimental, such as Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver. Jamie Oliver was only 23 when he first appeared on British television screens. More than 4 million people tuned in to his popular show ‘Jamie’s Kitchen’. The show began as anexperiment and turned into a phenomenon. Jamie gave himself nine months to take a team of unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds, with virtually no previous experience of cooking, and transform them into top class chefs to work in his new restaurant in East London, ‘Fifteen’. Jamie left school himself without formal qualifications and believes that with a passion for food, anyone can become a good cook. ‘Fifteen’ has become a hit in London and is booked up months in advance.

Jamie Oliver has proved to be a huge inspiration for British people. The recent survey finds that the number of those sticking to a traditional diet is slowly declining and around half of Britain’s consumers would like to change or improve their cooking in some way. There has been a rise in the number of students applying for food courses at UK universities and colleges, such as those offered by the School of Culinary Art at South Trafford College. Having been ridiculed for centuries for its mediocre cuisine, is Britain now competing with countries such as France and Italy in the field of culinary excellence?

1) Britain is starting to get a reputation for bad cuisine.

2) Advertising campaigns are encouraging British people to try new foods.

3) The most popular TV chefs in Britain are younger and more charismatic than they used to be.

4) ‘Jamie’s Kitchen’ is a TV programme about ordinary people who set up their own

restaurants with no cooking experience.

5) Jamie’s restaurant ‘Fifteen’ will be opening in several months’ time.

6) The traditional British diet may be dying out.

II. Underline the correct item.

1 Would you like to stay for dinner? We’re having roast chicken with poached/mashed potatoes.

2 We took Jane out to lunch to cheer her up, because she’s been going off/going through a rough time at work.

3 Milk and other dairy products are very appealing/nourishing for young children, as they help them grow strong and healthy.

4 Be careful not to spill the salt/spill the beans and tell John about the surprise party.

5 Dinner is almost ready. I just have to beat/ grate the cheese for the pasta.

6 Joe eats out so often that he always welcomes the chance to have a nice home-cooked/ undercooked meal whenever he visits his mother.

7 The new clothes shop has a great variety of jeans and shirts at very low/poor prices.

8 Jane made a delicious raw/spicy sauce for the spaghetti.

9 Nathan likes his steak well done/rare, so don’t cook it for more than ten minutes.

10 Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to set the table for a formal dinner; it’s a cup of tea/piece of cake.

1. Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?

1. I ___________________ (not / do) the housework yet.

2. They ___________________ (study) very hard recently.

3. She ___________________ (promise) to help many times.

4. He ___________________ (clean) the kitchen. Everything is sparkling clean.

5. She ___________________ (write) her essay and ___________________

(send) it to her professor.

6. He ___________________ (see) the film ‘The King’s Speech’ about six times.

7. We ___________________ (paint) our living room. I think it looks a lot better.

8. She ___________________ (take) French lessons lately.

9. It ___________________ (not / rain) for three hours! Only about one hour.

10. Lucy ___________________ (already / leave).

11. How many times ___________________ (you / visit) Scotland?

12. I ___________________ (call) John for hours and hours and he hasn’t

answered. I’m really angry with him!

13. I ___________________ (be) in London for three years.

14. We ___________________ (know) James for ages.

15. It’s really smelly in here. ___________________ (somebody / smoke)?

16. How much petrol ___________________ (she / buy)?

17. She ___________________ (eat) chocolate all morning, so she feels sick.

18. I ___________________ (paint) my house all day, but it’s not finished yet.

19. Julie ___________________ (be) at the office since 6 am.

20. The writer ___________________ (deserve) this award for a long time.

1. You’ve got a letter from your friend. Write him/her a letter and answer his/her questions. Write 100-120 words.

Do you like shopping? What are the best known stores in your town? What kind of souvenirs can I buy there? What do you recommend?