Контрольная работа по английскому языку 2 четверть Spotlight 7

LISTENING

Listen to the reports. What are they about? Number them in the order you hear them.

e.g. new technology 1

1 a new shopping centre .........

2 a rescue .........

3 a bank robbery .........

4 school meals .........

5 a sports event .........

LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL TASK

1. Choose the correct item.

1. Jennifer is tall and slim/straight.

2. Claudia has a pretty face with brown, wavy eyes/hair.

3. John is the young boy with the spiky/skinny blond hair.

4. Mum and Dad both have dark appearances/tans.

5. My brother has long/big hair.

6. You have green eyes and curly/round blond hair.

7. My baby sister has cute pigtails/face.

8. My hair is shoulder-length/tall.

2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word (participle –ed or –ing)

1. The lesson was really … (interest)

2. This story is so … (excite)

3. The film was really … (bore)

4. Jane is always … (tire) after work.

5. Jack is … (scare) of spiders.

6. He was … (disappoint) because his team didn’t win the match.

3.  Put the verbs in the Past Continuous:

1. Mother (to watch) TV when he arrived.

2. Tom (to play) computer games at 9 pm yesterday.

3. Bob and Mark (to read) magazines when their father came.

4. She (to send) e-mails until 10 pm last night.

5. His father (to recover) in hospital for three weeks after his fall.

4.Fill in the gaps with off, with, on:

1.Go… . I am  waiting for you.

2.This hat goes well… your court.

3.We must eat these eggs soon before they go…

4.My alarm clock went… at 7 o’clock.

READING

H Read the following text and mark the statements T (true) or F (false). (*2, max 10)

Leonardo da Vinci – a great artist and scientist (by Adam Wilson)

The person I admire the most is Leonardo da Vinci. He was born on 15th April 1452 in the town of Vinci, Italy. His full name was Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, which means Leonardo, son of Piero from Vinci. He was not only one of the greatest painters of all time, but he was also an architect, sculptor, engineer, inventor, mathematician and musician.

Leonardo da Vinci was a very intelligent and imaginative man. He created many different designs. Some of them were for a bicycle, a helicopter, a parachute and even an aeroplane! He also liked to study everything in nature. You can find some of his notebooks in museums today. In them you can see drawings of plants and animals as well as detailed sketches of the human body!

Leonardo da Vinci paid a lot of attention to detail and his paintings are very realistic. The Mona Lisa, for example, is one of his best known works of art. It is a painting of a woman whose face often makes people wonder if she is smiling or not.

I admire Leonardo da Vinci for his amazing works of art and his great inventions. His artwork will last forever and people around the world admire it even today.

1. Leonardo da Vinci was born in Venice, Italy.

2. His father’s name was Paolo.

3. He designed a parachute.

4. None of Da Vinci’s notebooks survive today.

5. Da Vinci studied the human body.