Name:______________________________________________ Date: ___________________
TEST 8 form
1 variant
1. Listen to the text about Yuri Gagarin and write which of these facts are not mentioned in it.
1) Yuri went to school in 1941.
2) Yuri was a very good pupil at school.
3) Yuri was very good at fly in g planes.
4) Yuri spent 108 minutes in space.
5) Yuri asked the people of our planet to keep its beauty.
6) Yuri Gagarin became a hero of the Soviet Union.
2.Read the text and complete the sentences after it.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711— 1765) was a Russian scientist and w rite r 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, firs t 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 ['kaeravan] travelling to Moscow. Here he entered Slavic Greek La tin Academy [a'kaedami] and lived on bread and water for quite a long time but made rapid progress ['praugres] as a student. He completed a twelve-year study course [ka:s] 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 latte r 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 fam ily and he decided to return to St Petersburg.
At home he became a member of the Academy, and soon was made professor [prs'fesa] of chemistry. W ishing to improve education in Russia he and Count1 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) S t Petersburg University was founded ... . a) before Moscow University b) after Moscow University c) at the same time as Moscow University |
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3. Use the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1) The book (write) in the previous century. _______________________________________
2) Not long ago this story (tell) by a famous traveller. ________________________________
3) We (just buy) her a pair of skates as a birthday present. _____________________________
4) The child (look) for his toy everywhere but couldn’t find it . __________________________
5) The music (play) by a big orchestra tomorrow. ____________________________________
4.Complete the sentences with around, through, to or off.
1) I ’m afraid I have to go now. I ’ll see you _____________ .
2) Don’t try to hide anything from me, I see you ______________ .
3) I know that you’re leaving tomorrow. Is anyone seeing you _____________?
4) I ’ll see ___________ it that the children have a hot breakfast every day.
5) Every time father goes away, my mother and I see him ____________ at the station.
6) Please see _____________ it that everyone knows the facts.
7) I don’t see Jack __________ very often these days. In fact I haven’t seen him for a long time.
8) I have a feeling that my mother sees _____________ me, so I tell her the truth .
9) Don’t see me _____________: I ’m going to the airport by taxi.
10) I ’ll see ____________ lunch, it ’ll be ready on time.
Name:______________________________________________ Date: ___________________
TEST 8 form
2 variant
1. Listen to the text about Yuri Gagarin and write which of these facts are not mentioned in it.
1) Yuri went to school in 1941.
2) Yuri was a very good pupil at school.
3) Yuri was very good at fly in g planes.
4) Yuri spent 108 minutes in space.
5) Yuri asked the people of our planet to keep its beauty.
6) Yuri Gagarin became a hero of the Soviet Union.
2.Read the text and complete the sentences after it.
Steve Jobs (1955—2011), an American businessman, one of the founders of Apple In c1. Company, is also known as Father of the Digital Revolution.
He was born in San Francisco to two university students who were unmarried then and couldn’t support their baby. The boy was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs who became loving and caring parents for Steve. Paul taught him some elementary electronics and how to work with his hands. Clara taught Steve to read before he went to school.
Though Steve often found school boring, he was known as a gifted student. While in high school1, he met some people who shared his interests in electronics. One of them was Stephen Wozniak. In 1976 Jobs and Wozniak formed their own business. They named it “Apple Computer Company” in remembrance of a happy summer Jobs had spent picking apples.
Everyone agrees that it was Steve’s character and intellect that helped to make the company what it was. He was certainly the heart and soul of the company and its public face.
Steve was responsible for designing new products, marketing and finding the best possible people for the company. Under his leadership the company had the greatest success in business history and developed such world-famous products as iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad and many others.
Steve Jobs was a perfectionist. Nothing was ever “ good enough” for him — it had to be perfect. It seemed that he worked 24 hours a day. This devotion to work and great interest in it helped him to become a real winner and achieve great results working together with his team.
Steve loved songs by Bob Dylan and was a great fan of The Beatles. This is what he once said about them, “ They were four guys who... balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people.” He said that from that point of view The Beatles were a model for him.
| 1) Steve Jobs was ... . a) the head of a big company b) a famous scientist c) not the only founder of a big company | 2) Steve Job s’ interests lay in ... . a) producing hi-tech equipment b) improving the old models of computers c) finding new markets for the company’s mobile phones
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| 3) Steve Jobs was a ... . a) good friend b) good public speaker c) hard worker | 4) The word “ perfectionist” means a ... . a) perfect personality b) person trying to achieve the best results c) person who always wins |
| 5) Steve Jobs believed in ... . a) a great role of a leader b) being a winner c) joining with other people in doing work |
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3. Use the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1) The other day the team (win) the game quite easily. ________________________________
2) Last week the dog (find) on the road not far from the village. _________________________
3) Such cakes (make) and (decorate) for Easter. ______________________________________
4) They (clean) the room very carefully two or three times a week. _______________________
5) What vegetables (grow) by these farmers in the future?_____________________________
4.Complete the sentences with around, through, to or off.
1) She knew him w ell enough to see _____________ his behaviour.
2) Will you come to the airport to see Lilian ____________? She is fly in g to New York .
3) John said he would see ___________ our luggage.
4) Will you see ___________ the children while I ’m away?
5) My elder brother saw ___________ my plan at once and told me about it.
6) He saw his relative s ___________ at the bus station.
7) Do you see Bob __________ these days?
8) After all those years she had learn t to see ___________ his little trick s and lies.
9) Don’t you think about the puppies. I ’ll see ___________them.
10) Kevin will make a flowerbed. I ’ll see ___________ it .
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