Контрольная работа по английскому языку по разделу 4 (Ю.А. Комарова) 7 класс

Контрольная работа по теме «Screen stories»

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1 You will hear the conversation. Choose the right variant.

А. Andrew lives in _______.

1. the west of Scotland 2. the north of England 3. the south of Wales

B. Andrew`s list of jobs doesn`t include _______.

1. a waiter 2. a taxi driver 3. an accountant

C. Andrew collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island _______.

1. at eight o`clock 2. at nine o`clock 3. at ten o`clock

D. Andrew`s wife is called _______.

1. Marina 2. Mary 3. Margaret 

E. Every evening Andrew`s wife makes dinner and Andrew _______.

1. goes to the cinema 2. washes the dishes 3. does the accounts

2. Match the types of these films with their descriptions.

1)A film with lots of music and dance. a) a horror film

2) A film about cowboys and life in the Wild West. b) a detective

3) A film about criminals and detectives. c) a comedy

4) A film in which terrible and frightening things happen. d) a western

5) A film about space travels or life in an imaginary future. e) a musical

6) A funny film with a happy ending. f) a science fiction

3. Read the film section of a local newspaper and write the types of film

1. I was on the edge of my seat all through the film. This story of spies, counter-spies, murder and mystery is fascinating, You never know what’s happening until the end of the film. _________

2. The animation in this film is amazing. The computer generated graphics really give the film a three-dimensional feel Great for both children and adults.______

3.This is the story of what happened in Vietnam when the American soldiers arrived. Lots of blood, bombs, bullets and battles._______

4. Jackie Chan stars in this film about gangs in Hong Kong. All the good guys and all the bad guys are experts at kung fu, and the fighting scenes are spectacular. The good guys win in the end, of course.___________

4. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verb in brackets.

1. My parents _________ (buy) a new TV last week.

2. I _______ (write) a letter to my friend yesterday.

3. He ________ (watch) a horror film on TV last night.

4. My sister _________ (be) at the cinema last Sunday.

5. John _________(break) the vase yesterday.

6. A Scottish engineer ___________ (invent) the television.

7. He _____(do) his homework after school.

8. They ________ (travel) to the USA by plane.

5.* Complete the dialogue with the verbs in the box.

6. Circle the correct alternatives.

1. We wasn’t\ weren’t at school yesterday.

2. I didn’t went\didn’t go out with my friends last weekend.

3. The characters didn’t speak\ didn’t spoke in the early cartoons.

4.My parents didn’t have\didn’t had a picnic last weekend because of the rain.

5. He wasn’t\ weren’t happy about falling the test.

6. I didn’t liked\didn’t like the new film.

7. Read the text and circle the best variants (а-с) to complete the sentences after it.

From the History of American Cinema

In 1896 in America Edison held the first public showing of motion pictures.

That caused а sensation. Movie houses opened across the country. People called them nickelodeons You could watch а short feature film in them

for а nickel (5 cents). Those shorts were no more than silent scenes from staged plays or vaudevilles with subtitles. In the theatre а piano player was

providing music during the performance. By 1910 the shorts were making more money than vaudevilles and live theatre together.

The next development in movies came in 1927 when sound films or "talkies" appeared. This made movies more popular than ever. Movies began to replace theatre and vaudeville. Moviemakers also started to explore the world of special sound effects. They found out they could express the mood of а scene through the sound of birds singing or through the noise of the wind or rain. The new talkies were more realistic, but they were still only in black-and-white.

Then in 1939, "Gone with the Wind", one of the first major movies filmed in colour, was on the screen. The beauty and realism of this film surprised audiences.

From this year on, moviemakers learned that colour, too, was very important to set а mood or create а special atmosphere.

From the late 1920s until the 1950s, movies were the most popular of all American entertainments. The new film industry, centered around Hollywood, California, gave work to thousands of people. In towns and cities across the country movie palaces appeared. For many years movies used to bе а major form of entertainment in America but their popularity began to fall in the 1950's.

When television came practically to every house, people preferred to stay at

home. There seemed to bе less reason to go out when they could have entertainment in their own living rooms. Ву 1980 only one American out of ten went to movies in а given week. At the same time, however, millions of viewers see movies on television or watch videos. Even movies that are more than 50 years old continue to attract people. They include such classics as "The Wizard of Oz","Snow White", "Gone with the Wind", and "Casablanca".

1. At the turn of the 20th century ___ _

а) а new kind of entertainment appeared in America

b) Americans called short films nickelodeons

с) it was fairly expensive to watch а film in а cinema house

2. The first sound films in America ___ _

а) didn't bring any change to the field of entertainment

b) added popularity to the cinema as an art

с) were also colour films

3. Colour in film industry _ _ _ _

а) helped this kind of entertainment to achieve the leading position

b) was less important than sound

с) was first used in the film "Gone with the Wind"

4. Though going to the cinema became less popular in America now

people ___ _

а) prefer to watch classics that are 50 years old

b) try to go to the cinema at least once а week

с) still watch lots of films

8*. Answer the questions for you. Use ago and the words in brackets.

1. When were you born? (years)

2. When did you last watch a cartoon? (days)

3. When did you go to the museum? (month)