Контрольная работа Spotlight 9 (Module 5)

9^th form (module 5) Spotlight 9

1. Complete the sentences with the words from the list:

wrote/ drums/ composed/ play/ blow/ improvise/conducted

1. Don’t you think the Maestro _______________ the orchestra well?

2. He beat the _____________ like a madman.

3. John Lennon _____________ the lyrics to many of the Beatles best songs.

4. The most famous opera _______________ by Mascagni was “Cavaleria

Rusticana”.

5. Jazz musicians almost always ______________ their solos.

6. Most professional musicians ______________ their instruments up to five

hours a day.

7. I can remember the time when former President of the United States Clinton

appeared on MTV to ______________ his horn – the saxophone.

1. Complete the sentences using comparative or superlative degree of

comparison of adjectives.

1. My mother is clever. My uncle is much ______________ than my mother.

2. Ann is a successful musician. Her brother is __________ than Ann.

3. Suzy has a nice kitten, but my sister has the __________ kitten on

earth.

4. My Math test was easy, but the test in English was ______________.

5. Murmansk is cold. Do you know the _____________ place in the world?

6. My mother has a soft voice. But my teacher’s voice is __________ than my

mother’s.

1. Choose the correct answer

1. This original Dali painting is by far/a lot/much more expensive than all the others here.

2. The Four Season is Vivaldi’s very/most/little famous work.

3. Penny doesn’t think photography is as exciting/more exciting/most exciting as sculpture.

4. Mark was slightly/absolutely/rather furious when he found out someone had stolen his MP3 player.

5. The new artist is becoming more and more/the more and more/the most popular with teenage audiences.

1. Translate the following into English

Граффити – уличное искусство – изменило внешний вид улиц в конце 20 века. История граффити началась в нью-йоркском метро. Сегодня яркие и оригинальные работы граффити можно встретить на улицах городов во всем мире. Но и сегодня есть разные мнения : «Граффити – это вандализм», «Каждая работа в граффити – ценное произведение искусства». А что думаешь ты?