Тест по английскому языку 8 класс

Control test №2 for 8^th form pupils

1. Listening – 5 points

There are many scientists that invented a great number of things, which we now use in everyday life. I’d like to tell you about some of them. Anton van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his work on the improvements of the microscope, in 1648 at the age of 16. He also contributed towards the establishment of microbiology in 1673.

When Louis Braille was 15 years old he developed an ingenious system of reading and writing by means of raised dots. Today, in every language of the world, Braille is the standard form of writing and reading used by blind people.

Since the age of 18 Alexander Bell had been working on the idea of transmitting speech. While working on a multiple Telegraph he developed the basic idea for the telephone.

The invention of different types of transport has also changed the world, for example, airplanes and motor cars. Planes have brought distant lands within easy reach of ordinary people. American-born Wright brothers were the first to make the flight in 1903. The first petrol-driven car was produced in 1885 by the German engineer Carl Benz. Whether we like them or not, cars have given people great freedom of travel.

Match the inventers with their inventions:

1) Anton van Leeuwenhoek a) the flight

2) Louis Braille b) the first petrol-driven car

3) Alexander Bell c) a system of writing for blind people

4) Wright brothers d) the microscope

5) Carl Benz e) the telephone

1. Reading “Mass media” - 5 points

Mass Media plays a very important role in modern society. The most important means of media include radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and Internet. These sources inform, educate and somehow entertain us. My favourite media resource is Internet. It represents all sources in one. If I want to read the daily news, I go online. If I want to read magazines about things that interest me, I address Internet. When I want to listen to the radio or to watch a new film, again I turn on my computer. Basically, Internet is the media resource which has successfully displaced all other means from use. If I had no Internet at all, I would choose television. This is another media resource which I find engaging and useful. The programs I like watching are Animal Planet and BBC Wildlife Specials. These programs are not only interesting but also educational. They help me to improve my English skills and to learn more about animals and their habitat. I also like watching comedy films and some soap operas. Radio is another media source I like. I listen to music almost all day long. In the morning I turn on my CD-player and tune into Europa Plus radio channel. During the day I carry my MP3-player around. When online, I can always turn on any radio I like. Sometimes I turn on the BBC channel to hear the world news in English. Speaking about printed press, I should say that my parents are subscribed to a local newspaper. They also buy some magazines from time to time. My mum likes reading “Elle” and “Cosmopolitan” magazines and my dad usually buys magazines about motor and racing cars.

Are these sentences true or false?

1. Radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and Internet are the most important means of spreading news and information.

2. The programs Animal Planet and BBC Wildlife Specials help me to make my English skills better and to get more information about animals and their habitat.

3. My family always buys magazines, but they don’t read the newspapers at all

4. From all media I prefer the Internet because it represents all sources in one.

5. Animal Planet and BBC Wildlife Specials programmes are not interesting but educational.

1. Lexical and grammatical test – 15 points

1. Give the opposite: possible

1. unpossible b) inpossible c) impossible d) irpossible e) dispossible

1. Give the opposite: legal

1. irlegal b) unlegal c) inlegal d) non-legal e) illegal

1. Find the suffix of the adverb

1. -ly b) -ness c) -ment d) -ty e) –y

1. Find the adjective:

a) mist b) really c) cloudy d) coldly e) strongly

5) Choose the correct answer: At this time tomorrow I (work) in the garden.

a) At this time tomorrow I shall work in the garden

b) At this time tomorrow I have worked in the garden

c) At this time tomorrow I’ll be working in the garden

d) At this time tomorrow I’m working in the garden

e) At this time tomorrow I was working in the garden

6) Choose the correct answer: Linda (wear) a new dress now.

a) Linda is wearing a new dress now.

b) Linda was wearing a new dress now.

c) Linda will be wearing a new dress now

d) Linda wears a new dress now

e) Linda has been wearing a new dress now

7) Choose the correct answer: Liz and Jane (talk) the whole day yesterday.

a) Liz and Jane are talking the whole day yesterday

b) Liz and Jane were talking the whole day yesterday

c) Liz and Jane is talking the whole day yesterday

d) Liz and Jane was talking the whole day yesterday

e) Liz and Jane will be talking the whole day yesterday

8) Change Active Voice into Passive: My sister bought a new house two years ago.

a) A new house were bought by my sister two years ago

b) A new house was bought by my sister two years ago

c) A new house is bought by my sister two years ago

d) A new house are bought by my sister two years ago

e) A new house will be bought by my sister two years ago

9) Change Passive Voice into Active: A new hospital was built by the builders in 1999.

a) The builders build a new hospital in 1999.

b) The builders builded a new hospital in 1999.

c) The builders built a new hospital in 1999.

d) The builders will build a new hospital in 1999.

e) The builders were building a new hospital in 1999.

10) Choose the correct answer: They (inform) his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that.

a) They should inform his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that

b) They could informed his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that

c) They don’t inform his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that

d) They should have informed his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that

e) They must inform his parents that he was unwell but they didn’t do that

11) Choose the correct answer: Amanda (finish) the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

a) Amanda could have finish the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

b) Amanda could have finished the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

c) Amanda could have finishing the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

d) Amanda could finished the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

e) Amanda should have finish the work, but she felt ill and had to go home

12) Find the definition of the word “Radio”

a) a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news, advertisements etc.

b) broadcasting programmes for people to watch on their television sets

c) a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and little serious news

d) the process of sending and receiving messages through the air; broadcasting programmes for people

to listen to

e) a way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer

13) Find the definition of the word “Environment”

a) the process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people

b) the air, water, land on Earth which can be harmed by man’s activities

c) something such as land, water, or minerals, such as oil or coal that a country has and can use

d) waste paper, cans etc. thrown away and left on the ground

e) the natural home of a plant or animal

14) Find the synonym of the verb “to provide”

a) to relax b) to pollute c) to suffer d) to negotiate e) to supply

15) Choose the correct translation: Не ходите по траве!

a) Keep away the grass!

b) Keep off the grass!

c) Keep back the grass!

d) Keep up with grass!

e) Keep on the grass!