Полугодовая контрольная работа в 8 классе

Полугодовая контрольная работа в 8 классе

LISTENING TEST

TASK 1. Listen to the three people discussing questions in the quiz. Find the correct answers:

Quiz: Man or beast?

1. Who has the best sense of direction?

1. A monarch butterfly

2. A sea turtle

3. A New York taxi driver

1. Who is the best athlete?

1. A lion

2. A rat

3. A triathlete

1. Who sleeps the most?

1. A black bear

2. A sloth

3. A human baby

1. Who has the best memory?

1. An elephant

2. A jay (a bird)

3. A university professor

Task 2. Match the animals/ people in the quiz with sentences 1- 8:

1. They lay their eggs where they were born. _________________

2. They go from Canada to Mexico every year. ____________________

3. They can eat electric wires. _________________

4. They can survive in water for three days. __________

5. They sleep eighteen hours a day for the first few months of their life. ___________

6. They sleep between fifteen and eighteen hours a day for their whole life. ________

7. They remember friendly faces. __________________

8. They hide their food and remember where it is. _____________

READING

Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений 1– 8 соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True), какие не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чём в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании текста нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated).

The Galapagos Islands are found in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 km from South America. To be exact, they are 965 kilometres from the coast of Ecuador, the country to which the islands belong. The islands are weird and wonderful with many strange creatures that you can’t find anywhere else on Earth.
In fact, the islands are so special that they have been made into something called a World Heritage site, which means the animals and flowers there must be protected at all times. Even the Manzanillo apple trees, with their highly poisonous fruit, have to be protected.

There are two kinds of weather in the Galapagos: hot and rainy from January to May, or cool (temperatures are around 19ºC) and sunny from June to December.
For people who like to swim, the best months to visit the islands are from January to May because in the other months the water is quite cold.
There are thirteen big islands, six small islands and 107 ‘rocks’ in the Galapagos Islands. They were discovered by Tomas de Berlanga in 1535. Now, there are about 18,000 people living there, but they only live on five of the islands.
The Galapagos Islands get a lot of visitors every year because they are the place to go to see amazing birds and animals. Did you know that a lot of these creatures aren’t scared of people? It’s true. They don’t see people very often so they have never learned to be frightened by them.

One strange Galapagos bird is the Frigatebird. They eat fish but they don’t like getting their own food. Can you believe that almost all the fish they eat is stolen from other kinds of birds that live in the Islands?

Marine Iguanas are a weird Galapagos animal. They look something like a big black frog and they are very common in the islands, in fact, they are everywhere! They don’t run away from people, so be careful you don’t walk on one. Oh, and when a boy iguana is looking for a girlfriend, he turns red!

1 The Galapagos Islands are owned by Ecuador.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
2 The leaves of the Manzanillo apple trees are poisonous.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
3 It is often misty and windy in the Galapagos Islands.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
4 The islands have cold water temperatures in July.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
5 Homes aren’t built on all of the islands.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
6 All the animals on the islands have learned to be scared of people.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
7 Frigatebirds take fish from Marine Iguanas.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
8 Girl iguanas can turn red sometimes.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

USE OF ENGLISH

Use the right suffixes to change the words in CAPITAL LETTERS. Write the new words in the gaps:

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