Проверочная работа для 9 класса

Проверочная работа по английскому языку в 9 классе (рубежный контроль) (УМК Rainbow English)

1. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive making the underlined words the subject.

1)They’ve sent me a lot of junk mail.

2) The credit bank lent me three thousand dollars in 1998.

3) One of his aunts taught him maths.

4)They will pay the workers $50 every day.

5)They offered her a good job.

2. Complete the sentences with the words derived from those in brackets.

1) Is “The Times” a (day) or a (week) newspaper?

2) My father spent his (child) in a small town in the North.

3) I’ll meet you at the (enter) to the theatre.

4) We hadn’t met before, for me he was a complete (strange) .

5) Do you mind (wait) for a second? I’ll be back soon.

3. Complete these sentences with the right participles.

1. (Printing/ Printed) texts are easier to read than those (writing/ written) by hand.

2. (Fascinating/ Fascinated) by the story, the children did not move.

3. The music (sounding/ sounded) from the radio was light and cheerful.

4. The tree (growing/ grown) behind my window is not a birch but an oak.

5. A house (building/ built) of stone is stronger than a house (building/ built) of wood.

6. The children (playing/ played) in the garden are Dorothy’s brother and sister.

7. I did not understand the question (asking/ asked) by the teacher.

4. Complete the sentences with the words

1. What you've just said isn't quite clear. Will you (explain/scream) it again?

2. Mike is planning a (terrible/terrific) performance at Christmas. He says it'll be his best.

3. This railway engine can (pull/push) twelve carriages.

4. The invitation cards will be (printed/published) on pink paper.

5. The police are (inventing/investigating) a new mystery.

6. He (lay/lied) about his age and we all thought he was older.

7. What kind of sugar do you buy? — Brown (one/sugar); I drink coffee with it.

1. Read the texts and match them with the titles. There is one title you don't have to use

1. Tragic Episode in Planet's History

2. Historic Fortification

3. Lost in History

4. History Giving Answers

5. Curious Episode in History

6. Historic Emblem

1.

Almost everybody has heard of the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who lived in Central America in 1500 ВС — AD 900 and then suddenly disappeared. But very few of us know that the Maya were not the earliest civilization on the American continent. The first great group of people there were the mysterious Olmecs.

2.

During the English Civil War, King Charles II fought against Oliver Cromwell. One battle took place at Worcester in 1651. Charles and his men were defeated and had to escape. As night fell they lost their way and stayed for the night at Boscombel House. There Charles put on a common man's clothes, cut his hair short and blackened his face with soot. Then Charles set off north.

Hadrian's Wall is an ancient wall across England from Carlisle in the west to Newcastle in the east. The Roman Emperor Hadrian wanted to protect Roman Britain from attacks by Scottish tribes. So he told his soldiers to build a wall. It took them nearly six years to complete it. The Roman soldiers guarded the wall, which was 117 kilometres long and 4 metres high. Now there are only ruins left of Hadrian's Wall.

The largest development in the debate among scientists about what killed the prehistoric dinosaurs is the idea that acid rain was the cause. Some geo­logists suggest that a large meteor hitting the earth at the speed of 65 kilo­metres per second was able to lead to strongly acidic rain falling all over the world.

In 1871, the newly formed Rugby Football Union selected an English team to play the first ever international match against Scotland. The committee chose a red rose as the team's badge. Though England lost the match, which took place in Edinburgh, the country's rugby teams have worn red roses ever since.

1. Complete the sentences with the prepositions

after, at, by, in (4), through, to, with

1. _______general the hotel we stayed in was not bad though it was situated rather far from the city centre.

2. "Are you enjoying the show?" asked Alan________a whisper.

3. The idea of travelling came________Maria's mind more than once.

4. James had never called me_______my first name before.

5. He usually begins his day with looking___________the email.

6. Sue asked us to look_______her garden a couple of times while she was away on holiday.

7. The Conways have sold their house__________a good price and are buy­ing a bigger one.

8. Soon my curiosity was rewarded____________a wonderful discovery.

9. At first I found it difficult to keep___________mind the names of all the twenty children.

10. This is a question that I'd prefer to discuss___________private.