Стартовая проверочная работа по английскому языку
за 2023-2024 год для обучающихся 8 класса.
Фамилия__________________________ Имя______________________Дата___________
I Вариант
I Reading. Read the following text.
Hard work and no money
Every year thousands of young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to University. Some young people go to another countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people – for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to University to study Spanish, but now she is living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to protect the coral reefs in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.
I’m staying with a family here and I help with the cooking and the cleaning. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize – and myself!. When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America”.
a). Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
1) Pauline comes from Belize.
2) Pauline wants to save the coral reefs.
Young people in Britain go to University just after they finish school.
Pauline is studying the fish in the sea near Belize.
b). Turn the following sentences into negative.
Young people take a year off after school.
Pauline is living in Belize.
I’m helping to do research on the fish around the reefs.
II. Vocabulary and grammar.
Complete the sentences.
..... you at school last week?
Was b) Were c) Are
2) It .... a small car, but it .... four doors.
is, is b) has, is c) is, has
3) Give the book to .... .
her b) she c) hers
4) Flying is ..... than driving.
the quicker b) quicker c) the quickest
5) They work ... night.
on b) at c) in
6) When we were children, our parents .... family problems with us.
discussed b) found c) thought
7) She was born twenty-five years ... in a small village.
since b) before c) ago
Task III. Match the items in the columns.
| 1 | a large building with machines that give electricity | waste |
| 2 | a scientist who studies the environment and the way plants, animals and people live together in relation to each other | population |
| 3 | useless materials | ecologist |
| 4 | living things around us | power station |
| 5 | a group of people or animals living in the same place | animals and plants |
Use of English.
Complete these sentences by using the correct word from the box. There is an extra word which you do not need to use.
In a Language School.
| water subjects exciting four problems love making teacher boring summer learning |
Fourteen-year-old Andy, who is from Korea, lives in France. He is (1) _________ French and is also studying English. What’s it like for him? “I (2)__________ living here,” says Andy, “and I’m beginning to feel like I’ve lived here my whole life and not for only (3)___________ years. I’m not usually very good at (4)___________ friends, but everyone here is so nice that I’m not having any (5)___________. If I don’t understand an exercise at school, I ask the (6)____________ or one of my friends to help me with it, and they always do. I enjoy most of the (7)_____________ we do at school, but I’m not very fond of history. It’s a bit (8)___________! Another thing I like about living here is that I’m able to do lots of (9)_____________ sports, like swimming and water-skiing. I’m really looking forward to my (10)____________ holidays this year because I want to learn windsurfing!”
Стартовая проверочная работа по английскому языку
за 2023-2024 год для обучающихся 8 класса.
Фамилия__________________________ Имя______________________Дата___________
II Вариант
I Reading. Read the following text.
Hard work and no money
Every year thousands of young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to University. Some young people go to another countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people – for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to University to study Spanish, but now she is living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to protect the coral reefs in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.
I’m staying with a family here and I help with the cooking and the cleaning. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize – and myself!. When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America”.
a). Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
1) Pauline is unhappy because she doesn’t get any money.
2) Pauline wants to go home when she finishes her work.
3) Pauline thinks people need to help the coral reefs.
4) If the sea water is very polluted, the coral doesn't die.
b). Turn the following sentences into negative.
1) Pauline is helping to research on the coral.
2) I want to travel around Belize.
3) She wants to go to University to study Spanish.
Vocabulary and grammar.
Complete the sentences.
1) You have to be a very good .... to get a job as a chef..
cooker b) cookery c) cook
2) If you are hot, you can take .... your jacket.
off b) on c) away
3) You’re having a test next week, .....?
don’t you? b) are you? c) aren’t you?
4) We haven’t got .... money.
much b) many c) more
5) The ..... of the environment is everyone’s responsibility.
protect b) protection c) protective
6) She lives in …. Rome with her family.
- b) the c) a
7) Her hair …. lovely!
are b) is c) it’s
Task III. Match the items in the columns.
| 1.the Solar System | a. a large building in which electricity is made |
| 2. to destroy | b. a book to explain how to do something or how to use something |
| 3. a power station | c. natural conditions, such as air, water, land, in which people, animals and plants live |
| 4. a documentary | d. the Sun together with the planets going around it |
| 5. the environment | e. to damage something so much that it cannot be repaired |
Use of English.
Complete these sentences by using the correct word from the box. There is an extra word which you do not need to use.
In a Language School.
| water subjects exciting four problems love making teacher boring summer learning |
Fourteen-year-old Andy, who is from Korea, lives in France. He is (1) _________ French and is also studying English. What’s it like for him? “I (2)__________ living here,” says Andy, “and I’m beginning to feel like I’ve lived here my whole life and not for only (3)___________ years. I’m not usually very good at (4)___________ friends, but everyone here is so nice that I’m not having any (5)___________. If I don’t understand an exercise at school, I ask the (6)____________ or one of my friends to help me with it, and they always do. I enjoy most of the (7)_____________ we do at school, but I’m not very fond of history. It’s a bit (8)___________! Another thing I like about living here is that I’m able to do lots of (9)_____________ sports, like swimming and water-skiing. I’m really looking forward to my (10)____________ holidays this year because I want to learn windsurfing!”
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