Контрольная работа по английскому языку по теме "Living Things Around Us". УМК "Rainbow English", 7 класс.

1. Choose the right words to complete the sentences.

1. People often say that the (owl/magpie) ___________ is a wise bird.

2. (Sparrows/Nightingales) _______________ fly to Africa to spend winters there.

3. The (canary/starling) _________________ is a typical pet.

4. (Starlings/Seagulls) _____________________ feed on fish.

5. (Emus/Kookaburras) ___________________ can’t fly.

2. Read the text and mark the sentences after it as true (T) or false (F).

The Kiwi

The most famous bird in New Zealand is the kiwi. Most kiwi birds are brown and about the same size as a chicken. The kiwi is famous because it cannot fly. People from New Zealand are often called kiwis because of their famous birds.

Kiwi birds cannot fly because hundreds of years ago there were no animals in New Zealand except bats and sea animals like dolphins. The kiwi did not need to fly to get away from anything. It was safe.

Kiwi birds cannot see very well. They find food by smelling it. They are the only birds in the world with nostrils at the end of their long bill. In some ways they are more like a land animal than a bird. If anyone comes near, they run away. Then they stand and smell the air to see if it is safe.

Kiwi birds live in thick trees in quiet areas and they come out at night, not in the day.

Now the kiwi is an endangered bird. Most New Zealanders can see them only in a zoo. This is because of the animals that came to the islands with Europeans. Some of them began to kill and eat the kiwi birds. People also cut down many trees where the kiwi likes to live. Today there are only about seventy thousand left in the country.

1. Kiwi birds are very big birds.
2. For a long time kiwi birds did not have any enemies on the land where they lived.
3. Kiwi birds are disappearing.
4. Kiwi birds have good eyesight.
5. We can say that kiwi birds are night birds.

3. Match the words in the two columns and complete the sentences (1—5) with the word combinations.

1. Look! They are tired. They are ___________ .

2. It’s easy for insects to ______________ . They are small and are often green or brownish.

3. Animals ________________ , humans are animals too.

4. Over a hundred _____________ live in the National Park.

5. Jack doesn’t like to __________________which other people offer.

4. Rewrite these sentences in present perfect progressive using the words in brackets.

Example: We live in Moscow (since July). — We have been living in Moscow since July.

1. I play the piano (for ten years). —

2. She studies the flora and fauna of Russia (since 2013). —

3. The boys are playing football (for 2 hours). —

4. Susan is doing her bedroom (since morning). —

5. We learn English (for six years). —