Контрольные работы

Стартовая контрольная работа по английскому языку для учащихся 7 класса

                                                           

1. Аудирование

Прослушайте описание путешествия по побережью Австралии и ответьте на вопросы 1—7. Вы услышите запись дважды.

Dongara     D           Northampton    N           Port Gregory   P            Shark Bay  

 

Which two places will be visited on the journey up north?       1. ____              2. ____

Which TWO places will be visited on the return journey?        3. ____              4. ____

5. How many days will the journey take?

A) 3 days                 B) 17 days              C) 21 days              D) 5 days

6. What time does the bus start on the day of departure?

A) 6.15 pm              B) 6.15 am              C) 6.50 am              D) 8.30 pm

7. What will they see at Monkey Mia?

A) geological formation                             C) wildflowers

B) historical sites                                       D) dolphins and dugongs

2. Чтение.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 1—5, обведя букву А, В, С или D, соответствующую варианту ответа, который вы считаете наиболее правильным.

William Shakespeare, the greatest English writer of drama, was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. We do not know everything about Shakespeare's early life. But we know that he studied at the Grammar School in Stratford, and that he became interested in the theatre when he was still a boy.

In 1586 Shakespeare went to London, where he worked in the theatre for some years before he began to write his own plays.

 Shakespeare soon became well-known in London literary circles. Every play that he wrote was good news to the people of the capital. Queen Elizabeth I liked Shakespeare's plays, and the actors were often invited to play before the Queen and later before the King James - a great honor in those days. By the end of the 16th century Shakespeare and his friends had enough money to build their own theatre - the famous Globe Theatre.

But Shakespeare had quite many difficulties in his life. Less talented writers, whose plays were worse than his, often quarreled with Shakespeare and attacked him, the actors in his own theatre sometimes turned against him.

 Now people in many countries love and honor Shakespeare for his plays, comedies and tragedies that are still modern and well-known all over the world.

1. The text is about

A)  Shakespeare's life.                    B)  the life of English people in Shakespeare's time.

C)  the queen's and king's life.        D)  the writers who lived in England in the 16th century.

2.  Shakespeare was especially good at

A)  novels.           B)  detective stories.        C)  mystery plays.         D)  dramas.

3.  Find the wrong statement:

A)  In his childhood Shakespeare got interested in the theatre.

B)  The King and Queen of England liked his plays.

C)  Shakespeare was widely known for his Globe Theatre.

D)  Shakespeare had difficulties in his life.

4.  What kind of man was Shakespeare?    .

A)  He was a man who liked to quarrel with people.

B)  He was a man who was fond of saving money.

C)  He was a man who tried to perform only in the king's palace.

D)  He was a man who wrote many plays and acted himself.

5. Why do you think Shakespeare is well-known throughout the world?

A) He was an English writer.              B) His actors disliked him.

C) He built his own theatre.                C) He wrote a lot of brilliant plays.

    Прочитайте текст о необходимости экономного использования воды. Определите, какие из приведённых утверждений 6 – 9  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).

      We may take it for granted, but water is the most important resource on Earth. It covers eighty percent of the Earth's surface and it's the only substance that can be found naturally in three forms: solid, liquid and gas. Water also makes up sixty-six percent of the human body and without it we can't live for more than a week.

      Although water is the most common substance on Earth, we should use it carefully because only one percent is drinkable and one third of all the people in the world can't get enough clean water. Today we use three times more water than in 1950, and people in rich countries use ten times more than those in poor ones. So where does it all go? Well, a single dripping tap can waste up to 7,600 litres of water in a year and a leaking toilet can waste about 260 litres in a day.

      At home we can help by fixing broken taps and toilets. Having showers instead of baths could save about 300 litres of water a week. We should also avoid using chemicals that pollute the water, because we can't increase the amount of fresh water in the world. We can only change the way we use it.

6. Sixty-six per cent of the Earth's water is drinkable.

1)True            2) False            3) Not stated

7. Humans can live for seven days without water.

1)True            2) False            3) Not stated

8. Most people prefer having showers to save water.

l) True            2) False            3) Not stated

9. We can't increase the fresh water supply.

l) True            2) False            3) Not stated

3. Грамматика и лексика

     Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 1—7 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.

  Australia is situated on the fifth and the 1_____________ of the continents. It is           SMALL     

the 2 ___________ island in the world. It is smaller than the United States and much      LARGE  

bigger than the British Isles. Besides the continent Australia consists of a number of

small islands. The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia.

It 3 ___________ by   the seas from all sides. The climate in Australia                            ROUND           

4 _____________from tropical and cool to temperate. The official language of the           VARY     

country is English. The capital of Australia 5______________ Canberra, not Sydney.            BE       

Australia is a federation of six states. The Parliament 6_____________ laws. The             MAKE    

government 7______________by the Prime Minister.                                                         HEAD

     Прочитайте текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 8—12 так, чтобы они грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами.   

Saltwater crocodiles 8 ___________ in Australia, India and Asia. They live in rivers            LIFE

and in places  near the sea. They can adapt to 9_____________ types of water. They are DIFFER    

very good 10_________, and can swim distances of 1,000 kilometres in the sea.                SWIM                

Saltwater crocodiles are 11____________ very big — between three and five metres      USUAL

long.                          

       Not all types of crocodiles are 12 ____________, but saltwater crocodiles attack  DANGER   

humans. Every year they kill one or two people.

 

TEST

Reading

Read the following four reports and complete the following chart.

 

	shape	size	colour	lights	movements	other details
1st report
2nd report
3rd report
4th report

 

Report No 1

"People laugh if you say you have seen one. I found that out. I was lying in bed last night when an object flew past my bedroom window very fast. I went to the window and saw the object disappear over the houses. I went back to bed and a few moments later the object went back past my window. It looked like a huge spinning top. It was 16 meters across. It was made of grey metal and there were yellow, pink and orange lights all round it. It had a red light on the top and a large square door on the side. I did not report it because I didn't know whom to tell. I'm sure it did not come from our world."

Report No 2

"I was staying with friends in Hastings. In the middle of the night, two of my friends woke me. We watched it together for about five minutes, then it climbed and we watched it flying over the house and then without making any noise, it disappeared quickly behind some trees.

Report No 3

"There were three of us at the hotel. It was just after midnight. The object was about 300 yards from the hotel when he saw it. It was moving over some trees. It had twenty or thirty lights and was round. It looked like a disc made of grey metal. It was about thirty feet across. It moved over the trees until it found an open place and then it came down slowly to the ground where it stayed for thirty minutes. I had always thought that these UFO reports were crazy, but we saw this thing — we all saw it!"

Report No 4

A new 'flying saucer' has baffled a town's police. Gordon Walker called the police when he saw a round, silver object in the sky. Walker, 56, said, "I saw a bright, ball-shaped light and it started climbing. There were blue and green lights on it with a red light round them." Checks were made but the UFO was not found on radar screens. One policeman said, "I have never seen anything like it in 20 years of night work."

Use of English

Rewrite the text. Put the words in brackets into the correct tenses.

Glad They Decided Not to Choose

     A merry young man who (earn) his living as a drummer in a band just (marry), and he and his wife (look) for somewhere to live. They (see) a lot of places, but there (be) always something that one of them (not/like) about the places. At last, however they (find) a house which both of them really (like). But they (not/can) decide whether they should take one of the ground-floor flats or one of the upstairs ones.

    At last they (decide) on an upstairs one not too low down and not too high up — and (move) in. After they (buy) furniture, carpets and all other things they (need) to set up house, they (give) a big party to celebrate their setting.

    It (be) a merry and noisy party, as all the young man's friends from the band (come) and (play) their instruments. The guests (dance), (sing) and (practise) on the drums. After a time telephone (ring). The young man's wife (go) into the hall to answer it. Then she (come) back with a happy smile on her face and (say) to her husband, "That (be) the man who just (move) into the flat that (be) under our flat. I (be) so glad we (decide) not to choose it. He (say) it (be) terribly noisy down there."

Choose the right answers.

1. She usually __________    to her office at 8.30.

A. is going      B. goes     C. has gone            D. went

2. I __________ my granny last week.

A. has visited  B. visits   C. was visiting D. visited

3. Look! It __________ heavily.

A. is raining      B. rains    C. is going to rain      D. has rained

4. When I left home, the sun _____________ .       

A. shone         B. shines       C. was shining      D. is shining

5. He ____________ lunch at school yesterday.

A. was having B. had    C. has           D. has had

6. I ____________ my music lesson yet.

A. didn't do       B. hadn't done     C. hasn't done     D. wasn't doing

7. She  _________ since 5 o'clock.

A. works         B. has been working     C. was working     D. has worked

8. He has a great influence     ____ me.

A. at    B. by     C. on  D. after

9. They always buy all the necessary things ________.

A. themselves B. theyselves      C. theirselves               D. themselfs

10. Apples ________ on the trees.

A. grow          B. have grown       C. grown  D. are grown

11. English _________ all over the world.

A. is spoken         B. speaks   C. are spoken  D. speak

12. The flowers__________  in the evening.

A. be bought   B. will buy      C. will be bought      D. buy

13. We ___________ on a show if we get tickets.

A. will go        B. go      C. have gone            D. are going

14. If I _______          to bed late, I'll see the sunset.

A. going          B. go   C. will go        D. am going

15. He is the _________tennis player in our school.

A. goodest      B. better   C. good         D. best

16. It is the ________dangerous route.

A. most           B. much     C. more    D. many

17. I don't like pizza. __________    do I.

A. No      B. Either   C. So     D. Neither

18. I bought two ice-creams. _________      did Peter.

A. So       B. Such     C. No    D. Also

19. John          _________ Peter to go away.

A. said B. answered    C. asked          D. wondered

20. Peter wanted to know if Robert   _________ to London.

A. was B. was being     C. had been   D. has been

21. The play __________ yesterday was a great success.

A. performing   B. was performed   C. performed      D. was performing

22. The man _________ to Tim is my brother.

A. talking        B. talked     C. being talked      D. was talking

23. I don't want her _________ my questions.

A. answering  B. answer     C. being answered     D. to answer

24. Mum always __________           me go where I want to.

A. having let   B. let       C. to let          D. letting

25. I heard John ___________          the violin.

A. playing       B. to play    C. played D. being played

26. I like reading books ___  art.

A. in    B. about    C. on         D. for

27. My Mum ____________ cooking by that time.

A. finished      B. was finishing     C. had finished    D. has finished

28. She said that Madrid        the capital of Spain.  

A. has been     B. was    C. had been D. is

29. John wrote they ____________   Alaska.

A. were reaching        B. reached    C. have reached D. had reached

30. They voted  ________ this law.             

A. for     B. on    C. about          D. under

31. Judging _________ her words he is a rude person.       

A. about          B. for     C. by D. at

32. I __________ to Spain at 11 o’clock on Friday.

A. fly      B. will be flying     C. am flying    D. will fly

 

Read the text and choose the correct word А, В, С or D for each space.

Everything Except the Weather

My (1) _______friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often (2)________of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned then he bought a fine house and went to (3) _______there. Almost (4)__________he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was (5) __________ summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so (6)________years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had (7)________lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could (8)__________ . He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and (9) ___________the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of (10) ___________except the weather.

 

1. A ancient    В old   С aged   D antique

2. A invented   В imagined      С dreamed  D fancied

3. A survive   В exist  С be      D live

4. A immediately  В at once    С directly  D promptly

5. A but     В still     С however     D besides

6. A much     В numerous     С many     D long

7. A ever    В never    C anytime     D no one

8. A carry  В allow   С bear    D like

9. A departed    В retired    С went     D left

10. A something    В everything    С anyone    D all