Контрольная работа к учебнику “Spotlight”, 2 модуль, 7 класс
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Контрольная работа к учебнику “Spotlight”, 2 модуль, 7 класс

1. Complete the spidergram about literary genres. What genre do you like/dislike most of all? Why?

2.. Use the verbs in the box to make up questions on the text about A. Christie’s biography and answer the questions.

 be born   go   study   enjoy   write

Agatha Christie was born in Devon on 15 September 1890, the daughter of Frederick and Clarissa Miller. Like many children of the times, her early education took place at home and at the age of 16 she went to a school in Paris and completed her education. Amongst other subjects, she studied singing and the piano. She enjoyed writing, from an early age her mother encouraged her in the use of her unusual imagination. At the age of 24, Agatha married Archibald Christie, an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. Five years later in 1919, a daughter Rosalind was born and nine years later, in 1928 the couple divorced. By this time Agatha had become a writer of murder, mystery and suspense. Her first novel 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ was published in 1920. Agatha Christie married for a second time and in 1938 the family moved to Greenway House, a handsome residence on the River Dart in the West Country. In her lifetime, she wrote 66 detective stories. Seventeen Miss Marple, over 40 Hercule Poirot. Agatha also wrote plays. Over two billion copies of her books have been sold and her work has been translated into more languages than Shakespeare’s. Agatha Christie was invested as a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1971. She died on 12 January, 1976.

3/Open the brackets and put the verbs into Past Simple.
a/When _________________________ (you/start) studying English?
b/Agatha Christie _____________________ (investigate) a lot of crimes.
c/He __________________ (become) a famous detective when he ------ (be) 19.
d/It _____________ (be) cold yesterday.
e/What _____________________ (you/do) last week?
f/The car _______ (stop) and a man ______________ (go) out.
g/We ____________ (be/not) at school when the lessons ______ (finish).

h/Jules Verne (not, smoke) a pipe.

4/Match the words into phrases and insert them into the gaps in the sentences (one phrase for each gap).
A rubbing mysterious cases
B magnifying glance
C solving eyes
D neat appearance
E at first obstacles
F overcome glass
He woke up and started _____1___________________________.
____________2______, I thought he was silly, but he turned out to be very intelligent.
Sherlock Holmes used a ___3__________________________ to find some evidences (улики).
Agatha Christie used to write about _4_________________________________. 
Hercule Poirot had a _____________5_________________ so people liked him.

5/ Underline the correct item

1The cat ran away until/as soon as it saw the dog.

2 Henry used to go/went to Ireland last week.

3 We used to go/go to the park on Saturdays, but now we go swimming.

4 We were surprised when/until we saw Mum on television.

5 Lyn got a job after/until she finished school.

6 First she made dinner, then/when she watched TV.

7 The children played in the garden until/then it got dark.

8Tom told me the story until/after he read the novel.

6/ Read the text and answer the questions

It was good to be out in the sun again, and Claire went for a walk round the village. It was a very pretty place, with a lot of

small cottages and a litde school. The church was at the top of one of the roads.

Claire was near the church when a big old car stopped in front of her. A man got out. He wore a long, heavy coat and his hair was thick and grey. He carried a shopping-bag in one hand. Some women were outside the shop, but they moved

away quickly when they saw the man. He went into the shop.

'Nobody likes Walter Burge,' somebody said.

Claire turned round and saw a boy behind her.

'Why?' she asked.

'I think they're afraid of him,' said the boy. Ben was about three years younger than Claire. He wore jeans and a warm coat.

'Why?' Claire asked again.

The boy put a finger to his head. 'Crazy,' he said. 'They think old Walter is crazy. Perhaps he is. He lives in the cottage near the castle.'

'What's wrong with the castle?' said Claire.

The boy looked round, but there was nobody listening. 'It's a bad place,' he said. 'Bad things happen there. My dad sometimes talks about it.'

'What things happen at the castle?' Claire asked. 'I really want to know.'

'Accidents,' said the boy. 'Some years ago a woman died there. Some of the tall tower - the Black Tower it's called - fell down.

She was under it.'

Claire thought for a minute, then she said, 'Accidents can happen. A place isn't bad because accidents happen there.'

'She does it!' said the boy.

' "She"?' said Claire. 'Who's "she"?'

'The ghost,' the boy said quietly.

'Ghost?' said Claire. She laughed.

'Don't laugh!' said the boy. He was angry. 'People in the village don't talk about it.' And he walked away.

'Ghosts!' Claire thought. She smiled. 'That boy is crazy, not the old man. I'm going to see that castle before I go home. But

perhaps it's better to say nothing to Aunt Min. I don't want to worry her.1

Claire opened the door of the church and went inside.

1. How did the woman die?
2. Why did Clair laugh?
3. What was the weather like?
4. How did the old man look like?
5. What did people think about old Walter

7/ Translate from Russian into English

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