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тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

Examination Paper. Form 8. Variant I.

Task 1. Read the text and choose the right item in the sentences after it.

The New Zealand Kiwi

This strange bird is New Zealand’s national symbol. Everywhere in the world, Kiwi is New Zealand, or a New Zealander. New Zealanders also like to call themselves Kiwis.

The kiwi (bird) got its name after its shrill call – “kee-wee kee-wee’’. It can’t see well, and although it has wings, it cannot fly. Kiwis live in forests or wet places and feed on insects, worms, snails, and berries. It is unusual in at least two things. First, it is the only bird in the world that has its nostrils at the end of its long beak to find food and sense danger. Second, the female kiwi has the largest egg, in proportion to its body size. Kiwis are as big as chickens, but their eggs are almost as big as those of ostriches! There are several different species of kiwi spread over the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

The kiwi looks very much like kiwifruit – the brown furry fruit with the green flesh. Kiwifruit comes originally from China, and in fact its original name was Chinese gooseberry. Sometime in the 1960s, kiwifruit farmers in New Zealand decided to market the fruit overseas, but decided to give them another name. To help identify the fruit with New Zealand, they chose the name kiwifruit. Some people call kiwifruit kiwis, but this is incorrect. New Zealanders especially find this very wrong! A kiwi is a bird or a human New Zealander; but the fruit has different names — kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry.

While it’s not easy to see the real kiwi bird, the kiwi as a symbol is everywhere: on stamps and coins, on all sorts of products, in the toy shops, on flags, everywhere, all over the world.

1) People think that the kiwi bird is strange because it... .

a) has a long tail       b) has too long wings      c) can’t fly

2) Kiwis are really unusual because they ....

a) look like ostriches                                 b) are as big as ostriches                               c) lay eggs as big as those of ostriches

3) The kiwifruit originates from ....

a) China                          b) Australia                 c) New Zealand

4) Kiwi birds use their noses to …                                                                                    a) look for food             b) lay their eggs            c) fight with other kiwi birds

5) … called Chinese gooseberry kiwifruit.

1. the Chinese     b) the New Zealanders    c) the Australians

Task 2. Look through the text again and find the synonyms for the following words and word-combinations.

1. eat
2. nearly
3. various

4) abroad                                                                                                                      5) money made of metal

Task 3. Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space.

1. He left without any … .                                                  EXPLAIN
2. Our … flag has three colours.                                         NATION
3. I feel … of my behavior.                                                 SHAME
4. He wasn’t a … writer.                                                     SUCCEED
5. My brother studies … at college.                                    MANAGE
6. The … Day in the USA is on the 4th of July.                  DEPEND
7. “BBC” stands for “the British … Corporation”.             BROADCAST
8. Glass is … material.                                                        RECYCLE
9. All the … measures were taken.                                      PROTECT
10. She felt a touch of … .                                           JEALOUS

Task 4. Put the words at the end of each line into the correct grammatical form.

1. It is … dress I have ever seen.                                       LOVELY
2. They … him for two years.                                            BULLY
3. … book by this author is the most interesting.              TWO
4. He … me badly, I am still angry with him.                   ABUSE
5. I don’t like this sofa: in fact I don’t like … colour.       IT
6. This boy … newspapers every Sunday.                         DELIVER
7. James Cook … New Zealand and Australia.                  EXPLORE
8. A man shall not have two …. It is prohibited.                WIFE
9. He … me before he gave me a present.                          CONGRATULATE
10. The teacher … a new rule when she came.           EXPLAIN

 Task5. Listen to the text about William Shakespeare and his home town and decide which facts are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NS) in it.

1. William Shakespeare was born in 1546.
2. William’s family was not poor.
3. In the 16th century Stratford was a big city.
4. Stratford stands on a river.
5. Now Stratford is a tourist centre.
6. In Shakespeare’s museum there is a collection of the 16th century clothes.

Task 6. Listen to the interview and put names Bob, Sam and Claire into the sentences.

1. … likes to spend weekends with the family.
2. … meets his/her friends mainly at the weekend.
3. … does Maths after school.
4. … has very little free time because there are two young children in the house.

      Task 7.  You have received a letter from your English pen-friend who writes  

Write back to your pen-friend.

In your letter answer all the questions asked by your pen-friend

Write 100—120 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.