Поугодовой тест по английскому языку 9 класс
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

                                              Mid-term test                                               9 form

Task I        (8 points)

Choose the right option. Write the correct letter in each gap. Transfer your answers to the table (8 points).

Sharks have always been depicted as cruel and murderous creatures. Lots of feature films 1) … to demonstrate how dangerous to people they are. Though some kinds of sharks can really attack people, the number of people 2) … or killed by sharks is very small. Marine biologists insist that most sharks are 3) … to people. Along with that, the shark is one of the most ancient creatures of the world, and it should 4) … by all countries.

One of the sharks which has recently been added to the Red List is the dog-fish or the dumb gulper shark. It is one of Australia’s rarest deepwater sharks. The average length of an adult shark is one meter forty centimeters, 5) … it can live up to forty years, It’s not dangerous to people 6) … people are a real danger to it. The dog-fish population 7) … down by 99 % over the past 20 years.

The trouble of the shark is that its oil (fat) is widely used in cosmetics for producing face and hand creams and in dietary food. People fish it illegally for the oil. Scientists say that if fishing is not stopped immediately, the dog-fish 8) … into the list of extinct creatures very soon.

Task II        (10 points)

Use the words at the end of the line in the appropriate form. Transfer your answers to the table

I’M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE!

Task III Use the prepositions from the box to complete the text. Some are used more than once

across, at, between, during, in, near, on.                                                                         (4 points)

I come from Brighton but (0) _____in________ the spring of 1995 I moved out and now I live with my wife and children (1) _______________ London. Our life here is much faster than before. I usually get up (2) _______________ 6.00 a.m., have a quick breakfast and rush to work. Fortunately, my office is (3) _______________ our flat so I just need to drive (4) _______________ the bridge to get to work. (5) _______________ the morning it takes me (6) _______________ ten and fifteen minutes to get to the office. I usually work for about nine hours and (7) _______________ this time I rarely find a moment to eat lunch. It is even worse (8) _______________ Mondays when we have weekly meetings.

Task IV                                                                                (8 points).
You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Liz.

... I am going to learn a second foreign language. My first foreign language is French. What second language do you think I should choose and why? How many languages do you study at school? Are you planning to enter some language courses?

Write a letter and answer her 3 questions.
Write 100-120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.

TOTAL -30 points

ANSWERS:

                                                                Task I                                                (8 points)

                                                                         Task II                                                 (10 points)

Task III

In, at, near, across, in, between, during, on.

Task IV

Answers vary

TOTAL -30 points