Промежуточный контроль. Английский язык. 9 класс
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

Task 1 Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct options.

One of the commonest questions asked about animals in Antarctica is how they cope __(1) the extreme cold conditions that are found __(2).  Antarctic birds and mammals - penguins, whales and seals - are warm blooded animals and they ___ (3) their body temperatures ___(4) to warm blooded  animals in any ___ (5) climate zone - that is about 35 - 42°C.  They have to keep high body temperatures to remain ___ (6). Tropical animals with more variable body temperatures __(7) as reptiles and amphibians can warm ___ (8) by lying in the sun if they cool down - and they never cool down that ___ (9). An Antarctic animal will never ___ (10) enough energy from the surroundings to become active if it allows ___(11) to cool  so they have to stay  warm to be active.

A

B

C

D

(1)

by

 with

about

upon

(2)

then

their

there

than

(3)

maintain

support

sustain

retain

(4)

like

similar

as

same

(5)

another

each

every

other

(6)

action

actively

activity

active

(7)

so

such

same

similar

(8)

up

down

on

in

(9)

many

few

much

little

(10)

bring

take

give

get

(11)

itself

herself

himself

yourself

Task 2 Read the text and form the appropriate parts of speech from the words in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each line.

Some writers have considered the pizza an invention of the man who is

_______(12) for making it an international dish, but the fact  that this man worked in a pizzeria makes it _______(13) to call him the father of pizza! In 1889, Rafaele Esposito of the Pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Cosi (now called Pizzeria Brandi) baked pizza ________ (14) for the visit of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. To make the pizza a little more ________ (15)- looking, Esposito used red tomato sauce, white mozzarella cheese and green basil ______ (16) to  represent the colours of the Italian flag. Queen Margherita  loved the pizza, and what eventually became Pizza Margherita has since become an  ______ (17) dish. Pizzeria Brandi, now more than 200 years old, still _____ (18) displays a _______ (19) thank-you note signed by Galli Camillo, "head of the table of the royal household", dated June 1889.

RESPONSIBILITY

DIFFICULTY

SPECIAL

PATRIOTISM

LEAF

NATIONAL

PROUD

ROYALTY