Контрольная работа "Выбор карьеры" 8 класс
тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

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Emma lived in a big city and worked for a large company. Her days were usually very busy –  she 1._________CAN_________ hardly find half an hour for lunch.  However, at weekends she 2.________FEEL__________ bored and lonely. Emma had moved to the city because of her job. Only two months before she had thought she was the 3._________LUCKY_________ girl in the world. She had got a job most of her friends could only dream about. It was her 1._______ONE_______ full-time job. The company 5.________CALL__________ ‘Imagination’. They focused on Internet technologies. Emma 6._________NOT/KNOW_________ much about the Internet but her boss said that it didn’t matter. He also said that she 7._________BE_________ creative and had imagination and that was why she had a good chance of succeeding in the job. When Emma told her friend, Lucy Pitt, about the new job, Lucy said:
“I’m very happy that you 8._________FIND_________ a good job. But I also feel very sad about it because you’ll go to the city and will forget about your friends.”
“I wish we 9. _____CAN_____ always be together but it’s impossible,” Emma said. “I promise that I 10. _________COME_________ to visit you as soon as I can.”

Variant 1

Task 1. Listening.

Match the speakers A-E to the statements 1-6. One statement is extra.

1. The speaker wants to develop his/her childhood hobby into a career.
2. The speaker hopes to turn his/her hobby into a future profession.
3. The speaker can’t make his/her career choice yet.
4. The speaker plans to work with small children.
5. The speaker feels his/her relatives want to influence his/her career choice.
6. The speaker wants to do something like his/her close relative did.

Task 2. Use of English. Use the word 1-9 in the right grammar forms.

Emma lived in a big city and worked for a large company. Her days were usually very busy –  she 1. ________CAN_________ hardly find half an hour for lunch.  However, at weekends she 2._______FEEL__________ bored and lonely. Emma had moved to the city because of her job. Only two months before she had thought she was the 3.________LUCKY_________ girl in the world. She had got a job most of her friends could only dream about. It was her 4. ______ONE_______ full-time job. The company 5._______CALL__________ ‘Imagination’. They focused on Internet technologies. Emma 6._________NOT/KNOW_________ much about the Internet but her boss said that it didn’t matter. He also said that she 7._________BE_________ creative and had imagination and that was why she had a good chance of succeeding in the job. When Emma told her friend, Lucy Pitt, about the new job, Lucy said:
“I’m very happy that you 8._________FIND_________ a good job. But I also feel very sad about it because you’ll go to the city and will forget about your friends.”
“I wish we could always be together but it’s impossible,” Emma said. “I promise that I 9._________COME_________ to visit you as soon as I can.”

Change the words 10-15 to make the text complete.

My first job was working at a bakery. When I walked from my house to the bakery I could smell the 10.____WONDER___ fresh bread. I loved it. I worked 11.____DAY___ after school and at weekends. It made about twenty hours a week. One of the most 12._____FANTASY___ things about the bakery was that I could eat all I wanted there. I couldn't stop eating the fresh buns, rolls and cakes. They were so 13.___TASTE____. Mrs. Bradley, the 14._____OWN____ of the bakery, was a very nice woman. She had no children and she treated me like her own granddaughter. I liked her too and did my best to be as 15.___HELP____as possible. 

Variant 2

Task 1. Listening.

Match the speakers A-E to the statements 1-6. One statement is extra.

1. The speaker wants to develop his/her childhood hobby into a career.
2. The speaker can’t make his/her career choice yet.
3. The speaker wants to do something like his/her close relative did.
4. The speaker hopes to turn his/her hobby into a future profession.
5. The speaker feels his/her relatives want to influence his/her career choice.
6. The speaker plans to work with small children.

Task 2. Use of English. Use the word 1-9 in the right grammar forms.

Dana Miller was a bus driver in the city of Philadelphia. Her working hours 1._______BE______ from 10.00 pm till 6:00 am. It was a hard job and very few 2._____WOMAN_____ worked as bus drivers in those days but Dana loved her job very much. One of her regular passengers was a guitar player. Every Friday night he got on the bus carrying his guitar. The guitar 3._____MAKE______ of wood, not plastic and Dana liked the way it sounded.
“You should come to see our show,” the guitarist kept saying to Dana.
“I  4.______SEE______ it one day,” Dana promised each time, but she never said when exactly she 5.____GO______.
Another passenger who often used Dana’s bus was a Biscuit Lady. She worked at the biscuit factory and often 6.______GIVE______ Dana a small bag of biscuits. Dana 7._____NOT/LIKE______ sweets and pastries very much, but she could never resist those biscuits – they were so fresh and tasty.
“How was 8.______YOU_____ night?” Dana’s husband liked to ask her when she came home.
“Good music, good food and a great view of the city,” she cheerfully answered.
“I wish I 9.______ENJOY____ my work as much as you enjoy yours,” her husband said, “ but I’m going to have just another boring day at the office.” 

Change the words 10-15 to make the text complete.

Have you heard of a Tadeus Bodnar? He is a 10.____FAME_____ Hungarian hairdresser. Not long ago he stopped using the 11._____TRADITION_____ scissors and comb. Now his instruments are axes, irons and vacuum cleaners. Now he is very 12._____SUCCESS_____ and happy because with his innovative techniques he can express himself better. He cuts hair in his shop in Budapest by chopping it with an axe. Then he styles the hair using a vacuum cleaner, or straightens it with an iron. It’s difficult to believe but the extravagant hairdresser is very popular. Many people find him very 13._____CREATE____. Every day there’s an 14.____END____ line of people streaming to his shop. They wish to change their 15.___APPEAR_____ and have a thrilling, new experience.