Контрольная работа 8 класс
учебно-методический материал на тему

Ex.1 Чтение.

Прочитайте текст. Определите, какие из приведенных утверждений (1-5) соответствуют содержанию текста (а – True), какие не соответствуют (b – False). 

Shakira

Shakira Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977, in California. She was the only daughter of a well-respected jeweler and his wife.

When Shakira was a child, her mother discovered that the girl had a gift for learning. Shakira knew the alphabet by the age of eighteen months and at three she knew how to read. By the time she was four, she was ready for school. Shakira loved attention and wished to find a way to get it. She sang a lot for her schoolmates and teachers. However, the music teacher told her that she sounded “like a goal”. Shakira wasn’t too upset about it and soon found a more original way to become the centre of attention. It was dancing. It helped her to express herself and become famous in school. What is interesting is that no one had ever taught her to dance.

In school Shakira was disciplined, but absent-minded. She was usually writing lyrics for her songs on the back of her notebooks. However, Shakira was a good student because she was a quick learner and could understand her teachers’ explanations faster than others.

When she was eight, Shakira’s father lost all his money because his business went bankrupt. For a while Shakira had to stay with her relatives in Los Angeles. When the girl returned, she was shocked to see almost everything that her family had, had been sold. She later said: “In my childish head, this was the end of the world.”

To show her that things could be worse, her father took her to a local park to see the homeless children. What she saw shocked her deeply and she said to herself: “One day I’m going to help these poor kids when I become a famous singer or dancer”.

Between the ages of ten and thirteen Shakira was invited to various dance events and became very popular in the area. It was at this time that Shakira met a local theatre producer, who was impressed with her performance and as a result tried to help her career. This woman organized a meeting with the manager of the Sony company. After Shakira sang, they decided to sign a contract for three albums with the talented girl.

1)Shakira was quick at learning.

2)Shakira published her first lyrics in a youth magazine.

3)Shakira was upset when she learnt the family’s financial problems.

4)When Shakira became a famous singer, she set up a charity fund to help homeless children.

5)The meeting with Sony managers went successfully.

Ex. 3. Complete the sentences using the adjectives below and too/enough as in the example: 

I'm not old enough to drive a car.

He's too busy to help us.

pretty skinny classy shy troubled

1. Lisa should put on a little weight; she's....................... .
2. Chris thinks that jeans aren't ................ to wear to a wedding.
3. There are many teens who are .................. about their body.
4. Olga believes that she isn't ................... to be a fashion model.
5. Don't expect Angela to come and talk to you first. She's............... around new people.

Ex4. Complete the phrasal verbs with the correct preposition

1. Do you get ...........well with your classmates? 

2. The police officer went ............ the bank robber. 

3. J. K. Rowling brought............ the new Harry Potter book last month. 

4. Our school trip was put ........... until next week.

Ex.5  Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

1  The thief (steal) the car for years before he was caught.

2  The phone _____________(ring) for ten minutes before he answered it.

3  The decorator ____( paint) all the walls before Dad got home.

4  I ________(do) the housework all day, so I decided to take a break.

5  They ____(eat) all the pizza before I got there.

Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous

6  He was tired. He (drive) since 8 a.m.

7  She (fry) the fish when the frying pan caught fire.

8  Tom (retur n) from the cinema at five o’clock.

9  She (type) a letter while she ( talk) on the phone.

10  Mother (see) that Nick (not wash) his hands.

 Ex. 6. Передайте следующие предложения в Passive Voice.

1.  Не stole a lot of money from the shop.
2.  By six o’clock they had finished the work.
3.  At twelve o’clock the workers were loading the trucks.
4. When I came home, they had eaten the sweets.
5. We shall do the work in the evening.
6.  He wrote this book in the 19th century.
7. They were playing tennis from four till five.
8.  They have made a number of important experiments in this laboratory.

Ex.2