Контрольные работы для девятого класса.
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

Control Paper

9th form

? True or false?

1. The English language is now the second language of about 400 million people.
2. Nowadays English is the most popular language in France.
3. One billion people speak English.
4. English is more difficultly to learn than any other languages.
5. English is widespread.
6. English is a global language nowadays.
7. 45% of all international letters and telexes are English
8. The native language of 16 nations
9. The official language of 43 more nations.
10. English is very useful when you travel abroad.

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? Fill in the blanks with the following words.

can        contrast         example       spoken        branch       in       spelling     continent       family

words                widely          years          easy           importance       other      borrowed       has       have

around              different        common      Italian                from             cigarette               American

    English comes from a _____(1) of the Indo-European _____(2) of languages. 400 ____(3) ago, it was _____(4) by 7 million people in Britain. Today, the ____ (5) of English _____(6) grown. One billion people now speak English in every _____(7) of the world. It is the most ____(8) spoken language ____(9) the world.

   Some people think English is _____(10) to pronounce, in ____(11) to Chinese, for ____(12). However, the ____(13) of some English _____(14) is not easy. Also, many ____(15) things have _____(16) names in British and ____(17) English, for example “pavement” and “sidewalk”.

     English has ____(18) many words from ____(19) languages, for example French, _____(20), Hindi and Arabic. Other languages ______(21) also borrowed _____(22) English. You ______(23) hear the words “airport”, “_____(24)”, “telephone” and “weekend”, for example, in many languages _____(25) the word.

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? Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.

to              at                about             by          for        between

   I flew ____ London last weekend.

We arrived _____ Heathrow Airport.

We could choose _____ the underground and the bus.

It takes ____ 50 minutes to get _____ the centre of London _____ underground.

     But when the train is late, you have ___ wait ____ ten minutes.

     There were cheap tickets _____ children ______ 5 and 15.

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 ____ (1) United Kingdom of ____ (2) Great Britain and ____ (3) Northern Ireland is the official name of the state which is situated on ___ (4) British Isles. The UK is ___ (5) island state. The main islands are islands are separated by___ (6) Irish Sea. The UK is separated from the Continent by ___ (7) English Channel and _____ (8) Strait of Dover. It is washed by ____ (9) Atlantic Ocean in the north and ____ (10) North Sea in the east. The capital of the UK is ____ (11) London. ____ (12) English is the official language.

     There is ___ (13) lot of rivers in ____ (14) Great Britain. The most important river is ____ (15) Thames. ____ (16) Ben Nevis in ___ (17) Scotland is the highest mountain. There is ____ (18) saying that Britain doesn’t have ___ (19) climate, it only has _____ (20) weather.

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? Answer on the questions.

1. Why is English a global language nowadays?
2. What will the role of the English language be in the twenty-first century?
3. Which vocabulary is the largest in the world?
4. What percentage of words in English comes from other countries?
5. What borrowed words in English do you know?
6. Why is English an language of communication nowadays?
7. Why do people in Russia learn English?
8. Why do you learn English?
9. What is the best suitable age to begin to learn English?

                                                                  Контрольная работа

                                                     за   1 полугодие 2008-2009 уч. года

                                                                                   9 класс

? Answer these questions:

1. How many channels are there in Britain? What are they?
2. What is the most popular channel in Britain?  Why?
3. What do the British think about their TV?
4. How many channels are there in Russia?
5. Compare British and Russia television.
6. Do you like watching TV?
7.  How often do you like watch TV?
8. What is your favorite channel?  (programmer)?
9. Do you think watching TV is one of the best ways of spending free time?
10. What TV programmers do you like best? Why?
11. What do you think of advertising on TV?
12. What is your attitude towards soap operas?

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? Fill in “a/an” or “the” where necessary.

    ____ (1) United Kingdom of ____(2) Great Britain and ____ (3) Northern Ireland is the official name of the state which is situated on ___(4) British Isles. The UK is ___ (5) island state. The main islands are islands are separated by___(6) Irish Sea. The UK is separated from the Continent by ___ (7) English Channel and _____(8) Strait of Dover. It is washed by ____(9) Atlantic Ocean in the north and ____(10) North Sea in the east. The capital of the UK is ____(11) London. ____(12) English is the official language.

     There are ___(13) lot of rivers in ____(14) Great Britain. The most important river is ____(15) Thames. ____(16) Ben Nevis in ___(17) Scotland is the highest mountain. There is ____(18) saying that Britain doesn’t have ___(19) climate, it only has _____(20) weather.

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? Do you know these words.

1. channel –                                                      
2. serial –                                                
3. commercial –
4. to broadcast –
5. satellite (TV)
6. (TV) viewer –
7. feature film –
8. cable (TV) –                                        
9. violent –
10. scandal –
11. daily –
12. (weather) forecast –
13. to transmit –
14. gossip –
15. addict –
16. exception –