English test - 9.1
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

Тест по английскому языку

( 9 класс )

Задание №1. Прочитайте текст.

Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens was a famous English writer. He was born on the 7th of February, 1812. He was born in a poor family. When Charles was a small boy his family settled at one of the poorest suburbs of London. When Charles Dickens was ten years old his father was put in prison, because he had debts, the boy had to work. He began to work in a blacking factory. Later he described this period of his life in his novel “David Copperfield”. When Charles was 12 years old he began to go to school again. At the age of 15 Charles Dickens began to work in a London lawyer’s office. He did not like this work.

When he was 25 years old he became one of the famous and best newspaper reporters in London. He liked his work. He knew the life of London and he wrote about it in his articles. “The Pickwick Papers” was his first great work. He published them in April.1836. “Oliver Twist” was published 2 years later. This novel was a great success among the reading public.

Charles Dickens travelled a lot. He visited America in 1842. He wrote “American Notes” after  visiting that country.

In the last years of his life Dickens began to meet with the readers and gave public reading from his own works. These meetings were very successful. He could not finish his last novel “Edwin Drood”. He died suddenly. It was in summer in 1870.

Задание №2. Answer the following questions.

1. Was Charles Dickens an American or an English writer?

2. When and where he was born?

3. Was he born in a rich or a poor family?

4. When did he begin to work?

5. What was the name of his first novel?

6. Did he travel a lot?

7. What country did he visit in 1842?

8. What did he do in the last years of his life?

9. When did he die?

Задание №3. Грамматический тест.

1 …..you (like) swimming?     a. Do you like   b. Does you like   c. Are you like

2.  ….your sister often (go) to the theater?  a. Is…go    b. Does…go      c. Do…goes

3. Take your umbrella. It (rain) cats and dogs.          a. rains         b. is raining

4. I don’t know Spanish, but I (learn) it now.             a. am learning      b. learn

5. My elder sister (finish) school in June.      a. will finish    b. finishes   c. is finishing

6. Tomorrow (be) Friday.        a. will be          b. is

7. If the weather (be) fine tomorrow, we are going to have a picnic.     a. is       b. will be

8. I can’t find my umbrella, I think somebody (take) by mistake.

a. took          b. takes         c. has taken

9. Our English teacher told us (not/feel) shy and speak English as much as possible.

a. not to feel           b. not feel           c. felt

10. To my mind, the government …take care of old people.

a. can      b. must        c.may

11. In Greece the Olympic Games (hold) once in four years.

a. were held        b. are being held      c.are held

12. I  (bear) in f small Russian town not far from Samara.

a. was borne       b. am born     c. was born

13. The Tower of London (build) by William the Conqueror in 1078 as a castle and palace.

a. is   built                                  b. built                                   c. was built

14. You like black coffee, …….?     a. …, aren’t you?     b. …,don’t you?    c. …, do you?

15. There isn’t a cloud in the sky, ….?   a. …., is it?       b. ….., does it?        c…., is there?

16. We wish our exams (be) over.         a. were                b. are                   c. will be

17.I’m hungry. I wish it (be) time for lunch.             a. is              b. was

18.Moscow is (large) city in Russia.       a. the largest     b. largest     c. larger

19. He has ……time than me.        a. bigger        b. much        c. more

20. Thank you very ………             a. much               b. many

Ответы к тестам по английскому языку

9 класс

Задание №2.

1. Yes, he was.

2. He was born on the 7 th of February in London.

3. He was born in a poor family.

4. When he was 10 he began to work.

5. “The Pickwic Papers” was his first work/

6. Yes, he did.

7.  He visited America in 1842.

8. In the last year of his life Dickens began to meet with readers and gave public reading from his own works.

9. In 1880 suddenly he died.

Задание №3

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1-а, 2-в, 3-в, 4-а, 5-а, 6-а, 7-а, 8-с, 9-а, 10-в,

11-а, 12-с, 13- с, 14- в, 15- с, 16-а, 17-в, 18-а, 19-с, 20- а.