Контрольная работа для 8 класса к УМК "Happy English.ru" под.ред.К.И.Кузовлев (Unit III)
тест по английскому языку (8 класс) на тему

Test 3 (8th grade)

Means of communication through the centuries

I variant

1. Listen to the speaker and choose the best name for the text.

Послушай диктора и выбери лучшее название для рассказа.

1. The tower of Babel
2. The worst punishment
3. English is the language for the future

(Babel – Вавилон)

2. Listen again and answer the questions

Послушай снова и ответь на вопросы

1. Why could the people understand each other?
2. What did people decide to build?
3. Why did God got get angry?

3. Fill in the gaps with positive or negative forms of can or be able to in the correct tense forms

Заполни пропуски положительной или отрицательной формой глаголов can или be able to  в правильном грамматическом времени.

In very early times, all the people on the Earth _____ speak the same language.

They lived together and _____ understand each other. People at that time were strong and ambitious. One day they had an idea. “If we all get together, we _____ build a great city. We will call it the city of Babel and the tower of this city will go up to the sky. If we _____do it, everybody will be happy”.

When the men started the tower, God was watching them. “They _____work really fast,” he thought. Everything was going well and people forgot about God. They thought that they ____ build the tower without him. God got very angry with the people. He decided to punish them. He gave them different languages so that (так  чтобы) they _____understand each other. After that people _____ finish the tower. They _____ live together and went to different places of the world.

Nowadays people _____ speak many languages, but most of them _____ speak English.

Maybe, one day English will become the language of the Earth an people ____ communicate easily again.

4. Fill in the gaps. Use the, a or no article.

Заполни пропуски. Используй артикли the, a или не ставьте никакого артикля

1. _____ computers can help you do a lot of things.
2. _____ television will be more popular in the 21st century.
3. _____ English don’t speak any other foreign language.

5. Answer the question: Why is English so popular? Write 5-7 sentences.

Ответь на вопрос: Почему английский язык так популярен? Напиши 5-7 предложений.

Test 3 (8th grade)

Means of communication through the centuries

II variant

1. Listen to the speaker and choose the best name for the text.

Послушай диктора и выбери лучшее название для рассказа.

1. The tower of Babel
2. The worst punishment
3. English is the language for the future

(Babel – Вавилон)

2. Listen again and answer the questions

Послушай снова и ответь на вопросы

1. Why did the people want to build the city?
2. Why did they forget about the God?
3. Why did he punish the people?

3. Fill in the gaps with positive or negative forms of can or be able to in the correct tense forms

Заполни пропуски положительной или отрицательной формой глаголов can или be able to  в правильном грамматическом времени.

In very early times, all the people on the Earth _____ speak the same language.

They lived together and _____ understand each other. People at that time were strong and ambitious. One day they had an idea. “If we all get together, we _____ build a great city. We will call it the city of Babel and the tower of this city will go up to the sky. If we _____do it, everybody will be happy”.

When the men started the tower, God was watching them. “They _____work really fast,” he thought. Everything was going well and people forgot about God. They thought that they ____ build the tower without him. God got very angry with the people. He decided to punish them. He gave them different languages so that (так  чтобы) they _____understand each other. After that people _____ finish the tower. They _____ live together and went to different places of the world.

Nowadays people _____ speak many languages, but most of them _____ speak English.

Maybe, one day English will become the language of the Earth an people ____ communicate easily again.

4. Fill in the gaps. Use the, a or no article.

Заполни пропуски. Используй артикли the, a или не ставьте никакого артикля

1. _____ Chinese invented ____ paper.
2. _____ water is very good for you.
3. _____ dogs are people’s best friends.

5. Answer the question: Why is English so popular? Write 5-7 sentences.

Ответь на вопрос: Почему английский язык так популярен? Напиши 5-7 предложений.