Проверочная контрольная работа для 9 класса
методическая разработка по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

                                 Вариант №1

1. Flamingos are very social and often live in large groups, called colonies, throughout the world. They are found in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The American Flamingo is the only one that lives in the wild in North America, and on many Caribbean islands such as the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola. It also lives in northern South America, the Galapagos Islands, and parts of Mexico.
2. Flamingos fish while walking in shallow water and mud. When a flamingo notices its potential dinner(for example, shrimp, snails, and plantlike water organisms ), it plunges its head into the water, twists its heat upside down, and scoops the fish up using its upper beak like a shovel. Flamingos get their pink coloring from the carotenoid pigment in their food, which is the same pigment that makes carrots orange.
3. Flamingos build nests that look like mounds of mud along waterways. The parents take turns sitting on the egg to keep it warm and after about 30 days the egg hatches. Young flamingos are born white, with soft, downy feathers and a straight bill. Both adult birds look after the newborn flamingo. The young leave the nest after about five days to join other young flamingos in small groups, returning to their parents for food.
4. Scientists aren’t  100% sure why flamingos stand on one leg, but they have some theories. One theory says that it is to keep one leg warm. Another idea is that flamingos are drying out one leg at a time. A third theory states that it helps them deceive their catch, because one leg looks more like a plant than do two. Whatever the reason, it is truly amazing that these top heavy birds can balance on one leg for hours at a time.
5. Ancient Egyptians believed that flamingos were the living representation of the god Ra. In the Americas, the Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped nature and paid a great deal of attention to these birds and often depicted flamingos in their art. However, Andean miners killed flamingos for their fat, which is believed to be a remedy for tuberculosis, and in Ancient Rome their tongues were considered a delicacy.
6. Many people have plastic flamingos in their yards as ornaments. This is a fun and inexpensive way to add some elegance to one’s landscaping. In many parts of the world flamingos are popular collectibles, appearing in the form of magnets, water globes, and jewelry. They are also said to be an image that people find to be calming and exciting at the same time. For these purposes people buy millions of plastic flamingos annually all around the world.
7. Flamingos have been affected in many ways by global warming. One of the biggest concerns is making nests and laying eggs. Flamingos depend on rainfall to help them mate and without adequate rain they won’t engage in it. Many researchers find that global warming reduces the chance of rain and can cause drought in some of the areas where they live. This could mean a significant reduction of offspring in the years ahead.

Раздел 2. Грамматика и лексика

NATURAL WONDERS: METEOR CRATER

Some of the natural wonders are known for their beauty. The Meteor Crater is not one of them. It looks like a big hole in the desert. It  _________________ by a meteorite hitting the earth thousands of years ago.                                                

The crater is 4,145 feet across, and 570 feet deep. It is the _________________ impact crater in the entire world.                                                                        

When Europeans discovered it in 1871, they ___________________ it was the top of a volcano.                                                                                      

Since then, scientists _______________________ the crater for many years, but there are still many secrets and mysteries hiding inside it.

IT WAS SIMPLE

One day last summer my nine-year-old daughter went off to the camp. All her things

_________________ in a small bag. Two weeks later, Anna came back home and I unpacked her things.                                                                    

Everything was clean and well folded. “Camp sure has changed you. Your things look much ____________ than usual.”                                          

“It was simple, Mom, “she answered.” I didn’t unpack. Many _______________

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Раздел 3. Письмо

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend Mike who writes:

Write a letter to Mike

In your letter

• Answer his questions
• Ask 3 questions about his coming summer holidays.

Write 100-140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Вариант №2

1. USEFUL INVENTION                                      5.   VERBAL MISUNDERSTANDING
2. US YOUNGER GENERATION                        6.   BRITAIN, THE WORLD EMPIRE
3. MODERN BRANCH OF                                  7.   ALL IN ONE

INDUSTRY        

4. HISTORICAL SEPARATION                            8.   OLD ENOUGH

1. For 150 years America was a British colony. At that time British and American English were almost      exactly the same. When America won the War of Independence in 1776, it became a free country. The USA was quickly growing richer, and millions of Europeans came to settle here. They brought new words and expressions to the language. As a result, English in America began to develop in its own way and today, there are certain differences in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling between American and British English.
2. Typical American teenagers are in fact very ordinary. They think their teachers make them work too hard, they love their parents but are sure they do not understand anything, and their friendships are the most important things in their lives. Some of them do have a lot of money to spend, but usually they have earned it themselves. Most young people take jobs while they are in school. They work at movie theatres, fast-food restaurants, gas stations, and stores to pay for their clothes and entertainment. Maybe this is what makes them so independent from their parents at such a young age?
3. Is it possible to have one device with the functions of a TV-set, a PC and the Internet? With the advent of Internet TV it has become a reality. Imagine watching a film on TV and getting information on the actors in the film at the same time! To enter web-addresses and write e-mails you use a remote control and an on-screen keyboard or an optional wireless keyboard. By clicking a button, you can also read adverts, «chat» with a friend, plan your holiday and play your favourite video games. And in the future you will be able to change the plot of the film you are watching!
4. When do you stop being a child and become an adult? There are lots of laws about the age when you can start doing things. In Britain, for example, you can get married at 16, but you cannot get a tattoo until you are 18. In most American states you can have a driving licence at 17, but you cannot drink until you are 21. In Russia you can be put in prison when you are 16, but you cannot vote until you are 18. In fact, most European countries and the US have the same age for voting: 18. Many people, however, think that this is unfair. They would like to vote at an earlier age.
5. Blue jeans were a by-product of the Gold Rush. The man who invented jeans, Levi Strauss, emigrated from Germany to San Francisco in 1850. Levi was 20 years old, and he decided to sell clothes to the miners who were in California in search of gold. When he was told that durable trousers were the most needed item of clothing, Levi began making jeans of heavy tent canvas. Levi`s jeans were an immediate success. Soon he switched from canvas to a cotton fabric which came from Nimes, a city in France. The miners called it «denim» and bought a lot of trousers from Strauss.
6. Some fifty years ago people had not even heard of computers , and today we cannot imagine our life without them. Computer technology is now the fastest-growing industry in the world. The first computer was the size of a minibus and weighed a ton. Today, its job can be done by a chip the size of a pinhead. And the revolution is still going on. Very soon we will have computers that we will wear on our wrists or even in our glasses and ear-rings. Such wearable computers are now being developed in the USA.
7. Some American words are simply unknown on the other side of the Atlantic, and vice versa. But a lot of words exist in both variants, and these can cause trouble. British visitors to America are often surprised at the different meanings that familiar words have acquired there. If an Englishman asks in an American store for a vest, he will be offered a waistcoat. If he wants to buy a handbag for his wife, he should ask for a purse, and if she wants to buy a pair of tights, she should ask for pantyhose: tights in America are what ballet dancers wear.

                             Раздел 2 Грамматика и лексика

                                              EXCUSES, EXCUSES…

For years my husband, Tom, and I had complained bitterly about the lack of sidewalks in our village. We did not have enough exercise

3     but we                                                       jog because there were no sidewalks                NOT CAN

4     Tom had often told                                «If only we had sidewalks, we would jog            I

        or walk daily and become models of fitness».

        So we were thrilled when a community sidewalk project was announced, and

        watched eagerly as paving neared completion. Then

5      the                                    thing happened: wishful thinking and reality collided.            BAD

        «Well, dear» Tom said. «What will we use as an excuse for not walking now?»

6       I said I                                                            of some excuse.                                                THINK

                                                                        MEMORIAL DAY

In the USA, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May.

7     Memorial Day                                           a national holiday in 1971.                                   DECLARE

       But the tradition of honoring those who died in defense of

8                                      country goes back to the Civil War. The tradition to hold                  THEY

       memorial services, visit the cemeteries, decorate the graves with flowers and

       wreaths originated in Waterloo, New York, in 1866.

9     Since then, the tradition                                                 . Nowadays, on Memorial Day     CHANGE

       Americans honor not only soldiers who perished in wars but those loved

       ones who have died.

                                                                  Раздел 3. Письмо

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Sam who writes

In your letter

• tell him about Moscow

       -      ask 3 questions about his school

Write 100-140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.