итоговый тест по английскому языку 8 класс
тест по английскому языку (8 класс) на тему

1.  Read the text and say if the statements given below are true (T) or false (F).

Mark Twain was not only a famous writer but also a famous humorist. He travelled a lot making speeches in different towns. During these speeches he always told several funny stories.

Once Mark Twain and two of his friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend had just returned from a trip to the mountains. He said that the air in those mountains was very clear. In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice.

"That is nothing," said the second friend. "In Colorado in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning comes back in the afternoon."

Mark Twain laughed. Then he said, "Listen! The echoes which you have told about are very unusual. But in a small church in Hannibal, a town where I was born, there is an echo more unusual even than those."

"What is so strange about the echo there?" asked one of the men.

"Well, I'll tell you," said Mark Twain. "The echo in that church is so unusual, that if one says in a loud voice, "Good morning! How are you?", the echo comes back after a moment very clearly, "Very well, thank you. And how are you?"

1) Mark Twain was not only a famous writer but also a well-known scientist.

2) During his speeches the writer always told several funny stories.

3) Once on a hot summer day Mark Twain and two of his friends were sitting in a small cafe'.

4) One of his friends had just returned from an exciting cruise.

5) Another friend had just returned from a trip to the mountains.

6) The air in the mountains was very clear.

7) In these mountains the echo of a voice came back ten times stronger than the original voice.

8) In Colorado in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning comes back next day in the afternoon.

9) The strange thing about echoes in a small church in Hannibal was that echoes returned greetings.

10) Mark Twain was born in Hannibal.

     II.       Choose the correct answer a), b) or c).

l.The first time I... London was in 1995.

a) visited;  b) have visited; c) visit.

2. I've heard about the film but I... it yet.

a) don't see;              b) didn't see;     c) haven't seen.

3. He... English ever since he was a little boy.

a) was learning;         b) learned;        c) has been learning.

4. The work must... today.

a) finished;               b) be finished;  c) to be finished.

5. There is... snow on the roads.

a) any;                      b) some;           c) many.

6.1 couldn't buy this book...

a) nowhere;              b) anywhere;    c) somewhere.

7. Three foreign languages... at our school.

a) teach;                   b) are teaching; c) are taught.

8. Would you like... cup of coffee?

a) other;                   b) another;        c) some other.

9. This article is... than the previous one.

a) much interesting; b) more interesting;      c) interesting.

10. "Can I have your textbook please?" - "..."

a) "Here you are":     b) "There it is"; c) "Here we are".

11.  ...does it take you to get to school?

a) How long:             b) How much;   c) How many.

12. Did you hear... news?

a) the latest;              b) the last;        c) the late.

13. We'd better not... them here again.

a) ask;                      b) to ask;         c) asked.

14. If you don't mind, I'd rather... now.

a) go;                        b) to go;            c) going.

15. It all depends... you.

a) of;                        b) from;            c) on.

16. If I... Britain I'll meet my pen friends.

a) will visit;               b) visit;             c) visited.

17. You shouldn't... to people.

a) to talk;                  b) talk;             c) talked.

18. A lot of things... in Natural History Museum.

a) are displayed;        b) displayed;     c) are displaying.

19.  Ernest Hemingway... the Nobel Prize for literature.

 a) awarded;               b) was awarded; c) is awarding.

20.  Big Ben is worth...

a) saw;                      b) see;               c) seeing.

21. In the 15th century there... a series of wars in England, which were called the Wars of Roses.

a) was;                      b) had been;     c) has been.

22.  British people... to be the world's greatest tea drinkers.

 a) consider;               b) considered;   c) are considered.

23. Every Englishman... to be a countryman at heart.

 a) is said;                  b) said;             c) are said.