Контрольная работа 8 класс 4 четверть Верещагина VIII
тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

Final Test

Variant II

1. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences.

1. The situation on the roads that night was every driver’s worst ___.
2. The pain was very strong, the soldier lay and ______ very loudly.
3. We were going to spend our holidays in Italy. Everybody was ____ by the news.
4. The old lady’s_______ face still looked attractive.
5. The Titanic, as everybody thought, was an unsinkable ship, yet it _______ in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
6. We usually hold a school ______ every September but this year we decided to meet in October.
7. I’m short of money, I have only a ______ of dollars.
8. Why should I _____ the lady? I hardly know her. Can I just say hello?

2. Choose the appropriate function words (about, for, from, in, of, to) to complete the sentences.

1. I apologize … taking so long to decide.
2. Jane used … writing articles to our school newspaper.
3. We are tired … filling in the forms.
4. We are all guilty … losing our temper sometimes.
5.  I don’t blame you … getting angry at me when I took your bike.
6. I believe … getting regular exercise.
7. The noise outside our window prevented us … sleeping.
8. I am capable … running two miles.

3.   Complete the sentences with better or rather

1. I think you … look this word up again.
2. Where … you … go – to Paris or to Madrid?
3. … not he … stay with us until he gets well?
4. My sister …. eat fruit and sweets than meat or chicken.
5. You … wear your warm jacket it’s quite cold today.
6. We … finish the work today as tomorrow is going to be a busy day.
7. I … have 5 lessons of English than one lesson of Chemistry.
8. I know I … go to the shop now but I … do it tomorrow.

4. Read the text and decide which statements are true or false.

Television is the electronic transmission of moving images with accompanying sound, sent from a central source or sources to home television screens.

From the 1950s, when television viewing first became common, until the mid-1970s the technology available to the television audience was rather simple and consisted essentially of a TV set. The 1980s, however, witnessed an explosion of new devices for home entertainment. The entire field, including television itself, is known under the name of video.

Television images can be relayed from one point to another by several transmission systems. One of them uses electromagnetic radiation, or waves, that are sent over the air. Another is cable television using a community antenna or a receiving dish and distributing the signals by cable to subscribes. Yet another method of bringing television signals to the home is satellite transmission. Communications satellites receive signals from the Earth, change signal frequency, and transmit them back to the Earth.

Nowadays we can speak about two types of television: commercial and noncommercial. Commercial television gets money from advertising when noncommercial television is financed by other sources as well. Probably the best-know noncommercial television system is the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC), created by royal charter in 1927. The BBC was formed to "educate and enlighten", a philosophy diametrically opposed to the US system, in which commercial broadcasters try to foresee and fulfil viewer preferences.

1. Television sends out electronic signals.
2. There are at least three ways of sending out moving images.
3. Communication satellites are launched to receive and send information.
4. Both American commercial broadcasters and the BBC believe that their aim leis in educating and enlightening.