Контрольная работа 8 класс (I четверть) (УМК
Биболетовой М.З.)
1. Read the text and mark the sentences as True/ False/ Not
stated.
Yuri Gagarin.
It was on the 12th of April, 1961, when
the first flight by man into cosmic space took place. Yuri Gagarin, the first
cosmonaut in the world, was a 27-year old Air Force pilot at that time.
The spaceship flew at the speed of 300 miles a minute. That’s six times
faster than man ever travelled before. His flight lasted 108 minutes, but a
circuit round the Earth took 89 minutes.
It was a brilliant achievement on the part of our scientists and
technologists, and on the part of Yuri Gagarin who risked his life to achieve a
victory for his country and mankind.
This is what Yuri Gagarin said at his press conference: «On my
flight the ‘day’ side of the Earth was clearly seen: the continents, islands,
seas, and big rivers. Flying over the land I could clearly see the big squares
of fields, and it was possible to distinguish which meadow and which was
forest. I could not see as well as from an airplane, but very, very well
though.
I saw for the first with my own eyes the Earth’s spherical shape.
I must say that the view of the horizon is very beautiful. You can see the
noticeable change from the light surface of the Earth to the completely black
sky in which you can see the stars. This transition, from light blue to dark,
is very gradual and lovely.
I did not see the Moon. In space the sun shines ten times more
brightly than on the Earth. The stars can be seen very well.
I felt excellent as I entered space. When weightlessness
developed, everything was easier to do. My legs and arms weighed nothing.
Objects swam in the cabin.
The passage back from weightlessness to the force of gravity happened
smoothly. Arms and legs feel the same as during weightlessness, but now they
have weight.
1. The first cosmonaut in the world was Neil Armstrong.
2. They want to travel, to see the world from outside the
Earth.
3. I have never been on the Moon.
4. In space the Sun doesn’t shine more brightly than on the
Earth.
2. Choose
the correct variant:
1… is the Sun
together with the planets going round it.
a) the solar system b)
a galaxy c) a planet.
2… is a large,
round object that goes round a star.
space b) the universe
c) a planet
3… is a very
violent wind in the form of a runnel of air that spins at great speed.
a flood b) a tornado c)
a hurricane
4… is a sudden
shaking of the ground.
an earthquake b) a
drought c) a volcano
5… is a group of
stars to which the Sun and its planets belong.
Galaxy b) The Milky Way
c) The Moon
3. Open the brackets and use the Past Simple
or Past Continuous Tense.
1. I (to go) to the cinema yesterday.
2. I (to go) to the cinema at four o'clock yesterday.
3. She (to do) her homework when mother came home.
4. We (to do) our homework yesterday.
5. When I (to go) to school the day before yesterday,
I met Mike and Pete.
4. Fill in the gaps with since or for.
1. She has been studying English____ your
birthday.
2. Meredith has been living here ____
1997.
3. Meredith has been living here
_____eighteen years.
4. He has been working here ______ the
last two years.
5. We have been living here ______ 5
years.
5. Put
the words in right order and translate the sentences:
1. music, I, a long,
for, have not, time, listened, to.
2. Galileo, telescope,
the first, made, it, and, looked through.
3. were, something,
They, interesting, looking at, more.
4. careful, should be,
Spacemen, with, very, their, spacesuit.
6. Answer
the questions:
1. Who was the first
astronaut?
2. What are names of
the oceans?
3. Is the Sun planet?
What is it?
4. What were you doing
at 5 o'clock yesterday?
Keys.
Task 2
The
Solar System is the Sun together with the planets going round it.
A
planet is a large, round object that goes round a star.
A
tornado is a very violent wind in the form of a runnel of air that spins at
great speed.
An
earthquake is a sudden shaking of the ground.
The
Milky Way is a group of stars to which the Sun and its planets belong.
Task 6
Y.
Gagarin was the first astronaut.
There
are four oceans on the Earth: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian and the
Arctic.
No it
is not. The Sun is one of many stars.
For
example: I was reading some interesting book at 5 o'clock yesterday.
We
were skating at 5 o'clock yesterday.
Task 5
I have
not listened to music for a long time.
Galileo
made the first telescope and looked through it.
They
were looking at something more interesting.
Spacemen
should be very careful with their spacesuits.
Ключи по тексту
A -F,
B – NS,
C – T,
D – F
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