Контрольная работа по третьему модулю в 9-м классе

Test 3А

1. Listen to five people talking about their dreams. Match the statements (A-F) to the speakers (1-5). There is one extra statement.

1. The speaker is explaining his dream.

2. The speaker created something out of his/her dream.

3. The speaker felt scared after his/her dream.

4. The speaker shared a similar experience with a friend.

5. The speaker doesn't agree with the explanation of his/her dream.

6. The speaker dreamt about something that happened in reality.

2. Read the following text about pavement art. Decide if the statements 1-6 are true (T) and false (F).

1. The picture of Batman and Robin was painted on a burning house.

2. Julian's pictures seem real only if you look at them from one side.

3. Julian photographs his drawings because he worries people will damage them.

4. People often stop to watch Julian draw.

5. Julian only makes one type of art.

6. Julian disagrees with some traditional ideas about art.

Art for the people

I was walking along a quiet city street when suddenly I saw the most amazing thing: three young women were standing on a narrow window ledge on the top of the building which was on fire. Below them Batman and Robin were climbing up a rope to save them as a crowd of people stood and stared. What was really strange was that everything seemed to be happening in a large hole in the pavement in front of me. I couldn't believe my eyes. It took me a few seconds to realise it wasn't real; it was a work of art.

The man responsible for it was Julian Beever, a British artist known as 'pavement Picasso', who has been drawing his colourful masterpieces in cities around the world since the 1990s. Julian uses a method called 'anamorphosis' to create his wonderful drawings in three dimensions. It's a question of perspective: from one side the 3D illusion is perfect, but from the other side the drawing makes no sense.

Julian draws in chalk, so his work is vulnerable to the weather: if it rains, the drawings disappear. It's hard work and it can take up to three days to complete a drawing, so Julian always checks the weather forecast very carefully. His final goal is to take a take a photograph of his creation before it gets washed away. However, sometimes Julian has to wash off his own unfinished drawings because he hasn't received permission to use the public pavement as his canvas.

The process of making the drawings is really worth seeing, so Julian often has an audience. In some ways he's a street performer, and the spectators enjoy the show as much as the end result.

He does 20 drawings, too: portraits of famous people like Princess Diana or Bill Clinton, copies of old masters, and self-portraits. And also wall murals, collages and oil paintings.

Julian's work shoes that you don't need to work in a studio to be an artist, so that you don't need a frame for every painting. He firmly believes that art shouldn't be locked away in galleries, libraries and glassy art books. "My art is for anybody, it's for people who wouldn't go into an art gallery. It's art for the people."

3. Put the verbs into the correct Past Tense:

1. We ____________ (take) a walk in the park when a storm suddenly ____________ (break) out.

2. I ___________ (buy) this car in January.

3. He ___________________ (wait) for half an hour before she finally ________________ (arrive).

4. She __________________ (already, leave) when I ______________ (come).

5. While I _____________ (write) a letter, my father was looking through the newspaper.

6. He ______________ (write) the letter, ____________ (leave) it on the table and ______________ (go) out.

7. The house _____________ (be) dirty. They _______________ (not/clean) it for weeks.

8. He ___________________ (repair) the car during the whole week before he _____________ (decide) to ask me to help him.

9. We ___________________ (drink) tea at 6 p.m. last Friday.

4. Fill in the missing words. There are two words that you do not need to use.

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1. Last night I dreamt that we swam in a ship and a(an) ____________ whirlpool was pulling us to the bottom of the sea.

2. Did you really see the ghost or it was just an __________?

3. Although people say that they have seen Bigfoot, ___________ still can't prove it.

4. Artists like to paint the _____________ of Russian countryside.

5. My little brother broke my laptop. That's why I _____________ at him in a very angry way!

6. A lot of kinds of fish and animals are ______________ now.

7. The strange creature disappeared before we managed to catch a ____________ of it.

8. According to the legend, Bigfoot was a ____ monster with a ________ body.

9. Helen and her twin sister are really ___________ .

5. Rewrite sentences using used to. Use would where possible.

1. When I was a school girl, I read a new book every week.

2. I drank Coke earlier but I don't do it now.

3. David was very easy-going when he was younger.

6. Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. We were preparing for a New Year party when James came _____________ an idea to dance.

2. Out teacher knows __________ experience that we make a lot of mistakes in compositions.

3. I am nervous ________ exams.

4. Suddenly a strong feeling of anger came __________ me.

5. I have never heard ________ Chupakabra.