Входной контроль 9 класс М. З. биболетова

1. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Mind the tenses.

Before I read the story about the six Robinsons I ... 1(hear) a similar story. It was about two old people a husband and a wife who just wanted to rest on their boat. As soon as they ... 2(start) their sea trip, a violent wind ... 3(blow) them away from the coast. They ... 4(spend) about two weeks in the open sea before they ... 5(notice) by a tourist ship. By that time they ... 6(drink) all the fresh water they had with them. They ... 7(be glad) to be saved at last.

2. . Put in the prepositions: up and down, under, across, behind, off, from, at.

A terrible noise was coming ... the ground. The earth was moving ... like a sea. The ground was moving ... his feet. He ran and heard screams ... him. When he saw that a mountain seemed to fly ... him, he swam ... the river. Later he realized that the earthquake broke ... a large piece of the mountain.

3. Put in the words: feeding time, full of fun, so, fight, shared, last Sunday, watch, jumped out, looked.

Have you ever been to the zoo at 1)______? I was there 2)______. It was 3)______ interesting to 4)_______ the animals. As usual the monkeys were 5)_____. Big birds were stretching their wings and flying down to their food. Two dolphins 6)_____ of the water to catch their fish. Baby lions had a 7)______ for their meat. The elephant 8)________ hungry and I 9)_______ my orange with him.

Ключи. 1) - feeding time 2) - last Sunday 3) - so 4) - watch 5) - full of fun 6) - jumped out 7) - fight 8) - looked 9)- shared

4. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. The town … founded in 1368.

a) is b)was c)were

2. They … already … Christmas presents for all their relatives. Now they are decorating the house.

a) will … buy b) are going … to buy c) have … bought

3. What … your sister … at the moment?

a) is … doing b) has … done c) does … do

4. Look! She … our pudding.

a) is liking b) likes c) like

5. Next month I … in France.

a) am b) will be c) have been

Правильные ответы

III. 1 - b 2 - с 3 - a 4 - b 5 - b

5. Read an article about Antarctica. For questions 1-3, choose an answer (А, В, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

What is Antarctica?

Antarctica is a continent that is right at the southern tip of the planet. If you try to find it on a globe, you will see that it is at the bottom.

It takes up one-tenth of the Earth's surface and is covered with a blanket of ice that can be 1500 thick metres. The South Pole is right in the middle of Antarctica.

Antarctica is the coldest continent, as well as the driest, the highest and the windiest. Very few people live there all year round. Scientists stay there for short periods, living in specially built research stations.

Summer in Antarctica is between October and March. During this time there is non-stop daylight. In winter, April to September, the opposite happens and Antarctica is dropped into six months of constant darkness.

In Antarctica it is colder than you can possibly imagine, even in the summer! The South Pole is the coldest part of Antarctica. The average temperature for January, the middle of the summer, is minus 28 degrees Celsius (-28 °C).

In winter, April to September, the average temperature at the South Pole can be as cold as -89 °C. When it is that cold, a mug of boiling water thrown in the air would freeze before it hit the ice. Sometimes the scientists have to use fridges to keep their samples* warm.

1. Antarctica is the coldest place on the Earth.
   What other records does it hold?

1. driest and cloudiest

2. wettest and windiest

3. windiest and driest

4. cloudiest and highest

2. Why do most people who visit Antarctica
   choose not to go there between April and
   September?

1. because it is summer in Antarctica

2. because there is non-stop daylight during
   this time

3. because it is a period of constant darkness

4. because it is too dry and sunny

3. Why do the scientists have to use fridges to
   keep their samples warm?

1. because it is too hot outside

2. because of wild animals

3. because of constant darkness

4. because it is too cold outside