Тест по анлийскому языку для 8 класса по теме «США»

The United States of America

Variant 1

I. Choose the right answer:

1. The capital of the USA is:

a) New York b) Washington D.C. c) Washington

2. The USA is situated on the …………… America:

a) North b) South c) West

3. People call New York:

a) «the Big Apple» b) «the Little Apple» c) «the Apple»

4. What is the New World?

a) New York b) Washington D.C. c) the USA

5. How many states are there in the USA?

a) fifty b) fifteen c) fifty-one

6. Hollywood is situated in:

a) Los Angeles b) New York c) Washington D.C.

7. The longest river in the USA:

a) the Mississipi b) the Thames c) the Huron

8. What is the biggest state in the USA:

a) California b) Alaska c) Washington

9. The USA borders in the South:

a) Canada b) Mexico c) Hawaii

10. The USA borders in the North:

a) Canada b) Mexico c) Hawaii

II. Match them:

1. The Great Lakes

2. Texas

3. The Colorado

4. Washington

5. Washington, D.C.

6. Florida

7. The Appalachians

8) The Rocky Mountains

a) stretch in the east

b) lie in the north of the USA

c) borders on Mexico in the south

d) is the capital of the USA

e) stretch along the coast

f) is a state in the north-west

g) flows south

h) lies in the south of the USA

III. Use the verb in the right form Present Perfect or Past Simple:

1. Не (to study) French before he (to enter) the university.

2. Lanny (to say) that he (to get) his education in Cape Town.

3. The boy (to want) to act the main part in the play because he (to organ­ize) the theatre.

4. Lanny (not to know) who (to attack) him in the darkness.

5. The girl (to be) glad that she (to find) a seat near the window.

6. Suddenly he (to remember) that he (not to ring) her up in the morning.

7. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends with many passengers.

8. When his uncle (to leave), he (to hurry) to the station to book a ticket.

9. She (to think) that Gert and Lanny (to quarrel).

10. By the time we (to come) to see him, he (to return) home.

The United States of America

Variant 2

I. Choose the right answer:

1. The biggest city in the USA is:

a) Washington D.C. b) New York c) Los Angeles

2. Washington D.C. is situated on the ……….river.

a) Potomac b) Mississipi c) Colorado

3. The USA is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the:

a) west b) east c) north

4. The USA is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the:

a) west b) east c) north

5. Where can you see world-famous skyscrapers?

a) Washington D.C. b) New York c) Los Angeles

6. The chain of mountains in the west of the USA:

a) the Rocky Mountains b) the Appalachian Mountains c) the Grand Canyon

7. The fourth largest country in the world:

a) Canada b) Russia c) the USA

8. The American state situated on the islands:

a) California b) Alaska c) Hawaii

9. How many lakes are there in the Great Lakes:

a) three b) five c) six

10. What river do people call «the father of waters»:

a) Potomac b) Mississipi c) Colorado

II. Match them:

1) Texas

2) The Colorado

3) Washington, D.C.

4) Florida

5) The Rocky Mountains

6) Washington

7) The Appalachians

8) The Great Lakes

a) stretch in the east

b) lie in the north of the USA

c) borders on Mexico in the south

d) is the capital of the USA

e) stretch along the coast

f) is a state in the north-west

g) flows south

h) lies in the south of the USA

III. Use the verb in the right form Present Perfect or Past Simple:

1. We (to travel) around Europe last year.

2. My father knows so much because he (to travel) a lot.

3. I (to see) Pete today.

4. She (to see) this film last Sunday.

5. Alex (to meet) his friend two hours ago.

6. I just (to meet) our teacher.

7. The children already (to decide) what to do with the books.

8. Yesterday they (to decide) to help their grandmother.

9. Helen speaks French so well because she (to live) in France.

10. She (to live) there last year.