Контрольная работа по английскому языку, 3 четверть, Spotlight 8

Form 8

Vocabulary and Grammar Test № 3

1. Fill in collapse,occur, flood, avalanche, rescue, book, extremely, set off, majestic, lift.

1. The big earthquake caused many buildings to _____________ and people were left homelessness.

2. Can you please give me a ___________ to the airport tomorrow morning? I’d rather not take a taxi.

3. Drought will _________ in an area when it hasn’t rained for an unusually long period of time.

4. We should _________ on our trip before sunrise tomorrow, if we want to reach our destination by noon.

5. A terrible ________ caused by three days of continuous rain has destroyed many houses.

6. You should really ________a hotel room now; July is a very busy month, and if you leave it too late you won’t find the dates you want.

7. When the _________ hit the area, dozens of people were snowed in for many hours.

8. We had a (n) _________ to the airport tomorrow morning? I’d rather not take a taxi.

9. The well-trained lifeguard was able to _______ the drowning swimmer and quickly bring him to safety.

10. The river Thames has played an _________ role in the English history.

1. Fill in the correct prepositions

1. The match was called _____ due to bad weather.

2. All the avalanche victims are ________ of danger.

3. The boat sank with three passengers _________ board.

4. When they realized they had missed the last train, anxiety set _____

5. We spent a week _______ the seaside last summer.

6. I booked my holidays ______ advance this year.

1. Rewrite the following statements in reported speech.

1. “ You are not allowed to take pictures,” the museum guide said.

2. “ You can collect your passport tomorrow,” the travel agent told me.

3. “You must call the hotel to confirm our reservation,” Mary said to her husband.

4. “ Sheila will return from Moscow next week,” Brian said.

5. “ To his has been my best holiday ever!” the boy told his friends.

6. “ I’m trying to decide where to go on holiday,” Sara said.

7. “ We’re meeting some friends at the airport later today,” they said.

8. “ We didn’t take many photos during our trip,” Sue and Jack told me.

9. “I spent last summer travelling through Africa,” Ted said.

1. Rewrite the following statements in reported speech using the introductory verb in brackets.

1. “ Excuse me, what time does the next train leave?” the man said.(ask)

2. “ Call me from your hotel as soon as you arrive,” Mum said to me.(tell)

3. “ What time are we leaving tomorrow?” John wondered. (ask)

4. “Do not forget to renew your passport,” Suzie said to Tommy.(tell)

5. “Send me a nice postcard from Paris,” Carl said to Jenny.(tell)

6. “How old is the Taj Mahal?” a tourist wanted to know.(ask)