Тест по английскому языку для мониторинга в 8 классе

Reading test #1 для 8 класса. School in the Slums

Slums – трущобы

Locks – замки

Guards — охранники

Permission — разрешение

Mellish school is in the slums of Brooklyn for pupils between twelve and fifteen years of age. There are about 1500 pupils there, and 90 teachers.

It’s a problem school, perhaps one of the most difficult schools in America. The white teachers can’t walk to the school because they may be attacked. They all drive to school, and their cars have special locks. There’s always a black policeman at the door of the school. He has a radio contact with the school guards. Pupils must have a written permission from the teacher if they want to go to the toilet. There’s a guard outside the washroom. Only one child can go into the washroom at a time, and he can’t stay there long.

The children who live in that district go to that school. They are all black children. However, why do the teachers work there?

“It’s very hard of course,” says Jane Flinch, a forty- five-year-old teacher. Most children have problems at home. Some of them are beaten by their parents. Some of them sleep at the lessons because they had to work at night. Some of the children get sick at the lessons because they didn’t have breakfast or even a meal for a day or two.

It’s the love of the job that keeps the teachers in that school. They teach and do social work. They feel that they are doing something good for the children who need help.

“There’s also the problem of violence,” says one of the teachers. “Sometimes when I go into a class, I can feel that some of the children are like a dynamite. However, I feel quite safe. I am sure that other pupils will help me.” There is very little money for teaching in that school. There is no money to buy food for the children.

The principal of the school has been there for many years. A lot of his happy optimism has gone. “No, I’m not optimistic about the future. Look around you,” he says and points out of the window at the high wall round the school. ”It’s not a very bright sight: buildings have holes instead of the windows, shops are closed, groups of people are sitting on the steps of the houses. They have nowhere to go and nothing to do.”

“We need money,” he says, “money is the only way to help this school and these people, and, of course, jobs for the people.”

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Подберите правильный ответ.

Mellish school is for

a) small children.

b) older children.

c) small and older children.

The white teachers can’t walk to school because

a) they live far from the school.

b) they don’t like to walk.

c) it’s dangerous for them.

There’s a policeman

a) at the door of the school.

b) near the toilet.

c) outside the washroom.

The white teachers work there because

a) they can’t find a better job.

b) they love their job.

c) they get a lot of money there.

The school needs

a) more money

b) more teachers.

c) more policemen.

Задание 4. Установите соответствие между текстами и их темами, выбрав тему из выпадающего списка. Используйте каждую тему только один раз. В задании одна тема лишняя.

Задание 5. Прочитайте текст и вставьте вместо каждого пропуска нужную грамматическую форму

The Sydney Opera House

For many years there was no good opera house in Australia. In 1954, Jorn Utzon from Denmark 1_________ a competition organized by the Australian government to build an opera house. The construction took fourteеn years and the project 2_______ only in 1973.

Since then, the building 3_________ the symbol of Australia. It is also 4________ most famous landmark. The 5_________ way to visit the Sydney Opera House is to see a show. In sunny weather visitors can take a picnic basket and enjoy walking around the Botanic Gardens near the Opera House.

win, won, has won, was winning

has finished, finished, finishes, was finished

has become, became, was becoming, is becoming

it`s, its, his, it

good, more good, best, better

London

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