Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "On April 20, 2010, an oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico( Spotlight 9 класс)"

1. Read the text and answer the questions (Give full answers). On April 20, 2010, an oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. This event caused a huge oil spill in the gulf, and oil was spewing into the water from the ocean floor for 87 days. Nearly 5 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. This was the largest oil spill in history. There were many negative effects of the oil spill. First, the states along the Gulf of Mexico had to worry about the polluted water, as oil washed up onto their beaches. These states lost money because no one wanted to visit their beaches. Second, the fishing industry was affected. Many fishermen could not fish in the waters of the gulf due to the oil spill, and this meant that they were out of a job for many months. But the worst effects were to the marine life and other wildlife near the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the pollution in the water, many animals died. Even after efforts were made to clean up the waters of the gulf, animals exposed to the oil spill continued to have health issues.....

1. What happened in the middle of April in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico? 2. Why did state lose their money? 3. List three negative effects of the oil spill.4. What caused the explosion of the oil rig? 5. What effect has the oil spill had on the company that owned the oil rig?

2. Fill in: shelter, senior, foster, traffic, bus, shorten, starving, embarrassed, chew, disability, disaster, phobia, injuries, challenging, rescued 1. It is sometimes difficult to find good ____________________ parents. 2. Fifty passengers had to be ____________________from a sinking ship. 3. This has been a ___________________ time for us all. 4. The passenger in the car escaped with minor ________________. 5. The animals are in the care of the local animal ________________. 6. We work in the same team but she's __________________ to me. 7. I am absolutely _______________. Let’s go to the café. 8. He always felt ___________________ when he had to talk to people. 9. This guy has a ____________________ of insects, right? 10. Infections of the ear are the leading cause of the _____________________. 11. I would like to __________________ sleeves. 12. _________________ on the road to the airport seemed heavier than usual that morning 13. I ran down to the __________________ stop. 14. Price liked to _____________________ on his pens. 15. A _______________recovery plan has been developed.

3. Write the sentences in passive voice. 1. I water plants every day. __________________________________________________________________ 2. They will present the play next week. __________________________________________________________________ 3. We gave water to animals in the morning. __________________________________________________________________ 4. My mum has already baked the cake. __________________________________________________________________ 5. You can cut the paper with scissors.

4. Put the verb into the correct form. 1. If I were in Venice, I ______________________ (to rent) a boat. 2. It __________________ (be) a great help if you had your things ready to go. 3. You would have found the tickets if you _____________________ (look) into your pockets more carefully. 4. If the weather were nicer, I ________________________ (can) to live here. 5. If John were older, he ____________________ (marry) Susan.

5. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition: 1. If you keep ____________ something, you don't give up. 2. The hotel were very angry because she checked ________ without paying 3. The teacher checked __________ the names on the list as the pupils arrived 4. It's hard to keep _________ all the changes in technology nowadays. 5. Their parents always telephone to check _________ them if they go out.

6. Change the word in brackets into the correct part of speech. 1. The day was really ……………………… and we went for a walk to the forest. (WONDER ) 2. The question was so ………….……………………… that he couldn’t answer it. (DIFFICULTY) 3. I can help you with the ……………………….. of this letter. (TRANSLATE) 4. You’ve failed the exam. You should ……….…………………… it. (WRITE) 5. My sister is very ………………………….…. I can trust her. (RELY) 6. It is very ………………….…… to buy things in the supermarket. (EXPENSE) 7. He has got the best ….…………..………….. of different stamps. (COLLECT) 8. There are many …………………………….. poems in this book. (FAME) 9. Reading books is her …………………………….. way of spending free time. (FAVOUR) 10. I …………………………… with you. He is not a lazy boy. (AGREE)

7. You have just been on a day trip with your family (to a museum, park, zoo, unusual tourist attraction etc.). Write an e-mail to your English pen friend Paul to tell him all about it (90-100).