"Контрольная работа Unit 3 к УМК English-8 В.П.Кузовлев"

1. Reading Comprehension.

1. Read the text and answer the question: What was Stevenson's travel destination?

On August 7, the twenty-eight -year-old Robert Louis Stevenson went aboard a steamship sailing from Glasgow for New York and started out his voyage.

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean took eleven days. On the way over Stevenson read six volumes of American history so that he would know something about the country when he arrived.

There was not time to look around at the sights in New York City. He posted all the letters he had written aboard the ship and ran to the train that was to carry him across the continent. The journey across America was going to seem longer than the sea voyage, not because it was longer, but because it was harder.

The train was not a fast one. It moved slowly or it stopped in wide ­ open fields. The cars were so crowded that everyone had to sleep sitting up. Stevenson occupied himself with his notebook and pencil, writing down everything he saw. This experience would make a travel story.

The Pennsylvania mountains were green like those in Scotland. The train reached Pittsburgh the evening of the second day. After two days of travel, the passengers could at last get out and buy proper meal. Stevenson was having one new experience after another.

"This is a country of surprise!" he declared. He climbed back aboard the train and rode all night. When it was daylight, he looked out of the window at the flat plains of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. At Chicago the next evening everyone had to change trains. And he had gone only a third of the way!

At last, the train reached Wyoming and the Rocky Mountains. But Stevenson was too tired to enjoy the views. In Utah they had to change trains again. Everyone was glad to leave the dirty cars and climb into clean ones.

The next morning the train was passing some other mountains. These mountains were covered with fresh pine trees. He was in California at last!

The same day the train stopped at the city of Sacramento. Stevenson took his luggage and ran with the crowd to the ferry that would carry them to San Francisco.

"Now all I have to do is find Monterey," he said. Monterey was more than eighty miles to the south. There he planned to finish his journey.

1. Read the extract carefully and decide if the following statements about Stevenson's journey are true (T) or false (F). Prove from the text.

1. It was the first time Stevenson travelled to America. ___

2. Sea voyage from Britain to America took two weeks. ___

3. During his trip Stevenson had to change the trains twice. ___

4. During the trip Stevenson wrote notes for his book about American history. ___

5. Stevenson decided to finish his trip in San Francisco because he was too tired to continue his way. ___

1. Vocabulary/Grammar.

1. Choose the modal verb in each sentence.

1. I think you really will be able to / ought to apologize.

2. In some countries you couldn't / needn't pay to visit public museums.

3. Do you know if we must / couldn't have visas to go to the Caribbean?

4. You will be amazed at the Planetarium, where you need / will be able to see the stars indoors.

5. You needn't / shouldn't go swimming, because the sea is very cold today.

6. Last year I should / was able to visit England twice.

7.  I think we should / must go to Spain instead of Australia. It will be cheaper.

8. The statistics shows that last year more tourists could / will be able to afford to go abroad for their holidays.

9. There's a lot to do in Moscow but you should not / will not be able to see everything in one day.

10. We're going on a package tour, so we needn't / shouldn't make a hotel reservation.

1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate relative clause (that, which, who, when, where)

1. I liked the film _______ we watched last weekend.

2. They told me her story_______ was supposed to be a secret.

3. The city _______ I grew up is overpopulated now.

4. My grandma, ________ is 65, will travel to Mexico next summer. 

5. He moved to Chicago _______ he was 25 years old.