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Reading Comprehension Test

for 8^th form Students

Student’s Booklet

 Dictionaries are not allowed

Reading Comprehension Test for 8^th Form Students

Directions:

In this test you will read four texts. Each text is followed by some tasks.

Text 1

Online Shopping

Fill in the gaps 1 through 10 with correct answers, circle the correct letter A, B, or C.

Shopping habits (1) ___________ and today people buy more products online than they do in the shops. (2) ___________ are the advantages of this? First of all, it’s (3) ___________ to compare prices on the internet. This means that you can find (4) ___________ price for the product you want to buy. Secondly, it’s (5) ___________ convenient to shop online. You save time because you can (6) ___________ what you want from home. Thirdly, (7) ___________ more shops online than in any shopping center in the world. This means that you have more choice when you are (8) ___________ for a certain product. Of course, online shopping has (9) ___________ disadvantages, but in general, the internet is (10) ___________ place for consumers to shop in the 21^st century.

1.	A. is changing	B. change	C. are changing
2.	A. Why	B. What	C. How
3.	A. easier	B. easiest	C. the easiest
4.	A. cheaper	B. cheapest	C. the cheapest
5.	A. more	B. most	C. the most
6.	A. buy	B. to buy	C. buying
7.	A. there is	B. there are	C. they are
8.	A. looking	B. finding	C. trying
9.	A. a	B. some	C. any
10.	A. good	B. better	C. the best

Text 2

Questions 11 through 16 refer to Text 2. Circle T for true or F for false.

Achoo!!!

Achoo! Every time after you’ve been near your best friend’s cat, it’s like you’ve been crying because your eyes and nose are red. What’s going on? Well, you may have an allergy. Doctors in Naples, Italy, believe that by the year 2030 every person in the world could be allergic to at least one thing!

 But what is an allergy? It’s something that makes you feel ill after you eat or go very close to something which doesn’t normally make other people ill. There are many things people can be allergic to, like pet hair, food, grass, medicine, clothes, even the light from the sun! In the USA alone, more than fifty million people get allergies each year and it costs eighteen billion dollars every year in medicines.

People can get allergies at any time in their lives: when they are babies, teenagers or adults. Some allergies can stop as you grow older, but others can stay with you for your whole life; however, they may not be as bad as when you were younger. If you get allergies, don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world. You can have an allergy and still enjoy a normal life.

The following advice can also stop some allergies from getting to you:

·       Keep your house as clean as possible.

·       During spring, try not to go out between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

·       Wash your hands after playing with pets.

·       Eat applies and drink tea without milk.

·       When cycling, don’t go on the main roads, and cover your nose and mouth with a scarf.

·        

11. Some people believe that everybody could have an allergy by the year 2030.	T	F
12. Every year, fifty million people get allergies in the USA.	T	F
13. There is no special age when you can an allergy.	T	F
14. People with allergies must take medicine for their whole lives.	T	F
15. People with allergies should stay inside in the morning in the spring.	T	F
16. Keeping your house clean, eating apples and drinking milk are all good ways of stopping allergies.	T	F

Text 3

Questions 17 through 24 refer to Text 3. Fill in the gaps choosing the correct answer, circle the correct letter A, B, or C).

Food and Art

Most children around the world have heard their parents tell them not to play with their (17) _____________. Some parents, however, do just that.

That’s what a father in England did when his son didn’t want to eat his food one day. He (18) _____________ for him a sandwich that looked like an airplane and included vegetables his son doesn’t normally eat. He then made some sandwiches that looked like animals and musical (19) _____________ - crocodiles, elephants, pianos and guitars. He took pictures of the sandwiches and put them online. He was later (20) _____________ to write a book on how to make such sandwiches (21) _____________ parties.

On the other side of the Atlantic, a New York artist made a sandwich (22) _____________ she was at college that looked like a dinosaur. Today she has a business and makes sandwiches (23) _____________ look like famous TV stars. She also takes photos of the sandwiches and (24) _____________ them on T-shirts.

17.	A. meal	B. food	C. dish
18.	A. cooked	B. baked	C. prepared
19.	A. programs	B. instruments	C. projects
20.	A. asked	B. asking	C. ask
21.	A. of	B. to	C. for
22.	A. during	B. as	C. when
23.	A. who	B. which	C. whose
24.	A. prints	B. points	C. practices

Text 4

Read the article. Six sentences have been removed from it. Choose from sentences A-F the one which best completes each gap (25-30).

Tired of talking to yourself? Are you stuck at home or feel shy about going out on your own to meet new people? (25) _____________________. It’s not hard to learn how to make friends online. First, scan the website. (26) _____________________. Just like when you walk in the door of a social event, you want to feel the atmosphere or the place and find out how the people are interacting. You can tell from the comment conversations if these people will be the ones you can relate to or not. Some online communities require that you sign up before you can read the boards or comments. You can do a little research about websites by reading interviews or reading the website itself to see if it might be a good match for your personality.

Identify users who share your interests. (27) _____________________. The easiest place to start from is identifying others who share your interests. (28) _____________________. You can contact them immediately using the methods the website provides (such as clicking on their username to open a chat or clicking “new message” by their name). You can also copy and paste their name somewhere on your computer (or write it down) so that you can write a message to them later when you feel more comfortable.

Decide on a good username. Even though you’ll likely want to join more than one website – which means you’ll be setting up several user accounts – you obviously want to be able to remember them all. Creating a username that you can use across all the websites is useful for this. You may have to tweak the name for different sites but in general similar names will prevent you from getting confused. (29) _____________________. For example, myrajane might be in use, or myra_jane might be available. Use a different password for each site to protect your identity. Create a file on your computer (such as Word or Excel) and save all the username/password combinations so that you don’t have to keep resetting them.

Be kind and polite. In your comments, don’t be biased or rude. Although you want to be able to express yourself, jumping into a conversation with your guns blazing makes people want to get away from you, especially if they disagree. Instead, maintain a polite and kind tone – even when you disagree – to avoid polarizing the conversation and losing friends before you even start. (30) _____________________. Don’t personally attack anyone. Online spaces are just as particular about this as real-life places. This fact is easy to forget when online, where you aren’t seeing people’s body language.

A)   Save your passionate opinions for a one-on-one chat with someone who agrees or for forums specifically designated as a space for debate.

B)    If a website already has a user with the name you picked out, adding a number, letter or special character can usually allow you to still use that name.

C)    If you see a comment that someone left about how much they love football or baking, and you love that thing too, you may want to pursue friendship with that person.

D)   The internet is a great place to shake off your shyness, meet new people from around the world and form friendships with people who share your interests and passions.

E)    Once you’re signed up on a website, it’s time to find users that you think might make good friends for you.

F)    When you join an online community, it’s smart to scan the site or “lurk” on (browse) the forums, comments and message boards.

Listening Comprehension Test

for 8^th form Students

Monday Morning

Monday morning is the worst time of the week for a lot of people, because it is the end of the weekend and the beginning of another week of work. More things seem to go wrong on Monday morning than on other days.

Jane, a friend of mine, has two children, a boy and a girl, who often make her life very difficult, especially on Monday mornings.

One Monday morning was worse than usual. She wanted to do some baking, so she sent the children into the garden to play. She made her husband’s favorite cake and put it in the oven. When she had finished she looked out into the garden and saw David climbing a tree. She was not worried because he had never fallen before.

Then she went upstairs to make the beds. When she was upstairs she suddenly heard a branch break. She looked out quickly and saw David on the ground. His arm was in a funny position and she though he had broken it. Her neighbor came to help. Jane asked her to phone the doctor.

In half an hour, the doctor came and took David to the hospital. Jane sent her daughter to play next door. As she went into the house, she smelled something burning. “Oh no! The cake!” she cried. It was burnt black. She sat down to have a rest.

When John came home for lunch, he saw his wife sitting there and felt that something was wrong. He also smelled something burning.

“Tell me the worst,” he said.

“Well, I’ll tell you the good news first,” Jane replied. “I’ve made your favorite cake this morning, the house isn’t on fire, and our daughter hasn’t broken her arms.”

  

Listening Comprehension Test

for 8^th form Students

Student’s Booklet

Directions: in this part of the section you will listen to a text. After listening look at the questions 1-10, decide, which of them are true (T) and which are false (F) according to the text you have heard and mark the letter you have chosen by encircling it.

           

1. Monday morning is the worst time of the week for a lot of people.	T	F
2. Because it is the end of the weekend and people want to rest and not to start another working week.	T	F
3. Jane was a clerk at one of the banks in Chicago.	T	F
4. She had two children who often made her life very difficult, especially in the morning.	T	F
5. One Monday morning was worse than usual.	T	F
6. She wanted to do some shopping, so she sent her children to the neighbor.	T	F
7.  She looked out into the garden and saw her son David on the ground.	T	F
8. His arm was in a funny position and she thought he had broken it.	T	F
9. So, she decided to call an ambulance.	T	F
10. When the doctor came, he took David to the hospital.	T	F

PLEASE STOP AND WAIT FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE TEXT.

Directions: in this part of the section you will listen to the text tor the second time. After listening look at the questions 11-20, decide, which of the given answers (A, B, C or D) best corresponds to what was stated or implied in the text you have heard and mark your answer by encircling the letter of your choice.

11.  Monday morning is (the) __________ time of the week for a lot of people.

a.      worst

b.     best

c.      indifferent

d.     pleasant

12.  More things seem to go __________ on Monday morning than on other days.

a.      right

b.     wrong

c.      difficult

d.     easy

13.  Jane wanted to do some __________.

a.      shopping

b.     cooking

c.      washing

d.     cleaning

14.  She sent the children into __________.

a.      the kindergarten

b.     the garden

c.      school

d.     library

15.  When Jane finished her cooking, she looked out into the garden and saw David __________.

a.      on the horse

b.     on the ground

c.      on the roof

d.     on the bike

16.  Her __________ came to help her.

a.      neighbor

b.     husband

c.      friend

d.     mother

17.  Jane asked her to phone __________.

a.      the police

b.     the doctor

c.      her husband

d.     the veterinary

18.  Jane sent her daughter to play __________.

a.      in the garden

b.     next door

c.      with her friends

d.     the piano

19.  As she went into the house, she __________.

a.      saw something terrible

b.     smelled something burning

c.      saw the dead cat

d.     saw the dead dog

20.  She sat down __________.

a.      to have a rest

b.     to phone her husband

c.      and began to cry

d.     and fell asleep

Speaking Comprehension Test

for 8^th form Students

Directions:

In this test, you will select three task slips from those before you. After selecting three, choose the one you feel you are most capable to speak about and return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to collect your thoughts before you begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to the topic as needed. Take a deep breath and begin.

1.	Describe what you like to do when you are not required to attend school? What would happen on a typical “day-off” from school?
2.	One of the main reasons people study foreign languages is so they can travel around the world. What word or phrase do you think is the most important to know when travelling in a foreign country? Why? What is the biggest challenge for a traveller who does not speak the local language? How do people communicate when they don’t speak each other’s language?
3.	Think about your experience studying English. What makes studying a foreign language interesting? Is it easy or hard for you to learn English? Why? Why might it be important for students to learn English?
4.	A foreign visitor has only one day to spend in your country.  Where should this visitor go on that day? What dishes should he or she eat? What souvenirs should the visitor take back to his or her country?
5.	Speak about your free-time activities. What interesting experiences have you had? What do your own hobbies tell people about your personality?
6.	What holiday in the United States or Great Britain would you like to take part in? Why? What are the most important or interesting parts of this holiday?  Is this holiday celebrated in Ukraine as well? How is it the same or different? Is there a similar holiday in Ukraine?
7.	Tastes in reading differ as in everything else. What books do you like or dislike reading? Which book is your favourite one? Why? Would you like it to be filmed? Are you fond of books that have a happy ending?
8.	Young people play computer games now more than ever. Some people say that computer games can be bad for a child’s development.  Do you agree with this opinion? What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing computer games? Do you think parents should limit the amount of time their children play on the computer?
9.	Most people agree that eating junk food such as chips, cookies, and candies is not good for our health, yet almost everyone eats these things anyway. Do you eat junk food? Why? Which are your favorites? What other bad habits do people have that have a negative effect on their health? What would life be like if we always did what was best for us and never made poor decisions?
10.	How do you imagine city life in the future? How do you think cities will look in the future?  What will be the advantages and disadvantages of living in cities in the future?
11.	How much television should children be allowed to watch each day? Is watching television good for children? What types of programs are good for children? What do children learn from watching television? What problems do children have as a result of watching television?
12.	You have a choice between living in one city for the rest of your life or moving to a new city every three years. Which style of life would you choose? What are some of the reasons for this choice? If you could choose which city or cities you would live in, where would you live?
13.	Do you think it’s more important than ever to grow your own food? Why? What’s the difference between store-bought and home-grown vegetables and fruit? Do you think that everyone should use a part of their yard to grow food instead of shrubs and grass?
14.	Do you often dream? Do you believe dreams have special meaning? Has something you’ve dreamt about ever come true?  Have you ever been woken up by a nightmare? What kind of people do you meet in your dreams? Do you tell other people about the dreams you have?
15.	What springs to your mind when you hear the word ‘e-mail’? How important is e-mail to you? Do you prefer writing e-mail or real letters with a pen and paper?  How much time do you spend writing and reading e-mails? Do you think e-mails are fun? Do you ever receive spam mail?  What do you do with it?
16.	What is entertainment for you? What do you do for entertainment? What home entertainment equipment do you have? Do you like entertaining friends at home? Would you like to work in the entertainment industry?  What kind of person makes a good entertainer? Do you follow entertainment news on TV or Internet?
17.	How often do you go to the library? Do you think libraries have changed over the years?  Do you like atmosphere of libraries? Would you like to work as a librarian? Why? What would happen if libraries suddenly disappeared? What do you think libraries will be like 50 years from now?
18.	Do you like taking photographs? Do you think photography is an art? Would    you prefer to be a wildlife photographer or a fashion photographer? What kind of photography do you like looking at? Do you ever go to photography exhibitions? What do you think of black and white photography? Has the Internet changed the way you use photographs?
19.	People often wish to be someone else.  Have you ever wanted to be someone else, even for one day? Who and why? Do you think that other people ever want to be you? Explain. Does wishing to be someone else make your life better or worse?
20.	Some would say it is important to have many friends, while others would argue that it is better to have a small group of friends. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a large group of friends? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a smaller group of friends?
21.	Many people play sports because they are fun and help us stay in shape. What do you think are the two best reasons to play sports? What can we learn from playing sports, either on a team or individually?
22.	Many school subjects are considered more important than others. What do you think they are, and how do students benefit from taking these classes? Are physical education and art considered to be important? Why or why not? What new subjects would you like to have introduced at your school?
23.	“People behave differently when they wear different clothes.” Do you agree or disagree with the above statement? What kinds of different clothes do you wear, and does it influence your behaviour? How can someone’s appearance affect the way people judge them?
24.	Holidays are an important time to spend with friends and family. What is your favorite holiday? How do you celebrate this holiday? What traditions do you and your family, and/or friends, have?
25.	Who is your favourite teacher, the one who is very special for you? What is she/he like? Which methods or attitudes make her/him special? How does this teacher influence you and your classmates? Do you think the knowledge she/he gives you will be of use in the future?

Writing Comprehension Test

for 8^th form Students

Directions:

In this test, you will be given the task written on the board to complete. You will begin writing your essay on the pages provided. When you are finished close your papers. Lay down your pen and wait for us to collect your test materials.

Choose one of the three suggested topics and develop it in a written form. Make sure that you do not only make general comments but also provide personal facts, ideas, and feelings.

1. Family is your blessed shelter. It holds the secrets of your character.

§   What does your family   mean to you? What are your family values?

§   What makes a good family? 

§   Are your family members different or alike? Who do you take after?

§   Who in your family do you usually speak with if you have a problem? Does it help to solve it?

2. People enjoy decorating their room in a way that reflects their personality.

§   What is your favourite room? Why do you like it?

§   How does this room reflect your personality?

§   Is your room a high-tech one with a TV-set with many channels, a laptop, a computer or any other gadgets?

§   Would you like to live in another flat or house? How would you decorate your room then?

3.     Some hobbies are just for fun. Others can lead to something more. Explain about a hobby you have that could someday lead to a career or profession.

§   What do you like to do in your free time?

§   Who inspired you to take up this hobby?

§   What character traits does it develop?

§   How can it be connected with your future profession?