Контрольная работа № 3 (8 класс)
I. Fill in: invented, put, lift, freelancer, salary, perform, deadline, overtime, career, swapped, conclusion, permission.
1. Many people believe that scientists shouldn’t ….. experiments using animals. 2. The police came to the ….. that it wasn’t the accountant who had stolen the money. 3. Susan asked …. for to leave early. 4. The Smiths ….. their house on the market five months ago but no one has bought it yet. 5. We weren’t able to meet the ….. because of printing delays. 6. Could you help me ….. this armchair, please? 7. Cathy is hoping for a ….. in journalism. 8. He works as a ….. from home. 8. Charles Babbage ….. the computer. 10. Does your dad often work ….. ? 11. I ….. addresses with the two girls I met on holiday. 12. Her …..is over $35,000 a year.
II. Read the text and choose the most appropriate title for it: A. A world without money. B. The history of coins. C. The past and present of money.
Choose the correct item A-C.
Have you ever wondered 1…… the world was like before cash, cheques and credit cards? Well, 2…… the invention of money, people bought and sold goods through a system known as bartering. This meant that they 3….. goods. For example, if someone wanted some tomatoes and had a basket of fruit to offer, he swapped it with someone else who had tomatoes 4…… wanted to get some fruit. An interesting fact is that the word ‘salary’ has it’s origins in the Latin word for ‘salt’, which is what the 5….. Romans used as a means of payment.
One of the first forms of money was actually a type of seashell, the cowry. People in southeast Asia and parts of Africa used cowries from 1500 BC to 200 AD. Money, as we know it today, has a very 6…… history. There are several opinions about who the inventors of coins were. Many experts claim that the Lydians, 7……. who lived in the part of the world that is now Turkey, invented the first coin nearly 3000 years ago. Paper money dates back to ancient China. A shortage of copper (медь) made the Chinese start producing money made from paper. The first recorded use of paper money goes back around 1300 years ago.
Today, money is more than paper or metal currency. People have been using credit cards instead of money since the early 1900s. Consumers use cheques to pay for what they have bought, even in supermarkets. Someone can use the Internet to pay their household bills. Indeed, today a person can spend vast amounts of money, without even laying their hand on a single 8……. or banknote!
1. a. how b. where c. what
2. a. before b. while c. after
3. a. changed b. altered c. exchanged
4. a. so b. and c. but
5. a. ancient b. old c. antique
6. a. tall b. long c. far
7. a. men b. begins c. people
8. a. coin b. money c. wage
III. Fill the gaps with the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
1. Paul …… (decide) that he was going to study Astronomy before he even finished secondary school. 2. Before he got a promotion he ….. (not/earn) enough to live comfortably. 3. Tom didn’t come with us last night because he …… (arrange) to go out with his colleagues after work. 4. Before they invented washing machines, people …… (wash) their clothes be hands for centuries. 5. Jill ….. (wait) for half an hour before the bus came. 6. ……. (Professor Sterling/already/announce) the names of the students who would be in his research team when she entered the class? 7. They ….. (live) in Spain before they moved to London. 8. I …… (wait) at the cinema for an hour before Kim finally showed up. 9. Grandma ….. (go) to the supermarket before they got home from school. 10. They ….. (play) football all day so they were very tired in the evening.
IV. Match the questions with their responses.
1. Do you have a part-time job? A. He’s a graphic designer.
2. Did your dad get a promotion? B. No. He works as a freelancer.
3. What does Tony do for living? C. For two years.
4. Does Sam work in an office? D. I’m afraid he didn’t
5. How long has she been working for this company? E. The same as ever
6. How are things at work? F. Really? What happened?
7. How does she like her job as a nurse? G. No, I work 9-5 Monday-Friday
8. Did you hear that Joe lost his job? H. She hates working the night shift.
9. What exactly does her work as an operator involve? I. She connects telephone calls at a
telephone exchange.
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