Spotlight 8. Контрольная работа № 5

Контрольная работа № 5 (8 класс)

1. Fill in: rescue, homeless, supplies, floods, lost, drowned.

Heavy rains have hit Angola this week. The rains have caused 1) …. in many parts of the country. Many people have died. Thousands have 2) …. their houses.

These rains are the worst Angola has experienced in the last twenty years. Thousands of people have been left 3) …. and many animals have 4) …. 5) …… teams have been trying to save as many people as they possibly can who still remain trapped in their homes. Many countries are now sending food, medicine and other 6) ….. to the area/

2. Match the following.

1. endangered a. gases

2. save b. cap

3. get c. species

4. sea d. labour

5. greenhouse e. energy

6. ice f. level

7. child g. an education

3. Give headlines to the following sentences : famine, pollution, poverty and homelessness, global warming, endangered species.

1. Huge iceberg breaks free in South Pole.

2. African Elephants protected from hunters.

3. Air quality below recommended levels in most major cities.

4. Rats destroy rice crops in India.

5. Government housing programmes for those in need.

4. Read the text and fill in missing words: suffer, difficulties, hit, disaster, trapped, ruined.

Mark the sentences below as T(true) OR F(false):

7. After too much rain a lake or river may flood the surrounding area. _____

8. Crops are damaged by thee waters. ______

9. When flood waters retreat, life immediately goes back to normal. ______

10/ Cities at rick of flooding have built levees to protect them. _______

11. The 2005 flood in New Orleans was caused by a tsunami. ______

Floods happen when there is more water in a river or lake than that body of water can handle. This extra water then spills out onto the land causing a 1)______.

The damaging effects of a flood can be great/ Flood waters destroy everything in their path^ building, bridges, roadways. Entire crops can be 2) _____ and people and animals can die from drowning.

Even after flood water retreat, the problems can continue. Water can be dangerous to drink, people can get sick from diseases, and there can be food shortages. Economic 3)______ can be felt for years. Those who stay have to spend a lot of money to rebuild their houses.

Fortunately, countries which 4) _____ from floods have found ways to control destructive flood waters by building huge mechanical barriers to protect them. Nothing, however, is a guarantee. In 2005, this system failed in new Orleans when Hurricane Katrina 5) _______. The storm caused more than 50 breaks in levees and resulted in 80% of new Orleans being flooded. In some areas the ground lay beneath 4.5 meters of water! Those not evacuated had to swim for their lives or remain 6) ______ on their rooftops!

5. Make infinitives (with or without “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs in brackets to make the following sentences grammatically correct.

1. She doesn’t allow ... in the house. (smoke)

2. I’ve never been to Iceland but I’d like ... there. (go)

3. I’m in a difficult position. What do you advise me ...? (do)

4. She said the letter was personal and wouldn’t let me ...it. (read)

5. We were kept at the police station for two hours and then we were allowed ... (go)

6. Where would you recommend me ... for my holidays? (go)

7. I wouldn’t recommend ... in that restaurant. The food is awful. (eat)

8. The film was very sad. It made me ... (cry)

9. Carol’s parents always encouraged her ... hard at school. (study)