Завдання для оцінювання навчальних досягнень за ІІ семестр учнів 9 класу за чотирма видами мовленнєвої діяльності (аудіювання, читання, письмо, говоріння)

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SEMESTER II

LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST

JIM THORPE

    Jim Thorpe was perhaps the greatest athlete the United States has ever had.

James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1888 in Oklahoma.

First he went to a public school for Indians near his home. In 1904 he entered the Carlisle Indian School. He did not have enough money to study full-time and had to interrupt his education several times as he had to earn his living.

The director of athletics at Carlisle was Glenn Warner, a famous athletic coach. Warner began to train Thorpe for football and track. Jim became the best American football player. He also competed in baseball, basketball, tennis and swimming.

In 1912 the Olympic Games were held in Stockholm. Never before in the history of the Modern Olympics had one man competed in both pentathlon and decathlon at one meeting of the Olympic Games. Thorpe did this and he won two gold medals.

According to the rules only amateur athletes can take part in the Olympic Games. One of the reporters discovered that Thorpe had earned 25 dollars a month playing baseball during two summer vacations some years before. He was not therefore an amateur athlete and he had to return his gold medals. The men who came second in the pentathlon and decathlon refused to take them saying they really belonged to Thorpe.

Thorpe decided to give up amateur athletics. He became a professional baseball and football player. He continued to play professional football and baseball until 1929.

Since 1929 Thorpe had odd jobs: he worked as a laborer in California, sometimes he played the part of an Indian in movies about the old West.

On March 28, 1953 Thorpe died in the town of Lomita, California, a poor lonely man not quite 65 years old.

 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST

I Agree or disagree

1 Jim Thorpe was the greatest athlete the United Kingdom has ever had.

2 He was born on June 28, 1888 in Oklahoma.

3 He didn't have enough money to study full-time.

4 He had to interrupt his education only once as he had to earn his living.

5 The director of athletics at Carlisle, who began to train Jim, was John Warner.

6 Jim Thorpe became the best American coach.

II Choose the correct answer.

1 Jim went to a public school...

A for black people

B for Indians

C for poor people

2 Warner began to train Thorpe for...

A handball and track

B football and track

C football, track and volleyball

3 In 1912 the Olympic Games were held in...

A Sydney

B Strasbourg

C Stockholm

4 Thorpe competed at one meeting of the Olympic games in both pentathlon and decathlon and won...

1 the gold medals

B the silver medal

C the silver medal and the gold one

5 Thorpe had earned 25 $ a month playing ... during two summer vacations some years before he won his medals.

A football

B baseball

C basketball

6. Thorpe decided to give up amateur athletics because...

A he wanted to become a professional football player

B one of the reporters discovered that he hadn't been an amateur athlete taking part in the Olympic Games

C he wanted to become a basketball instructor

III Fill in the gaps

1 Jim Thorpe perhaps the greatest athlete the United States…

2 James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1888 in…

3 The director of athletics at Carlisle was Glenn Warner…

4 In 1912 the Olympic Games were held in…

5 Thorpe decided to give up amateur athletics, he became a professional…

IV Give facts proving that Jim Thorpe was one of the best athletes in the history of sport in the USA (10 sentences)

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SEMESTER II

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

THE TRIMMED LAMP (after O. Henry)

Lou and Nancy were friends. They came to New York to find work because there was not enough to eat at their homes. Nancy was nineteen. Lou was twenty. Both Nancy and Lou were very pretty. Lou found work in a laundry. She was an ironer. Nancy began to work as a sales-girl.

At the end of six months of their life in the big city, Lou met a young man named Dan. They soon became good friends. In fact they fell in love with each other. They went out together several times a week.

"Aren't you cold, Nancy?" Lou asked her friend one evening. They were standing on the corner waiting for Dan. "I feel sorry for you. Why are you working in that old store for eight dollars a week? I made eighteen dollars last week! Of course, ironing is not so pleasant as selling gloves in a store, but it pays. None of the ironers make less than ten dollars a week. I like my work."

"And I like mine," said Nancy, "even though I make only eight dollars a week. I like to work in a big store, and to be among beautiful things and nice people. One of our sales-girls married a steel maker from Pittsburg. He makes a lot of money! You may be sure I'll catch a millionaire some day! And whom can you marry working in a laundry?"

"Why, I met Dan in the laundry,'" said Lou. "He came in to get his Sunday shirt and collars and saw me. I was ironing. Later he said he had noticed my arms first, how white and round they were. I tell you, some very rich men come to laundries. Of course if you want to starve and put on airs, do as you like!"

Just then Dan came. He was an electrician, making thirty dollars a week. It was clear he was in love with Lou, he looked at her with the sad eyes of Romeo.

"Nancy, I want to introduce to you my friend, Mr. Owens. Dan, shake hands with Miss Danforth," said Lou.

"I'm very glad to meet you, Miss Danforth," said Dan. "I've heard so much about you from Lou."

"Thanks," said Nancy, "I've heard from her about you, too."

"I have tickets for a theatre," said Dan. "Let's all go." The three of them started out to have a good time together.

Nancy had no gentlemen friends. Nobody waited for her after work. Some of the sales-girls joked that she was waiting to "catch a millionaire". "I'll make the biggest catch in the world, – or nothing at all!" she used to say.

One day, two of the sales-girls who worked with Nancy invited her to have dinner together with them and their gentlemen friends. The dinner took place in a fashionable cafe.

One of the gentlemen friends had no hair on his head, – the other wore a diamond ring and liked neither the food nor the wine.

The next day the gentleman with the diamond ring appeared in the shop and asked Nancy to marry him. She said 'no'. When he left, one of the girls said to Nancy: "What a terrible fool you are! That fellow is a millionaire – he is the son of Van Skittles himself! Are you mad, Nancy? What do you want? Do you want to be a Mormon and marry Rockefeller and the King of Spain at the same time?"

"I don't want his money," said Nancy "I don't ' like him, that's all! I want to marry a rich man, that's true. But I also want to like him!"

Lou worked on in the laundry. Out of her eighteen dollars a week she paid six dollars for her room and board. The rest of the money went for clothes.

When the day's work was over she met Dan who was always waiting for her outside the laundry.

Sometimes Dan did not like her clothes, they were too bright – he thought – and in bad taste. But she liked bright clothes, and when people in the streets looked at her, she liked that very much.

Dan and Lou always asked Nancy to come with them when they went out to have a good time.

One Saturday afternoon the two girls met, and Lou said:  "Dan is always asking me to marry him. But why should I? I am independent. Now I can do what I like with the money I make. And if I marry Dan he will not allow me to work. Nancy, what are your plans for the future? Have you caught your millionaire yet?"

"Not yet," said Nancy with a laugh. "I haven't selected one yet..."

"You are joking, of course," said Lou.

"Millionaires don't notice working girls like us. Still I am sure that I'll catch one before you do."

Nancy worked on. She watched and studied the rich men and women who came to the store. She hoped some day to find the man she could marry.

So she kept her lamp trimmed and burning to receive her bridegroom when he should come.

One Thursday evening Nancy left the store and walked over to the laundry. Dan and Lou had invited her to go to a musical comedy with them.

Dan was just coming out of the laundry when she arrived. There was a strange nervous look on his face.

"I hoped to find out something about her. I thought they had heard from her," he said. "Heard from whom? What are you talking about?" said Nancy. "Isn't Lou there?" "I thought you knew everything," said Dan. "She hasn't been here or at the house where she lived since Monday. She lock all her things from there. She told one of the girls in the laundry that she was going to Europe."

"Has anybody seen her anywhere?" asked Nancy. Dan looked at her. His gray eyes were like steel.

"They told me in the laundry," he said, "that they saw her yesterday ... in an automobile. With one of those millionaires that you and Lou were always talking about."

For the first time in her life Nancy did not know what to say. Then she laid her hand on Dan's arm and said:

"You have no right to say such a thing to me, Dan. Do you think that she has done it because of my jokes about millionaires? I am sorry for you, but I have nothing to do with it."

"I'm sorry I said it," answered Dan, "Don't be angry with me!"

"I have tickets for a show to-night," he said a moment later. "If you..."

Nancy saw how miserable he was and she felt sorry for him.

"I'll come with you, Dan," she said.

Three-months passed before Nancy saw Lou again.

One evening she was hurrying home from the store. Suddenly somebody called her name. She turned around and saw Lou who caught her in her arms.

Nancy noticed at once that Lou had become rich. She was very well dressed and had diamond rings on her fingers.

"You little fool," cried Lou, "I see you are still working in that store. I see you haven't caught a millionaire yet."

And then Lou looked and saw that Nancy had something better than money, something that shone brighter than stars in her eyes, something that was redder than a rose in her cheeks. Happiness!

"Yes, I'm still in the store," said Nancy, "but I am going to leave it next week. I've made my catch, the best catch in the world. I'm going to be married to Dan... to Dan! He is my Dan now."

A policeman, going around the corner of the park saw two young women. One of them, with diamond rings on her fingers was crying like a child. The other, a simply dressed working girl, was trying to console her. The policeman passed on. He knew he could not help the one who was crying.

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

I Do you agree or not?

1 Nancy and Lou came to New York to catch the bridegrooms.

2 The girls did not find any work in New York.

3 Lou found her happiness in New York

4 Nancy envied Lou.

5 When Van Skittles asked Nancy to marry him she agreed at once.

6 Lou was looking forward to marrying Dan.

7 Dan was nervous when he hadn't found Lou.

8 Lou was happier than Nancy.

II Choose the correct answer according to the information in the text.

1 Lou and Nancy came to New York

a) for entertainment; b) to get acquainted with its sights; c) to find work; d) to buy all the necessary things.

2 Lou and Dan

a) got married on the second day; b) became good friends soon; c) were close relatives d) met in the theatre.

3 Nancy's dream was

a) to return home; b) to change her boring work; c) to spend all her free time shopping; d) to catch a millionaire some day.

4 It was clear that Dan was in love with Lou because

a) he brought her flowers every day; b) he looked at her with the sad eyes of Romeo.

c) he asked her to marry him; d) he wanted to be with Lou every minute.

5 Nancy refused to marry the son of Van Skittles because

a) he wasn't rich enough; b) she fall in love with the other man; c) he lived in a small provincial town; d) she didn't like him.

6 When Nancy met Dan there was a strange nervous look on his face because

a) he had forgotten his wallet at home; b) his mother was seriously ill; c) he hadn't been able to find out something about Lou; d) he had lost his job.

7 When Nancy saw Lou

a) she learned that Lou was very unhappy; b) she told her about her further marriage.

c) they went to a café; d) she invited her to her new place.

III Choose the right answer

1 Lou:

a) liked her work very much;

b) wanted to catch a millionaire;

c) decided to return home.

2 Dan:

a) wanted to marry Lou as she always told Nancy;

b) was a millionaire who liked spending his free time with poor girls;

c) wasn't an honest man.

3 Nancy:

a) seemed a matter-of-fact sort of girl;

b) had something better than money, something that shone brighter than stars in her eyes;

c) was very unhappy.

IV Ask Lou, Nancy, Dan any questions you would like (5 questions).

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SEMESTER II

WRITING

I Open the brackets using the necessary form

1 I wish I (to know) Spanish.

2 I wish I (to read) more in future.

3 They wished they (to be) at yesterday's party.

4 I wish I never (to suggest) this idea.

5 We wished we (not to see) this horrible scene again.

6 I wish it (be) warm all the year round.

7 I wish you (to go) skiing with me yesterday: I had such a good time.

II Paraphrase the given sentences using “wish”

1 It's a pity you are ill.

2 He was sorry not to have had enough time to finish his test.

3 It's a pity you didn't send for us last night.

4 What a pity you don't know German.

5 It's a pity we can't reach home before tea-time.

6 The student was sorry he hadn't studied the material better.

III Choose the correct form

1 I … Dick since 1985.

1.      hadn't seen; b)didn't seen; c) haven't seen; d) never saw

2 I … a decision yet.

1.      haven't made; b)made; c) am making; d) will make

3 I … to the dentist the other day.

1.      have gone; b)went c) have been; d) was going

4 I … that you are wrong.

1.      am feeling ;b) feel; c) felt; d) have felt

5 Excuse me, but … for someone?

1.      do you wait; b)have you waited; c) were you waiting; d) are you waiting

6 People … on the right in Britain.

1.     have driven; b) are driving; c) had driven; d) drive

7 When I … Jill yesterday she was cleaning her teeth.

1.      Phoned; b)had phoned; c) was phone; d) has phoned

8 By the time I got to the station, the train ...

1.      had left; b)was leaving; c) is leaving; d) left

9 I … terrible time last Saturday.

1.      had had; b) had; c) has had; d) would have

10 At three o'clock this morning, Eleanor … .

1.      studied; b)was studying; c) had studied; d) has been studying

11 Gene … dinner when his friend called.

1.      has eaten; b) ate; c) was eating; d) would have eaten

12 I … two tickets for "The Marriage of Figaro".

1.      yet bought; b) bought just      c) just buy; d) have just: bought

IV Translate into English using “wish”

1 Шкода, що ви прийшли так пізно.

2 Якби я був вільний зараз.

3 Краще ви б відвідали цю виставку.

4 Вона шкодувала, що не розповіла нам цю історію.

5 Він пошкодував, що не прислухався до його поради.

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SEMESTER II

SPEAKING

I Tell about the most common dishes in Ukrainian cuisine.

II Complete the conversation with a waiter

W: You are being served, aren’t you?

V: …

W: The steak is just to your taste, isn’t it? You have ordered salad for two, haven’t you?

V: …

W: Do you need the wine list?

V: …

W: Will you have the strawberries with sugar?

V: …

W: Will you eat table d’hote or a la carte?

V: …

III Answer the following questions

1 What do you usually do when you fall ill?

2 What does the doctor do when you have flu?

4 What are the symptoms of flu?

5 Who operates on people?

6 When is one put on sick leave?

IV Suggested topics for conversation:

1 Traditional Ukrainian Cuisine

2 Health Service in Ukraine

3 Sport helps people prepare themselves for life

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SEMESTER II

KEYS:

 LISTENING

I 1- , 2-, 3+, 4-, 5-, 6-

II 1B, 2B, 3C, 4A, 5B, 6B

III 1 has ever got, 2 Oklahoma, 3 a famous athletic coach, 4 Stockholm, 5 baseball, and football player

READING

I 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7+, 8-

II 1c, 2b, 3d, 4b, 5d, 6c, 7b

III 1a, 2a, 3b

WRITING

I 1 knew, 2 read, 3 had been, 4 had suggested, 5 had not seen, 6 were, 7 had gone.

II 1 I wish you were not ill.

2 He wished he had had enough time to finish his test.

3 I wish you had sent for us last night.

4 I wish you knew German.

5 I wish we could reach home before tea-time.

6 The student wished he had studied the material better.

III 1c, 2a, 3a, 4b, 5d, 6d, 7a, 8a, 9b, 10b, 11c, 12d.

IV 1 I wish you came earlier.

2 I wish I were free now.

3 I wish you had visited that exhibition.

4 She wished she had not told us this story.

5 He wished he listened to his advice.