The control-audition for the 8th form pupils

1. Complete the statements listening to the text.

1. My parents____________________

2. One day______________________

3. The farmworker's children________________

4. The woman____________________________

2. Answer the following questions.

1. Where was Victor born?

2. How many other children were in Victor's family?

3. Who was a little girl whom Victor and his mother met in Italy?

4. Was the girl adopted by Victor's family?

3. Put the sentences in the correct chronological order according to the story.

___1. Once we met a poor farmer's family.

___2.I was the only child for many years.

___3. My parents adopted the girl.

___4. The woman told the girl's story.

 The story of Victor Frankenstein.

I was born in Switzerland, in the city of Geneva where my family had been important
for many years. My father married his best friend's daughter. It was a most happy marriage
and my parents shared their love with me.

My mother hoped to have a daughter, but for five years I was their only child. Then my
parents took me on holidays to Italy, and we spent a week on shores of Lake Como.

One day we were out for a walk in the countryside and my mother saw a very small
house and a number of thin poorly clothed children playing in front of it. We could see that
the family had very little money, and that the children were hungry. My mother went and
spoke to the farmworker and his wife who lived in the house. Four of the children had the
dark hair and eyes of their parents. The fifth was a little girl, and she was very fair, with hair
of gold and blue eyes.

The woman told my mother that this little girl was the daughter of an Italian
nobleman who had given them the child to look after when his wife died. The nobleman paid
them well but soon he died and left nothing to the little girl. However, the kind farmworker
and his wife had brought her up, though there was hardly enough for their own children.

So my parents adopted the little girl.

 The control-reading for the 8th form pupils

I. Read the first text and do the tasks

My favourite writer.

My name is John, I am thirteen years old. I iive in England, in Nottingham. I am fond of

reading English literature. We've got a big home library. My favourite writer is Charles
Dickens. He was born in 1812 and lived till 1 870. He is one of England's greatest writers. At
a young age Dickens was forced to work in a factory under terrible conditions. The boy's
childhood was very hard and sad. Then Dickens worked as a reporter in law courts and later
for London newspapers. In 1837 he published his comic novel "The Pickwick Papers" which
made him popular. A long line of successful novels followed: "Oliver Twist" (1837), "A
Christmas Carol" (1843), "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) and "Great Expectations" (1861).
Dickens saw all the social evils of the English society and they worried him greatly. I'd like
to point to the most favourite books of mine written by this famous writer. The first one is a
novel "David Copperfield" which he wrote in 1849 - 1850. This novel is partly based on
Dickens's early life and his struggle to become a writer. The characters in the book were
actual people Dickens knew while many adventures of the hero, David Copperfield, were
part of his own experience as a young boy. Another novel which is worth reading is "A
Christmas Carol". It's a wonderful story written by Dickens more than a century and a half
ago. The writer wanted to show that love, care and patience: were much, stronger that
greediness, anger and hatred. People of all generations and of all times should remember
about it.

1. Write what these numbers refer to :

1812_____1837_______ 1843_______ 1849-1850________

2. Answer the questions.

1. What is John's favourite writer?

2. What was Dicken's childhood?

3. What book made him popular?

4. What is "David Copperfield" based on?

II. Read the text

Entertainments

There is a plenty of entertainments in the world and people can choose them according to
their tastes, mood or maybe opportunities. Entertainments include films, TV. books,
concerts, cinemas, theatres, discos, travelling and different parties. Some families prefer to
take their children to museums, art galleries or parks at the weekend. It's a nice way of
spending free time together for the whole family. It is quite normal for British families to
visit theme parks in summer. The amusements on offer at such parks include a range of rides
in various ways, some of them can bathe you in the water. The really adventurous rides turn
you upside down at great speed. It's very exciting for all visitors. And this must be how the
British enjoy themselves most because last year the nine most famous theme parks attracted
more than twenty million visitors. The British Museum is another place which attracts
people in their free time. It is officially described as the National Library and Museum of
History, Archaeology, Art and Ethnography. Here it is possible to find great collections,
including exhibits from the Pacific islands (ancient Polynesian idols) and America (the Aztec
sculptures).

3. What are the entertainments in the text? Copy out them of the text.

4. Mark the sentences true or false.

1. People have got a great variety of entertainments.

2. Their choice depends on their tastes only.

3. A cinema and a theatre are a part of entertainment.

4. British families visit theatres at the weekend.

5. The most adventurous moment in a theme park is bathing in the water.

6. Theme parks are very popular with British families.

5. Translate the sentences into English using the text.

1. У наші дні є багато розваг у світі.

2. Деякі сім'ї люблять водити своїх дітей в музеї, картинні галереї на вихідних.

3. Минулого року дев'ять тематичних парків привабили більше ніж 20 мільйонів

відвідувачів.

4.Один із захоплюючих атракціонів є поїздка догори ногами з високою швидкістю.

 The control-writing for the 8th form pupils

1.Find and circle the odd one out.

a) a museum, an art gallery, a park, a circus, postcards, a theatre.

b) sunbathing, windsurfing, hiking, swimming, diving.

c) photographing, writing postcards, volleyball, countryside.

2. Write down the biography of Robert Grave

Time Event

1895 born Wimbledon

1914-1918 soldier in France

1919-1921 Oxford university

1926 Professor of English. Cairo university; met Laura

Riding, American poet

1929 "Goodbye to all thaf (the book), moved to

Mallorca with Ann, Spain

1936-1946 England

1933 wrote Claudius (novel)

1946 returned to Mallorca

1985 died, Mallorca, Spain.

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Future Simple Tense.

1) When she __________ (to come) home she___ (to feed) her dog.

2) He_______ (not to buy) the cake if you _____ (not to remind) him.

3) If she ______(to finish) her work in time I_____(to give) her a lift.

4) We______(to leave) the classroom when the lesson__(to be) over.

5) She ______(to show) him the photos if he____(to ask) her about the journey.

6) We____(fo water) the flowers in the garden if it____(not to rain)

The control-speaking for the 8th form pupils

Choose any of the following topics and speak about it.

a. My school.
1. Which school do you study at?
2. Where is it situated?
3. What is there behind and in front of your school?
4. When was school built?
5. Which floor is your classroom situated on?
6. What subject does you form-master /mistress teach?
7. When do the lessons begin?
8. How many lessons have you got a day?
9. What do you get at the end of each term?
10.What compulsory subjects do you study at your school?
11.What is your favourite subject? Why?
b. School in my life.
1. Can you say that school is my second home? Give your reasons.
2. What does school give to you?
3. Do you have a favourite teacher?
4. What is an ideal teacher in your opinion?
5. Why do some pupils hate school? What does it depend on?
6. What is your idea of modern school?
7. What will be the school in future?
c. My hobby is reading.
1. Are you fond of reading?
2. What books do you prefer to read? (fiction, detective stories, adventure books, travel
books, science fiction, historical novels)
3. Is it difficult for you to read books in English?
4. What Ukrainian and foreign classics have you read?
5. Which English and American writers do you know?
6. Who is your favourite writer?
7. What are you reading now?
8. What is the title of the story?
9. What is the story about?
10.Name the characters and say if you like them.
11.What are the main events of the story?
12.What is the end of the story?