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30.05.2022 20:43 •  Английский язык

Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 1, grade 7 LISTENING

Task 1. Listen to the text and mark sentences true or false:
1. He likes summer, cause it lets him to be outdoors more often.
2. Having not much fresh air is the main disadvantage of working at office.
3. Last week he didn’t go to the beach, he went to his work.
4. A few of his friends swam in the ocean.
5. before going to hike, he bought insect repellent.
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READING

Task 2. Read the article about mobile phones and do the tasks.
Mobile fever
Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over fourty million people in Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will soon have one – or two, or three! They can be expensive and possibly bad for us. You can spend a lot of money if you use mobile a lot.
According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we’ll cook our brains. Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer.
Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and “texting” is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as “How RU?” in Japan, Surveys show teenagers are reading less and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners. A big problem in Britain is crime. Last year a half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft.
As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles, you can log on the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs and take photos to send to your friends.

Answer the questions:
1. Is this text about addiction to mobile phones?
a) Yes, it is
b) No, it isn’t
c) Neither a neither b
d) No information
2. How many British people are addicted to mobile phones?
a) 40 million
b) 60 million
c) 2 million
d) 5 million
3. Mobiles can be the reason of …
a) headache
b) toothache
c) the flu
d) cancer
4. Who are the biggest users of mobile phones?
a) old people
b) adults
c) teenagers
d) no information
5. When you use mobile phones you spend your …
a) time
b) money
c) health
d) no correct answer

Read the text and give a short answer:
1) Is radiation one of causes of cancer?
2) Is “texting” creating a new type of communication?
3) are old men the biggest users of mobile phones?
4) Does a mobile phone improve the marks of the learners?

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WRITING

Task 3. Choose one of the topics below. Write about 50-60 words. Answer the questions to appropriate details. Follow the questions, use topical vocabulary and pay attention to the grammar.

Topic 1. About Sam’s hobby
Sam, 19 years old, a programmer, has got a family.
Give some information about Sam.
What is his favourite hobby?
Example: Sam is nineteen years old. …
What is he growing?
What should a person do to make his garden look nice?
Does he enjoy his hobby?
Do you like gardening? Why? Why not?
Topic 2. About Jane’s hobby
Jane, 53 years old, a house wife, has got 3 daughters.
Give some information about Jane.
What is her favourite hobby?
Example: Jane is 53 years old.
What is she collecting?
What should a person do to make a great collection?
Does she enjoy her hobby?
Do you like collecting things? Why? Why not?

Topic 3. About John’s hobby
John, 62 years old, a professor of history, has got a family.
Give some information about John.
What is his favourite hobby?
Example: John is 62 years old. …
What is he collecting?
What should a person do to make a great collection?
Does he enjoy his hobby?
Do you like collecting things? Why? Why not?

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SPEAKING
Task 4. Choose one of these topics and make a speech about it (50-60 words).

Topic 1. “My favourite hobby”. (Tell your new friend about your hobby like you’re writing him a letter)

Topic 2. “A time capsule”. Imagine that you are sending a time capsule into space. What kind of things would you put there (only 5 things that can describe your nation. Tell about it.)

Topic 3. “Gadgets are in my life”. (Tell about new technologies that you are using every day in your life.)
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