Summative assessmen for the unit " Travel and transport" 8 grade

Summative assessment for the Term «Travel and Transport »

I-variant

Holidays in Space

The World Tourism Organization says that space will soon be a popular place to go on holiday – possibly by 2020. One Japanese company is getting ready. They are planning a space holiday centre. It will look like a bicycle wheel and have a hotel for 100 people and a theme park. It will travel round the Earth at a height of 300 km. The company hopes the centre will be ready in 2017. The company chairman says that flying to the centre will probably be quicker than flying from Hong Kong to Singapore. When they are on board of the centre, the tourists will take short trips to the Moon or go for walks in space.

An American hotel group is also thinking of building a hotel, called the Lunar Hotel. This will be on the soon. Most of the hotel will be under the ground so it won’t become too hot or too cold. The rooms will look just like they do on Earth. The guests will eat normal food for lunch. The cooks will just push a button to mix dried food with water to become an instant meal!

Task №1

Read the article and give answers to the questions. Write no more than THREE WORDS or A NUMBER.

Example: When will space be a popular place for holiday? In 2020

1. How many people will be able to stay at the hotel? __________ [1]

2. When will the centre be ready? __________ [1]

3. Where will tourists be able to travel while they are at the center?__________ [1]

4. Where will most of the hotel on the moon be? __________ [1]

Points ___/4

Writing

Task 2. Write a descriptive essay about a trip to a particular city (Almaty, Nur-sultan, Arkalyk) .

You should:

• use Present Perfect Simple to share your experience;

• link your ideas into paragraphs with three/four basic connectors;

• punctuate your work correctly;

• pay attention to the spelling of the words.

Points ___/4

Task 3. Grammar

1. It's very cold today. Do you think it snow later?

2. You leave your door unlocked when you go out.

3. They have filled the car with petrol before they set off.

4. My motorbike broke down in the middle of nowhere, but luckily I to fix it.

Points ___/4

Summative assessment for the unit « Travel and Transport »

II-variant

1. Reading.

Task 1. Read the text and complete the task.

Some people say that we should invest money in ecology projects, while others believe that nature is doing well by itself. The Earth is the only planet that people can live on, but nowadays they seem to be doing everything to make their home unfit for living. Industrialization has brought us into conflict with the natural environment. Our planet is in danger: air, water and land pollution have disastrous consequences, which threaten human life on Earth. I strongly feel that the more money is invested in ecology projects, the better our lives are going to be. People have technologies to make our planet cleaner: we can control pollution, recycle waste materials, protect rare animals and plants and install antipollution equipment. We need more disaster-prevention programs in order to control environmental pollution, fight the destruction of wildlife and preserve woodlands. There should be more organizations like Greenpeace that will help protect the animal world and stop environmental degradation. Such organizations influence public opinion and help form a correct attitude to nature. There should be more newspaper articles, TV-programs and science-popular films about ecological problems. They help people become environment-educated. However, many people still believe that nature is doing well by itself. They use natural resources and pollute the environment, but they don't think how awful the consequences may be. I'm sure that nature can't do without our help. If we want to breathe fresh air, to drink clean water and to eat healthy food, we must stop polluting the environment. conclude, ecological problems concern everybody and there are ways to solve them. People must always remember that the earth is our home and it depends us what it will be like.

Put the words in the sentences. Some words are extra.

waste, pollution, protect, factory, recycled, emissions, damage, unleaded petrol, public, depends, renewable energy.

1. During the last hundred years we have done great_________ to the environment .

2. There's a large chemical ________ in our town which has polluted the river twice in the last year .

3. The Government is very worried about the _________ of our rivers and beaches .

4. A lot of household ___________ like bottles and newspapers can be______ and used again .

Points____/4

Writing

Task 2. Write a short article about a place of natural beauty in your country or in another country for the English school magazine (120-180). Give your article a catchy title. Follow the plan.

Para 1: what is the place of natural beauty (name, location)

Para 2: geographical features (lakes, rivers, waterfalls, valleys, etc.)

Para 3: plants and animals (flowers, trees, birds, etc.)

Para 4: suggest visiting the place

Points ___/ 4

Task 3. Grammar

1. Mum says we watch TV after we've finished our homework.

2. You don't pick me up at the station. I can get a taxi.

3. This is impossible, it be a mistake!

4. Jim have seen me because he walked past without sayin

Points ___/ 4