Контрольная работа по английскому языку, 8 класс, юнит 4, УМК О.В.Афанасьева, И.В.Михеева 1.Answer the questions. 1)What is a natural environment? 2)What do ecologists collect? 3)What do people dump everywhere? 4)Why can we not live without plants and animals? 2.Insert the missing words, where necessary. 1)People cut … the forests. 2)They …. toxic waste … rivers and lakes.. 3)In big cities there are a lot of p….., f……… that p….. the a.. . 4)There is a forest … the river and the field. 5)You can choose … vegetable salad and mushroom salad. 6)There is a beautiful cornflower … dandelions. 7)How does the polluted air influence … the people? 3.Use : need (to)/have to/ have got to/ without …ing smth/ used to … 1)He left the house … … breakfast. 2)She … … … a car when she was younger but she does not drive it any longer . 3)We … … do our room every day. 4)Somebody … … … to take the dog out, I am busy. 5)All trees … clean air to grow. 6)My aunt does not ride a horse now, but she … … мне надо, но у меня не получается

I visited Egypt at the beginning of summer. Its beauty impressed me greatly.
Travelling is a good way to get to know other countries, their history, culture and people.
We spent a very good time there. The sea with its warm water was a wonderful place for swimming. The underwater world is very rich. The Red and Mediterranean seas are famous for their exotic fish and beautiful corals. It`s a real pleasure to lie under the sun and enjoy the sea breeze.

We visited a lot of interesting places, such as museums, made of huge white stones. The main museum of Egypt the Pyramids is situated in the open air in Cairo - the capital of Egypt.

People from all over the world come to Egypt. English is one of the main international languages which helps people understand each other. And I should say that I had a very good chance to practise and improve my English there.

Eastern women wear black clothes, though the weather is hot there. It`s their tradition. All people are believers in Egypt, and they pray many times a day, so I was sure that Egypt was a country of peace and quietness.

Nothing of the kind.

Everything has changed this year. People showed their disagreement with the government. They wanted to change their president. The police defended the government, and for two weeks we had been watching the news on TV from Egypt. It looked like a real war. A lot of people were killed. It was awful.

But I hope that in the nearest future Egypt will become again an interesting and perfect place for tourism. It`ll become a peaceful and quiet country.
I hope that one day I`ll visit this nice country again.