The first test paper in English

8th grade

2nd December

1st group

I Fill in all the gaps with the appropriate verb form

1. He can't ________________ (open) the door. He _________________ (have) a shower.
2. My friend _____________________and _______________________ (live and work) in Portugal since
1998.
3. While they __________________ (have) a picnic it _____________________ (start) to hail.
4. She ______________________ (not / eat) anything yesterday because she _______________ (not / have)
time.
5. She _____________(write) three letters this morning, but
she_____________________________( send)them yet although it is already 3:00pm.
II Read the following text and do the comprehension questions
If you want a brief history of information technology, here is one. Humans were the first "computers". Then machines
were invented to carry out the computational tasks. Now these machines have given way to new form of information
technology. Information has become accessible from anywhere.
Information technology deals with the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual
and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications. Thanks
to the continuous development of computers, the original computing systems became minicomputers and later
personal computers took the lead. Nowadays, mobile phones are dethroning the personal computer and computing is
evolving faster to become disembodied more like a cloud, becoming accessible more easily whenever needed.
Information technology in this sense has transformed people and companies and has allowed digital technology to
influence society and economy alike.
Comprehension:
1. Information technology is changing principally because of what?
2.

According to the author the first computers were calculators or humans?

3. Development of information technology is the result of what?

4. What does it mean that the computing systems are taking the form of clouds?
III Write a suitable question to answer the bold words in each sentence.You need to write the question mark
as well.
1. I heard a dog barking.
2. Pam and his husband phoned the police
3. I will bring a bottle of wine tomorrow
4. George did this problem