Without water, living things cannot 32 _________ The annual rainfall in most deserts is less than 25 centimetres.. Read the passage and choose the correct answer: Water is very importan
Trang 1ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẦT LƯỢNG ANH VĂN – SỐ 8 I.Pick out the word whose underlined is pronounced different from that of the other words:
1 a.enormous b.network c border d short
2 a grasses b ranges c studies d stretches
II Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words:
4.a sandy b circle c.network d.comprise
6 He is under sixteen,…… he shouldn’t drive a car
a so far as b however c therefore d.althought 7.If you want to have a pet you must be ready to look ……….it for several years
8 There are marked differences…… the two chilren
9 The Simpson Desert………a mystery until Mandigan made an aerial survey in 1929
a reffered b remanined c let d inferred
10 Three great stretches of sandy ……….almost circle the centre of Australia
a dessert b dersert c derserts d derserr 11.I want to work as an interpreterin the future, ,I am studying Russian at
university
12.When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, cry
13 Deserts are often composed of and rocky surfaces
a water b trees c oil d sand
14 Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the centre of Australia
a dunes b valleys c.lands d areas
15 We live in the same building we have hardly seen each other
a and b therefore c but d so
16 Anna needed some money, , she took a part-time job
a furthermore b moreover c therefore d so
17 Julie has a guitar she plays it really well
a and b so c but d therefore
18 We used to climb up the crest of the hill to get a good view of the surroundings
a top b foot c middle d face
19 The Simpson Desert is in north of Lake Eyre
a Ǿ / Ǿ b the / the c a / the d the / Ǿ
20 In the northern part of the Simpson Desert, the dunes are separated by of low, open shrubland
A streets b ways c corridors d lines
21 Hello ………Peter Can I speak ……… Mary?
A This is/to B I’m/to C This is/with D I’m/ with
22 Seeing that he was angry, she left the office
a she didn’t want to make him angry, so she left
Trang 2b He wouldn’t have been so angry if she hadn’t been there
c He grew very angry when he saw her leaving the office
d She left the office when she saw how angry he was
23 The coffee was not very strong, so it didn’t keep us awake
a The coffee was very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake
b The coffee was not stronge enough to keep us awake
c We were kept awake because the coffee was strong
d The coffee was so strong that it kept us awake
24 noone/ watch TV/ I / switch
a No one were watching the televion that I switched off
b No one was watching the televion, so I switched off it
c No one was watching the televion , so I switched it off
d No one were watching the televion, so I switched it off
III.ERROR IDENTIFICATION:
25 The café’ was crowded, so we found a table
a b c d
26 Mark went on working in spite feeling unwell
a b c d
27 The jacket was nice, however it was too small for me
a b c d
28 I turned the heating off,so it was cold
a b c d
IV READ THE PASSAGE BELOW AND DECIDE WHICH ANSWER (A,B,C OR
D )BEST FITS EACH SPACE
THE DESERT
A desert is a place with very (29) _ living things in it This may be due to either extreme cold
There are hot desets (30) _ the Saharaor cold deserts such as the Antarctic Most plants and animals cannot live in deserts because there is not (31) water Without water, living things cannot (32) _ The annual rainfall in most deserts is less than 25 centimetres
Some deserts are not (33) by natural weather condition These deserts were once ferile lands They (34) deserts because of the careless way in which man (35) use of the land
29 a little b few c a little d a few
30 a as b similar c like d just as
31 a such b so c too d enough
32 a survive b maintain c remain d conserve
33 a made b formed c set d established
34 a changed b turned c became d transformed
35 a made b took c had d kept
Trang 3V Reading:
A Read the passage and choose the correct answer:
Water is very important to us We cannot live without it
There is a lot of water on the earth, but we cannot use most of it About 97,4 % of the earth’s water is salty Most of the fresh water is snow and ice near the North and South Poles
We can use only about one percent of the water on the earth We use water from both lakes and rivers Some of the water evaporates and then becomes rain Of course we use rain water for farms and other things We use this water again and again Sometimes the earth’s water is in the wrong place There is a lot of rain in the tropics, but it is difficult to have farms in the tropics Most of the land there is not very rich Some desert land is rich, but there is only a little water in the desert Water is a problem for many people in the world
36 About ……….of the earth’s water is fresh
25%
37 Most of the fresh water is ………
A snow and ice B in lakes and rivers C rain D in oceans
38 It rains after the water ……….from oceans, lakes and rivers
A falls B evaporates C enjoys D runs
39 We use the earth’s water (fresh water)………
A 50% of the time B 25% of the time C only once D many times
40 Most of the land in the tropics is ………