The girl opened her eyes wide, ……… to smile.. Some people have nothing to do in their ……… time.. When it started to rain he ……… his overcoat.. People used ……… fire by ……… two sticks toge
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SEMESTER REVISON
Date: 23 – 4 – 2011
TEST - ENGLISH 8
2010 – 2011 Time allowed: 60 minutes
I Phonetics.
Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from the others in each question.
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the others in each question.
7 a immediate b assignment c interview d appointment
8 a expensive b permission c definite d attention
9 a advance b extinct c complete d feature
10 a relationship b arrangement c religious d challenging
II Vocabulary and Grammar
Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
11 She won’t go out alone after dark She is afraid of ………
a being attacked b attacking c attacked d to attack
12 Tom came the party without ………
a inviting b invited c to invite d being invited
13 The girl opened her eyes wide, ……… to smile
14 Carol and I are old friends I ……… her since I ……… in high school
a have known / have been b had known / had been
c have know / was d knew / was
15 Some people have nothing to do in their ……… time
entertainment
16 When it started to rain he ……… his overcoat
17 Why don’t you asked them ……… to work?
a if they go b do they go c they go d will they go
18 People used ……… fire by ……… two sticks together
a make / rubbing b to make / rubbing
c to making / rub d to make / to rub
19 After ……… the conditions I decide ……… for the competition
a hearing / not entering b hear / not enter
c to hear / not to enter d hearing / not to enter
20 The old man asked me if I ……… a flying saucer
a have ever seen b had ever seen
c ever saw d have ever been seeing
21 Can you tell me how ……… this washing machine?
a to operate b I could operate c operating d could I operate
22 Have you decided ……… to cook for dinner this evening?
23 The thief got into the house because I forgot ……… the window
24 My neighbor and I had a disagreement I ……… him that he ……… wrong
a said / was b told / is c said / is d told / was
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He asked ……… more slowly because ……… understand
a if I can speak / he can’t b if I could speak / he can’t
c me if I can speak / he couldn’t d me to speak / he couldn’t
26 He said he ……… for a new apartment
a I’m looking b was looking c were looking d is looking
27 “I’ve typed those letters.” She says ……… those letters
a she had typed b I’ve have typed c I had typed d she has typed
28 You needn’t take my advice Do as ………
29 Mr Smith retire from his job early ……… his bad health
a because of b therefore c so that d because
30 When I got to the party, I asked my friend ………
a where Jack is b where was Jack c where Jack was d where is Jack
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
31 After he got home from work, Jim turned on the TV in ordering to watch the news
a b c d
32 Today, many serious childhood diseases can prevent by early immunization
a b c d
33 Do you mind if I turning off the air conditioner?
a b c d
34 The town we visited was a three – days journey from our hotel, so we took the train instead of the bus
a b c d
35 I didn’t have many fun at the party It was boring
a b c d
III Reading comprehension
Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the question among A, B, C or D.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – THE BRITIST GREATEST WRITER
William Shakespeare was the greatest writer in the English literature He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than himself A few years later he moved to London, where
he worked as a actor and a playwright
Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem containing 14 lines) His most famous plays are the
four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear Shakespeare died in Stratford on 23 April 1616, but his plays are
still very popular today They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been made into films, both in
English and other languages
36 When did W Shakespeare marry?
37 How old was his wife at that time?
38 Where did he work as a doctor and a playwright?
a New York b Stratford-upon-Avon c London d Wales
39 When did he die?
40 The word “They” refers to?
a W Shakespeare b the plays c the sonnets d films
Choose the worlds or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.
THE LONGEST RIVERS
The two longest rivers in the (41) ……… are the Amazon and the Nile
The Amazon begins a stream near the top of mountain (42) ……… Cerro Huagra The stream is called the Huarco Later the Huarco becomes a river which is known (43) ……… the Ucayali The Ucayali then becomes the Amazon The (44)
……… of the Amazon from the beginning of the Huarco to the Atlantic Ocean is 6448 km
The Nile begins in a stream (45) ……… flows from Ruanda (46) ……… Lake Victoria When it leaves Lake Vioctoria, the river is (47) ……… as the Whit Nile and flows through the Sudan Further north it (48) ……… the Nile and flows (49) ……… Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea The Nile is 222 km (50) ……… than the Amazon
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calling
48 a became b to become c becoming d becomes
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