Test U9 -> U16 Eng8 with KEYS

THE SECOND
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.
1. a. silver b. hill c. bill d. child
2. a. care b. stare c. are d. dare
3. a. great b. speaker c. reasonable d. easily
4. a. ear b. heart c. dear d. hear
5. a. exported b. imported c. added d. changed
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the others in each question.
6. a. believe b. partner c. champion d. member
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.
a. try b. tried c. was trying d. trying
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.

a. sports b. free c. amusement d.
entertainment
16. When it started to rain he …………… his overcoat.
a. took out b. put in c. took off d. put on
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?
a. who b. whom c. why d. what
23. The thief got into the house because I forgot …………… the window.
a. to look b. locking c. lock d. locked
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
25. “Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand.”, he said to me.
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 ……………
a. me b. myself c. I told you d. you like
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?
a. in 1564 b. in 1616 c. in 1582 d. in 1570

37. How old was his wife at that time?
a. 18 b. 23 c. 20 d. 26
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?
a. 1616 b. 1614 c. 1615 d. 1654
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.
41. a. country b. city c. world d. town
42. a. call b. called c. to call d.
calling
43. a. like b. to c. with d. as
44. a. length b. long c. longer d. longest
45. a. who b. whom c. which d. of which
46. a. in b. to c. into d. out of
47. a. know b. known c. to know d. knowing
48. a. became b. to become c. becoming d. becomes
49. a. with b. through c. for d. of
50. a. longer b. long c. as long d. as longer
THE END
KEYS

1D 11A 21A 31D 41C
2C 12D 22D 32C 42B
3A 13D 23B 33C 43D
4B 14C 24D 34B 44A
5D 15B 25D 35B 45C
6A 16D 26B 36C 46C
7C 17A 27D 37D 47B
8C 18B 28D 38C 48D
9D 19D 29A 39A 49B
10D 20B 30C 40B 50A