ENGLISH TEST FOR GRADE 8 – No. 5

English 8

Hanoi National University of Education

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIFTED STUDENTS

Name: _____________________
Class: 8 ___________________

ENGLISH TEST FOR
GRADE 8 – No. 5
Time allowed: 60 minutes
Date: , 2014

Exercise 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. ancient
B. bamboo
C. carrot
D. match
2. A. competition
B. council
C. country
D. century
3. A. professor
B. design
C. spring
D. custom
4. A. pottery
B. modern
C. poem
D. cottage

5. A. rubber
B. upset
C. stubborn
D. century
Exercise 2. Choose the word whose main stress is places differently from the others.
6. A. video
B. telephone
C. regular
D. scientific
7. A. similar
B. arrival
C. company
D. chemistry
8. A. technology
B. mechanical
C. unnecessary D. uniform
9. A. degree
B. dentist
C. freshman
D. interest
10 A. socket
B. textbook
C. canoe
D. email
.
Exercise 3. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
6. This is a shopping season in my city so all kinds of goods are at a ______.
A. discount
B. price

C. discourse
D. discover
7. Sorry, I am late because I got stuck in the ______.
A. traffic
B. traffic light
C. rush
D. traffic jam
8. My shoes are ______Hoa’s ones.
A. same as
B. the same size
C. the same size as D. size the same
9. And finally, add some pepper on, turn off the cooker and ______the food yourself.
A. cook
B. prepare
C. feed
D. serve
10. This girl lives near my house. She is one of my ______.
A. neighborhood
B. neighborhoods
C. neighbor
D. neighbors
11. We are going to hold a running competition to ______Teacher’s Day.
A. organize
B. remind
C. celebrate
D. operate
12. Thu: What’s your hometown ______? Hang: It’s beef noodles.
A. special
B. specialty
C. specially

D. especial
13. It’s going to rain. The sky is ______.
A. cloud
B. a lot of clouds
C. cloudy
D. clouds
14. He becomes ______after the accident.
A. weak
B. weaker
C. weekly
D. to be weak
15. The shoes look nice but they are ______.
A. comfortable
B. incomfortable
C. uncomfortable
D. comfort
16. There are a lot of interesting things ______in the city.
A. do
B. does
C. doing
D. to do
17. Which one is ______, cat or dog?
A. intelligent
B. more intelligent C. intelligence
D. the most intelligence
18. They moved two days ago. They tell me that they leave ______Ho Chi Minh City.
A. to
B. in
C. for
D. on

19. The student’s years provided me with ______knowledge ______experiences.
A. so/that
B. neither/or
C. more/than
D. not only/but also
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20. She ______to New York and may come back this weekend.
A. has been
B. has go
C. went
D. has gone
21. Computers ______more and more important to our life nowadays.
A. becomes
B. are becoming
C. became
D. has became
22. He met her while he ______on his way down town.
A. drove
B. is driving
C. was driving
D. has driven
23. She ______swimming every day. She ______since she was a girl.
A. goes/practices
B. went/practiced

C. went/has practiced D. goes/has practiced
24. The store owners ______about the new mall for months.
A. have concerned B. concerned
C. was concerning
D. concern
25. They ______for you since I ______to work this morning.
A. waited/went
B. have waited/have gone
C. have waited/went D. waited/have gone
26. At the moment he ______as a policeman in a T.V series. He ______several films.
A. is acting/acted
B. has acted/acted
C. acts/has acted
D. is acting/has acted
27. Since when ______as his secretary?
A. have you work
B. have you worked
C. do you work
D. did you work
28. I ______my birthday this Saturday. Would you like to come?
A. am going to give B. gave
C. will give
D. give
29. It’s years since we ______each other.
A. have met
B. met
C. was meeting
D. meet
30. I ______to Great Wall. It’s really splendid. I want to go there again.
A. have gone

B. went
C. go
D. have been
Exercise 3. Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it.
31. We have wrote(A) letter to(B) each other(C) for more(D) than 4 years.
32. Who(A) is more(B) patient(C), father and(D) mother?
33. I can’t(A) go out tonight because(B) I have lots much(C) things to do(D).
34. We hope you can be able(A) to come(B) to stay with us(C) this Christmas(D).
35. What is(A) the most(B) beautiful place(C) you have ever went to(D)?
Exercise 4. Fill each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets.
41. Angkor Wat was once a______________________ centre.
42. He was lucky to be among a few______________________ after the shipwreck
43. The Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt is one of the most famous tourist________________.
44. Hoi An is still able to keep its ______________________ features.
45. A______________________ guide is needed if you want to climb Mount Everest.
46. Viet Nam is a country with over 90 million______________________.
47. I felt______________________ when we were away for the holiday.
48. The___________________ of flour, water and yeast is then left in a warm place for 4h.
49. I think it is impossible to reach an______________________ on this issue.
50. I am sure that I have connected the printer______________________.

(RELIGION)
(SURVISE)
(ATTRACT)
(ORIGIN)
(NEPAL)
(INHABIT)
(RELAX)
(MIX)
(AGREE)

(PROPER)

Exercise 5. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.
51. Nga (wait) ______________________ for me outside the theater when I came.
52. They have got used to (live) ______________________ in the city so far.
53. My motorbike ( break) ______________________ down on my way to school yesterday.
54. Radium (discover) ______________________ by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
55. “You are very lazy. I’d rather you (study) ______________________ harder,” the mother said.
56. If I (be) ______________________ you, I would apply for this company.
57. The goods (make) ______________________ in Japan are often good.
58. Would you mind if I (take) ______________________ your hat away?
59. I think, up to now, 5 phone calls (make) ______________________ by her today.
60. At our school, the student grades ( send) ______________________ to their parents once a month.
Exercise 6. Read the passage and then circle the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
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In 1945, a new type of plane engines was invented. It was much lighter and more powerful than earlier
engines, and enabled war planes to fly faster and higher than ever. This type of engines was called jet engine
because it blows a large jet of hot air backwards at high speed.
The first airliner to use the new jet engines was built in Britain and it began carrying passengers in
1952. It had two jet engines and flew much higher than petrol-engined airliners. At this height, the air is
thinner and very cold, and the aeroplane cut through the air more easily. There are no clouds to disturb the
flight of the airliner, and rain and thunderstorms are far below it. The sky above is a brilliant blue.
However, because the air is so cold and thin, the cabin has to be air-conditioned and has to be at
normal pressure so that the passengers may eat, read and sleep in comfort.

Today, all long distance airliners have jet engines. The modern jet airliners are even bigger, they can
carry 350 passengers on two different floors. In this way, air travel can be made much cheaper.
Tomorrow’s airliners will be flying at over twice the speed of today’s airliners. In fact, a new-type
airliner has already reached this enormous speed. It can carry passengers in safety and comfort far up the
blue sky.
61. The jet engine was invented during the Second World War and was first used in________ .
A. airliners
B. rockets
C. warplanes
D. satellite
62. The jet aeroplane can cut through the air more easily because________.
A. it has two jet engines.
B. its cabin is air-conditioned.
C. the air is thinner and colder high up in the sky
D. it has more than two engines.
63. The passengers in modern jet airliners can eat, read and sleep in comfort because________.
A. the cabins are kept at normal pressure.
B. the cabins are kept warm.
C. the cabins are air-conditioned and at normal pressure.
D. the cabins are air-conditioned.
64. The biggest jet airliners described in the passage can carry________.
A. about 200 passengers.
B. 350 passengers.
C. as many as 500 passengers.
D. over one thousand passengers.
65. Tomorrow’s airliners will be flying over twice the speed of________.
A. today’s jet airliners.
B. a space rocket.
C. today’s faster war plane
D. a satellite

Exercise 7. Read the passage and circle the answer among A, B, C or D best fits each space.
Katherine Boudreaux is a computer information specialist. Right now she is teaching a class about
computers. She is teaching the workers (66.)______ to change part of the computer. The computer is upside
down, so she is (67.) ______ to it.
In Ms. Boudreaux’s class, the students are learning to relax. They feel afraid (68.) ______ the
computers. Now, they have a computer beside them. Some of them are very (69.) ______.
In rooms with computers, the (70.) ______ has to be exactly right, not too high and not too low. No dirt
(71.) ______ can get into the computers. For example, one worker can not use his computer now because he
is eating a sandwich.
Computer information specialists do many different jobs. They have to (72.) ______ ways for computers
to help managers and workers in all parts of a company. They also tell their company when to buy new
computers and (73.) ______ kind to buy.
(74.) ______ use of computers can make companies more productive. Computer information specialists
try to make the whole (75.) ______, human and electronic, work effectively.
66. A. which
B. why
C. how
D. what
67. A. taking
B. holding on
C. leaving
D. mixing
68. A. with
B. in
C. of
D. at
69. A. nervous
B. disappointing
C. fool
D. exciting

70. A. temperature
B. heat
C. weather
D. climate
71. A. completely
B. at all
C. altogether
D. exactly
72. A. use
B. move
C. go
D. invent
73. A. that
B. what
C. how
D. another
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74.
75.

A.
A.

Slow

machine

B.
B.

Quick
system

C.
C.

Efficient
mixture

D.
D.

Bad
office

Exercise 8. Choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one.
76. Tom is the best programmer in his company.
A. No one in Tom’s company is as good at programming as he is.
B. Tom is the only one good programmer in his company.
C. The best programmer in his company is someone else, not Tom.
D. Tom is a good programmer in his company.
77. I started working here in 1998.
A. I have started working here since 1998.
B. I haven’t worked here since 1998.
C. I have started working here since 1998.

D. I have worked here since 1998.
78. Your car is more expensive than mine.
A. My car is cheaper than yours.
B. Your car is cheaper than mine.
C. My car is as expensive as yours.
D. Both your car and mine are the same price.
79. The older he grew the more forgetful he became.
A. He grew older when he became more forgetful.
B. B. He became more forgetful and older.
C. As he grew older, he became more and more forgetful.
D. He grew older and more and more forgetful.
80. We had to go home because it got darker and darker.
A. We had to go home when it was still early.
B. B. We didn’t go home though it got darker.
C. It got darker and darker so we had to go home.
D. We didn’t want to go home when it got darker and darker.
Exercise 8. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words provided without changing the original meaning.
81. A famous artist painted this picture.
 This………………………………………………………………………………………………
82. He gave a clear explanation of the lesson.
He explained………………………………………………………………………………………
83. “ What time do you think the competition will finish?” asked Harry.
 Harry asked me………………………………………………………………………………….?
84. This is the strangest film I have ever seen.
 I have never………………………………………………………………………………………….
85. “ Do you realize what the time is, Ba?” asked Lan.
 Lan asked ……………………………………………………………………………………….
86. The nurse covers the burns with ice. The ice helps ease the pain.
 In order to………………………………………………………………………………………..
Exercise 9. Complete the following sentences, using the words or phrases provided.

87. weather / so warm / I / not need / thick coat.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
88. piano / be / too / heavy / John / move / by himself.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
89. long / she /waited / more impatient / she / became.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
90. Thank / you / picture frame/ you / send / my / last birthday.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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