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 . 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-. 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. 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