He won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest one year after his teacher showed him the way to learn English.. - THE END -..[r]
(1)ENGLISH 8
ONE-PERIOD TEST (UNITS 4-5-6)
TEST 1
I Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
Example: A dental B endless C device D region
Answer: C
1. A unfortunate B behavior C however D orphanage
2. A again B pretend C luggage D tonight
3. A festival B escape C servant D wisdom
4. A excellent B description C invention D annoyance
II Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently.
Example: A red B leg C head D bean
Answer: D
5. A played B cooked C saved D sprayed 6. A novel B doll C core D boredom
7. A habit B magic C arrange D academic
8. A improve B postcard C notebook D code
III Choose the best answers.
9. It's in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day
A tradition B traditional C non-tradition D All are incorrect
10.How you to school when you were in Paris?
A have / gone B / go C did / go D will / go
11.I usually listen music my free time
A to / in B to / during C for / in D for / during
12.You should catch the train at am so that you can arrive Hue at pm A to B in C on D at
13.She was very kind my friends when they were in Ha Noi A for B to C at D with
14.They will come to our house 10 minutes
A for B to C in D during
15.The teacher said to his student, "Are you with your result?" A satisfy B satisfactory C satisfied D satisfying
16.His towards her is becoming more and more aggressive A behave B behaves C behavior D behaving
17.Their mother told them so much noise
A not to make B not making C not being made D not make
18.He does morning exercise improve his health
A so as to B in order to C to D All are correct
19.You can park your car the house
A in front of B against C at D between
(2)IV There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence Find the mistake (A, B, C or D) and correct it.
21.What you often eat on Christmas? A B C D
22.The fairy changed Little Pea's rags into beautiful clothes magical A B C D
23.Peter's father soon died because of a break heart A B C D
24.When Jane was young, she uses to swim in the river A B C D
25.We met each other at Easter Day and went for a walk across the hills A B C D
26.Her step mother is very cruel with her A B C D
27.Are you interested on the film we saw last night? A B C D
28.Don't go up that ladder It doesn't look safely A B C D
V Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one. 29."Read the instructions before you switch on the machine." He said to me
A He told me to read the instructions before I switched on the machine
B He suggested that I should read the instructions before I switched on the machine C It is important that I should read the instructions before I switch on the machine D All are correct
30.That old man usually drank lots of wine A That old man liked wine most
B That old man used to drink lots of wine
C That old man no longer drinks wine any more D Both B and C are correct
31.Life in the countryside is different from life on the farm A Life in the countryside is not the same as that on the farm B Life on the farm is similar to that in the countryside
C Both A and B are correct D Both A and B are incorrect
32.Do you like playing soccer?
A Are you keen on playing soccer? B Is soccer your favorite sports? C Would you like to play soccer? D All are correct
33.Which sentence is correct?
A My mother is tired enough to cook dinner tonight
B My mother is so tired that she cannot cook dinner tonight C My mother isn't too tired to cook dinner tonight
D My mother is tired not to cook dinner tonight
(3)B Because of needing a drink of cold water, they stopped running C Both A and B are correct
D Both A and B are incorrect
VI Read the following passage, then decide which sentence is TRUE or FALSE.
" In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know how to improve them One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar "Now I think you know what you should do", said she I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown "
35.According to the passage, the writer didn't find any difficulties in learning English
36.His English pronunciation and grammar are rather good
37.His teacher helped him a lot in learning English
38.The teacher asked him to go to the school library to study English
39.He can improve his English grammar by using an English-English dictionary
40.He won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest one year after his teacher showed him the way to learn English