Neo Town Junior High school ENGLISH TEST FOR EXCELLENT STUDENTS Name:……………………… Grade: 8th Time allowed : 120 minutes. I/ Choose the underlined words that have different pronounciation with the rest. 1.A.late B.hat C.ate D.hate 2.A.aunt B.are C.harm D.late 3.A.beef B.beatC.hit D.heat 4.A.love B.home C.come D.some 5.A.may B.bat C.fat D.cat II/ Choose the best answer in the A, B, C or D. 1.Miss Blake is .from Friends of the Earth. A.a representative B.a representation C.a represent D.a representater. 2.She shows people .the enviroment. A.how to protect B.how protect C.what to protect D.what protect 3.” ” means not buying products which are over pakaged A.Reducing B.Recycling C.Reusing D.Reordering. 4 plastic bags,We shouldn’t use them at all. A.Inspite of B.Insipte C.instead of D.instead. 5.”Recycling “means not A. not throwing things away B.not throwing things a way. C. not blowing things awayD.not blowing things a way. 6.It’s going to tomorrow. A.cloudy and windy B.be cloudy and windy C.cloud and wind D.be cloud and wind. 7.As usual,she goes to bed after her lessons A.was checked B.are checked C.will be checked D.having been checked. 8.What subjects at school when you were in the 6 th form? A. are teached B.was taught C.Were taught D.were teached. 9.you don’t look .my dear friend! A.happily B.happy C.happyly D.be happy. 10.What happened after the storm?- harvests . A.are destroyed B.will be destroyed C.was destroyed D.were destroyed. III/ Give the correct form or tense of the verbs. 1.What a beatiful old wooden house! It ( build ) by my grand father over 60 years ago . 2.I (not, agree) with peoplewho say space explorationis waste of money.What ( you think ) ? 3.It is unpleasant (wake up)and hear the rain (beat)on the window. 4.I heard that Joe (recieve) a schoolarship and (be able)to attend the university in the fall. 5.That film (come) to the local cinema next week.Do you want (see) it? 1 2 3 . 4 5 IV/Find the mistake in the A, B, C or D.then correct it. 1.It not difficult to remember all the students’ names in a class. A B C D 2.I don’t know how explain all these things to you A B C D immediately. 3.The teacher was pleasing that the students all want to know A B C more about what he was explaining. D 4.I definitely think I know what things can be reuse so that I can save natural resources. A B C D 5.We can reused things like envelopes,glass,plastic bottles A B C D and old plastic bag. V/Find the correct form of the word to complete the sentences below. 1.Television is one of the cheapest from of (ENTERTAIN). 2.I prefer the .village to the noisy city.( PEACE). 3.Some of my .are living in the country side.(RELATION). 4.My father plans to live in the country side after he retires.(PERMANENT). 5.Read the user’s manual carefully;it will give you a lot of useful (INFORM). 6.Compost is a woderful .(FERTILE). 7.Add sugar,water and flour to beaten eggs and stir the well (MIX). 8.The policeman gave me very good and I was able to find the house easily. ( DIRECT). 9.Death leaves fall to the ground and very quickly in wet weather.(COMPOSE). 10.Never force a(n) .person to sit or stand (CONSCIOUS). VI/ Fill in each gap with a suitable word.The first letter of the word has been given. Sugar cane is(0_grown)in hot countries like Cuba and the west Indies.where there (1) a heavy rainfall.At harvest time the cane is cut as close to the ground as possible(2) order to keep all the juice or sap,in each long stalk. The cane is then taken.(3) .a mill, where it is cut in to a lot of small pieces.Next the sapsqueezed out by heavy rollers.The sap is cleaned and (4) .boiled until crystal appear.It is necessary, however,(5) .these brown crystals from the sap.This is done by putting the mixture into a huge machine containing a drum which turns (6) .high speed.The sap spins out of the machine,leaving the crytals behind. The brown crytals are raw sugar.This sugar(7) loaded onto large shipand taken to other countries,where it is refined and packaged before being sent(8) .to the shop. The sap which remains after the raw sugar has been saparated (9) .called”molasses “ and is used to make rum and yeast.Nothing (10) wasted; even the tops of the canes are used for making cattle food. 1 .2 3 .4 .5 6 7 .8 .9 .10; VII/ Reading. Read the articale and circle the letter next to the word that best fits each space. “My home is in the air_I do an enormous (0) of traveling.It is a fast life and (1) of work,but I like it and that is the only way(2) me.Everything is tiring: music,traveling.but what cacn I do ? I am not (3) .to complaining.It is hard to imagine now (4) . I will ever be long in one place.My hometown is on Caspian Sea.There is sea,wind,sund and .(5) many tourists and hotels.I have my own flat with four or five rooms,but I am seldom there.If Iam there for a day or two I prefer to .(6) .with my mother and grandmother.They live in a small house, (7) .It is very com fortable and my mother cooks for me.I like good,simple food. I have no wife,no brothers or sisters and my father (8) when I was seven.He was an engineer and I don’t (9) .him very well.He like music very much and wanted me to (10) a musician. vocabulary: -an enormous amount of: very very much. 0.A.amount B.number C.quality D.quantity. 1.A.most B.full C.complete D.more 2.A.for B.to C.in D.by 3.A.wanted B.taken C.used D.known 4.A.and B.so C.while D.that 5.A.far B.too C.much D.more 6.A.stay B.go C.do D.spend 7.A.but B.since C.even D.which 8.A.killed B.gone C.passed D.died 9.A.know B.remember C.remind D.see 10.A.becomeB.turn C.develop D.grow. VIII/Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentence. 1.Going fishing with friends at weekend is intersting. It is . 2.It is good exercise to jog in the morning. To 3.He was examined by the doctor. the doctor 4.The step mother doesn’t treat the little girl in a normal way. The little 5.Poeple think that doing morning exercises is good for health. Doing morning . . not A. not throwing things away B.not throwing things a way. C. not blowing things awayD.not blowing things a way. 6.It’s going to tomorrow explaining. D 4.I definitely think I know what things can be reuse so that I can save natural resources. A B C D 5.We can reused things like envelopes,glass,plastic