Name: ..........................................
Class: 8
English test
Time: 45 minutes
Exercise 1: Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. (5 points )
1. It was kind to you to take me to the station.
A B C D
2. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue.
A B C D
3. She taught her children how to care after their pets.
A B C D
4. The hospital is trying to raise funds on a new kidney machine.
A B C D
5. He said that his mother was a badly cook.
A B C D
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the other. (5 points)
6. A. your B. course C. encourage D. resource
7. A. semester B. report C. letter D. mend
8. A. sidewalk B. all C. although D. along
9. A. similar B. character C. act D. land
10. A. paper B. lunar C. pronunciationD. late
Exercise 3: Choose the words or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. ( 15 points )
11. He tried to give up smoking but couldn’t break the .......................... .
A. habit B. pastime C. hobby D. favor
12. I remember you .................. that shirt.
A. to buy B. buying C. for buying D. buy
13. You .............. take the baby to the doctor.
A. should B. need C. ought D. has to
14. The doctor ................. he should take a few days off.
A. tell B. said C. ask D. say
15. ..................... is the people who live in a place.
A. Environment B. Program C. Organization D. Community
16. His ..................... towards me is very strange.
A. bahave B. behavior C. behaving D. behaved
17. Our team won the game because we played very.............................. .
A. better B. goody C. well D. good
18. I was born in Vietnam. Vietnamese is my...................... .
A. foreign language B. mother tongue
C. first language D. c and b
19. The next meeting of the committee ............. on November 5th.
A. was B. are C. is D. were
20. How do you ................ your name?
A. pronunciation B. pronounce C. pronounced D. pronoun
21. The..................... is the air, water, land. animals and plants around us.
A. environment B. organization C. community D. program
22. If you want to join the library, you’ll need to fill ................ an application form.
A. out B. to C. on D. at
23. You ................ right.
A. was B. may be C. are being D. will be
24. The Chinese team ......................... in the competition.
A. work very hard B. worked very hardly
C. worked very hard D. work very hardly
25. He was more than a little proud........... himself.
A. for B. about C. to D. of
Exercise 4: Choose the word (a, b, c or d ) that best fits each of the blank spaces. (8 points ).Our class take place (26)___ ...................three hours every morning (27)___ ...............Monday to Friday. The maximum class size (28)___ ....................)twelve and average is ten. We use modern methods of teaching and (29)___ .................., and the school (30)___ ................... a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be (31)___ ................... in improving your English, however, if you work (32)___ .......................and practice speaking English as (33)___ ...............you can.
26.
A. for B. since C. at D. on
27.
A. between B. from C. on D. at
28.
A. has B. are C. have D. is
29.
A. learning B. learnt C. learn D. learns
30.
A. has B. there are C. there is D. have
31.
A. successful B. successfully C. succeed D. success
32.
A. hardly B. hard C. quickly D. intelligent
33.
A. a lot B. much C. many D. lots
V.Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. (5 points )
34.Tom said to Jane: “Can you help me eithe my pronunciaation?”( Tom told...............................
35.“I don’t behave very well in front of the crowd.”( Peter said......................................................
36.Living with my family is always happiness to me. ( It is ................. ..........................................
37.Recycling paper and cans is necessary. ( It is...............................................................................
38.It is not good to talk in class while the teacher is explaining the lesson. ( 39.Taking.............................................................................................................................................
VI.Read the passage and answer the questions below:(4 points)
Everyone knows that in studying foreign languages, practice is the key to fluency. All foreign language learners even the advenced learners need practice. There is a face that a learner can know a lot of grammar rules and have a large vocabulary, however, he can’t speak well yet. So the learner know how to use what they have learned apart from the ability to explain grammar rules.
Questions:
40.What is the key to fluency in studying a foreign language?
41..What kind of learners need practice?
42..Can a learner who knows a lot of grammar rules apeak well?
43..What does a language learner have to do so as to speak well?
VII.Listen and fill the missing words in the blanks. (8 points )
Many language ( 44 ) .................. do not try to learn all new words the come.( 45)............... . They usually ( 46)............. or ( 47)................. only the words they want to learn. This help them remember ( 48)..................... words. Language learners should try ( 49) .................... ways of learning words so as to find ( 44).............. the besr way for themself. Ask youself the question: How should I learn ( 50)............... ?
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Exercise : 1
1 B. 2 D. 3 C. 4 D. 5 D.
Exercise : 2
6 C. 7 B. 8 D. 9 A. 10 B.
Exercise : 3
11 A. 12 B. 13 A. 14 B. 15 D. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 19 C. 20 B. 21 A. 22 A. 23 B. 24 C. 25 D.
Exercise : 4
26 A. 27 B. 28 D. 29 A. 30 A. 31 A. 32 B. 33 B.