Bài tập bổ trợ và nâng cao Tiếng Anh lớp 8
MID-TERM TEST 2
Time allotted: 60 min.
I. Find he word laving different stress pattern in each line. (1 p)
| 1. A specitic | B. technical | C. general | D. absolute |
| 2. A active | B. trainee | C. scenic | D. history |
| 3. A Symbol | B. unique | C. Burmese | D. effect |
| 4. A geolog | B. botanical | C. scientific | D. geography |
| 5. A national | B. injury | C. chemical | D. official |
II. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (1 p)
1. Surely Andrew_________ in fairies for long enough. Let’s tell him the truth.
A. believes
B. is believing
C. has believed
D. will believe
2. Air pollution, together with littering, has _________many problems in our large cities
today.
A. caused
B. made
C. affected
D. brought
3. It’s difficult to _________ what the planet Earth will be like in 100 years’ time.
A. imagine
B. expect
C. remember
D. see
4. Australia is a_________ place where kangaroos and koalas are tound.
A. exceptional
B. scenic
C. iconic
D. unique
5. My brother had never been abroad_____he joined the army
A. since
B. until
C. during
D. while
6. – “I have a terrible headache.”
“I _________you an aspirin.”
A. have got
B. will get
C. get
D. while
7. All our beautiful forests if we do nothing to preserve them.
A. will destroy
B. will be destroyed
C. would destroy
D. would be destroyed
8. The family _________ in the attic of their house by the flood for nine hours before help arrived
A. trapped
B. was trapped
C. had trapped
D. had been trapped
9.I’d be over the moon if I _________ a change to go Disneyland in California
A. have
B. had
C. will have
D. would have
10. Ours school _ at the end of May. Then I will have a long holiday.
A. would break up
B. is breaking up
C. broke up
D. breaks up
III. Choose the correct option for each gap to finish the passage. (1 p)
A tsunami is a Chain of fast moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Tsunami has a very long wave. It can be hundreds of kilometers (1)________ . Usually, tsunami starts suddenly. The waves travel (2)_______________ a great speed across an ocean with little energy loss. They can remove sand from beaches, destroy trees, damage houses and even destroy whole towns.
The water will draw back from the coast half of the wave period prior to the wave getting to the coast. If the slope of the coast is not deep, the water may (3)_________________ for hundreds of metres. People who do not know of the danger will often remain at the shore.
Tsunamis cannot (4) _________. However, there are ways to help stop______people from dying from a tsunami. Some (5) _________ with lots of tsunamis may use warning systems which may warn the population before the big waves reach the land. Because an earthquake that caused the tsunami can be felt before the wave gets to the shore, people can be warned to go somewhere safe.
| 1. A. long | B. far | C.wide | D. large |
| 2. A. from | B. of | C.at | D. in |
| 3. A. move away | B. go along | C.spread out | D. pull back |
| 4. A. prevent | B. preventing | C.prevention | D. be prevented |
| 5. A. countries | B. regions | C.states | D. districts |
IV. Use the correct verb forms to complete the following passage. (1 p)
Being an only child
l’m the only child in my family. People often say to me: “Wouldn’t you be a lot happier if you (1. have) _______brothers and sisters?” but I don’t see it like that. It’s true that if I had a brother or sister, I (2. have) ______ someone closer to my own age to talk to and play with at home, but i don’t think that’s very important provided that you (3. have)______ close friends, which I do. If my parents (4. have)_____ more children, they (5. not be) ______ able to spend so much time with me. And we have great tun together! Also, if I (6. have) a brother or sister, I (7. have to) ______ share a bedroom with them. That might be tun, but what (8. happen) if I wanted to play my CDs and he or she (9, have to)______ – study? No -I don’t want a brother or sister, unless it (10. happen) _________ , of course. In that case, I’ll think it’s the best thing in the world!
V. Fill the mistake in each sentence, and rewrite the sentences correctly. (1 p)
1. have seen the film before, so I knew how it ended.
->__________________________________________________________
2. It was obvious that Bill worked hard because he was very tired when I saw him.
->__________________________________________________________
3. If technology continues to advance so quickly, what is life like in a hundred years?
->__________________________________________________________
4. The spaceship won’t launch until they have done a final check.
->__________________________________________________________
5. When the bus was arriving, we missed it because we were busy talking.
->__________________________________________________________
VI.Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. (1 p)
People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of new and often artificial substances into the environment, or by releasing increased amounts of a natural substance, such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only governments, companies, and individuals would make more efforts. In the home, there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Foods wrapped up three or four times in packages all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a fitter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we don’t need, but also to throw away much of what we have bought. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal of the Products we use in our daily lives.
1. The main cause of pollution mentioned in the passage is ______.
A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment
B. the production of new industrial goods
C. increased amounts of a natural substance
D. increasing population and their needs to buy more products
2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _____,
A. people would pay more attention to their waste
B. governments would take effective measures
C. all sides concerned would make more efforts
D. Farmers would use less natural resources
3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause _____ .
A. more and more air and water pollution
B. both a litter problem and a waste of resources
C. the price of the Products to rise greatly
D. the advertising industry to make more profit
4. What does the phrase “disposal of” in the last sentence probably mean?
A. using up
B. finding a solution to
C. cutting out
D. getting rid of
5. Which of the following can help solving the problem of pollution?
A. Cutting out unnecessary buying
B. Eating and drinking less
C. Reducing excess use
D. Controlling litter and waste
VII. Fill a suitable word into each of numbered blanks in the passage. (2 p)
Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians (1) _____ in towns near the sea. On hot summer days you (2) _____ see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves that are very high. These large waves (3) _____ known as surfs and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill and needs learning. Don’t expect to be (4) _____ to surf properly the first time you try. However by practising a few times you will learn (5) _____ to do it
Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps (6) _____ origins need explaining. It started hundreds of years ago in Hawaii. Men swam out to sea to catch fish and found that they could come back to land very (7) _____by riding waves. These first surfers did not use a (8) _____. They were “body surfers”. Many people still do this type of surfing today.
After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeing or standing (9)_ them. These first surf boards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a (10) _____ . Today surfboards are made of plastic or fiberglass instead.
VIII. Use the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences. (1 p)
1. This volcano is dead; it has been (ACT) _____ for more than a century.
2. The Earth would be a happy planet if human beings, animals and plants (PEACE) _____ co-existed.
3. The us is the world’s largest economy, benefiting from an abundance of natural resources and high worker (PRODUCE) _____ .
5. The chemical (POLLUTE) _____from cars and factories make the air, water
and soil dangerously dirty.
6. You cannot imagine how (SERIOUS) _____the area was damaged by the flood.
IX. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first. (1 p)
1. It is Tan’s 15th birthday next week.
Tan will__________________________________________
2. The small town has totally been destroyed by the hurricane.
The hurricane_____________________________________
3. They will widen the gate to let the cars run into the yard easily.
The gate__________________________________________
4. I can’t come because I have to help my dad with something.
If I______________________________________________
5. As soon as we got on the plane, the pilot told us to get off again.
We had just _____________________________________
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