Test 01

English Grade 8 - The second term test

I. Multiple choice

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differ from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following
questions

Question 1 : A. workship B. perform C. begin D.compare

Question 2: A. procession B. companion C. production

D. commermoration

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Question 3: A. looked B. wanted C. needed D. planted

Question 4 : A. clasp B.anniversary C. archway D. carnival

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answeer to each
of the following questions

Questions 5 : If you were the president, what . . . . . you do to help the environment ?

A. will B. would C. do D. are

Question 6 : When she comes later today, he . . . . . the dinner.

A. cooks B. is cooking C. will be working D. has cooked

Question 7 : 22. Alexander Graham Bell was a great . . . . ., who invented the telephone.

A. developer B. conservationist C. scientist D. explorer

Question 8 : By the time the rescue team reached the village, the whole village ______
destroyed

A. had B . has C. had been D. has been

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Question 9: When the city ....................,the storm suddenly ......and everything ....... away

A. slept-hit-sweep

B. was sleeping-hit-sweep

C. were sleeping- was hitting-swept

D. slept-hit- was sweeping

Question 10 : People belive that ............water has brought cancer to the local resident

A. pollutant B. pollution C. polluted D. polluting

Question 11 : Factories need to stop dumping ...............into the lakes and the rivers
immediately

A. trash B. rubbish C. waste D. litter

Question 12 : Communication with foreigners is usually difficult because of................

A. language barrier B. English barrier C. communication channel

D. communication breakdown

Question 13 : Don't call her between 8 and 9 pm. She ..................homework then

A. is doing B. will do C. is going to do D. will be doing

Question 14 : The group of doctors has spent 8 months ..............the side-effects of this
new vaccine

A. having examined B. to examine C. examining D. to have examined

Question 15 : Stream engine has been known as a remarkble..............in science and

technology

A. breakdown B. break-up C. breakthrough C. outbreak

Question 16 : I don't know how to .............. with her .since she has moved to the remote
area

A. keep in touch B, stay in touch C. keep up D. keep touch

Question 17 : Nose touching and hair fiddling are also good example of .....

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A. sign language B. spoken language C. written language D, body language

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words / opinions
CLOSET in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions

Question 18 : The raising of global temperature has result in the severe natural disaster
and the outbreak of serious diseases

A. lead to B. affect C. keep up with D. originate from

Question 19 : Thomas Newcome, in 1712 , developed the first commercial successful

piston steam engine of 5 horsepower

A. Tv shows B. communication channel C. advertising D. game show

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words/ opinions
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions

Question 20: In order to help homeless people, the government decided to build the
temporary shelters for them.

A.lavish B. permanent C. long-term C. small

Question 21 : A lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity could create many

misunderstanding between people from different countries

A. shortage B. rational C. failure D. abundance

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions

Question 22 : My younger sister asked me whether I could tell him how this digital

camera worked

Question 23 : They put off to introduce the lastest version of this machine to public

because there were some technical errors.

Question 24 :It is certain that techonology advances have made our life more easier in the
last few centeries

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Question 25: With the fast speed of techonological development , people say that we will
using the robots to do all of the hard work in the near future.

Read the text and decides these statements are TRUE( T) or FALSE (F)

WHAT WOULD YOUR LIFE BE LIKE WITHOUT A PHONE?

It is true that everything works at a fast pace these days, due to the quick access
we have to pretty much anything and anyone. For example, you can contact someone
who lives on the other side of the world within seconds. This is great if you think about
how connected we can stay to the people who are far away from us; however, on the
contrary, can we be too connected to the people who are close to us? An argument arose
about the fact that it is easier to message someone from your sofa than to meet them in
person and talk. On one hand, it is easier and nice sometimes to casually chat to a friend
this way. However, it is also lazier and rude to prefer to talk to someone on your phone
rather than meeting up, if you are able to, in my opinion. Social skills are important to
have and if you are not going to put effort into real-life communication, then you are not
going to progress in this ability.

Another point was that phones are very handy to look up something that you are
wondering about. For example, if you don’t know a word in another language, you can
quickly and simply access a translator to help you out. This can be very helpful in many
situations, but it can also make a person dependent on the internet to help with anything.
This factor slightly takes away the diversity of learning a language and conversing with
people, as you are able to access everything you need via the web.
All in all, this question is very interesting to consider for oneself as we become day by
day more dependent on technology. We should just be aware of how much we really need
to be connected via our phones while considering the benefits and damage it can cause
us.
No T/
Statements
. F
26. Everything works at a slow pace nowadays.
27. We contact someone who lives very fat from us within seconds.
28. Phones may make us lazier and ruder in some way.
29. Phones are very inconvenient to look up something that you are wondering
about.
30. We can team a language with a smart phone.

Read the passage and answer the questions below

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 Conversation
Some recent research into conversation between men and women has
produced results which will surprise few women. Men always interrupt
women when they talk. One researcher feels that men regard female talk as a
kind of conversational housework. They expect women to play a supporting
role. So a man interrupts in a display of dominance or control. Men also have
a much more unpleasant listening style. Whereas woman uses gestures or say
“mm”, a man will say such things as “right” or “okay” thus setting the stage
for an interruption.
Conversation of this kind is, then, hardly meaningful communication. Male
talk is often argumentative while women are more tentative, asking more
questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person has
said. The research would indicate that women are better listeners than men.
Yet, listening secretly to conversations between groups of women, one has the
impression of several simultaneous monologues into which no man would be
able to get a chance to speak.
Questions:
31. Do men always interrupt women when they talk?
_______________________________________________________________
32. What do men expect women to do in conversation?
_______________________________________________________________
33. What will a man say when a woman uses gestures or say “mm”?
_______________________________________________________________
34. Is male talk often argumentative?
_______________________________________________________________
35..Are men better listeners than women?
_____________________________________
II. Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning
36. He can’t go out because he has to study for his exam.
If ____________________________________________________________
37. She was lazy so she couldn't pass the exam.
Unless
______________________________________________________________
38. People stop destroying the environment, then there will be less natural
disasters
If_____________________________________________________________
39. They told us “Our friends will get the award for their highest scores”
____________________________________________________________
40. He said “I will go to school by bus tomorrow”
________________________________________________________________
41. They built our house two years ago.

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 Our house ________________________________________________
42. We are buying new clothes for our children on Tet.
New clothes _____________________________________________
43. Nga asked me, “Do you visit the Hue Citadel?”
Nga asked me ____________________________________________
44. The train left before he got to the station.
By the time ___________________________________________________
45. " Why didn't I got a computer last year ?" though of the manager
The manager wondered___________________________________

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