Bài tập ôn luyện HKII Tiếng Anh 8-Test 1

TEST 1 – ENGLISH 8
I. Choose the best answer (A,B,C or D) to fill in the blanks:
1. She hasn’t finished the letter ………………...
A. yet B. just C. already D. never
2. Lan’s studying hard ………………… pass the final exam.
A. for B. in order to C. so to D. as to
3. He said (that) he …………… for a car company.
A. works B. has worked C. is working D. worked
4. I am happy ……………… all the exams.
A. passing B. to pass C. pass D. passed
5. The Pyramid of Cheos is one of the seven…………….of the world.
A. Pyramids B. temples C. wonders D. landmarks
6. Pick out the words that has prounouned differently from the others.
A. visited B. needed C. wanted D. saved
7. In order to keep fit, we should do exercises…………………..
A. regular B. regularly C. regulating D. regulation
8. I can see a boy …………………… a water buffalo.
A. ride B. to ride C. riding D. rode
9. …………………… means not buying products which are over packed.
A. Reducing B. recycling C. reusing D. reordering
10. A: Would you mind opening the window?
B: ………………………………………………
A. No, thanks B. Not at all C. No, I can`t D. Please do
II. Give the correct form of the verbs:
1. I promise I ………………………….. (help) you.
2. Would you mind ……………………… (sit) in the front seat of the taxi?
3. While I ………………………………. (watch) TV, my friend came.
4. She …………………………………… (live) in Hanoi for years.
III. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is official known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They usually tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days.
* Questions:
1. What is Vietnam’s New Year celebrated according to?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What do people do on the New Year’s Eve?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Does Tet last ten days?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………
IV. Rewrite the second sentences so that it has the same meaning to the first:
1. Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
( The telephone ……………………………………………………………………………
2. Lan said “ Can you speak English, Minh?”
( Lan asked ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I saw Hoa two months ago.
( I haven’t………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Nam talks very much in class.
( Nam is always……………………………………………………………………………
V-Choose the word that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the others.
A. emergency B. resident C. deposit D. prefer
A. wanted B. decided C. visited D. looked
A. prison B. limestone C. kind D. tribe
A. which B. who C. when D. where
A. hard B. carry C. card D. yard
VI. Choose the best answer to complete the following passage:


RECYCLING FACTS
In the USA, millions of old car …………….are thrown away every year. But tires can be ………..to make pipes and floor coverings. Nowadays, many people wear shoes and sandals made from old car tires……………………. Britain, the …………..brings bottles of milk to houses and collects the empty ones. The empty bottles are then cleaned and refilled. Every milk bottle can be ……….thirty times. People throw away billions ………..cans every year all over the world. In Oregon, the government made a new law several years ago. They said that there must be a deposit on all drink cans .The deposit is returned when people bring the cans back for recycling.