E.8. TEST 4

Name: …………………. English 8 - Test 4
Class: 8….. Time: 45 minutes

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I. Find the word that has the underlined letters pronounced differently from the other.
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change

II) Circle the right answer A, B, C, or D.
1. What are you doing? – I’m ………………a list of participants for the summer activities.
A. compiling B. doing C. making D. feeling
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is one of the….....….........….of the world.
A. buildings B. walls C. wonders D. strangers
3. The only wonder you can still……....….today is the Pyramid.
A. look B. see C. watch D. make
4. There were many other wonders which the……….Greeks knew nothing about.
A. ancient B. modern C. nowadays D. present
5. These wonders………….the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
A. consist B. include C. be D. has been
6. Angkor Wat………….around 1100 to honor a Hindu God. . A. is built B. was built C. would be built D. has been built
7. The area……………the temple, Angkor Thom, used to be the royal capital city.
A. surround B. surrounded C. surrounding D. surroundingly
8. In the early 15 century, the Khmer rulers…………….to Phnom Penh and Angkor was quiet.
A. move B. moving C. has moved D. moved
9. The Canyon……….....….by the Colorado River over millions of years.
A. is formed B. will be formed C. was formed D. would be formed
10. I hope you are now working…………… for your examination.
A. very hard B. extreme hard C. very hardly D. extremely hardly

III) Fill in each gap with an appropriate preposition.
1. Thanks……........….inviting me……...............….the rice-cooking festival.
2. What’s special………..........….the fire-making contest?
3. My little niece is very keen……............………..cartoon films.
4. He’s interested….............……..collecting stamps.
5. He told he couldn’t live….......................……her.
6. This novel is based…..........……historical facts

IV) Rewrite each sentence,beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
- Hamlet……………………………………………………………...............................………………
2. A maid will clean our hotel room.
- Our hotel room……………………………………………………............................………………
3. “I don’t like the film,’’ she said.
- She said……………………………………………………..………..........................……………..
4. “We must go now,’’ they said.
- They said………………………………………………………............................………………..
5. “ How long will it take you to get here?’’ he asked
- He asked……………………………………………………………….........................…………..
6. “ You had better eat more vegetables,” said my mother.
- My mother adviced .........................................................................................................................

V. Read the passage write true ( T) or false ( F)
London is Britain/s biggest city. It is a very old city and dates back to the Romans. It is a city of historic buildings and churches, and it has many beautiful parks.It also has some of the best museums in the world. London is very crowded in summer. It is a popular city with foreign tourists and has more than eight million visitors a year. The city is famous for its shopping and department stores. London has an excellent underground railway system, so it is eary for tourists to get around.
None of the cities in Britain is bigger than London. ...........
London is founded by the Romans. ............
London has historic buildings and churches. ...........
Most of the best museums in the world are situated in London. ............
London is not busy in summer. ............
It/s not easy for tourists to travel around London. ............
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( 0.3 mark for each correct answer )