ENGLISH 8 - TEST FOR UNIT 2

ENGLISH 8 – TEST FOR UNIT 2

I. Choose the most suitable words, phrases or sentences to fill the blanks.
1. Deaf-mute can ………… speak ………… hear.
A. both …and B. not only …but also C. neither…nor D. either…or
2. Alexander Graham Bell was born ………… March 3rd,1847.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
3. They ………… from Canada to America to find work.
A. started B. demonstrated C. delivered D. left
4. Would you like ………… a message?
A. to leave B. leave C. leaving D. left
5. She came ………… with a new idea for increasing sale.
A. on B. up C. in D. over
6. He’ll come ………… to pick you …………
A. on, in B. over, on C. in, up D. over, up
7. Don’t come in. Please wait ………… for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstairs
8. Our friends ………… meet us at the airport tonight.
A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to

II. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
1. The post office is not far ………… my house.
2. Let’s meet ………… the City Theater tonight.
3. She was born ………… May 16th, 2001 ………… Nha Trang.
4. He worked ………… deaf-mutes ………… Boston University.
5. Mrs.Lien said you could reach her ………… 8 603 423.
6. Snow is falling all ………… the country.
7. Will you pick me ………… after the party?
8. The secretary took a message ………… her boss.

III. Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
Isaac Newton (be) ………… one of the greatest men in the history of scientists. He (bear) ………… in a small village of Wootphore in England. His father (be) ………… a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father (die) ………… Newton left school and (help) ………… his mother on the farm. But the boy (not like) ………… farming, he was fond of the poetry and mathematics. So Newton was sent to school. After he (leave) ………… school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. He lectured on mathematics at Cambridge University after (graduate) …………. His greatest discovery (be) ………… the law of gravitation.

IV. Supply the correct word form.
1. I’ll make ……………………….. for the meeting tonight. (ARRANGE)
2. There was still no ……………………….. on what to do next. (AGREE)
3. Ho Chi Minh City is an important ……………………….. center. (COMMERCE)
4. Michael Faraday made a lot of ……………………….. in the field of electricity. (INVENT)
5. We’re thinking of ……………………….. to Autralia. (EMIGRATE)
6. There was an ……………………….. of painting at the Art Gallery. (EXHIBIT)
7. Your order is ready for ……………………….. (DELIVER)
8. This old man is ……………………….. in one ear. (DEAFEN)

V. Make question for the underlined words.
1. The film “Harry Potter” is on at 8.30.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. I’m going to play table tennis this evening.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. She lives downstairs.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. They bought new fishing rods yesterday.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. He worked with deaf-mutes.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. They demonstrated the telephone to the public.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Marie Curie was born in Poland.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

VI. Complete the passage with the words in the box.



Nowadays, you don’t (1) …………… to be at home or at the office to use the telephone anymore. Mobile phones (also known as cellular phones) hare (2)…………… wires. You can (3) …………… one in your pocket or keep one in your car. A call from a mobile phone (4) …………… along radio waves to stations (5) …………… in different places. From there, the radio signal is connected (6) …………… the regular phone system. With a mobile phone, any one (7) ……………can drive and talk can also drive and phone. This means (8) …………… wasted time: You don’t have to look for a phone booth or use (9) …………… to make a call. So remember, next time you are at the beach or riding your bicycle, there (10