ENGLISH 8 (UNIT 11-TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM - TEST 2)

UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM

TEST 2

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. cane b. cave c. garden d. vacation
2. a. site b. city c. limestone d. find
3. a. airport b. offshore c. corn d. front
4. a. great b. stream c. seaside d. beach
5. a. magnificent b. exciting c. price d. oceanic

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. before______ for work, I ate breakfast.
a. leave b. leaving c. to leave d. left
7. Would you mind if I _____ the phone?
a. use b. will use c. am going t use d. used
8._____ is a stream or river that falls from a height.
a. Lake b. Waterfall c. Bay d. Island
9. ____ you mind finishing the work yourself?
a. Will b. Do c. Can d. Should
10. We paddle.the ____ slowly upstream.
a. ship b. canoe c. bus d. train
11. I couldn’t find a guide-book ____ in English.
a. write b. writes c. writing d. written
12. We finally arrived, at our ______ late that evening.
a. destination b. arrival c. departure d. journey
13. Donna works in a shop that sells flowers and plants; she’s a _____
a. baker b. farmer c. gardener d. florist
14. Woukl you like me _____ now?
a. go b. to go c. going d. to going
15. Britain ______oranges from Spain.
a. imports b. exports c. sell d. has

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. A flower growing in the garden is more beautiful than a flower stood in a vase.
A B C D
17.Do you mind take the book back to the library for me?
A B C D
18. I asked Sara drive me to the station.
A B C D
19. She usually helps old people by their shopping and cleaning.
A B C D
20. They decided paddling around the lake in a canoe.
A B C D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
This composition is about my aunt’s (21)_____ in Florida last year.
She hired a car at Miami (22)_____ , and soon (23)______lost. So, she
stopped to ask a young man how to get to the hotel. Unfortunately, the young man had a gun; he made my aunt get (24)_____ of the car, and she had to give him all her money.
Luckily, a police car drove past a few minutes later and (25)_____ . Then, the police arrested the thief and got my aunt’s money back.
(26)____ the end, my aunt had quite a good holiday, but she said that she was happy to get back home.
21. a. holiday b. vacation c. festival d. a & b
22. a. airport b. airway c. airplane d. airstrip
23. a. took b. had c. got d. caught
24. a. in b. out c. inside d. outside
25. a. picked her up b. picked up her c. showed her around d. showed around her
26. a. In b. At c. On d. When

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
Hoi An is a small town on the coast of East Sea in central Vienam. Hoi An used to be an important trading center in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Today, Hoi An is still