English 8 Unit 5 Test 1keys

6. He tried to give up smoking but couldn’t break the____ . a. hobby b. habit c. pastime d. favor
7. Our team won the game because we played very___ a. good b. well c. goody d. better
8. You_____ take the baby to the doctor. a. should b. ought c. need d. has to
9. The doctor______ he should take a few days off. a. say b. said c. ask d. tell
10. He was more than a little proud _____ himself. a. about b. to c. of d. for
11. The Chinese team ______ in the competition.
a. work very hard b. worked very hard c. work very hardly d. worked very hardly
12. James is very ill; he ______ to the hospital.
a. need to go b. needs to go c. nee d going d. needs going
13. His ______ towards me is very strange. a. behave b. behavior c. behaved d. behaving
14.I was born in VN; Vietnamese is my___ .a. mother tongue b. first language c. foreign language d. a&b
15. How do you______ your name? a. pronunciation b. pronounce c. pronounced d. pronoun
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. He said that his mother was a badly cook.
17. I should work harder at my English pronunciation.
18. I got good grades at English and History.
19. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue.
20. Next I’d like you to make the grammar exercises on page 10.
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Kenji and Ykari are new students in Peter’s class. They are from Japan. They said they (21) ____ together, (22) ____ a week. They studied their textbook (23) ______ it has the grammar at the back. They learned the rules (24) _____ heart and then they wrote (25) _____ of sentences and examples, and practiced with conversations.
21. a. revised b. revision c. learned d. learning 22. a. once b. one c. two d. a & b
23. a. so b. so that c. because d. in order to 24. a. with b. by c. on d. in
25. a. lot b. lots c. many d. much
V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer
Dear Maria,
At last! Hooray! We finished all our exams yesterday. The last one
was History. It was horrible. I think History is really difficult because I can’t remember all the facts and the dates. I did seven subjects. The worst were Science and History. I found them very difficult. I always forget most of the things we’ve learned.
The best subject this year was Geography, but we only had it twice a week. We’re going to Wales in the middle of August, to see my granddad. Would you like to come with us? Mum says it’s OK. Please write and tell me about your year at school. What was it like? Were your exams easy?
Bye for now.
Peter
26. This is a letter to _____ .a. a brother b. a sister c. a friend d. granddad
27. How many subjects did Peter take exams? a. two b. three c. four d. seven
28. Peter was good at _____ . a. History b. Science c. Geography d. Math
29. What does the word ‘forget’ in line 6 mean?
a. not remember b. not know c. not understand d. not like
30. Peter wanted to______ .
a. complain about his exams b. tell Maria about his year at school
c. ask Mario to go to Wales with his family d. b & c are correct
I.supply the right adverbs
1.She is a hard worker( She works.............................................................................................
2.He`s a quick thinker( He thinks............ ..................................................................................
3.They are good learners(They learn.......... ..................................................................................
4.Lan has a happy smile( Lan smiles........... ..................................................................................
5.Nam is a skillful soccer player(Nam plays soccer......... ............................................................
6.Ba is a careful driver(Ba drives......... .........................................................................................
7.We are