ENGLISH 8-UNIT13.FESTIVALS (TEST 3)

UNIT 13. FESTIVALS
TEST 3

I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. council b.award c.carol d.mushroom
2. a. design b.custom c. plumber d. jumble
3. a Christmas b. jolly c.compete d.teammate
4. a. professor b.separate c.marigold d.pomegranate
5. a. unsuitable b.traditional c.competition d.participate

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. It is_____ that she works 16 hours a day.
a. say b. says c. sayed d. said
7. Hillary and Norgay were the first _____ Everest.
a. climb b. climbs c. to climb d. climbing
8. James likes climbing mountain. He has just joined a ____ club.
a. climb-mountain b. climbing-mountain c. mountain-climbing d. mountain-climb
9. Have you ever tried Jananese food?
a. use something to find out if you like it b. make a preparation for
c. eating a small amount of food d. recognize flavors in food
10. Mary told Helen that she was tired of eating fish summer.
a. this b. that c. the d. Ø
11. It is a custom to give presents at Christmas.
a. tradition b. habit c. hobby d. rule
12. It’s cold - don’t go out_____your coat.
a. with b. without c. in d. wearing
13. Bob had someone _____ his house.
a. paint b. paints c. painted d. painting
14. John said he couldn’t repair the car the _____ day.
a. before b. following c this d. that
15. _____ is a person whose job is to put in and repair pipes and baths.
a. Plumber b. Gardener c. Florist d. Inventor

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. The boys promised that they won’t make so much noise the following day.
A B C D
17. I would like to thank everybody about coming along today.
A B C D
18. They are making the final preparations of next week’s Christmas parade.
A B C D
19. The meeting will be hold in the community center.
A B C D
20. At the, mid-nineteenth century, the first Christmas card was designed.
A B C D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Hello. My name’s Ruth. I’m from America, and I’m Jewish. We have lots of festivals, but my favorite (21) ____Hanukka. It takes place (22)_____December. The (23) _____ celebrates a miracle from (24) _____ times, when the lights in a temple burned for eight days (25) ______ oil. So we light a candle every day (26) _____eight days. We have parties and we eat nice food, (27) _____ sweets and cakes. We (28) _____ visit our relations, and children get a lot of presents.
21. a. calls b. called c. is called d. is calling
22. a. in b.at c. On d. when
23. a. festival b.contest c. event d. prize
24. a. modern b.traditional c. ancient d. middle
25. a. with b.without c. instea d. from
26. a. on b.at c. sinced of d. for
27. a. like b.as c. such as d a & c
28. a. also b.either c. too d. all are correct

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that