KIEM TRA GIUA KY I - ANH 8

EXERCISES FOR UNIT 1 - 4 – ENGLISH 8

I. Choose the word whose .underlined part is pronounced differently from others:
1. A. pleasure B. easy C. teacher D. speak
2. A. took B. look C. floor D. cook
3. A. emigrate B. assistant C. transmit D. exhibition
4. A. reserved B. stayed C. seemed D. talked
II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences or do as directed:
1. Who repaired the bicycle for you? - Nobody. I repaired it………….
A. itself B. myself C. yourself D. himself
2. ……………. is your new English teacher like? - She’s very kind.
A. How B. Who C. What D. Which
3. We like Nam’s sense of humor. His jokes always make us laugh………
A. happy B. unhappy C. happily D. unhappily
4. Children……………play with matches. It only takes one match to cause a fire.
A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. don’t have to D. don’t
5. Putting a knife ……….an electrical socket is dangerous.
A. to B. into C. at D. in
6………… does Miss Hoa want to be a teacher? -Because she loves children.
A.What B. Who C. What D. Why
7. Bao spends his free time ……… volunteer work at a local orphanage.
A. do B. does C. doing D. did
8. We must be there ……… 8.30 and 9.15.
A. between B. after C. before D. at
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense of form:
1. Where is Thu? - She (play)………….………….in the schoolyard.
2. It is safe (keep)…………….………drugs and chemicals in locked cupboards.
3. She (write)…………………..….to me every week.
4. Do you like this picture? - My brother (paint)…………….…….it yesterday.
5. When I was a child I ..............................(not study) hard.
6. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He .................................. (smoke) a packet of cigarettes a day.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with one suitable preposition:
Alexander Graham Bell was born (1)…………March 3rd, 1845 (2)………..Scotland. He worked (3)……………deaf-mutes (4)………..Boston University.
V. Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the given words or do as directed:
1. Playing with matches is very dangerous.
- It is ………………..…………………………………………………………………………………
2. Nam can answer that question because he is very intelligent.
- Nam.is …..……………………...……………………………………………………………………
3. The weather is very cold. We can’t go swimming.
- The weather is …..……..……………………………………………………………………………
4. I intend to come over to pick you up.
- I am ….………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. She played the piano when she was young.
- She used ….…………………………………………………………………………………………
6. His hair is short and black.
- He has …………………………..……………………………………………………………………
VI. Read and answer the questions:
Once a poor farmer had a daughter named Little Pea. After his wife’s death, he married again and had another daughter, Stout Nut. Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea. Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made her father very upset. He soon died of a broken heart.
In the fall, the village held a harvest festival. Everyone was excited as the prince wanted to choose his wife from the village. Stout Nut’s mother made new clothes for her, but poor Little Pea had none. However, before the festival started, a fairy appeared and changed Little Pea’s rags into beautiful clothes. As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one of her shoes and lost it.
When the prince found the shoe, he decided to marry the girl who owned it.
1. Who was Little Pea?
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2. Was Little Pea’s father a rich farmer?
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3. How did Little Pea get her new clothes?
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4. Did the prince decide to marry Little Pea?
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THE END