LUYỆN HSG 8 - 135

Test 1
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. planet b. character c. happy d. classmate
2. a. letter b. twelve c. person d. sentence
3. a. humor b. music c. cucumber d. sun
4. a. enough b. young c. country d. mountain
5. a. sociable b. ocean c. receive d. special
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. The sun ............... in the east.
a. rise b. rose c. rises d. rising
7. ‘Which girl is Celis?’ ‘She’s the one with______’
a. long curly black hair b. curly long black hair c. long black curly hair d. curly black long hair
8. Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.
a. humorous b. reserved c. hard-working d. sociable
9. She shouldn’t get married yet; she ........................
a. is not old enough b. was not old enough c. is not enough old d. was not enough old
10. No, you can’t go to holiday by yourself! You aren’t ............!
a. very old b. too old c. old enough d. enough old
11. She was a very _____child.
a. health b. healthy c. healthily d. healthiness
12. That man seems ...............
a. happy b. happily c. happiness d. be happy
13. What does your brother ..............?
a. look like b. look as c. be like d. as
14. Will she be annoyed that you forgot to phone?
a. displeased b. pleased c. please d. pleasure
15. Dave has a good ______of humor.
a. sense b. scene c. scent d. cent
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English.
16. She threw the bag of potato chips to James and he catches it with one hand.
A B C D
17. Old Mr. Mac Gill had thick red hair when he is young but now he is completely bald.
A B C D
18. He didn’t get job because he wasn’t enough experienced.
A B C D
19. It is annoyed when people don’t listen to you.
A B C D
20. Generous is part of the American character.
A B C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
My (21)_____friend is Natalie. She (22)_______intelligent, (23)_____fun to be with, and honest. She’s short and slim and she has (24)______and brown eyes. I think she is (25)______
21. a. best b. most c. closest d. nearest
22. a. was b. were c. is d. are
23. a.