ÔN THI 8

PRACTICE TEST 8

I. Rewrite these sentences, using “BE USED TO”.
1/ The British people drive on the left.
- __________________________________________________________
2/ My aunt lived a lone.
- __________________________________________________________
3/ These children sleep on the floor.
- __________________________________________________________
4/ John dances every night.
- __________________________________________________________
5/ Do you travel by plane ?
- __________________________________________________________
6/ Mrs Lee wrote everything in Chinese.
- __________________________________________________________
7/ Americam men shake hands when they meet each other.
- __________________________________________________________
8/ My boss doesn’t smoke in his office.
- __________________________________________________________
9/ Tom invites his friends for dinner at the weekend.
- __________________________________________________________
10/ Japanese men don’t shake hands to say good-bye.
- __________________________________________________________
11/ Do American women ask their partners to dance?
- __________________________________________________________
12/ Jane came to Britain and she found it difficult to drive on the left.
- __________________________________________________________
II. Complete each sentence with “use” , “used to” or “be/get used to”.
1/ I usually----------a dictionary to find the meaning of difficult words.
2/ We--------------driving on the left because we have lived in Britain for ages.
3/ He -----------------live in the countryside.
4/ The European tourists ______________ hot weather.
5/ I don’t know how ______________ this computer.
6/ We have ______________ this old car for years.
7/ Vietnamese teenagers ______________ being dependent on their parents.
8/ I ______________ go on a picnic at weekends.
9/ Bill ______________ his car to go to the office yesterday. (negative)
10/ Tom and Mary ______________ meet each other on Sundays.
11/ What did people ______________ pigeons for in the old days ?
12/ Why didn’t you ______________ English to speak with him ?
13/ Dick ______________ come back home late in the evenings.
14/ We ______________ reading books in English.
15/ They _____________ hard work.
16/ I’ve been ______________ this dictionary for many years now.
17/ People in most of Canada ______________ English as their first language.
18/ I ______________ visit my grandfather every week.
19/ We ______________ power failure.
20/ What is the telescope ______________ for ?
21/ It took me a long time to ______________ wearing glasses.
22/ My aunt ______________ smoke a lot; but now he doesn’t any more.
23/ Money is ______________ for storing wealth.
III. Supply the correct word form.
1/ Violence is not the best ______________ to an argument. (solve)
2/ Not long ago, I was ______________ to a famous artist. (introduce)
3/ Toys are necessary for the mental ______________ of children. (grow)
4/ It is ______________ to have short hair nowadays. (fashion)
5/ The ______________ of his wife was a great blow to him. (lose)
6/ The planets of our ______________ systems are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. (sun)
7/ Your rice field is more ______________ than ours. (produce)
8/ An ______________ man has stolen all our money. (know)
9/ In some places, the weather changes so quickly that it’s very ______________ (predict)
10/ They all passed their exams without the slightest ______________. (difficult)

IV. Supply the correct verb tense or form.
1/ I don’t think your brother (enjoy) ___________ the party. He (keep) ___________ looking at his watch. –Oh, I’m sure he (enjoy) ___________ it. He always (enjoy) ________ your partites. I (know) __________ he (want) ___________ (be) _________ home early tonight because he (expect) ___________ an important phone call.
2/ I wish (apply) ___________ for the post of clerk in the World Tours Travel Company. I (be) ___________ 18 years old and (attend) ___________ Greenhill College from 1984 to 1988. I (pass) ___________ my School Certificate in History, Geography, Science, Maths and Arabic. Then I (get) ___________ a job as a junior typist in the New Asia Export Company.
I can speak a little English but I am much better at (read) ___________ books and letters in English. I (know) ___________ how (use) ___________ a calculator and I am good at maths.
I (be) ___________ able to get on well with different kinds of people and I (like) ___________ hard work. I (look) ___________ forward to (hear) ___________ from you soon.
V. Rewrite the following sentences.
1/ Nam spends 2 hours a day doing the mathematical exercises.
( It takes
2/ We have to notice the teacher’s explanation.
( We have to pay
3/ This painting is very expensive.
( What
4/ I wanted to