PRACTICE UNIT 10 (G8)

Grade 8 UNIT 10 : RECYCLING


Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. math B. scatter C. package D. metal
A. smell B. press C. melt D. refill
A. those B. clothes C. shopping D. envelope
A. down B. throw C. nowadays D. how
A. fields B. plants C. trees D. newspapers
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
Every few weeks new satellites________into orbit.
A. are put B. is put C. are putted D. is putted
You ought to give up smoking because it is harmful to your health.
A. should B. could C. may D. am going to
Try to________the amount of fat in your diet.
A. reuse B. refill C. reduce D. recycle
It is________to park in the center of Newtown.
A. impossible B. impossibility C. impossibilities D. impossibly
I am delighted________you passed your exam.
A. that B. to C. in order to D. so that
We will begin________a brief discussion of the problems.
A. from B. with C. at D. on
Tree leaves________to wrap things.
A. should used B. should be used C. should been used D. should be use
________is a wonderful natural fertilizer.
A. Compost B. Plastic C. Envelope D. Garbage
Glass is broken up, melted and made into new________.
A. silverware B. hardware C. ironware D. glassware
Is the rubbish________every day?
A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. be collected
In 1876, the telephone ________first introduced by Bell and Watson.
A. was B. is C. has been D. had been
It’s important ________wildlife in the area.
A. to conserve B. conserving C. conservation D. conserve
Japan ________40% of its waste every year.
A. reuses B. recycles C. refill D. broken
We were delighted________your letter yesterday.
A. to get B. got C. getting D. get
Sooner or later a satellite ________by a large piece of rubbish.
A. will destroy B. will destroyed C. will be destroyed D. will been destroyed
Let’s play tennis instead of ________television.
A. watch B. watching C. watches D. to watch
Everything depends on what you mean________the word “free”.
A. about B. by C. of D. for
We should use________bags instead of plastic bags.
A. cloth B. clothe C. clothed D. clothing
Beer________for breakfast in England years ago.
A. used be drunk B. used to be drunk C. used to drunk D. used to be drank
I________some rice on the floor of the chicken coop. [coop: cage for poultry]
A. scattered B. grew C. threw away D. raised

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
You will be gave a present when you go to the party next Saturday.
A B C D
It is unhealthily to live in many of the world’s cities.
A B C D
We began the meeting by a discussion about recycling.
A B C D
Miss Blake is one of the represents from Friends of the Earth.
A B C D
Climate change is causing the polar ice cap melting.
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are in Class B, Year 8 at Stonehouse School. Every year our class goes (21)_______an adventure holiday. This year we would like (22)___your center. We are planning (23)____ away for the first week in May, arriving on Friday 2 May. There will be 15 boys and 15 girls in our party, and two teachers. We are (24)______in sailing, rock climbing, canoeing, and map-reading. Can you send us information about your center?
We look forward (26)______from you.
Yours faithfully,
Class B
A. in B. at