TEST #1 FOR GRADE 8 (ADVANCED)

TEST#1 (45’)
1. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. thankful B. without C. these D. although
2. A. nation B. machine C. shoes D. division
3. A. job B. division C. measure D. pleasure
4. A. realize B. reality C. real D. realistic
5. A. influence B. disgusting C. hungry D. junk
6. A. good B. mood C. noon D. pool

2. Choose the word whose stress is different from the rest:
1. A. particular B. inventory C. participation D. participant
2. A. expand B. exit C. exhaust D. exam
3. A. introduction B. television C. graduation D. reputation
4. A. political B. historical C. practical D. identical
5. A. interrupt B. entertain C. volunteer D. encounter
6. A. original B. ability C. variety D. temperature

3. Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
The Kemp family lived (1)……………….door to me. They were interesting and intelligent people, but they (2)……………………always getting into some sort of trouble. It was usually either illness (3)……………………accident, but they were other things too. Their house (4)……………………fire twice, and twice the whole family had to stay (5)…………… me while repairs were made. The Kemps were always losing things, important things (6)……………………money or keys. Pictures often fell off the (7)……………………in their house; the children often fell out of their (8)……………….at night. I (9)……………..to wake up in the mornings and think:” what strange thing will (10)………………..in that family today?”
4. Choose the best words to fill in the blanks:
GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is an independent organization that campaigns to protect the environment. It has approximately 4.5 million members worldwide in 158 countries, 300,000 of these in the United Kingdom. (1)………………….in North America in 1971, it has since opened office round the world. As (2)……………….as its campaigning (3)………………….., it also has a charitable trust which (4)……………………scientific research and (5)……………………educational projects on environmental issues. Greenpeace (6)……………… in non- violent direct action. Activists (7)…………………….public attention to serious threats to the environment. (8) …………………….issues on which the organization is campaigning include the atmosphere (global warming), the (9)……………………of the rainforests and toxic (10)…………………..being emitted from factories.
1. A. built B. produced C. invented D. formed
2. A. long B. well C. good D. far
3. A. work B. job C. occupation D. position
4. A. pays B. funds C. rewards D. earns
5. A. undertakes B. engages C. commits D. enters
6. A. accepts B. believes C. holds D. depends
7. A. get B. pay C. draw D. take
8. A. current B. recent C. immediate D. next
9. A. ruin B. extinction C. destruction D. downfall
10. A. leftovers B. litter C. rubbish D. waste

5. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word in block capitals:
1. CONFIDENCE this matter is very……………………….Don’t discuss it outside the office.
2. POISON Those berries are…………………..Don’t eat them!
3. PRIDE He was very …………………of the work he had done.
4. POPULAR recently, health foods have increased in………………………
5. SAVE the old lady hid all her ………………………under the floor.
6. HARM the gas from the chemical factory was extremely…………………..
7. MANAGE the restaurant is now under…………………………….
8. INDUSTRY ants and bees are described as………………..insects.
9. SATISFY your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your complete………………………..