Test

Test of English 8 < from unit 1 to unit 16 >
I, Phonetics
1. A. annoy B. character C. assistant D. agree
2. A. conduct B. socket C. pronunciation D. academic
3. A. recycle B. memory C. injection D. stretcher
4. A. husk B. sunbathe C. surround D.son
5. A. microwave B. wire C. facsimile D. itinerary
II, Stress pattern
6. A. award B. council C. jolly D. bother
7. A. departure B. gallery C. overhead D. heritage
8. A. canoe B. brochure C. prison D. typhoon
9. A. manufacture B. helicopter C. competition D. decompose
10. adequate B. emergency C. permanently D. demonstrate
III, Prepositions
11. A school______________ a library has opened in my city .
12. You can send messages _______________ telephone line.
13. People often gather _____________ Christmas Eve .
14. They became famous ____________ the 1800s.
15. What do you often do _______________ Christmas ?
16. How many people participate ____________ this event ?
17. Are you free ___________ Sunday evening ?
18. Is it hot ___________ summer in your country ?
19. What is your form teacher __________ ?
20. He fell __________ deep water .
IV, Form of verb
21. I < not see > her since we left school _________________________
22. What your son often < do > in his free time ? _________________________
23. He < work > at the moment . _________________________
24. We < go > to bed late last night . _________________________
25. I < pay > for my goods when someone called my name . _________________________
26. She < not meet > you tomorrow . _______________________
27. I would rather you < not make > noise in class . _______________________
28.Do you mind if I the window ? _______________________
29. I love the pictures < paint > by your teacher . _______________________
30. The woman < stand > there is my aunt . _______________________
V, Form of word
31. You have a ____________ house. < love >
32. He was ____________ to fail the exam . < luck >
33. Do you remember his _____________ < appear >
34. You should have made _______________ before hand . < arrange >
35. Computer is one of the greatest _______________ of the 20th century. < invent >
36. He played _____________ last year . < success >
37. We discussed for hours but we couldn’t reach an _______________. < agree >
38. Our environment is in _____________ now . < dangerous >
39. You must be careful with _____________ sockets. < electricity >
40. We can’t use this . It is completely ___________ . < suit >
VI, Fill in each blank in the passage with one suitable word
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in <41>____________ city of Pisa , Italy. About twenty years <42>______________ he attended the university <43>______________ Pisa . At first he wanted to become
a doctor ,<44>____________ while he was there he became interested in science and decided to become a scientist . In 1592 , a year <45> ______________ his father’ s death , the university of Padua invited him to be a professor of mathematics . He stayed <46>____________ for 19 years , where he became <47>______
in the stars . He made an instrument which made far-away <48>___________look larger and easier to examine . This was called the telescope . When he was studying the stars , he <49> __________ that the stars which moved were not really stars , but world kike the earth . He proved that Copernicus was right ;
The earth and the planets indeed <50>__________around the sun.
VII, Find and correct mistakes
51. Would you mind if I staying here for a week ?__________________________________
52. He often spends six hours a day to do his homework .____________________________
53. My father was give a present when he retired .__________________________________
54. We don’t mind work late in the evening . ______________________________________
65. This house can’t build by hand .__________________________________
66. Who was invented television ?___________________________________
67. She said that she will