Test 4 Unit 1 Grade 8

Test 4
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. classmate b. character c. grade d. place 2. a. enough b. extremely c. generous d. planet 3. a. lucky b. volunteer c. sun d. public 4. a. brown b. however c. know d. town 5. a. reserved b. received c. booked d. annoyed II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 6. The River Amazon ____ into the Atlantic Ocean. a. flow b. flows c. flew d. is flowing 7. My sister and I______ the cartoons on TV every Saturday last summer.
a. watch b. watched c. watches d. watching 8. I don’t have enough money _____ for a taxi. a. to pay b. for paying c. for pay d. paying 9. Surely 15 minutes is enough time ______ a. for you to have a bath b. to you for having a bath c. to you to have a bath d. for you for having a bath 10. This is my _____ ear. - I’m rather deaf in the other one. a. best b. well c. perfectly d. good 11. He prefers ______
a. go for a swim to study b. going for a swim to study c. going for a swim to studying d. go for a swim to studying 12. Each of the rooms _____ a different color. a. has b. have c. have had d. are having 13. He rarely shows his feelings. He’s rather_______ . a. reserved b. sociable c. humorous d. helpful 14. The audience didn’t laugh ______ his joke. a. at b. on c. to d. for 15. He worked as a volunteer_______ Ox-farm.
a. at b. for c. to d. with III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital. A B C D 17. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday. A B C D
18. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough. A B C D 19. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family. A B C D 20. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper. A B C D IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Luis, I’m your new pen friend! My first name is Andy and my (21) _________is Wong. I’m from Cheadle, in the north of England, and I’m sixteen (22) ____old. I’m fairly tall, with (23) ______. And I wear glasses. I enjoy (24) _____jokes and my friends usually enjoy my sense of (25) ______. The name of my school is Cheadle Comprehensive School, and I’m (26) ___Year 8. There (27) __thirty-one students in my class. My favorite subject is Geography and my (28) __sport is tennis. Best wishes, Andy 21. a. second name b. middle name c. family name d. nickname 22. a. year b. years c. 0 d. a &b are correct 23. a. short curly black hair b. black short curly hair c. short black curly hair d. black curly short hair 24. a. tell b. to tell c. telling d. to telling 25. a. humor b. humorous c. humorously d. humorousness 26. a. in b. on c. at d. of 27. a. is b. are c. has