Test for Unit 8

UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE

TEST 1

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
a. away
a. urban
a. supply
a. strain
a. drought
b. facility
b. po1lution
b. typhoon
b.air
b. although
c. migrant
c. ruler
c. facility
c. rain
c. cough
d. nature
d. supermarket
d. try
d. entertainment
d. neighbor

II. Choose the word or phrae that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. The game _______ at two o’clock tomorrow.
a. has started b. is going to start c. start d. is starting
7. Is your English _______ better?
a. get b. got c. getting d. geting
8. I feel much _______ now that the exams are over.
a. more relaxed b. more relaxing c. relaxer d. relax
9. I think this milk is turning_______.
a. sour b. sourly c. sourness d. more sourly
10. Our new car is a little __than our old one, but still fits easily into the garage.
a. wide b. wider c. widder d. widely
11. _____ the piano, but also the violins.
a. Not only she plays b. She not only plays
c. Neither she plays d. She plays either
12. Italy ______ France in tomorrow’s final.
a. has played b. played c.is playing d. play
13.People used to believe that the world was flat.
a. think b. say c. claim d.hear
14.______is a longtime when there is not enough rain.
a. Storm b. Drought c. Typhoon d.Flood
15.Strawberries are_____at the moment.
a. a lot of b. plentiful c. much d.many
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. I have to get up early tomorrow because I will teach a physics class at 3.00
A B C
in the morning.
D
17. The situation is already very badly and it is getting worse.
A B C D
18. I enjoy not only reading novels but also magazines.
A B C D
19. She actually prefers do things by herself.
A B C D
20. Is the boat from Hai Phong arriving on 10.30?
A B C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
I live (21) _____ Romania, in the (22) _____. My school is about one kilometer (23) _____ from my home. My sister goes to school (24) _____bike every morning, but I haven’t got a bike, so I go (25) ______ foot. It only (26) _____ about fifteen minutes, and it’s good exercise.
21. a. in b. at c. on d. from
22. a. country b. countryside c. city life d. a & b
23. a. apart b. away c. 0 d. b & c
24. a. by b. with c. on d. of
25. a. by b. with c. on d. of
26. a. has b. takes c. last