The second semester test of English 8

The second semester test of English 8
School year 2009 – 2010 ( Time 45 minutes)

I,Choose the best answers to these sentences by circling A, B, C or D(2M)
1.He isn’t __________ to drive a car.
A. enough old B. old enough C. too young D. young enough
2.Please answer the phone when it ___________
A. is ringing B. ringing C. rang D. rings
3.The Prime Minister ____________ on TV tonight.
A. will speak B. is speaking C. speaks D. speaking
4.Don’t worry about us. We can ____________ ourselves
A. look B. look for C. look after D. look at
5The old man asked me if I ___________ a flying saucer.
A. have ever seen B. had ever seen C. ever saw D. have ever been seeing
6Have you decided ___________ to cook for dinner this evening?
A. who B. whom C. why D. what
7.Don’t touch that chair. It _____________
A. has just been painted B. is being painted C. is painted D. was painted
8.I can’t stand Jack. He _____ always ______ his dirty dishes on the table.
A. does/leave B. has/left C. is/leaving D. was/leaving
9.When I arrived at the station, Mary ___________ for me
A. waited B. waits C. is waiting D. was waiting
10.Why don’t you ___________ your hat? It’s sunny today.
A. put on B. put out C. take off D. take on
11.Floods and droughts can easily _________ a harvest.
A. harmful B. destroy C. kill D. change
12.To remember the words you have learned, you have to _______ them often.
A. repeat B. revise C. replace D. rewrite
13.You are always late. You need a(n) _________ to wake you up earlier.
A. alarm clock B. watch C. answering machine D. clock
14.I am sure that they will tell us about ____________
A. myself B. themselves C. ourselves D. himself
15.I ‘m delighted _________ you passed your exam.
A. that B. to C. in order to D. so that
16.The flight __________ at 6.00 has been delayed.
A. leave B. leaves C. leaving D. left

II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:.(3M)
1. Listen to those people over there ! What language they ……………..(speak)?
2. Where you (go) ……………..if you had a lot of money?
3. Did you advise him (join)………… in the talent contest ?
4. We ( go ) …………. To the concert tonight.
5. It (not/ rain)………………. much in our country in winter.
6. We (make) ……………..to work hard last week by the teacher.
7. My brother enjoys (listen) ………………..to stories about UFOs.
8. When I got to the station, my pen pal (wait) ………………for me.
9. Nothing (do) ……………since I moved here.
10. She ( walk ) home from work when she ( see) ……………………..the accident.
11..From now on , I (try ) ................................... to do things better.



12.He spends most of his free time (lie )........................ on the couch and (watch )..................TV.
13. Sad movies always make me (cry )................................
14. The car ( be ) ready for him by the time he ( come ) tomorow.
15. I can’t help (laugh ).......................................when I see that clown.
16. The police are trying ( catch )…………………. the burglar.
17. This machine used to (start )................................... by hands.
18. I’ll remember (send )........................................you a postcard when I reach London.

III,Use the prompts to rewrite the sentences with the same meanings.(2M)
1.France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
( The Statue ..................................................................................................
2. “ Do you know the name of the person who first climbed Mount Everest ?”, he said
( He asked me .............................................................................................
3. She last ate this kind of food in January .
( She hasn’t ...................................................
4. Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure .
( My brother enjoys .......................................
5. Have you ever played a computer game before ?