PRACTICE TEST – 2ND TERM – GRADE 8

I. Find the word that has a different stress pattern in each line.
1.A. intrusive B. connection C. numerous D. dramatic
2.A. implementation B. generosity C. possibility D. automatically
3.A. impair B. unhurt C. effect D. insect
4.A. valueless B. resourceful C. essential D. surprising
II. Find the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
5.A. verbal B. customer C. generous D. afternoon
6.A. connection B. creation C. information D. suggestion
7.A. table B. climb C. cube D. stab
III. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
8. Professor Colin Evers, _______ I ask a question about life on Venus?
A. can B. must C. may D. will
9. Working hours will fall to under 35 a week, __________?
A. will they B. won't they C. won't it D. will it
10. What __________ if you saw a UFO?
A. do you do B. will you do C. would you do D. did you do
11. That exercise looks difficult. I _________ you.
A. will help B. am going to help C. helped D. am helping
12. You shrug your shoulders means “__________ ”.
A. I'm happy. B. I don't know. C. I'm angry. D. Sorry. I need
to go now.
13. John managed __________ his family in England by using Zalo.
A. contact B. to contact C. contacting D. to contacting
14. They __________ about video conferences at this time next Monday.
A. will talk B. will be talking C. are talking D. are going to
talk
15. It's difficult to ___________ what the planet Earth will be like in 100 years' time.
A. imagine B. expect C. remember D. see
IV. Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.
16. The street doesn't look _attractive_ because it has a lot of rubbish. ATTRACT
17. Do you know that the telephone, the television and penicillin are Scottish
_invention_? (INVENT)
18. A _? _ is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth.
(GEOLOGY)
19. 95% of the atmosphere on Mars is carbon dioxide, which is _poisonous_ to breathe.
(POISON)
20. Do you think astronauts feel a great sense of _lonelyness_ when they travel alone in
space? (LONELY)

V. Rewrite the sentences as long as keep the similar meaning to the original one.
21. People spent more time communicating with each other in the past.
=> It took _people more time to communicate with each other in the past_.
22. He used to write letters to keep in touch with her when he lived far from her.

=> Letters used to __________?_____________.

23. How long has that phone been used by our teacher?

=> When _did our teacher used that phone__?

24. How about going on a picnic this weekend?

=> Why don't we _go on a picnic this weekend_?

25. He suggested watching a comedy.

=> “Let’s _watch a comedy_,” he said.

VI. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

New Zealand is a small country in the southern Pacific Ocean. There are two main
islands, the North Island and the South Island, as well as many smaller islands. New
Zealand is 268,000 square kilometres, about the same size as the United Kingdom.

Maori people arrived from the Pacific in the 10th century, and by the 12th century there
were many Maori settlements along the coasts of New Zealand. The Maori name for New
Zealand is Aotearoa, which means ‘the land of the long white cloud’. Seven hundred
years later, large numbers of Europeans started to settle in New Zealand. According to
Government figures, the population of New Zealand in 2015 was over four million, and
of these, about 75 percent lived in the North Island.

There are four main cities. Auckland, in the north, is the largest city with a population of
over one million people. Auckland's population includes many different nationalities. For
example, there are large groups of European, Maori, Pacific Island, Chinese and Indian
people. Together with other smaller groups, they make Auckland an interesting and
exciting place to live.

Although Wellington is the capital, the centre of government, it is smaller and quieter
than Auckland with a population of 350,000. The main cities in the South Island are
Christchurch, known as the Garden City, and Dunedin, which is often compared to a
small Scottish city.

26. Where is New Zealand located?

=> _ In the southern Pacific Ocean_

27. When did Maori people first come to New Zealand?

=> _10th century _

28. What does “Aotearoa” mean?

=> _ Means ‘the land of the long white cloud’_

29. Where do most New Zealanders live?

=> __ Auckland, in the north__

30. Why is Auckland an interesting city?

=> _ Auckland, in the north _

VII. Read and choose the correct word from the box to complete the passage. There
is an extra word:
reaches order when can hook up is
The Internet is the world's largest computer network with over 100 million users
worldwide and this number is doubling from year to year. Now, you can sit at your
computer, choose a route and arrive at your destination - that is, the information you
need. Today, from your computer, you (31) _ can _ access a library in one country, talk
to an expert on a certain topic in a second country and send your own information to
someone doing research in a third. So, we don’t know what will be next in the not-too-
distant future.

The Internet was born (32) _ when _ scientists attempted to connect the American
Defence Network to other satellite networks in (33) _ order ______ to exchange
information. Soon, scientific and educational institutions as well as research departments
became interested in linking up, and, before long, the Internet had expanded into an
international information and communication network.

The Internet now (34) _ reaches _ all the countries in the world. You can be connected to
the Internet directly through your own computer or you can (35) _ hook up_ to an access
system which allows you to use some of the Internet’s services.

VIII. Listen and match the sentence with correct letter A, B, C or D. There is an
extra option.

36. Hurricanes are ___B___

37. The reason hurricanes happen is that ___D___

38. Hurricanes often happen ___E____

39. Hurricanes can ____A_____

40. Scientists can ____C____

A. affect ships, blow down houses, cause floods and disrupt traffic.

B. tropical storms with strong winds.

C. usually track hurricanes, but they cannot stop them.

D. the water evaporates from the warm sea.

E. over the warm parts of oceans.

F. of the U.S.A, Australia, and Japan.