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SECOND TERM TEST FOR GRADE 8 (N0 1)

I. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Pollution has not caused a lot of deaths worldwide yet.
2. Heart disease, lung cancer and stroke are caused by pollution.
3. India and China had the lowest number of pollution-related deaths.
4. Pollution threatens fundamental human rights, such as the right to life, health, wellbeing, and safe work.
5. There have been 800,000 worldwide deaths caused by pollution in the workplace.
II. Find the word that has different stress pattern in each line.
6. A. domestic B. possible C. physical D. musical
7. A. refugee B. trainee C. Japanese D. engineer
8. A. physiography B. alternatively C. criminology D. unsuccessfully
9. A. repetitive B. electrical C. priority D. energetic
10. A. unhelpful B. unusual C. imprecise D. imperfect
III. Find the words with the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.
11. A. prepares B. erupts C. stops D. photographs
12. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood
13. A. looked B. suggested C. minded D. decided
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
14. A forest fire ________ quickly and ________ many trees.
A. raged/ killed B. burst/ harmed C. spread/ destroyed D. occurred/ cooked
15. The tornado caused a massive ________ to the town.
A. destruction B. extension C. danger D. mishap
16. Hemp was grown throughout history ________ its versatility; it can be used to make many different things.
A. due to B. because C. since D. as a result
17. Global warming ________ if there weren't too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A. won’t happen B. didn’t happen C. wouldn’t happen D. happened
18. Passengers __________ to smoke in the train.
A. are not allowed B. had not allowed C. has not allowed D. will not allow
19. A powerful __________ off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high and killed at least 113 people.
A. earthquake B. tornado C. tsunami D. landslide
20. I ___________ a cup of tea before I left for my office.
A. have B. have had C. had had D. will have
21. “I'll give you your money back tomorrow.”
A. She promised me to give the money back the next day.
B. She promised to give me back the money the next day.
C. She promised to give me back your money the next day.
D. She promised to give you back your money the next day.
V. Put the words in the correct form.
22. Dumping ________ waste into the lakes and rivers has caused serious water pollution. INDUSTRY
23. We'll take the early ________ from Sydney to Wellington. FLY
24. Here are several _________ proven studies that describe how to keep fit. SCIENCE
25. WWF is committed to saving _________ animals such as black rhino, leatherback turtle and saola.
DANGER
VI. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.
NASA announced plans that are out of this world - literally! The space agency hopes to (26) _____ humans to
the moon again by 2020. NASA hopes to make a giant leap - back to the moon. Back in 2005, the U.S. space
agency announced its plan to send four astronauts to the moon (27) _____ the next 15 years.
NASA officials say the moon is just the first step. They hope future missions will take astronauts to Mars and
beyond. “We will return to the moon no later than 2020 and extend the human presence across the (28) _____
system and beyond,” says Michael Griffin, the head of NASA. So far, the moon is the only place beyond Earth
that humans have visited. At 226,000 miles away, the moon is Earth's (29) _______ space neighbour.
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first astronauts to land on the moon.
They traveled there aboard Apollo 11. When Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he spoke these famous words:
“That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” During NASA's Apollo program, 12 American
astronauts explored the lunar terrain. The last U.S. trip to the moon (30) ______ in December 1972.
26. A. send B. sending C. sent D. have sent
27. A. for B. at C. on D. within
28. A. science B. planet C. solar D. life
29. A. closest B. closer C. closely D. as close as
30. A. finished B. had finished C. finishes D. will be finishing
VII. Read the following passage about tornadoes and choose the best answer.
Tornadoes
Did you ever see the movie The Wizard of Oz? A tornado sweeps up Dorothy and Toto, sending them to a new
world where there are witches and talking lions! That entire story is fiction, but tornadoes are real and they are
serious business. In fact, they can be the most dangerous storms of all.
Tornadoes are sometimes referred to as twisters or cyclones. They are shaped like a cylinder. They are born in
thunderclouds. The winds inside a tornado swirl around and around and can be more than 300 miles per hour
(mph). The winds are so strong that tornadoes can lift animals, cars, and even houses.
The United States has more tornadoes than any other country in the world. States such as Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas, and Nebraska are hit hard by tornadoes. This part of the country is known as “Tornado Alley.” Tornado
season is during the springtime and summer. If the conditions are right, a tornado can happen any time of year.
31. Where do tornadoes begin?
A. in the ocean B. underground C. in cyclones D. in thunderclouds
32. Why does the author mention The Wizard of Oz at the beginning of the passage?
A. To give a famous example of a tornado. B. To give a history of tornadoes.
C. To show that hurricanes are not real. D. To explain why tornadoes are dangerous.
33. Based on the passage, people who live in Tornado Alley should ___________.
A. expect tornadoes only during the summer. B. be very familiar with the movie The Wizard of Oz.
C. be prepared for the dangers of tornadoes. D. think about moving to the United States.
34. The word conditions in the last paragraph means ___________.
A. preparations B. dangerous hazards C. the way things are D. lucky feelings
35. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Some states get tornadoes more than other states.
B. Tornadoes are dangerous storms that affect the U.S.
C. Tornadoes are different from how they are in movies.
D. Many tornadoes do not cause a lot of damage.
VIII. Rewrite the sentences using the word given in brackets.
36. I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly.
=> If ________________________________________
37. You had better not lend him any more money, Amanda" said John.
=> John advised Amanda ________________________
38. Many natural disasters have been caused by global warming.
=> Global warming _____________________________
39. Talking to your family members every day is very important.
=> It is ___________________________________________
40. “Is your uncle working as a pilot for NASA?” Julia asked me.
=> Julia asked _____________________________________

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SECOND TERM TEST FOR GRADE 8 (N0 2)
I. Listen and fill in each blank with no more than three words or numbers.
1. The speaker mentions ________ questions at the beginning of the listening.
2. The Earth looks so beautiful from space with _____________.
3. __________ is just a red, hot ball, pretty much the same as Mars.
4. The speaker used to learn that __________ was a planet.
5. There are now only __________ planets in our solar system.
II. Find the words with the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.
6. A. prehistoric B. economic C. linguistic D. optimistic
7. A. government B. celebrate C. nominee D. popular
8. A. imbecile B. impossible C. uncommon D. unhappy
III. Find the word that has different stress pattern in each line.
9. A. tool B. moon C. soon D. cook
10. A. crossed B. followed C. fluttered D. happened
11. A. tear B. bear C. hear D. fear
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
12. Some documents say that people __________ the Glastonbury Festival since the beginning of the 19th
century.
A. celebrated B. were celebrating C. have celebrated D. celebrate
13. The flight number 781 to Melbourne __________ at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
A. arrives B. is arriving C. has arrived D. will arrive
14. - How is your holiday in New Zealand? - __________.
A. Really B. Awesome C. Absolutely right D. Sure
15. All the villages ___________ to safe areas before midnight last night.
A. evacuated B. were evacuated C. had evacuated D. had been evacuated
16. I'd be over the moon if I ___________ a chance to go to Disneyland in California.
A. have B. had C. will have D. would have
17. You should talk to your dad first because that fridge __________ not be suitable for your family.
A. can B. may C. need D. ought
18. She doesn’t have the doctor's telephone number to book a(n) ________ with him.
A. ticket B. appointment C. lunch set D. seat
19. The 21st century has already seen considerable ___________ in computer technology.
A. progress B. progressing C. progresses D. process
20. What are you going to do next summer?" she asked.
A. She asked us what we were going to do the following summer.
B. She asked us what I was going to do the following summer.
C. She asked us what were we going to do the following summer.
D. She asked us what we was going to do the following summer.
V. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences.
21. The first experiment was __________, so we need to do another one. (SUCCEED)
22. The __________ between Vietnam and America is good. (FRIEND)
23. A lot of _________ to people and assets was left after a hurricane. (damage)
VI. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it.
24. It is reported that six people trapped in collapsed buildings have freed so far.
25. Everyone should be extreme worried about the hole in the ozone layer.
VII. 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 (26) _______ as many smaller islands. New Zealand is 268,000 square kilometres, about
the same size as the United Kingdom.
There are four main cities. Auckland, in the north, is the largest city with a population (27) _______ 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 (28) _______ place to live.
Although Wellington is the capital, the centre of government, it is smaller and (29) _______ 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 (30) _______ to a small Scottish city.
26. A. good B. well C. better D. same
27. A. of B. with C. to D. from
28. A. excitement B. excited C. exciting D. excite
29. A. more quiet B. quietly C. most quiet D. quieter
30. A. compared B. to compare C. been compared D. comparing
VIII. Read the following passage about tornadoes and choose the best answer.
Telephones help people speak to one another when they are apart. For more than a hundred years, nearly every
telephone was a landline. A landline telephone is one that needs to be connected by a wire to a network of other
telephones. Because of the wires, people could not take those telephones with them when they left their homes
or offices.
What if you had to make a call while you were away from home? You had to find a pay phone. Pay phones are
landlines found in public places. Many pay phones are on the street. You can make a call from inside a glass or
metal space called a phone booth. Once you are inside the booth, you put coins into a slot in the phone to make
a call.
Telephones have seen a lot of progress. Today, many people carry cell phones. Cell phones do not need to be
connected with wires. They can be used almost anywhere and can fit in an adult's hand.
Many cell phones sold today are smart phones. A smart phone is a cell phone that has lots of computer-style
features. For example, people use smart phones to check e-mail and go on the Internet. And all that can be done
using something small enough to carry in a pocket!
31. What is a landline telephone?
A. a telephone that can be carried around in your pocket and used anywhere
B. a telephone that can be used in a public place
C. a telephone that needs to be connected by a wire to a network of other telephones
D. a telephone that can be used to check e-mail and go on the Internet
32. The article describes an example of a landline. What is an example of a landline?
A. a pay phone B. a smart phone C. a cell phone D. a mobile phone
33. Pay phones are probably not used as much today as they were in the past. What piece of evidence supports
this conclusion?
A. Many people today carry cell phones, which can be used almost anywhere.
B. Payphones are landlines that can be found in public places.
C. People could not take landlines with them when they left their homes.
D. People put coins into a slot in the pay phone to make a call.
34. What might be a reason that cell phones were invented?
A. People wanted to be able to make calls from their homes or offices.
B. People wanted to be able to make calls away from home without finding a pay phone.
C. People wanted to be able to speak to one another when they were apart.
D. People wanted to be able to speak and see each other from far distance.
35. What is the main idea of this article?
A. Telephones are used to keep people apart as much as possible.
B. Cell phones are much less useful than landlines and pay phones.
C. Landlines and pay phones still play an important part in the world nowadays.
D. Telephones have been used for many years, and they have changed a lot over time.
IX. Rewrite the sentences using the word given in brackets.
36. They will widen the gate to let the cars run into the yard easily.
=> The gate ___________________________________________
37. I can't come because I have to help my dad with something.
=> If I ________________________________________________
38. As soon as we got on the plane, the pilot told us to get off again.
=> We had just _________________________________________
39. We wanted to know how they had returned to Earth.
=> “How ______________________________________________?” we asked.
40. Don't miss seeing the Opera House when you are in Sydney. (forget)
=> ___________________________________________________

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