PRACTICE TEST ENGLISH 8 TEST 9

I. Phonetics
a. Choose the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently
from the rest.
1. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
2. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
3. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
b.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other
4. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable
5. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence
II/ Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions
6. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
7. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
8. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
9. The building was built .........1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
10. This school..........in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
11. Of all my friends, Hoa is.............
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
12. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
13. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
14. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
15. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………….
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
16. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
17. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
18. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
19. This ruler …………….. of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
20. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school.
A. in B. of C. on D. at
III. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition.
21. She isn’t here ________________ the moment.
22. Warm clothes protect us ________________ bad weather.
23. What do you often do ________________ weekends.
24. We haven’t seen him _____________ last month.
25. He had an accident and was taken __________ hospital.
26. We regarded him ____________ a famous doctor.
27. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
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28. He borrowed $ 100 ______________ his father
29. “ Hamlet” is ____________ Shakespeare.
30. Jane fell _________ her bike and hit head on the road
IV. Fill the blanks with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided in the right
column.
31. Their children have quite _____________ characters. DIFFERENCE
32. What is the correct ______________of this word? PRONOUNCE
33. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________ COMFORT
34. She is one of the greatest ______________ to appear in this theater.
PERFORM
35. My house is on the top of a hill. It’s very __________ there in the fall WIND
36. It is _______________ to eat too much sugar and fatty food. HEALTH
37. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall CHILD
38. Bell ______________ demonstrated his invention. SUCCESS
39. Every day, there are two _________ from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. FLY
40. ______________ , dark clouds appeared and it began to rain. SUDDEN
V. Give the correct form of the verb in brackets.
41. Will you wait a minute while I (look) __ through the text ?
42. “ I hear you’ve bought a new house.” - “Yes, I ( move ) ___ in next week”
43. Look at those black clouds. It ( rain) _____
44. The film ( begin) at 7.30 or 8.00 this evening ?
45. Mai (telephone)__ you when she comes back.
46. The pens( produce ) by Thien Long Company are usually cheap and good.
47. “Do you mind if I sit here ?” – “ I ‘d rather you ( sit ) over there”
48. The price ( become ) more and more expensive these days.
49,50Mr Binh ( know) how to drive a car although he ( not learn) it yet.
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the best option, A, B, C or D.

For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the
whole idea quite terrifying, (51) _____ flying is no more dangerous (52) __________ any other
form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most
accident occurs (53) ______________ taking off and landing when a (54) _________ decisions are
vitally important.
The people, (55) _______ job is to look (56) ______________ the passengers, the stewards
and stewardesses play an important part in helping passengers to (57) ___________ safe and
comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being (58) ___________ such care of is all part of the
total experience. (59) ____________ other form of travel involves waiting for people in quite the
same (60) __________, with food, drink, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
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 51- A. although B. too C. and D. because
52- A. than B. as C. then D. with
53- A. while B. during C. for D. through
54- A. leader’s B. chief ’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s
55- A. whose B. which C. their D. that
56- A. for B. up C. after D. round
57- A. feel B. rest C. experience D. lie
58- A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken
59- A. Any B. No C. All D. Not
60- A. way B. kind C. sort D. part
VII. Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with one
suitable word only.
When I (61) ________ a child I used (62)________ go to see my grandmother. I thought
her house was (63) ________ beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a
park. (64) _______ I grew (65) __________ the house and (66) __________ seemed smaller but
I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house.
Sometimes, I played (67) _________ the doll’s house which was older than grandmother
herself. At (68) ____________ times, I looked (69)___________ books which were
(70)_________ interesting than my children’s book at home.
VIII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find it by
choosing A, B, C or D.
71. Have you ever seen a paintingof Picasso yet ?
A B C D
72. “ Do you think anyonesaw us ?” she told nervously.
A B C D
73. The plays writing by Shakespeare are very popular in the world.
A B C D
74. The employer said that he would give them a two – day trip to PhuThonext week.
A B C D
75.My sister is studying very hard in order to pass the exam and getting scholarship at
university. A B C D
IX. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given.
76. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
-> It __________________________________________________________
77. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ______________________________________________________
78. We arrived too late to see the film.
->. We didn’t ___________________________________________________
79. “Do you know to speak English?” He asked me.
->. He asked me _________________________________________________
80. The last time we met each other was ten years ago.
-> We haven’t ____________________________________________
X.Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one,
using the word given in brackets. Do not change the words in any way.
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81. It’s a long time since our last conversation. ( spoken)
 We……………………………………………………………………………
82. During dinner, the phone rang. ( I)
 When ……………………………………………………………………….
83. Please don’t open the window. ( you)
 I’d ……………………………………………………………………………
84. Has she reported that problem to the boss? ( hasn’t)
She……………………………………………………………………………

85.Tuan’s school is making him take his exams again. ( made)

Tuan……………………………………………………………………………
XI. Write full sentences about Hung King ‘s festival. Using these cues.
86.Hung Kings Temple Festival / significant/ festival/ Viet Nam (=important)

87.a public holiday in Viet Nam/ since 2007

88.held annually (thườ ngniê n)/ 10th / third lunar month

89.It/ actually/ memorial/ Hung Kings (lễ tưở ngniệ m)

90.This ceremony (nghilễ )/ organised/ to commemorate (kỉniệ m) / and/ pay

91. They/ traditional founders(ngườ isá nglậ p)/ nation/ and/ became/ first kings/ our
country

XII. “What do you usually do to celebrate your Tetfestival ?”

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Key9
Câu I/ a.
1- B 2- A 3- A
b,
4–B 2- D
Câu II/
6- A 7–C 8-D 9-A 10 – C
11 – A 12 – B 13 – D 14 – C 15 – B
16 – A 17 – B 18 – B 19 – D 20 – A
Câu III/
21 22 23 24 25
at from At/ on since to
26 27 28 29 30
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Câu IV
31 32 33 34 35
different pronunciation comfortable performers windy
36 37 38 39 40
unhealthy childhood successfully flights suddenly
Câu V/
41. am looking 46. produced
42. am goingtomove ( am moving) 47. sat
43. isgoingto rain 48. isbecoming
44. Does ...... begin 49. knows
45. willtelephone 50. hasn’tlearned/ learnt
Câu VI/
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
A A B D A C A D B A
Câu VII/
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
was to Very/as when up garden with that in more
Câu VIII/
71 72 73 74 75
C D B D C
Câu IX/
76. Ittook Peter 3 hourstorepairhishouse
77. Peoplerecycleold car tires tomakeshoes and sandals
78. wedidn’tarriveearlyenoughtoseethe film
79. He asked me if I knewtospeak EL
80. Wehaven’tmeteachotherfor 10 years
X.Complete the second sentence
81.We haven’t spoken to each other for a long time.
82. When I was having dinner, the phone rang.
83. I’d rather you didn’t open the window.
84. She has reported that problem to the boss, hasn’t she ?
Or : She hasn’t reported that problem to the boss, has she?
85. Tuan is being made to take his exams again by his school.
XI.
86.Hung Kings Temple Festival is a significant festival of Viet Nam.
87.It has been a public holiday in Viet Nam since 2007.
88.It is held annually on 10th of the third lunar month.
89.It is actually the memorial of the Hung Kings.
90.This ceremony is organised to commemorate and pay tribute to the contribution of
the Hung Kings.
91.They are the traditional founders of our nation, and they became the first kings of
our country.

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