PHUCLOI SECONDARY SCHOOL FINAL ENGLISH TEST GRADE 8

Full name: …………………… Time limit: 45 minutes

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Class: 8….. Schoolyear: 2021– 2022
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I.Listen and choose the correct words.
1. Aliens may be much bigger and more ______ than humans.
A. intelligent B. powerful C. dangerous D. helpful
2. Jupiterians may have eight _____ and be able to move very fast.
A. wings B. legs C. hands D. heads
3. They can live in temperatures of around _____ degrees Celsius.
A. 145 B. -154 C. -145 D. 541
4. They get all their energy from _______.
A. the Earth B. the Sun C. the rocks D. Mars.
5. They use _______ to communicate with each other.
A. telepathy B. signal C. code D. language
II.Circle the word which has the different word stress.
6. A. transitive B. successful C. unsuitable D. impossible

7. A. economic B. geography C.adoptee D. capability

III. Circle the word which has the different pronunciation.
8. A. returned B. finished C. walked D. laughed
9. A. effect B. erupt C. explore D. technique
IV. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences.
10. John asked _______ I wanted to live on the Moon.
A. what B. how C. whether D. who
11. They ________ for this company since they moved to London.
A. worked B. have worked C. work D. will work
12. Tomoko and Kiko said that they ___________ cycling the following day.
A. will go B. have gone C. would go D. has gone
13. At 10a.m tomorrow, we ______a video conference with our colleagues in America.
A. will be having B. are having C. will have D. have
14. The heavy rain has caused ___________in many parts of the country.
A. storms B. floods C. droughts D. tsunamis
15. Acid rain can lead ______ atmospheric pollution.
A. of B. in C. from D. to
16. By the time people ______, the storm ________.
A. woke up/ had calmed down B. woke up / calmed down
C. had woken up / calmed down D. had woken up / had calmed down.
17. If you were the president, what ………….. you do to help the environment?
A. will B. did C. would D. do
18. Nam hopes ___________ the exam next Friday.
A. to pass B. passing C. pass D. will pass
19. Many people ________ because of a storm last night.
A. injure B. injured C. have injured D. were injured
V. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Find it.
20. Hoa said that she will attend a science course the following day.
 A B C D
21.Development in medical science helps people live longer in the future.
A B C D

VI. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage.

Michael Faraday, the great English physicist was born ....(22)... 1791 in London. His family ...
(23)... very poor and he didn’t learn much. When he was 14, he worked in a bookshop where he
had a good chance to read books. He ....(24).... to some talks about science. One day Michael
went to a talk by Humphry Davy, England’s greatest scientist of the time. He liked his talks
very much, and ....(25).... months later he became Davy’s laboratory assistant. Like Davy, he
became....(26)....in electricity. He spent a lot of time studying it and at last he saw that
electricity could be made by a machine. He died in 1867.
22. A. on B. at C. in D. since
23. A. is B. was C. been D. be
24. A. go B. use to go C. used to go D. used to going
25. A. much B. a few C. little D. a little
26. A. interests B. interested C. interesting D. interest
Choose the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of following
questions
27. What benefits does TV bring about to people's life?
A. difficulties B. advantages C. disadvantages D. pictures
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of following
questions
28. The water in this lake is polluted because of the industrial wastes from that factory.
A. clean B. contaminated C. dirty D. unwell
Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following exchanges.
29.Hoa: "Congratulations! You've passed the driving test." ~ Mai: "_______ "
A. Many thanks B. No, I don't think so C. Sorry, I don't D. Not at all
VII. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow
Thomas Alva Edison was born in Ohio in 1847. As a child, he received less than a year of
formal schooling, but was educated at home. His parents allowed him to set up a laboratory in
their basement and his mother gave him books about chemistry and electronics. Edison credits
his mother as being ‘the making’ of him.
In 1878, Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp
and on October 14, 1878, Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric
Lights". In 1879 he created a successful incandescent light bulb. This was his hardest project –
from 1877 to 1880, Edison and his assistants tried around 3000 experiments to perfect their
light bulb design. By the end of 1880, Edison had produced a bulb that lasted 1500 hours. This
discovery marked the beginning of commercially manufactured light bulbs and in 1880,
Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company began marketing its new product.
30. When was Edison born?
A. in 1878 B. in 1847 C. in 1877 D. in 1500
31. Where was Edison’s laboratory?
A. at his school B. in a company C. in the city D. in their basement
32. How many hours did the 1880 bulb last?
 A. 3000 B. 1500 C. 1880 D. 1878
33. What does the word “its” in the last sentence refer to?
A. Thomas Edison’s company B. Thomas Edison’s patent
C. Thomas Edison’s invention D. Thomas Edison’s discovery
34. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A brief history of the light bulb B. The early life of Thomas Edison
C. Family of Thomas Edison D. Thomas Edison’s company
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given in the brackets.
35. “ I am decorating our house now “ Tom said.
=> Tom said that...........................................................................................................................
36. “ Did you come to the party last night ? “ He asked Hoa.
=> He asked Hoa...........................................................................................................................
37. We bought a new car last week.
=> A new car……………..............................................................................................................
38. The noise from the music club is loud, so the residents of the street cannot sleep.
=> Because of ……………………………………………………………………………………
39. “ Which grade will you be next year? Ba asked.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………………
40. We won’t go camping because the weather is bad. =>If …………………………………