Bộ đề trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh lớp 8 (học kỳ I) - Unit 8: Country Life and City Life

Bộ đề trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh lớp 8 (học kỳ I) 
UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE 
TEST 1 
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently 
from the others. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. a. away 
a. urban 
a. supply 
a. strain 
a. drought b. facility 
b. po1lution 
b. typhoon 
b.air 
b. although c. migrant 
c. ruler 
c. facility 
c. rain 
c. cough d. nature 
d. supermarket 
d. try 
d. entertainment 
d. neighbor 
II. Choose the word or phrae that best completes each unfinished 
sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
6. The game _______ at two o’clock tomorrow. 
a. has started b. is going to start c. start d. is starting 
7. Is your English _______ better? 
a. get b. got c. getting d. geting 
8. I feel much _______ now that the exams are over. 
a. more relaxed b. more relaxing c. relaxer d. relax 
9. I think this milk is turning_______. 
a. sour b. sourly c. sourness d. more sourly 
10. Our new car is a little __than our old one, but still fits easily into the 
garage. 
a. wide b. wider c. widder d. widely 
11. _____ the piano, but also the violins. 
a. Not only she plays b. She not only plays 
c. Neither she plays d. She plays either 
12. Italy ______ France in tomorrow’s final. 
a. has played b. played c.is playing d. play 
13.People used to believe that the world was flat. 
a. think b. say c. claim d.hear 
14.______is a longtime when there is not enough rain. 
a. Storm b. Drought c. Typhoon d.Flood 
15.Strawberries are_____at the moment. 
a. a lot of b. plentiful c. much d.many 
 III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard 
English. 
16. I have to get up early tomorrow because I will teach a physics class at 
3.00 
A B C 
in the morning. 
D 
17. The situation is already very badly and it is getting worse. 
A B C D 
18. I enjoy not only reading novels but also magazines. 
A B C D 
19. She actually prefers do things by herself. 
A B C D 
20. Is the boat from Hai Phong arriving on 10.30? 
A B C D 
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank 
spaces. 
I live (21) _____ Romania, in the (22) _____. My school is about one 
kilometer (23) _____ from my home. My sister goes to school (24) 
_____bike every morning, but I haven’t got a bike, so I go (25) ______ foot. 
It only (26) _____ about fifteen minutes, and it’s good exercise. 
21. a. in b. at c. on d. from 
22. a. country b. countryside c. city life d. a & b 
23. a. apart b. away c. 0 d. b & c 
24. a. by b. with c. on d. of 
25. a. by b. with c. on d. of 
26. a. has b. takes c. last d. all are correct 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that 
best answers each of the questions about it. 
The place where I live is a village. It is called North Thoresby. North 
Thoresby used to be a big village, but now it is quite small. These days, only 
about four hundred people live here. A lot of families have left the village. 
They have gone to work in larger towns and cities where there are more 
jobs. 
I like our village because it is small and quiet. But my older sister doesn’t 
like it. It isn’t exciting enough for her. She prefers to live in a large city, 
where there are more cinemas and discos and teenagers. 
27. North Thoresby______ . 
a. is a city b. is a village 
c. is the place where the author of the passage lives d. b & c are correct 
28.Nowadays,______ . 
a. only about four hundred people live in North Thoresby 
b. North Thoresby is a big village 
c. North Thoresby is a small village 
d. a & c are correct 
29.What does the word ‘they’ in line 4 refer to? 
a. villages b. days c. people d. families 
30.We can replace the word ‘quiet’ in line 6 with_____ . 
a. ‘peaceful’ b. ‘crowded’ c. ‘noisy’ d. ‘nice’ 
31.Which of the following is not true? 
a. The author’s sister doesn’t like to live in North Thoresby. 
b. The author likes to live in larger cities because there are more jobs in the 
cities. 
c. The author’s sister prefers to live in a large city. 
d. Many families have left the village. 
TEST 2 
I.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently 
from the others. 
1.a. traffic b. relative c. tragedy d. jam 
2.a. apartment b. offer c. prefer d. another 
3.a. nature b. pressure c. urban d. supply 
4.a. create b. peacefuI c. increas d. easily 
5.a. accessible b. pressure c. illness d. success 
II.Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished 
sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
6.I’m sorry, but I can’t come for dinner because I_____ to York tonight. 
a. has driven b. drives c. drove d. am driving 
7.That child is getting_____ every day. 
a. big b. bigger c. biggest d. biger 
8.It’s becoming_____ to go out alone at night. 
a. danger b. dangerous c. dangerously d. dangerousness 
9.The number of cars on the road_____ . 
a. increase b. is increasing 
c. are going to increase d. are increasing 
10. It has been the____ day in London for 35 years. 
a. hoter b. hotter c. hotest d .hottest 
11. The giraffe is _____ the man. 
a. taller than b. tall than c. tallest than d. the tallest than 
12. I’ve lost my keys. Can you help me to look _____ them? 
a. for b. at c. after d. Forward 
13. The heavy rain has caused_____ in many parts of the country. 
a. storms b. droughts c. typhoons d. floods 
14. Living in the country is not expensive. And it isn’t complex,¬¬¬_____ . 
a. either b. too c. neither d. so 
15. There’s usually a lot of traffic at this time of day. 
a. all the cars, etc that are on a road b. movement 
c. means of transport d. transportation 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard 
English. 
16. He is always getting angrily about something. 
A B C D 
17. We are arriving on Ha Noi in the late afternoon. 
A B C D 
18. She is a famous musician so well as being a photographer. 
A B C D 
19. He worked hard in order to getting good grades. 
A B C D 
20. Richer countries could do more to help poorest countries. 
A B C D 
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. 
We live in Yorkshire, (21) ____ a farm in the country. The farmhouse is 
quite an old (22) ____. It’s about 250 years old, I think. There aren’t many 
houses near us. There’s a pub in the village about three miles (23)_____, but 
we’re over twenty miles from the (24) ____ town. That,can (25)_____ 
difficult for shopping, but we love it here. It’s very (26)____, there’s no 
traffic, and the view is wonderful. 
21. a. on 
22. a. flat 
23. a. apart 
24. a. near 
25. a. be 
26. a. quite b. in 
b. apartment 
b. away 
b. nearer 
b.is 
b.quiet c.at 
c. room 
c. far 
c. nearest 
c. are 
c. peaceful d. a&c 
d. building 
d. from 
d. most near 
d. was 
d. b&c 
 V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that 
best answers each of the questions about it. 
My name is Julia. I’m fifteen years old and I live in Winchester. It isn’t a 
large town, and the streets are very narrow. Lots of people come into the 
town every day for work and for shopping. Most of them come by car. The 
traffic is very noisy and there’s a lot of air pollution. Sometimes it is hard to 
breathe. Often, there are traffic jams. 
Some of my friends think we should build more roads. Others think we 
should ban cars from the center of Winchester. Others think more people 
should travel by bus. I think people should use bicycles or walk. 
27. How old is Julia? 
a. 13 b. 14 c. 15 d. 16 
28. Winchester _____ . 
a. is a large town b. has very narrow streets 
c. is an old town d. a & b are correct 
29. The word ‘them’ in line 3 refers to_____ . 
a. towns b. streets c. people d. cars 
30. The word ‘hard’ in line 5 has the same meaning as the word_____ . 
a. ‘easy’ b. ‘difficult’ c. ‘dangerous’ d. ‘convenient’ 
31. Which of the following is not true? 
a. Some of the author’s friends think they should build more roads. 
b. The author thinks people should use bicycles or walk. 
c. There’s no air pollution in Winchester. 
d. Many people come into the town every day.