Bài tập ôn tập bài 8 Tiếng anh lớp 8

UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE

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.

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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

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