REVISION ENGLISH 8 (1/03 - 8/03/2020) I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined
1. A. sun B. fun C. put D. unhappy 2. A. mind B. bike C. tradition D. tidy 3. A. my B. happy C. hobby D. factory
4. A. health B. team C. tea D. beach
5. A. listened B. opened C. wanted D. lived
II. Circle the words having the main stress pattern not the same as that of the others 1. A. artistic B. historic C. dramatic D. scientific
2. A. medical B. national C. chemical D. historical 3. A. athletic B. dramatic C. scientific D. heroic 4. A. medical B. hospital C. politic D. electric 5. A. chemical B. physical C. environmental D. medical 6. A. dramatic B. overhead C. century D. groundwater 7. A. thermal B. beneath C. rubbish D. earplug 8. A. affect B. billboard C. visual D. substance 9. A. aquatic B. behavior C. pollution D. permanent
10. A. affect B. father C. teacher D. picture
III. Choose the best answer1. Water pollution is the ________ in the lake has made the fish die.
A. contaminating B. contaminate C. contaminated D. contamination 2. If we ______ water carefully, more people will have fresh water.
A. will use B. would use C. using D. use
3. If the factory continues dumping poison ____ the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.
A. into B. to C. about D. in
4. ________water is one of the factors that have driven many species to the verge of extinction.
A. Contaminating B. Contaminate C. Contamination D. Contaminated 5. Too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes global ________
A. warm B. warming C. warmly D. warmth
6. It won’t be possible to save the Earth if we don’t take ________ right now.
A. action B. job C. work D. duty
7. Environmental pollution has ___________ to lots of health problems.
A. caused B. led C. made D. resulted
8. ___________ industrial waste, many fish cannot survive.
A. Because B. Since C. Because of D. As
9. To protect the environment, we should use more _______ sources of energy such as wind and solar power.
A. renewable B. reused C. reproduced D. recycled 10. According to scientists, exhaust fumes are _______ our hometown.
A. treating B. poisoning C. radiating D. measuring IV. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. If anyone will phone, tell them I’ll be back at 11:00.
A B C D
2. If you do not understand what were written in the book, you could ask Mr. Pike.
A B C D
3. A lot of people enjoy seeing ‘Titanic’ due to its sad ending
A B C D
4. There are many English spoken countries on the world.
A B C D 5. Sam will not graduate unless he doesn’t pass all the tests.
A B C D
6. Unless you pour oil on water, it will float.
A B C D
7. I will come to meet Mr. Pike and tell him about your problems if you didn’t solve them yourself.
A B C D
V. Rewrite sentences using conditional sentence type 1 and 2.
1. Keep silent or you’ll wake the baby up.
→ If ………..
2. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.
→ If……….…...….…….
3. I don’t know her number, so I don’t ring her up.
→If………...….……..
4. I don’t know the answer, so I can’t tell you.
→ If ……….………..
5. Peter is fat because he eats so many chips.
→ If………..………...…
6. They don't have time so they don't call us
→ If ………..………..
7. We don’t have enough money so we cannot buy that car
→ If ………
8. She gets bad marks because she does not study her lesson
→ If ………
VI. Combine sentences using the given words.
1. We are unable to see the stars in the sky. Light pollution occurs. (makes)
2. Glass panels, windows, lawns and roofs make light pollution worse. They reflect both artificial and sun light. (because)
3. All sounds are not noise. Noise is any sound that is unwanted and goes beyond its certain limit, for example, above 80 decibels. (because)
4. More and more noise is created by modern civilization. It has now become a major environmental pollutant, especially in urban areas. (so)
5. Contamination in the air happens. There is acid rain which damages soil, vegetation and aquatic life of the region. (causes)
6. Because plastic bags take so long to decompose, nearly all of them still exist in the environment today. (so)
7. People throw litter on the ground. Many animals eat the litter and become sick. (because)
8. Noise pollution is one of the major causes of stress and anxiety. People suffer from stress and anxiety. (because of)
9. The acid rain happened last month. Many plants and trees died. (Since) 10. Acid rain is dangerous , trees' leaves are damaged.(Because of )
VII. Read the passage about Miguel. Fill in the gap with a suitable word by choosing the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Rivers are one of the world’s most important natural __________ (1). Many cities are on large rivers, and almost every country has at least one river that __________ (2) an important part in the lives of its people.
Besides transportation, rivers _________(3)food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people who live along their _________ (4) And _________(5) get water for crops, engineers sometimes_________(6) a dam across a river and let the water ________(7) a lake behind the dam. Then people use their water not only to irrigate fields ______ (8) to make electricity for home and industries.
However, the water often becomes polluted when cities on river banks________ (9) in size and the number of industries increases. We are learning that ________ (10) necessary to keep rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.
1. A. resources B. goods C. possessions D. materials
2. A. makes B. plays C. does D. comes
3. A. give B. send C. get D. provide
4. A. bodies B. sides C. banks D. wings
5. A. in order that B. so as C. in order to D. so that
6. A. set B. build C. make D. erect
7. A. become B. becoming C. became D. to become
8. A. but as well B. and C. as well as D. but also
9. A. get B. become C. plant D. grow
10. A. it was B. it is C. there was D. there is
