ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẦT LƯỢNG ANH VĂN – SỐ 8
I.Pick out the word whose underlined is pronounced different from that of the other
words:
1. a.enormous b.network c. border d. short.
2. a. grasses b. ranges c. studies d. stretches
3. a. great b.seabed c. between d. means
II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words:
4.a. sandy b. circle c.network d.comprise
5. a.rainfall b.under c. human d.become
6. He is under sixteen,…… he shouldn’t drive a car.
a. so far as b. however c. therefore d.althought
7.If you want to have a pet you must be ready to look ……….it for several years.
a. at b. for c. over d. after
8. There are marked differences……. the two chilren.
a. to b. between c. among d.of
9. The Simpson Desert………a mystery until Mandigan made an aerial survey in 1929.
a. reffered b. remanined c. let d. inferred
10. Three great stretches of sandy ……….almost circle the centre of Australia.
a. dessert b. dersert c. derserts d. derserr
11.I want to work as an interpreterin the future, ,I am studying Russian at
university.
a.but b. so c. however d.morever
12.When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, cry.
a.but b.and c.so d.however
13. Deserts are often composed of and rocky surfaces.
a. water b. trees c. oil d. sand
14. Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the centre of Australia.
a. dunes b. valleys c.lands d. areas
15. We live in the same building we have hardly seen each other.
a. and b. therefore c. but d. so
16. Anna needed some money, , she took a part-time job.

III.ERROR IDENTIFICATION:
25. The café’ was crowded, so we found a table.
a b c d
26. Mark went on working in spite feeling unwell.
a b c d
27. The jacket was nice, however it was too small for me.
a b c d
28. I turned the heating off,so it was cold
a b c d
IV. READ THE PASSAGE BELOW AND DECIDE WHICH ANSWER (A,B,C OR
D )BEST FITS EACH SPACE.
THE DESERT
A desert is a place with very (29) _______ living things in it. This may be due to either
extreme cold.
There are hot desets (30) _______ the Saharaor cold deserts such as the Antarctic. Most
plants and animals cannot live in deserts because there is not (31) __________ water.
Without water, living things cannot (32) _________ The annual rainfall in most deserts is
less than 25 centimetres.
Some deserts are not (33) ____________ by natural weather condition. These deserts were
once ferile lands. They (34) ________ deserts because of the careless way in which man
(35) __________ use of the land.
29. a. little b. few c. a little d. a few
30. a. as b. similar c. like d. just as
31. a. such b. so c. too d. enough
32. a. survive b. maintain c. remain d. conserve
33. a. made b. formed c. set d. established
34. a. changed b. turned c. became d. transformed
35. a. made b. took c. had d. kept
V. Reading:
A. Read the passage and choose the correct answer:

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