Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-002
Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. late B. half C. after D. hard
2. A. close B. no C. how D. so
Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences below.
3. Yesterday she received Tom's__________ from his teacher.
A. report card B. report call C. call report D. card report
4. The earth__________ around the sun, doesn't it?
A. is moving B. move C. moves D. moving
5. She isn't old__________ to be in my class.
A. so that B. enough C. for D. that
6. You often watch a football match at a__________.
A. large area B. performance C. stadium D. swimming pool
7. Are you going to__________ in the summer activities of our school?
A. play part B. take part C. take role D. play role
8. How long__________? Since 1980.
A. do you live here B. have you lived here C. have you live here D. did you live here
9. I have just bought a ticket. I'm going__________ the movie at 8 o’clock this evening.
A. to see B. to seeing C. seeing D. see
10. I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight.
A. to play B. playing C. played D. play
11. I think I will do that work__________. What do you think about that?
A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. myself
12. __________ cook dinner for your family?
A. Used you B. Did you used to C. Did you use to D. You used
13. Tim's mother is always proud__________ him because he works so hard.
A. at B. with C. of D. about
14. What is__________ in learning words?
A. necessary B. necessary C. necessarily D. necessarily
15. A person who cannot speak and hear is called__________.
A. a deaf-mute B. a character C. a deaf D. a blind

27. A. light B. fire C. sunlight D. match
28. A. dentist B. farmer C. doctor D. engineer
29. A. given B. gave C. giving D. give
30. A. Dutch B. Mexican C. Scotsman D. Vietnamese
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house; it was
hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but
for some reasons there were no electric lights in the kitchen. It was something quite unexpected: a house
with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room,
perhaps the largest in the house. I telephoned for an electrician. He came and fixed it for us. And he
charged $86 for doing the job.
31. Why was it quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen?
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32. When did they move into their new house?
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33. How old was the house?
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34. What didn’t the house have?
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35. How much did he charge for the electrician?
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Rewrite these sentences as directed.
36. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ( use enough)
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37. The boy is not old enough to drive his father’s car. (use too…to…)
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38. The doctor said: “You should take a few days off.”
 The doctor advised________________________________________________________________
39. She started learning to swim five years ago.
 She has_________________________________________________________________________