TEST FOR UNIT 8
I. PRONUNCIATION
A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. famous b. nervous c. dangerous d. mountain
2. a. town b. cow c. snow d. brown
3. a. spread b. disease c. health d. pleasure
4. a. flood b. good c. foot d. look
5. a. crop b. export c. shortage d. resort
6. A. cloud B. found C. would D. around
7. A. town B. bowl C. how D. cow
8. A. phone B. collect C. together D. provide
9. A. group B. couch C. mouse D. house
10. A. coat B. knot C. close D. bowl
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. community b. villagers c. diseases d. important
2. a. electricity b. instead c. decided d. enclose
3. a. shortage b. product c. technology d. manage
4. a. resurface b. knowledge c. technical d. export
5. a. suburb b. entertainment c. medical d. atmosphere
6. A. technical B. introduce C. villager D. family
7. A. technology B. important C. popularity D. impossible
8. A. result B. hardly C. method D. farmer
9. A. medical B. knowledge C. possible D. resurface
10. A. children B. farmer C. affect D. village
II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
Choose the one word or phrase - b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or subtitutes for the underlined
word or phrase.
1. The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water .................
a. supply b. poverty c. plenty d. shortage
2. I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the ............
a. village b. community c. town d. country

c. don't talk d. that I don't talk
7. She ............her holiday in Finland.
a. said me about b. told about c. said about d. told me about
8. 'I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.'
When I saw Rachel, she said................................
a. she was taking her driving test the next day.
b. she is taking her driving test the following day.
c. I was taking my driving test tomorrow.
d. she was taking the driving test tomorrow.
9. 'You look beautiful in that dress.
' Last night she told me …………….
a. you look beautiful in that dress. c. I'll look beautiful in this dress
b. you looked beautiful in that dress. d. I looked beautiful in that dress.
10. 'Today is the happiest day of my life.'
At the reception last night, the groom said............................
a. today was the happiest day of his life.
b. that day was the happiest day of my life.
c. yesterday was the happiest day of his life.
d. today is the happiest day of his life.
B. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. What you (do)…………….. if you have a lot of money. WHAT WILL YOU DO……
2. If he (eat) …………… all that, he will be ill. EATS
3. She can do better if she (try)………………. TRIES
4. If she (leave) …………… the fish there the cat will get it. LEAVES
5. You'll get pneumonia if you (not change) ………….your wet clothes. DON’T CHANGE
6. What (happen)If I press the red button? WHAT WILL HAPPEN…
7. If he (ask) me, I’ll be ready to help him. ASKS
8. He will feel disturbed if you (ask) him when he is busy. ASK
9. If I (lose) my license, I shall lose my job. LOSE
10. If I make a promise, I (keep) it. WILL KEEP

3. I've never worked so hard before.'
Our decorator remarked _________________________________________________
4. 'I like your coat, I'm looking for one like that myself.'
She told me _____________________________________________________________
5. 'Careful! You'll fall through the ice.'
I warned him ___________________________________________________________
6. 'You must be home by 9 o'clock.'
She said _________________________________________________________________
7. 'John left here an hour ago.'
She told me _____________________________________________________________
8. 'I easily beat everyone else in the race.'
He boasted ______________________________________________________________
9. 'I've been spending a lot more time with my children.'
He mentioned ___________________________________________________________
10. `Jim's arriving at our house tomorrow.'
She told me_______________________________________________________________
Key:
1. She protested she had known nothing about the problem.
2. He moaned he was too hot.
3. Our decorator remarked he had never worked so hard before.
4. She told me she liked my coat and she was looking for one like it herself.
5. I warned him he would fall through the ice.
6. She said I must/ had to be home by 9 o’clock.
7. She told me John had left there an hour before.
8. He boasted he had easily beaten everyone else in the race.
9. He mentioned he had been spending a lot more time with hs children.
10. She told me that Jim was ariving at their house the next day/ the following day.
V. SPEAKING:
Choose the best phrase or sentence - a, b, c or d - that best completes the conversation.
A: Excuse me .., excuse me, please?

leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land
has been sold and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village itself There
are a few new houses, but they have no local character; you can see the same style anywhere in the country. The
whole of the village, in fact, has been tidied up so much that it has become nothing more than just another suburb.
1.

The writer_______________
a. like living in a farmhouse. b. used to live in a cottage.
c. grew up in a small rural community. d. came back from the village.
2. When he revisited his village, he quickly realized that
a. the village changed a lot in appearance.
b. everything has almost changed
c. all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been rebuilt.
d. the residents of the village are all commuters.
3. Neither of the farmhouses___________________
a. has a connection with a farm. b. has been sold.
c. is attached to the farmers, d. is managed by the commuters.
4. According to the writer,______________
a. the village now has no local character.
b. all the new houses are the same style.
c. the village is more tidy than it used to.
d. the village has become nothing but a suburb.
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
a. The writer has visited the village several times before.
b. The writer revisited his village last week.
c. The village has undergone significant changes.
d. The village nowadays has become another suburb.
VII. LISTENING:
destroyed buildings park
peaceful south widened