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
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
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
3. They tried to find a way of bettering their lives.
a. moving b. changing c. achieving d. improving
4. He came in tired and hungry and badly ................ need of a bath.
a. for b. to c. on d. in
5. Last year we had a bumper crop of strawberries.
a. large crop b. poor crop c. early crop d. record crop
6. I don`t like quizzes because my general ...............is so poor.
a. appearance b. memory c. knowledge d. thinking
7. The house had been................three apartments.
a. turned in b. put in c. pulled down d. turned into
8. I`ll speak to her as soon as she comes out of the meeting.
a. goes to b. appears c. leaves d. attends
9. Most of the roads in the city have been ...................recently.
a. replaced b. resurfaced c. removed d. returned
10. Is all this technology making our.................... simpler?
a. life b. life’s c. livings d. lives
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. My mother and I are really looking forward .................. you again.
a. to see b. seeing c. to seeing d. if we can see
2. I`ll look after the children while you ................dinner.
a. make b. making c. will be making, d. made
3. `It`s really raining.` `Yes. If the weather..................we`ll have to camp somewhere else.`
a. would get worse b. might get worse c. get worse d. should get worse
4. I`m going away for a few days....................phone you ......... back.
a. when I get b. while I`m getting c. if I get d. since .I get
5. .............. soon, I`m not going to wait.
a. When they don`t come b. If they don`t come
c. If they won`t come d. When they`ll come
6. `Please don`t leave your boots in the hall.`
My mother is always telling me .................
a. not to leave my boots in the hall. b. don`t leave my boots in the hall.
c. not to leave your boots in the hall. d. not leave my boots in the hall
7. About 120 people ............. with the virus of bird flu since it..................in Asia in 2003.
a. have infected/ spread b. were infected/ has spread
c. have been infected/ spread d. have been infected/ was spread .
8. `Did you meet Ann here at the university?`
`No, we ............. when I started college.`
a. have already met b. had already met
c: had already been met d. had already meet
9. If it ................... very hard, the