Date:………………………………... Name:………………………………. | THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM ENGLISH 8 PERSON (1) Times: 60 minutes |
I. Listen and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Pollution has not caused a lot of deaths worldwide yet.
2. Heart disease, lung cancer and stroke are caused by pollution.
3. India and China had the lowest number of pollution-related deaths.
4. Pollution threatens fundamental human rights, such as the right to life, health, wellbeing, and safe work.
5. There have been 800,000 worldwide deaths caused by pollution in the workplace.
II. Find the word that has a different stress pattern in each line.
6. A. domestic B. possible C. physical D. musical
7. A. refugee B. trainee C. Japanese D. engineer
8. A. physiography B. alternatively C. criminology D. unsuccessfully
9. A. repetitive B. electrical C. priority D. energetic
10. A. unhelpful B. unusual C. imprecise D. imperfect
III. Find the words with the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others.
11. A. prepares B. erupts C. stops D. photographs
12. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood
13. A. looked B. suggested C. minded D. decided
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
14. A forest fire ________ quickly and ________ many trees.
A. raged/ killed B. burst/ harmed C. spread/ destroyed D. occurred/ cooked
15. The tornado caused a massive ________ to the town.
A. destruction B. extension C. danger D. mishap
16. Hemp was grown throughout history ________ its versatility; it can be used to make many different things.
A. due to B. because C. since D. as a result
17. Global warming ________ if there weren't too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.