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PRACTICE TEST FOR grade-8 GIFTED STUDENTS- No1
Part one: phonology
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 
 Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
A. knowledge	B. flower	C. shower	D. coward	____________
A. examine	B. famine	C. determine	D. miner	____________
A. beat	B. pleasure	C. leaf	D. deal	____________
A. practise	B. rise	C. increase	D. release	____________
A. hour	B. sour	C. pour	D. flour	____________
II. Pick out the word with different stress pattern in each group. 
 Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
A. concert	B. allow 	C. accept	D. admit	____________
A. difference	B. difficult	C. efficient	D. beautiful	____________
A. horizontal	B. grammatical	C. magazine	D. mathematics	____________
A. responsible	B. environment	C. importance	D. residential	____________
A. prefer	B. comfortable	C. ability	D. collection 	____________
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
 Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (15 pts)
If you want to go you may. I have no _____ to your going.
A. disagreement 	B. objection	C. subject	D. upset 	____________
The visitors _____ at the beautiful painting with a sense of wonder. 	
A. gazed	B. admired	C. glared	D. glanced	____________
Let’s _____ a coin to decide which team will kick the ball first.
A. twist	B. turn	C. toss	D. spin	____________
I’ll never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.
A. set	B. band	C. group	D. class	____________
I haven’t _____ to Ho Chi Minh City for a long time.
A. gone	B. been	C. come	D. got	____________
At this stage we cannot tell you _____ you have been selected or not.
A. unless	B. although	C. whenever 	D. whether	____________
Emma hopes to _____ a new world record.
A. do	B. make	C. build	D. fix	____________
_____ Tom nor his brother helps in the housework.
A. Not	B. Both	C. Either	D Neither	____________
The football team won partly because they had been well trained by their _____.
A. teacher	B. coach	C. instructor	D. director	____________
I will _____ you this book if you promise to return it next week.
A. offer	B. borrow	C. lend	D. allow	____________
For _____ reason is this meeting being held?
A. what	B. why	C. how	D. that	____________
The patient _____ to listen to his doctor's advice. 
A. refused	B. prevented	C. lacked	D. resigned	____________
The book contained a lot of ______ about how little petrol the car used.
A. examination 	B. fact	C. news	D. information	____________
If only he ______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A. has	B. would have 	C. had	D. should have	____________
______ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
A. Late	B. Later	C. Latter	D. Lately	____________
II. Supply the correct form of the words given to complete each of the sentences below. 
 Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right. (10 pts)
His teacher criticized him severely because of his bad (BEHAVE).	_____________________
To my (ASTONISH), Bill failed the exam. 	_____________________
Please remind me of the appointment. I am very (FORGET), you know. 	_____________________
The whale is an (DANGER) animal that needs more protection. 	_____________________
The streets here are always (CROWD) during the rush hours.	_____________________
He wrote (HISTORY) novels. 	_____________________
She worked very hard and became a (PHYSICS). 	_____________________
He was very good at (NATURE) science.	_____________________
She often finds her job (BORE).	_____________________
We were all (HORRIFY) when we heard about the disaster.	_____________________
III. Fill each gap with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
He is not concerned _______________ the youth movements.
He wouldn't take advice, and now he has got _______________ difficulties.
There’s been a growing demand _______________ luxury goods this year. 
The only access _______________ his house is across a river.
In Summer, the library is only open _______________ everyone.
She always agrees _______________ everything he says.
Her parents don't approve _______________ what she is doing.
He's now independent _______________ his parents as he has a very good job.
Our education must put an end _______________ illiteracy.
I read about the accident _______________ today’s newspaper.
IV. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (10 pts)
After a dinner (1. give) _________________ by the Prime Minister of a little South American Republic, a (2. distinguish) _________________ diplomat complained to his host that the Minister of Justice, who (3. sit) ________________ on his left, (4. steal) ________________ his watch. 
"Ah, he (5. not do) _________________ that", said the Prime Minister. "I (6. get) ________________ it back for you."
Sure enough, toward the end of the evening the watch (7. return) _________________ to its owner. 
"What (8. he/say) _________________?" asked the diplomat. 
"Hush!" said the host, (9. glance) _________________ anxiously at him. "He doesn't know that I (10. get) _______________ it back".
PART THREE: READING 
I. Read the following passage, then choose the best answer to each question.
 Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts) 
JOSEPH PULITZER
Joseph Pulitzer was born in 1847 in Mako, Hungary. He emigrated to the United States when he was seventeen years old, and was naturalized on his twentieth birthday. He spent his career in journalism working in the Mid-west and New York. From 1871 he was also the owner or part-owner of many newspapers. His most famous newspaper was The New York World (which many believe was the model for The Daily Planet of The Superman stories). The World campaigned against corruption, and exposed many scandals. It was also a strong supporter of the rights of the working man.
In later life, Joseph Pulitzer collapsed from overwork, and lost his sight. He became dedicated to improving the quality of journalism in America, and donated $1 million to Columbia University to found a school of journalism. However, his most significant contribution was the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes in his will.
These prizes for excellence in journalism have been given every year since 1917 by Columbia University. Since 1942 there have been extra categories for press photography, and later still for criticism, feature writing and commentary. The prize was originally for $500, but today the winners of the prize receive a gold medal. However, the real value of the prize is that it confirms that the journalist who has received the award is the best American journalist of the year - a fact that is worth much more than $500 to the journalist and to the newspaper that employs him or her.
Joseph Pulitzer came to America because _____.	____________
A. he was with his parents 	C. Hungary was being attacked by Austria
B. he wanted to be a journalist 	D. the text does not say
Joseph Pulitzer became an American citizen _____.	____________
A. in 1850	B. three years after he arrived in the United States
C. when he was 17 years old	D. after contributing one million dollars to a university
As well as writing for newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer _____.	____________
A. wrote the Superman stories 	C. was the boss of some newspapers
B. worked in the Mid-west 	D. won prizes for press photography
The prize is worth _____.	____________
A. half a million dollars 	C. more in prestige than money
B. one million dollars 	D. a job with a good newspaper
The text tells us that Joseph Pulitzer _____.	____________
A. became a patriotic American	B. later became a member of Columbia University
C. worked very hard	D. was one of the richest men in New York
II. Read the passage carefully and then choose the correct answers.
 Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (10 pts) 
THE SOIL AND ATMOSPHERE OF MARS
The first pictures of Mars taken by the Viking spacecraft show that there may once have been (1) the planet. Mars seems red from Earth and in fact (2). The probable reason (3) this is that it is apparently covered with iron ore oxide, (4) means that there must be oxygen there. Viking also carried with it a machine to collect samples of the soil. The samples contain oxygen and there is no doubt, (5), that nitrogen, a gas which is (6) essential to life as oxygen, also exists in the Martian atmosphere. One of the most remarkable discoveries is that (7) that the oxygen is being turned into carbon dioxide. The latest theories about this have interested scientists to (8) extent that (9) of them have begun experiments in the American desert to see if Earth soils will behave in the same way (10) ones.
A. the life in 	B. the life on 	C. life in	D. life on 	____________
A. there is	B. it is	C. it's	D. its 	____________
A. of 	B. to	C. why	D. for	____________
A. which 	B. what	C. that	D. it 	____________
A. too	B. however	C. either	D. neither 	____________
A. like	B. similar	C. as	D. so	____________
A. there is evidence	B. they are evidences C. it is evidence	D. there are evidences	____________ 
A. a so great	B. a such	C. so much	D. such an	____________
A. a big lot	B. a great deal	C. a great number	D. a great amount	____________
A. like the Martian 	B. as the Martian 	C. like the Martian's 	D. as the Martian's	____________
III. Fill in each gap with one suitable word. (10 pts)
The men in Jack London's books live a very (1) ______________ life, a life (2) ______________ of danger. In his stories, Jack London shows us that in the terrible world a man must fall and die in the snow if he makes even the smallest (3) ______________. But his (4) ______________ are afraid of nothing and nothing can (5) ______________ them. People in books by Jack London never (6) ______________ hope; they never stop fighting for life (7) ______________ when the end of life seems very near. That is the lesson for us to (8) ______________ in everything we want and (9) ______________ we do. (10) ______________ we do not lose hope, we must and will win.
PART FOUR: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (10 pts)
This is the best essay I have ever written=> Never	
It is thought that the Prime Minister took bribes from a mafia group.
The Prime Minister	
I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course
II took it 	
I am terribly sorry, I thought you were a friend of Anna’s
I took	
Although she was busy, she managed to find the time to proof-read for me.
Busy .	
He didn’t get his visa until last Monday.=>It was	
"Why don't you plant some trees in front of your house, Jane?" he said.
He advised	
They continued to say that I was to blame.=>They persisted	
Vietnamese coffee is considered to be one of the best in the world.
Vietnamese coffee	
“I never used bad language” she said.=>She denied 	
II. Use the given words and phrases to make a complete letter. (10 pts)
 Dear Bill, 
I/ expect/ you/ be/ surprise/ get/ letter/ me.
As/ can see/ address/ above/ I/ be/ hospital.
Last Wednesday/ I/ have/ accident/ when/ I/ drive/ work.
Child/ run out/ front/ my car/ and I/ have/ stop/ sudden/ that/ car/ behind/ crash/ me.
Luckily/ I wear/ seatbelt/ so I/ not/ injure/ badly.
Doctor/ say/ I/ have/ stay/ here/ next Friday.
It/ be/ very/ boring/ here.	
I/ be/ pleased/ if you/ have/ spare time/ visit me.
Visiting hours/ be/ 7.00 to 9.00/ evening.
I/ look forward/ see/ you/ soon. 	
 Sincerely yours,
 Tony