Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 12: A vacation abroad

UNIT 12 : A VACATION ABROAD 
TEST 1 
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
1. a. abroad b. state c. lava d. husband 
2. a. gallery b. over c. empire d. liberty 
3. a. include b. prison c. trip d. minus 
4. a. head b. beach c. weather d. heavy 
5. a. temperature b. exciting c. right d. tour 
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for 
the underlined word or phrase. 
6. At 9 o’clock yesterday____ we on the beach. 
a. are lying b. have lain c. lay d. were lying 
7. The baby_____ his food onto the floor and making his mother angry. 
a. always threw b. is always throwing 
c. has always thrown d. always throws 
8. I would like_____to Africa. 
a. go b. to go c. going d. to going 
9. It was kind ______ you to help them. 
a. of b. from c. for d. to 
10. Are you going abroad this summer? 
a. away from home b. on holiday 
c. to another country d. to the USA 
11. ____ is a building or room where people can go to look at paintings. 
a. Gallery b. Library c. University d. Gym 
12. I brought back this cowboy hat as a ______ of America. 
a. gift b. present c. award d. souvenir 
13. While Angela wa cleaning her room, she _____ her lost earring. 
a. is finding b. finds c. has found d. found 
14. Why don’t you come _____ for dinner? 
a. about b. over c. up d. upon 
15. Will you pick me _____ after the party? 
a. on b. over c. through d. up 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 
16. At breakfast yesterday, I did my homework and my dad was reading . 
 A B C D 
a car magazine. 
17. The farmer was riding to town while he fell off his horse. 
 A B C D 
18. Come up to my place and we will discuss it. 
 A B C D 
19. I will keep a day freely next week for our meeting. 
 A B C D 
20. She spent her free time visit gallaries and museum. 
 A B C D 
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. 
I can’t (21) ____ it, we’re really here! The flight to Quito (the capital) (22) ____ twenty-three hours. (23) 
____ we arrived, we were taken on a tour of Quito, (24) _____ as a ‘hot dog’ by our guide because of its 
shape. After (25) ____ the city from high up, we went down town (26)_____ the richly-decorated churches. 
21. a. think b. believe c. know d. all are correct 
22. a. took b. had c. got d. received 
23. a. As soon as b. As long as c. As far as d. As near as 
24. a. describe b. describes c. describing d. described 
25. a. view b. viewed c. viewing d. views 
26. a. see b. seeing c. to see d. to seeing 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the 
questions about it. 
My husband and I had a problem about our holiday last year. I wanted to have a lazy seaside holiday 
because I was tired and needed to relax. I loved lying in the sun, drinking iced beer and reading a good 
book. But Robert liked busy, cultural holidays. He liked ‘visiting museum’s and art galleries. He hated 
sunbathing because he always went red, not brown. The travel agent tried to help us and suggested Greece. I 
said I love to sail to a quiet island, but of course Robert said he’d like to stay in Athens. It was easy to 
decide what to do, we flew to Athens together, Robert stayed there and I traveled to the island of Kos! 
27. What is the passage written about? 
a. a trip to Greece b. a lazy seaside holiday 
c. a busy cultural holiday d. a problem about the holiday 
28. The author _____ . 
a. liked sunbathing b. was tired and needed to relax 
c. liked a busy cultural holiday d. a & b are correct 
29. What does the word ‘island’ in line 7 mean? 
a. a piece of land with water all around it 
b. a place in a desert that has trees and water 
c. a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain 
d. a big area of salty water 
30. Robert wanted ______ . 
a. to stay in Athens b. sunbathing 
c. drinking iced beer d. lazy seaside holidays 
31. Kos is _____ . 
a. a town in Athens b. a city in Greece 
c. an island d. a place which has many island