Name: …………………. English 8 - Test 4 Class: 8… Time: 45 minutes Mark Teacher’s comments I) Circle the right answer A, B, C, or D. 1. What are you doing? – I’m ………………a list of participants for the summer school. A. compiling B. doing C. Marking D. feeling 2. The hanging Gardens of Babylon is one of the……….of the world. A. buildings B. walls C. Wonders D. strangers 3. The only wonder you can still……….today is pyramid. A. look B. see C. watch D. peep 4. There were many other wonders which the……….Greeks knew nothing about. A. ancient B. modern C. nowadaysD. present 5. These wonders………….the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. A. consist B. include C. be D. has been 6. Angkor Wat………….around 1100 to honor a Hindu God. . A. is built B. was built C. would be built D. has been built 7. The area……………the temple, Angkor Thon, used to be the royal capital city. A. surround B. surrounded C. surrounding D. surroundingly 8. In the early 15 century, the Khmerr rulers…………….toiPhnom Penh and Angkor was quiet. A. move B. moving C. has moved D. moved 9. The Canyon………….by the Colorado River over millions of years. A. is formed B. will be formed C. was formed D. would be formed 10. I hope you are now working…………… for your examination. A. very hard B. extreme hard C. very hardly D. extremely hardly II) Fill in each gap with an appropriate preposition. 1. Thank……….inviting me……….the rice-cooking festival. 2. What’s special………….the fire-making contest? 3. My little niece is very keen…………… cartoon films. 4. He’s interested……… collecting stamps. 5. He told he couldn’t live………her. 6. This novel is based………historical facts III) Rewrite each sentence,beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. - Hamlet…………………………………………………………………………… 2. A maid will clean our hotel room. - Our hotel room…………………………………………………………………… 3. The police have arrested James Swan. - James Swan………………………………………………………………………. 4. Water surrounds an island. - An island………………………………………………………………………… 5. “I don’t like the film,’’ she said. - She said………………………………………………………………………… 6. “We must go now,’’ they said. - They said……………………………………………………………………… 7. “I can see you tomorrow,’’ she said. - She said………………………………………………………………………… 8. “I,m very tired,’’ he said. - He said………………………………………………………………………… III) Read the article about the Edinburgh Festival. Are these statements “Right’’ (A) or “worng” (B)? If there is no information to answer “Right” (A) or “Worng” (B). choose “Dosen’t say” (C). Visit the edinburgh festival! Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September The city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from early in the morning util late at night. You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets! Tens of thousands of tourists come to the festival to see new film and plays and to hear music played by famous musicians. This year,you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries. The tickets for these performances are quite cheap, and is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it in Lon don. So come to Edinburgh next summer! 1. Edinburgh is the capital of scotland. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 2. The Edinburgh Festival is a month long. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 3. The Edinburgh Festival is on October. A. Right B. Wrong C. Does ’t say 4. Actor come to the Edinburgh Festival from lots of different countries. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 5. You can hear music all day. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 6. More than ten thousand students come to Edinburgh Festival every year. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 7. It is expensive to go to the theater in Edinburgh. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say 8. It is usually more difficult to see famous actor in London than in Edinburgh. A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say . Name: …………………. English 8 - Test 4 Class: 8 Time: 45 minutes Mark Teacher’s comments I) Circle the right answer. festival. 2. What’s special………….the fire-making contest? 3. My little niece is very keen…………… cartoon films. 4. He’s interested……… collecting stamps. 5. He