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MID TERM TEST Name:……………………………………

Grade 8 Class: ……………………………………
Time: 60 minutes
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PART A: Listen and complete the sentences. (Track 21) 13:12

1. Computer-driven ____________ cars will soon be filling roads in the near future.
2. Google and Tesla have been ____________ and testing driverless cars.
3. The cars have sensors all around which can detect other cars and___________ in the road.
4. There are many ____________ of driverless cars.
5. There would be many legal ____________ to be made.
PART B: GRAMMAR (8.5pts)
I. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. technology B. disaster C. available D. temporary
2. A. accommodation B. evacuation C. oceanography D. environmentalist
3. A. tsunami B. evacuee C. ecology D. volcanic
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. The river water is severely polluted, mostly the dumping of raw sewage.
A. due to B. lead to C. because D. so
2. Sudden changes in water temperature can mass killings of fish, plants, or amphibians.
A. come up B. result in C. dump into D. thank to
3. Water pollution the death of all forms of life in the water bodies.
A. occurs B. results of C. creates D. leads to
4. plastic takes so long to break down, it pollutes the land and ocean.
A. Because B. Due to C. Even if D. Although
5. Many flights were cancelled the smoke from forest fires.
A. so B. because C. because of D. result in
6. Where is Disney World?
A. Texas B. California C. Florida D. Arizona
7. Which country is home to the kangaroo?
A. Canada B. New Zealand C. The USA D. Australia
8. Loch Ness, known for sightings of a monster called Nessie, is a large and deep lake in________.

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A. Wales B. North Ireland C. Scotland D. England

9. Which City is in Canada?
A. Montreal B. Chicago C. Melbourne D. Wellington
10. Britain is not famous for .
A. Harvard University B. Arthur Conan Doyle
C. Buckingham Palace D. William Shakespeare
11. The waves of the were so huge that it destroyed everything on the beach.
A. tornado B. hurricane C. tsunami D. earthquake
12. Five skiers are missing after the in the Alps.
A. drought B. landslide C. flood D. avalanche
13. After the all the houses were left under water.
A. flood B. tornado C. typhoon D. mudslide
14. It took firefighters five days to put out the .
A. hurricane B. forest fire C. tsunami D. drought
15. A period of 3- 4 months without rain will cause a severe .
A. typhoon B. earthquake C. drought D. flood
III. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use conditional sentences type 1.
1. If the air in a City gets (get) very polluted, it can make people’s eyes burn.
2. If we dump all sorts of Chemicals into rivers, we will not be (not be) able to swim in them in
the future.
3. Many wildlife habitats will be destroyed if people keep (keep) polluting the
environment.
4. If we all use public transport more, we will help (help) reduce air pollution.
5. If we________don’t stop________(not stop) over-fishing the oceans, many species
will become__________(become) extinct.
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, c or D that needs correcting.
1. A heatwave can lead in widespread drought and increase the risk of wildfires.
A B C D
2. Homeless people may be offered temporary accomodation by the council.
A B C D
3. The Sydney Opera House is a symbolize for not only a City, but a whole country and continent.
A B C D
4. Noise pollution is thought having less damage to humans than water or air pollution.
A B C D
5. If people keep cutting down trees and they wipe out forests, there will be more floods.
A B C D
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V. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

Many human activities over the last 200 years have been responsible (1) polluting the air and
damaging people’s health. Automobile engines and power plants burn combustible (2) like gasoline
and coal and allow toxic gases and smoke to escape into the air. Some pollutants destroy the ozone layer,
which is the thin blanket of gases that (3) Earth from the Sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays. Other
pollutants contribute to (4) warming by adding to the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Still others
create acid rain, a phenomenon that has disastrous (5) on lake and forest habitats.
1. A. for B. of C. to D. with
2. A. chemicals B. means C. fuels D. matters
3. A. covers B. protects C. stops D. damages
4. A. environmental B. thermal C. temperature D. global
5. A. affects B. causes C. sources D. effects
VI. Make questions for the underlined words. 1.5pts
1. The river water is heavily contaminated because of toxic waste dumping.
_____why is the river water heavily contaminated
_____________________________________________________________________
2. There are five major types of pollution.
_________how many major types of pollution are there?
________________________________________________________________
3. If I were the President, I would ban cars from city centres.
If you were the President , what would you do?
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Most of the plastic waste ends up in the oceans.
___where does most of the plastic waste end up?
_______________________________________________________________________
5. Ho Chi Minh City is more polluted than Panang.
________where is more polluted than Panang?
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