Đề kiểm tra năng lực môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Đề số 37

 PROGRESS TEST NUMBER 37 TOTAL:/55
Grammar
I. Choose the correct answers.
1. James told us we should buy/ have bought tickets sooner. 
2. I thought you told me you want/ wanted to leave the golf club. 
3. Ian has informed me that he is/ was leaving his job next month. 
4. Lots of voters said they have/ had chosen the youngest candidate. 
5. Emily explained to her husband that she was/ is worried about their neighbors. 
6. The committee announced it will/ would be meeting again in a month. 
7. Do you know who it was/ is who started the fight? 
8. One or two friends have said they will/ would be coming tonight. 
9. Most of my classmates said the new book is/ was too difficult. 
10. She told me I should have gone/ go to work if I want to keep my job. 	 Mark ____/10
II. Use the verbs in brackets to report the direct speech. Add objects only where necessary. 
1. "Don't use too much make-up."	→ The girls were _____________. (warned)
2. "Don't drink if you are driving."	→ Guests were _______________. (forbid)
3. "Read good books."	→ My mum used to __________. (encourage)
4. "Walk slowly so you won't slip on the ice."	→ We were ___________________. (ask)
5. "Put out the recycling."	→ Our dad ____________________. (remind)
6. "Shall we take the TV you have bought to your car?"	→ The shop assistant ________. (offer)
7. "What if we go to the zoo next week?"	→ They _______________________. (propose)
8. "You've been using the wrong fuel."	→ The hire firm ______________. (accuse)
9. "Shop around for a good deal before you buy a new phone." → I was _____________. (advise)
10. "How about waiting to see if the weather improves?" → She _________________________. (suggest)
Mark _____/10
Vocabulary
III. Complete the sentences with the correct words. 
1. You can browse the a__________ that the journalist has written on his website.
2. An e__________ is a leading article written by a member of the senior staff or publisher that gives an opinion on a topical issue. 
3. N____________ f____________ are brief items of important news which may interrupt a radio or television program.
4. The idea behind c____________ j____________ is that people without professional training can use the Internet to report news, either on their own, or with others.
5. The f________ p________ of a newspaper is the page that contains the most important news of the day. 
6. A typical h___________ i___________ story tells the ordinary-life stories behind a major event or disaster, focusing on an individual’s experience and reaction to events. 
7. T____________ are small format newspapers that give the news in condensed form and often contain sensational stories, such as the latest celebrity gossip. 
8. The TV program News Hour shows the latest b____________ n____________ around the world from hundreds of sources.
9. The BBC's foreign reporters take a closer look at the stories behind the h____________, so that they can report on them in more detail.
10. In some countries, c____________ is very common, where the media, the government, or another controlling body prevents certain news stories from being published. Mark ____/10
IV. Convert these sentences to headline language using synonyms of the words in brackets.
a. 1 ____________ (request) not to 2 ____________ (cut) popular quiz show.
b. Jack Smith 3 ____________ (promises) 4 ____________ (mystery) of lost millions will be solved.
c. Prime minister to 5 ____________ (resign) before elections. Mark ____/5
V. Choose the correct answers.
1. I can't use the website now because I have sorted out/ logged off/ cleared off.
2. It must have been well after 3 o'clock in the morning when we stayed on/ held off/ checked in to the hotel.
3. Don't worry about your dizziness. I'm sure your GP will clear/ work/ sort it out. 
4. Apparently Lee has fallen in love with someone else so his and Carol's wedding is being called off/ kicked off/ cleared off.
4. The court case had been going on about/ dragging on/ sparking off for weeks before the fraudster was convicted. Mark ____/5
Use of English
VI. Complete the sentences with one word in each space.
1. Tom asked us______ we had settled______ a name for our new baby.
2. Ruth boasted______ setting______ her business with very little funding.
3. Experts had said that her idea______ never catch______ with the general public.
4. Amy is always going______ about______ lived in New York. So what, I say!
5. The police begged the politician______ to make a speech because it might spark______ a riot.
Mark ____/10
Reading
VII. Read the text and match the headings with the paragraphs. There are two extra headings you won't need.
1. _______ Welcome to our blogging community site. Here you can read what is currently happening in the media world, including TV news, the national papers, and updates from our correspondents and citizen journalists. You can also find an overview of new articles and topics with our suggestions for further reading.
2. _______ A new TV show called Break the News is to be shown on Channel 3 later this month. The show makes fun of the world 24-hour rolling news channels, showing fictitious news stories with actors playing the parts of various news correspondents in news flashes and reports. The producers believe that the show will soon become popular, with viewing figures set to rise steadily throughout the series. To watch a preview of the show, visit the Break the News website.
3. _______ Make an Impact is a new national media watch group and anti-censorship organization which already has a large number of members from all over the UK. It aims to monitor comprehensively what is published in the media, carefully analyze events and the opinions of various correspondents, and offer criticism of any misinformation that the media might be spreading. The large number of professional journalists who are members of Make an Impact try to give the public a wider context for what is published in the media and help them build a picture of what is truly happening in the world. For more information, visit the Make an Impact website.
4. _______ In some countries, UFO stories regularly make front page news in the press, with pictures, more often than not sent in by members of the public, appearing in both tabloid and even the more serious broadsheet papers. Such articles, together with various documentary series shown on TV, can be so convincing that they can make people who had previously rejected the idea of the existence of extra-terrestrial life change their beliefs. Even though some eyewitness accounts come from extremely unreliable sources, some TV programs, news blogs and articles will carry on publishing them, therefore influencing public views. UFO sightings are commonly used in sensational news reports, and prove just how powerful the media can be in manipulating what we think and what we believe in. To read more about the power of media, visit mediapower.co.uk.
5. _______ John Leeroy, an active news blogger, has launched a new human-interest article site. Being an active online journalist himself, he invites anyone to join the site and post human-interest stories on any topic and from any part of the world. This is another of his ideas to democratize journalism and create an interesting community journalism site. If you wish to contribute, please visit John Leeroy’s blog.
A. Fighting lies
E. Popular news items
B. Why not become a journalist? – The cons
F. Laugh at the news
C. Keeping up to date
G. Become a citizen journalist
D. Building up a picture of the real media
Mark ______/5
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