I. Choose the correct answer

1. Alex is the ______ player on the team.

a) better b) best c) better than

2. ______ on Saturdays, Mark?

a) Do you work b) Are you working c) Does he work

3. He’s got a(n) ________ video game.

a) exciting new Japanese b) new Japanese exciting c) Japanese new exciting

4. Kanat ______ speak three languages by the time he was seven.

a) can b) is able to c) was able to

5. Have you ______ all the food?

a) eat b) ate c) eaten

6. Saule has lived here _______ 1999.

a) for b) since c) as

7. Be careful or you ________.

a) will fall b) are going to fall c) are falling

8. I’m fed up! _______making that noise?

a) Are you stopping b) Will you stop c) Are you going to stop

9. The Golden Globe awards ceremony ________ last week.

a) held b) is held c) was held

10. The old Globe Theatre ________ by a fire in 1613.

a) destroyed b) is destroyed c) was destroyed

11. Taekwondo helps _______ strength and balance.

a) use b) improve c) achieve

12.Mobile phones and Internet help people _________ with each other easily.

a) communicate b) greet c) carry

13. My sister and I _________ the Net every day.

a) dive b) surf c) swim

14. Please _______ off your shoes before you come inside.

a) take b) eat c) talk

15. The airline __________ my luggage so I had to buy new clothes.

a) presented b) missed c) lost

16. The beautiful scenery ________ my breath away.

a) snatched b) grabbed c) took

17. The film has got ________ special effects.

a) funny b) educational c) brilliant

18. With its _______ plot, the film is going to be a success.

a) boring b) gripping c) special

19. There is a variety of music in the film. It ________ classical to electronic.

a) includes b) ranges from c) creates

20. The strong winds ________ away everything as they passed through the town.

a) swept b) washed c) grabbed

II. Read the text and mark the sentences True or False.

Television pictures are slowly beginning to show how great the damage is in Haiti following the huge earthquake on Tuesday. A magnitude 7.3 quake, just 16km from the capital, hit the Caribbean nation as people were going home after work. Much of the country has been devastated. Many major buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince have collapsed, including the Presidential Palace and the UN headquarters. Haiti's President Rene Preval described the scene in the capital as "unimaginable". The Red Cross says up to 3 million people have been affected. Mr. Preval fears "well over 100,000 people" may have died.

Haiti's ambassador to the USA, Raymond Joseph, said there was "no way of estimating" how many casualties there were. Countries around the world are acting quickly to send whatever help they can to Haiti. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. More than half of its people live below the poverty line on less than two dollars a day. It is one of the poorest-equipped countries on Earth to deal with such a catastrophe. The nation was still trying to recover from being hit by four deadly hurricanes in 30 days in 2008. Its economy is in ruins and it has a long history of corruption and coups.

1. Most Haitians were having their breakfast when the earthquake hit. _______

2. The President’s palace was in ruins after the earthquake. _______

3. The article says Haiti’s president believes 3 million people are suffering. _______

4. Haiti’s ambassador to the US has a good idea of casualty figures. _______

5. Most Haitians are so poor they live on less than two dollars a day. _______

III. Answer the questions in written form

1. What do you do in your free time?

2. What do you use your computer for?

3. What should you do to protect the environment?

4. How many types of natural disasters can you name? Which is the worst?

5. What should you do to have a healthy lifestyle?

Grade 8

Key answers

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. c

5. c

6. b

7. b

8. b

9. c

10. c

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. a

15. c

16. b

17. c

18. b

19. b

20. a

II Reading

1. F

2. T

3. F

4. F

5. T