Quiz for Oxford 8B unit 2
I. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you have learned in Unit Two. The definitions of the words or phrases have been given in the parentheses. Make sure that the sentences are grammatically correct.
1. Forests are ___________ from our land these years.
2. Philip, can you see something red _____________ on the water?
3. The bus gradually _____________ _____________ after all the passengers had been seated.
4. Nothing is more ______________ than friendship.
5. Johnson ______________ ______________ but couldn’t see anyone.
6. You should have told us the truth______________ ______________ ______________ ______________, otherwise we wouldn’t have blamed you for that accident.
II. Finish the sentences according to the passages you have recited.
1. Water talk:
I was dirty after my journey so they _________________ a water treatment works. They gave me ___________________ and ______________________________. Then I travelled in the pipes under the streets. I __________________ until you called me, and here I am.
2. The Rainforests:
As many people have realized that the rainforests______________________________ danger, they______________________________ them. In cosplayta Rica students ______________________ in the rainforests in order to protect them. Some businesses ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.
III. Complete the sentences with the words in their proper forms.
1. On the ______________ day on that isolated island, they finally ran out of food and fell into despair.
2. I will never forget my ______________ trip to Malayala.. .
3. My grandpa is sitting ______________ in that rocking chair.
4. Jane seldom makes silly mistakes in exams because it’s her good habit to do everything with ____________
5. Reading novels is his favorite ______________.
6. He became _________________ after Jerry had explained how water rises into the air.
7. This place is not habitable for people to live in because it’s______________ here even in summer.
IV. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. No one knows when we will start tomorrow.
No one knows ______________ ______________start tomorrow.
2. We have a lot of advanced equipment in this hospital.
We ______________ have ______________ advanced equipment in this hospital.
3. Mary’s never late for meetings.
Mary’s never late for meetings, _____________ ____________?
4. Cecily bought this rare fish when she was five.
Cecily ___________ ___________ this rare fish ___________ she was five.
5. Kate sings best in her class.
___________ ___________ sings better than Kate in her class.
6. I’ll stay here before my father comes back.
I ___________ ___________here ___________ my father comes back.
V. Cluze
April Fool’s Day is on April 1st. People can play j__________ on others on this special day. If you s__________, you usually laugh and say, “April Fool”. The person who has been fooled by you laughs too, and he will never be angry with you.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t___________ mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r______________.
Easter Day f___________ on the first Sunday after the full moon which on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easte
r Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l_________. Many people go to church and children often get present such as toy rabbits.
Christmas Day comes on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be seen e__________. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.
1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ 4. _______________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
II
DIGGING IN THE GARDEN
A few years ago I went through a period of such severe depression that life didn’t seem worth l_____1_____. It was like permanent winter, so bleak and cold that the sun would never s_____2_______.
Then I saw snowdrops pushing through the freezing, iron-hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could come back to life, then s_____3______ could I.
Those green shoots gave me hope in a way that nothing else had.
As spring came, I started to put in more and more plants, until the garden was ablaze with colour. Life was g____4_____ through my hands; gentle, peaceful, but, above all, optimistic. If I gave love, it was returned, a hundredfold.
I could spend hours lost in gardening. Of course, fresh air and exercise help to reduce depression, but for me gardening is more than that. It represents years of work and raises expectation, it represents p_____5_______ as well as hope.
At the end of the first garden I made stood a tree, huge and magnificent. It withstood freezing t______6_______ and gale-force winds. It bent but never broke.
The leaves dropped until it looked no more than a stark skeleton, but it always, always came back to life. And so I learned that we may be battled and bruised, but h_____7____ is a living thing.
1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ 4. _______________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
