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““Dios da la Sabiduría y el Conocimiento que llena nuestra vida de Alegría” Prov. 2:10

BIMONTHLY ENGLISH EVALUATION EIGHTH GRADE FOURTH TERM NAME: ____________________________________DATE:_____________________ SCORE: __________

VOCABULARY 1. Choose the correct option. 1. I go / get on really well with my cousin Jack – he's great! 2. You should talk to someone if you have a problem – don't just deal for / with it on your own. 3I really enjoy hanging / holding out with my friends. 4. If you're feeling lonely, you should go out / over and meet some new people. 5. I got / fell out with Tania last week, but we soon sorted things out and we're friends again now. 6. I share a bedroom with my sister, but I can't put / get up with all her mess. I want my own room! 2. Choose the correct answers. 1. The police ______ the thieves down the street. A. EscapedB. Chased C. fell 2. Be careful you don't ______ off that wall! A. Fall B. push C. pull 3. Don’t leave your shoes there. Someone will ______ over them. A.Climb B. chase C. trip 4. There were over twenty police officers there, but the robbers still managed to ______ ! A. Escape. B. chase. C. trip 5. She hurt her back because someone ______ her down the stairs. A. Fell B. pushed C. jumped

6. He managed to ______ out of the window and get away.

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A. Climb B. pull C. chase GRAMMAR 3. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the Second Conditional. Example: I have a lot of exams this year, so I'm really stressed. I wouldn’t be so stressed if I didn´t have a lot of exams this year. 1. Carrie is unfit because she doesn't do any exercise. If Carrie_______________ some exercise, she_______________ fitter. 2. Jack's parents always get worried because he never tells them where he's going. Jack's parents____________ worried if he________________ them where he was going. 3. I'm not old enough to watch that film. I______________________ that film if I________________ older. 4. I don't have a big house, so I won't invite many people to the party. I__________________ more people to the party if I________________ a bigger house. 5.You shouldn't spend all your money on clothes. If I_______________________ you, I_________________ all your money on clothes. 4. Complete the text with defining and non-defining relative clauses REAL FRIENDS? Do you think of all the people___________ you know online as your friends? It seems that a lot of the people___________ use social media sites such as Facebook have over 200 online friends, compared to around fifty 'real' friends,_________________ they actually meet in real life. Facebook,__________________ was started in 2004, now has over 1.5 billion users worldwide, and a lot of people see it as a place______________ they can meet new friends as well as keeping in touch with old ones. Studies____________ have looked at how people behave on social media sites have found that people are sometimes more honest and open online than they are in real life. But psychologists say, it is our ten or twelve closest relationships_____________ are the most important to us. So maybe it's still better to meet your friends in the local park or café___________ you can talk face to face. 5.

Passive Voice. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

1. They hid the paintings in the back of their van. The paintings_______________________ the back of their van. 2. People don't use guns in many robberies. Guns__________________________ in many robberies. 3. A shop assistant caught the shoplifter. The shop lifter_____________________ a shop assistant. 4. Millions of people watch crime dramas on TV. Crime dramas_____________________ millions of people on TV. 5. Did they send the thief to prison? Was_____________________________ to prison?

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6. People steal a lot of jewellery from this shop. A lot of jewellery_________________________ this shop. 7. They didn't find the missing money. The missing money__________________________________. 8. Do they send children to prison there? ____________________________________to prison there? 6. Complete the article with the correct passive form of the verbs below. Announce- create – help- know- make- publish- solve- watch

The Belgian detective The character of the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot____________ by the writer Agatha Christie in the 1920s. Between 1920 and 1975 over 800 Poirot novels and short stories_________. In the stories, Poirot sometimes works alone, but usually he______________ by his assistant, Captain Hastings. Poirot always dresses smartly and he______________ for his neat moustache and his polite manners. He is very intelligent and believes that all crimes______________ by using the 'little grey cells' in your brain. A lot of the Poirot stories___________ into popular films in the 1970s, and even today stories about Poirot_______________ by millions of people each year on TV. When, finally, Poirot's death___________ in a 1975 novel, an article about his life appeared in the newspaper The Times, as if he had been a real person!

READING When you imagine the desert, you probably think of a very hot place covered with sand. Although this is a good description for many deserts, Earth’s largest desert is actually a very cold place covered with ice: Antarctica. In order for an area to be considered a desert, it must receive very little rainfall. More specifically, it must receive an average of less than ten inches of precipitation—which can be rain, sleet, hail, or snow—on the ground every year. Antarctica, the coldest place on earth, has an average temperature that usually falls below the freezing point. And because cold air holds less moisture than warm air, the air in Antarctica does not hold much moisture at all. This is evident in the low precipitation statistics recorded for Antarctica. For example, the central part of Antarctica receives an average of less than 2 inches of snow every year. The coastline of Antarctica receives a little bit more—between seven and eight inches a year. Because Antarctica gets so little precipitation every year, it is considered a desert. When precipitation falls in hot deserts, it quickly evaporates back into the atmosphere. The air over Antarctica is too cold to hold water vapor, so there is very little evaporation. Due to this low rate of evaporation, most of the snow that falls to the ground remains there permanently, eventually building up into thick ice sheets. Any snow that does not freeze into ice sheets becomes caught up in the strong winds that constantly blow over Antarctica. These snow-filled winds can make it look as if it is snowing. Even though snowfall is very rare there, blizzards are actually very common on Antarctica

7. The main purpose of paragraph 1 is to

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A. accept a conclusion B. introduce an argument C. provide a brief history D. deny a common belief 8. The best title for this passage would be A. Earth’s Many Deserts B. Antarctica: The Coldest Place on Earth C. A Desert of Ice D. Unusual Blizzards 9. Africa’s Sahara Desert is the second-largest desert on earth. Based on the information in the passage, what characteristic must the Sahara share with Antarctica? A. low temperatures B. high temperatures C. frequent blizzards D. low precipitation 10. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best definition for precipitation? A. moisture in the air that falls to the ground B. any type of weather event C. weather events that only happen in very cold areas D. a blizzard that occurs in areas with limited snowfall 11. In paragraph 2 the author writes, "And because cold air holds less moisture than warm air, the air in Antarctica does not hold much moisture at all." Using this information, it can be understood that A. air in Africa holds more moisture than the air in Antarctica B. air surrounding a tropical island holds less moisture than the air in Antarctica C. air in the second floor of a house is typically warmer than air on the first floor D. air at the mountains is typically colder than the air at the beach 12. According to the final paragraph, any snow that falls over Antarctica I. becomes part of the Antarctic ice sheet II. is blown around by strong winds III. evaporates back into the atmosphere A. l only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, II, and

13. Based on the information in the final paragraph, it can be understood that blizzards in Antarctica are mainly the result of

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““Dios da la Sabiduría y el Conocimiento que llena nuestra vida de Alegría” Prov. 2:10

A. freezing cold temperatures B. large amounts of snowfall C. low amounts of precipitation D. strong winds LISTENING PARENTING 14. The conversation takes place A. at their home B. at the girl´s domitory C. in the car 15. What might have happened to the family car? A. The man's daughter hit a tree on a picnic. B.

Some people stole the vehicle by the lake

C.

The woman drove it into some deep water

16. The father's computer is currently A.

being stored safely

B.

in serious trouble

C.

in a repair shop

17.The man's daughter was dating a man who A. was a gang B. was majoring in criminal justice. C. was working as a police officer 18. From the conversation, the father's best course of action in the next 20 minutes is to A. plant some new sunflowers in his yard B. jump in his car and leave home quickly C. sit on his front porch and watch the sunset