Grade 8 UNIT 15: COMPUTERS

A. Campus B. Highlands C. Valley D. Bay

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

1. I have already cleaned the floor, but I still need dusting the furniture.
A B C D
2. I knew Tim when he was a child, but I didn’t see him for many years.
A B C D
3. There was something wrong to one of the tires.
A B C D
4. Study is no longer restricted on just one location.
A B C D
5. He had not idea how difficult the job was.
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Computers are very (31)______ but they can also cause problems. One kind of problem is with the
computer’s memory. It is not perfect, so (32)______ computers lose important information. (33)______
problem is with the machinery. Computers are machines, and machines can break down. When computers
break down, they (35)______ erase information, like chalk on a blackboard. Or they may stop doing
anything at all. And there is another different kind of problem with computers. Some doctors say they may
be bad for your (35)______. They say you should computers all day.
6. A. helpful B. careful C. useful D. a & c
7. A. nearly B. hardly C. never D. sometimes
8. A. Other B. Another C. Some D. Many
9. A. need to B. must C. should D. may
10. A. health B. healthy C. healthful D. healthily
Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions below.
The first computers were very large machines. Now computers come in all shapes and sizes. There
were still big computers for companies or universities. There are other special computers for factories. These
large computers tell the factory machines what to do. But there are also small personal computers to use at
home or in an office. There are even computers in telephones, television sets, and cars. These computers
have to be very small. They are so small you cannot even see all their parts.
11. The first computers were ________________.
A. tiny B. huge C. in all shapes and sizes D. all are correct
12. There are computers________________.
A. for companies and universities B. to use at home
C. in telephones, television sets, and cars D. all are correct
13. What does the word ‘they’ in line 5 refer to?
A. telephones B. television sets C. cars D. computers
14. What is the passage written about?
A. old computers B. modern computers C. computers’ shapes D. computers’ sizes
15. Which of the following is true?
A. The first computers were very large.
B. Nowadays, there are only small computers.
C. All modern computers are so small that you cannot see all their parts.
D. Modern computers have the same size.
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