English Questions and Answers - Class 8 End of Term 1 Exams 2022 Set 1

QUESTIONS

Read the passage below. It contains blank spaces numbered 1 to 15. For each blank space choose the BEST alternative from the choices given.

Human beings are _1_ animals. This_2_ that they live together and interact with _3_. This way, their life is _4_ when they are together. When one is in need of _5_ he does not have his immediate _6_ is thinking wlacre he can get it _7_, goes to one of his neighbours _8_ he believes has what he needs, borrows it to use and the neighbour too, _9_ the same when in need, Where there is_10_ or attack from unfriendly people, one _11_ and is assisted by those living close to their homes. This explains _12_ people cannot put up their homes in far places from other homes.
People should strive to create an atmosplier that is friendly. They should visit their neighbours, _13_ how they are doing _14_life on almost daily basis and feel concerned when one is away _15_ bereaved. When one has a problem, it is a communal affair and so the bond stays intact.

1.                    
   1. social
   2. creative
   3. normal
   4. clever
2.                      
   1. shows
   2. explains
   3. defines
   4. means
3.                      
   1. one another
   2. others
   3. each
   4. any other
4.                    
   1. broken
   2. separated
   3. incomplete
   4. cut
5.                      
   1. everything
   2. anything
   3. items
   4. something
6.                    
   1. memory
   2. reaction
   3. conclusion
   4. duty
7.                            
   1. thus
   2. after
   3. then
   4. later
8.                        
   1. which
   2. whom
   3. that
   4. likewise
9.                              
   1. borrows
   2. uses
   3. lends
   4. does
10.                              
    1. ceremony
    2. gathering
    3. emergency 
    4. order
11.                            
    1. raises
    2. shouts
    3. makes
    4. cries
12.                        
    1. how
    2. whether
    3. why
    4. when
13.                        
    1. discover
    2. know
    3. state
    4. discuss
14.                  
    1. in
    2. with
    3. for
    4. by
15.                      
    1. like
    2. and
    3. also
    4. or

In question 16 to 18, select the word which BEST completes the sentence given.

16. He arrived late and was ............................ entry to the show
    1. denied
    2. refused
    3. objected 
    4. disagreed
17. We left early as we expected to .................................. in Meru before dusk.
    1. reach
    2. go
    3. arrive
    4. get
18. Waswa was ....................... of all the charges
    1. freed
    2. acquitted
    3. released
    4. forgivene

In questions 19 and 20. select the sentence which is CORRECT

19.                                  
    1. One of the table's legs is broken.
    2. He put his house for sale to clear his debts.
    3. This is not your trough your's is blue in colour.
    4. Our head teacher reads the Standard every day.
20.                              
    1. Will you give me a favour, please?
    2. I can be able to ride a bicycle myself.
    3. The couple is always quarrelling over money.
    4. Crawling under the fence, my pullover got caught by the wire.

For questions 21 and 22. choose the word which LEAST fits in the group

21.                                
    1. Sit
    2. Cut
    3. Let
    4. Put
22.                        
    1. Stagger
    2. Sprint
    3. Match
    4. Prowl
23. The words below can be rearranged to make a correct sentence if one word is added.
    PUPIL DOES TOURS YOU LIKE FIND CAN WHO NOT A EDUCATIONAL
    Which words should be added
    1. COME
    2. GAMES
    3. UP
    4. HARDLY
24. Re-arrange the three leters that are found in ALL the following words. SINGER WASHING FRIENDS DECISION
    Which English word can be made from these three letters?
    1. SAW
    2. END
    3. SIN
    4. FAN

Choose the word which makes thiS sentence TRUE

25. It is very ......................... to take shelter under a tree.
    1. unsafe
    2. clever
    3. rude
    4. fatal

Read the passage below and then answer questions 26 to 38
During the weeding season, only the very old or sick remained at liome. All the others went to weed. They would report to the farm together but the departure time was staggered due to age or other allocated duties. The young boys and girls would be released around eleven o'clock; the boys would then take the cattle to graze while the girls would prepare porridge and take it to the furm. Many people would live the farm around two o'clock. Their grandmother traditionally remained at home to take care of it till the others returned.
The boys were still grazing around home as they waited for pomidgo when they heard the screams, The dreaded tax collectors had been sighted in the neighbourhood as usual, everybody run out of their homes. If they got you at home, especially the able-bodied adults, you'd pay the tax instantly or they grab two or more of your healthy cocks. So the scream wasn't to seare the villagers but a waming for them to hide. The boys and girls would simply be asked where their parents were and they would promise to return another day
The boys ate their porridge and went their way. The girls too, carried the other portion to the farm and as they ate it out there, they reported about the tax-collectors. The parents were amused, imagining how the grandmother could have run to avoid being seen. They proceeded working up to around two o'clock when everybody cared the shoes back home. When they reached, they busied themselves, preparing lunch which they took soon after but grandmother was not yet seen. The door to her house was still partially open as ithad been when they arrived home, indicating that she was just around as chicken went in and out uniterrupted. They soon realised she was not in the house.
A team was soon assembled and dispatched to move from home to home, looking for her. When no positive report came after half an hour or so, they went to other homes, further away but this too, did not produce no desirable results. No one had seen grandmother from that moming, not even before the tux-collectors arrived and that was very abnormal.
A siceable crowd was already forming at home, some even wondering if she had left to visit her kin but this idea was instantly dismissed because of one obvious reason. They then thought of going to check along the riverbanks incase she could have gone there and missed a step. Three young men volunteered and were just leaving when one of the women was overcome by emotion and broke into a blood-curdling wail. The children joined in but as the others struggled to calm them down, grandmother's door suddenly opened wide and there she was, in her usual green frock.
Everybody became silent and shocked at the same time. Even before she could move two steps from her door, she asked, "Who has left us? I have not heard of a sick person here of late." As she trotted, looking puzzled and out of touch with reality, she realised no one was responding to her queries, "Or is it me! She added and it's this that made the whole group burst ut prolonged laughter

26. Why were some people left behind at home?
    1. In order to take care of the home 
    2. They would not be very useful out there.
    3. They were located other duties to perform
    4. They chose not to go weed
27. The staggering of departure time from the farm was due to 
    1. how hardwoking cach individual was 
    2. when each person wanted to return home. 
    3. how much work others did on the farm.
    4. other allocated responsibilities.
28. According to the first paragraph, two o'clock was when
    1. all people would return home. 
    2. some family members would take lunch.
    3. came when the adults were away
    4. they all would not be very busy.
29. The MAIN reason why the tax-collectors were dreaded is that they
    1. ensued adults paid their taxes by all means.
    2. targetted two or three healthy cocks. 
    3. came when the adults were away.
    4. usually arrested whoever was found at home.
30. Who among the following would be safe from tax-collectors'
    1. Anybody who did not have cocks or money.
    2. The old and the children.
    3. Anybody who was away from home.
    4. Those whose children did not scream. 
31. Why did the girls report about the tax collectors? 
    1. So that they are not caught unawares.
    2. To enable them decide to take longer at the farm
    3. They expected that their grandmother could be in trouble
    4. To update the parents on what had happened
32. Grandmother's absence during lunch went unnoticed because
    1. the tax-collectors had been seen around.
    2. the door of the house was partially open.
    3. she probably took her lunch at her house.
    4. she used to take lunch earlier than others,
33. What report was the first team dispatched expected to bring?
    1. What had made grandmother move away from her house
    2. Why she left her door partially open.
    3. Where the lax-collectors had gone to
    4. The current location of grandmother.
34. Grandmother's absence from her house that afternoon could BEST be described as
    1. mysterious
    2. interesting
    3. suspicious
    4. funny
35. Grandmother could not have travelled to her kin because
    1. she had been fleeing from the tax collectors,
    2. of the state in which her house was
    3. of the time it would take her to reach
    4. no one knew if she had surviving relatives
36. Why do you think the children join the woman who started wailing?
    1. It was part of their tradition
    2. They too were overcome with griet
    3. They thought she knew what the others did not
    4. It was to warn other villagers of what lay ahead.
37. Grandmother's question in the last paragraph suggest that
    1. there are people she expected to see there 
    2. she knew how to thank the villagers.
    3. people used to leave and return at will
    4. she knew what the wail meant.
38. In the end, we learn that grandmother
    1. was in dilemma on the situation then
    2. teased those she found gathered at her home.
    3. blamed her grandchildren for the problems.
    4. thanked the crowd gathered at her home.  

Read the passage belose and then answer questions 39 to 50
Chidren must be taught to work for the things they want. It could be the cell phone, video games, bicycles, toys and many others. When they are given everything they want by their parents, it is easy for them to develop a mindset of entitlement
The poor person mindset is to give their child whatever the child want if they can afford it. This gives a child a sense of entitlement. Later on, in employment, they may not understand why sometimes they have to work so hard for so little money and will eventually quit. Many wealthy parents teach their children to save up for what they need. In fact, Gordon Ramsey who owns and operates 40 Michelin starred restaurants all over the world worth over 152 billion says that he has no intention of leaving anything to his children. He adds, "It's definitely not going to them. The only thing I will give them is a 25% deposit on it flat but not the whole flat". This teaches them that despite having a head start in life, they have to put in the work.
If children want something that is not a basic need let them save from the little money you give them now and then. Many rich people teach their children that gambling is a bad practice in the use of money. A recent study conducted shows that 6% of the wealthy played the gambling game against 77% of the poor. Worse, the poor admitted to be playing the game regularly. This has made it become like a virus within their social network.
Children are consistently observing what their parents do. If the parents gamble, the children will likely be gamblers as adults. Rather than getting themselves into a dangerous situation, a parent can decide to introduce the children to the pitfalls of betting personally. Learning a few difficult lessons in an atmosphere is not safe and could actually be effective. You can let then try their hands at gambling and once they loss their money they will have learnt a good lesson. 
The lesson with gambling is that every one thinks that they're going to win but in fact, takes to time at all for them to lose all their hard earned-money. They watch as it disappears into the air. If any of the children can end up with some money they should be told that those were exceptionals just as it in real-life.

39. When a child wants to own a ball, 
    1. he should find out how others got balls
    2. he should politely request his parents
    3. he needs to work his way out to get it
    4. his parents should buy it and give it to the child
40. What is the danger in giving children anything they need?
    1. it makes them become dependent on you
    2. they could also give them out to their friends
    3. they could ask for too many things
    4. it makes them stop sharing whatever they have
41. Parents should emulate Gordon Ramsey because
    1. he owns and operates 40 Michelin starred restaurants.
    2. his children are putting up hotels like his.
    3. he does not like his children
    4. he makes his children work for their retirements.
42. Why do you think should children not be denied the basic needs? 
    1. No one knews exactly how many they are
    2. it is their right to get it.
    3. Parents provide it unconsciously. 
    4. Basic needs are not that expensive
43. By leiting children save for what they want,
    1. They develop the sense of ownership for them.
    2. they complete one another in the family
    3. it becomes difficulty to know one's  possessions
    4. security of all items becomes guaranteed.
44. The reason why a higher percentage of poor people gamble is
    1. They lack someone to guide them.
    2. it does not involve the use of much money
    3. their aim is to get rich quickly
    4. they have a lot of free time
45. The frequency at which the poor gamble shows that
    1. the game is designed to favour.
    2. they know the benefits better than the rich
    3. each of them convince the other to keep playing
    4. they use more money at it than the rich.
46. By comparing gambling to a virus, the writer means that
    1. it attracts people just like diseases
    2. ganbling wastes peuple's money.
    3. it spreacis very fast,
    4. how it started is still unknown.
47. If a child tries gamliling and fails
    1. he will keep trying until he wins.
    2. he is likely to get discouraged
    3. many others will learn from him.
    4. he should be advised to stop it.
48. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
    1. Gambling is mostly copied from parents 
    2. Children can work for only four things.
    3. Gordon Ramsey left the sons no inheritance
    4. Only the rich know the benefits of gambling.
49. For one to be a good gambler, he should
    1. not watch as their money disappears.
    2. encourage the whole family into it.
    3. know when to stop the game
    4. always believe he would soon win.
50. The BEST title for this passage would be
    1. What children learn from their parents.
    2. Children should only be given basic needs.
    3. Learning the proper use of money, 
    4. Money games liked by the poor

COMPOSITION

You have 40 minutes to write your composition
Below is the beginning of a story. Write and complete the story making it as interesting as you can.

Finally, I was back home after a very interesting day. As I sat down to relax, my brothers and sisters immediately joined me ........................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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