Class: 8......
Name: ...... / The first term test
english 8(2012-213)
Time: 45 minutes
A: Listening (2 points):Listen to the passage and answer the questions :
1. When did they have a nice holiday ?
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2. Was it the first time for the writer’s friends ?
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3.Did they make the journey ? (Journey: ChuyÕn ®i)
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4. Where did they spend many hours ?
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5. Is it the most wonderful holiday they have had ?
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B. Phonetics (1,0 point):
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
a. / lamp / b. / stamp / c. / candy / d. / tablea. / cupboard / b. / drug / c. / dust / d. / put
a. / knife / b. / children / c. / kind / d. / behind
a. / liked / b. / stopped / c. / played / d. / watched
a. / notice / b. / nose / c. / cold / d. / product
C. Grammar and Vocabulary (3,5 points):
I. Choose the best answer (1,5 points)
1. She hasn’t finished the letter______.
a. / already / b. / just / c. / yet / d. / never2. Lan’s studying hard ______pass the final exam.
a. / for / b. / in order to / c. / so that / d. / so to3. What ______your mother like ? She’s very nice.
a. / does / b. / is / c. / will / d. / did4. She asked me ______her question immediately.
a. / answer / b. / answered / c. / to answer / d. / answering5. Jane is ______beautiful of all.
a. / more / b. / the most / c. / much / d. / as6. He isn’t ______to lift this heavy suitcase.
a. / enough strong / b. / stronger / c. / strong enough / d. / the strongest7. He has just ______a letter to his parents.
a. / writes / b. / written / c. / wrote / d. / writing8. He plays soccer ______than I do.
a. / good / b. / well / c. / better / d. / more9. ______tennis is my hobby.
a. / Plays / b. / Played / c. / Playing / d. / Play10. This test is too difficult ______.
a. / doing / b. / do / c. / to do / d. / didII. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete these sentences (1.0 point).
1. There is a new ______mall in myneighborhood (shop).
2. Nam is the same ______as his brother. (weigh).
3. We can do this test ______. (easy).
4. Phuong Thanh is a good ______. (sing).
5. That’s wonderful. We enjoy ______book. (read).
III. Complete the following sentences use the past simple and present perfect form of the verbs in brackets (1.0 point).
1. Tuan’s father (buy) ______him a new bike 2 years ago.
2. The room looks very clean. ------you (clean) ______it ?
3. Last night I (arrive) ______home at 10.30. I (have) ______a bathand (go) ______straight to the bed.
4. My family (move) ______to HD in 2006. We (live) ______here for 6 years.
D. Reading (1,5points)
Read the passage then choose True or False sentences (1,5 points).
Mary’ family lives in a smallneighborhood. They have lived here since 1980. Most of their neighbors are officers (c«ng chøc) andfactory workers, some are doctors and lawyers (luËt s). They work very hard and always ready to help one an other.
There are two things Mary doesn’t like about her neighborhood. First, it is very noisy in the eveningbecause there is a cinema nearby. Second, it is rather dirty because of a wet market. Mary and her friends are going to organize a group of young pioneer to tidy up their place on Sunday morning.
1. Mary’s family has lived in this neighborhood for about 28 years2. Most of their neighbors are farmers.
3. It is very noisy because there is a school near by.
4. The wet market makes their neighborhood dirty.
5. Mary and her friends often tidy up their place on Sunday morning / T / F
E. Writing (2 points). Use the cue words to writea letter.
Dear Lan,
I/ happy/ receive/ letter/ you.
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I/ not meet/ you/ along time.
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I/ want/ tell/ you/ family.
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father/ go/ work/ every day.
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mother/ visit/ aunt/ Hanoi/ last week.
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Since then/ I/ cook/ the meal
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I/ hope/ I/ see/ you/ again/ soon.
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Mai.
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