One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg.. The wife wanted more eggs, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gol
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BRANCH IN TAN CHAU DISTRICT Independence - Liberty - Happiness
BUNG BANG SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOL
Full name: _
THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009
Subject: ENGLISH 8
Limited time: 45 minutes (not including the delivery time of the assignment)
I Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blanks (3.5ms)
1- When I was a child, I _ follow my Mom to the market
2- We must be there 7:30 and 10:30
3- I know you worked really this semester
4- The flowers will die in some days Lan _ water the flowers
5- It’s too cold outside you close the door, please ?
6- Nam hates to the market
7- The doctor asked him a rest and any heavy work
a to take / do b to take / not do c to take / don’t d to take / not to do 8- They have studied _ 6 o’clock
9- She has _ over 30 pages since yesterday
10- Mary said to John “Can you carry my suitcase, please?”
a Mary asked John to carry her suitcase b Mary told John to carry her suitcase
c Mary asked me to carry her suitcase d Mary told me to carry her suitcase 11- The children are old enough to look after
12- You’ll cook dinner youself
13- Why did you go to the hospital?
a so I got sickness b because I got sickness c that I got sickness d I got sickness 14- Don’t come in Please wait for your turn
II Read the passge and choose the best answer for the questions (2ms)
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to buy food and clothing for his family One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg He shouted excitedtly to his wife “ We are rich! We are rich!” His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg amazement The wife wanted more eggs, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs When he finished, all the
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1- What did the chickens lay ?
a the chickens laid the silver eggs b The chickens laid the brone eggs
c the chickens laid the golden eggs d The chickens laid the steel eggs
2- Why did the husband dicided to cut open all the chickens ?
a Because his wife wanted more golden eggs b So his wife wanted more golden eggs
c So that his wife wanted more golden eggs d That his wife wanted more golden eggs
3- What did the husband shout excitedly to his wife ?
a The husband shouted excitedly to his wife “ We are rich! We are rich!”
b The his wife shouted excitedly to her husband “ we are rich! We are rich!”
c The husband shouted sadly to his wife “ we are rich! We are rich!”
d The husband shouted disappointedly to his wife “ we are rich! We are rich!”
4- What is the moral lesson of the story ?
a It’s difficult to find gold b Don’t kill the chickens
c Don’t be foolish and greedy d Be happy with what you have
III Listen and write the missingwords to complete the letter (1.5 ms)
Dear Linh,
I’m glad to you that I’m going to have an interesting activities
The Y&Y is (0) planning to help the (1) _ I will participate in its recycling program In this program, we will (2) _ glass, used paper and cans Then we will (3) _ them for money
I hope I can save natural resources and (4) _some money for my school Y&Y in these activities I also think about program in either (5) trees and flowers or (6) streets children It is really interesting, isn’t it ?
Write to me soon and tell me all your news
Love,
Nga
IV Rewrite the sentences using the words given (2ms)
1- My father doesn’t smoke anymore ( used to)
-> ……… 2- He is too young to drive a car ( old / enough)
-> ……… 3- Why don’t we go out for a meal after work? ( what about)
-> ……… 4- Children should play outdoors to develop their socail skills ( ought to)
-> ………
V Cirlcle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line ( 1m )
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Grammar & Vocabulary 4 1 8 2 6 3 18 3.5
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ANSWERS
I Choose the right words or phrases to fill in the blanks (3.5ms)
1- a 2- c 3- d 4- b 5- c 6-d 7- d
8- c 9-a 10-a 11-a 12-d 13-b 14-c
II Read the passge and answer the questions (2ms)
1- C The chickens laid golden eggs
2- A Because his wife wanted more golden eggs
3- A the husband shouted excitedly to his wife “ we are rich! We are rich!”
4- be happy with what you have
III Listen and write the missingwords to complete the letter (1.5 ms)
1- community 2-collect 3- sell 4- earn 5- planting 6-helping
IV Rewrite the sentences using the words given (2ms)
1- My father used to smoke
2- He is not old enough to drive a car
3- What about going out for meal after work?
4- Children ought to play outdoors to develop their socail skills
V Cirlcle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line.( 1m).
The end
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Dear Linh,
I’m glad to tell you that I’m going to have an interesting activities.
The Y&Y is planning to help the community I will participate in its recycling program In this program, we will collect glass, used paper and cans Then we will sell them for money.
I hope I can save natural resources and earn some money for my school Y&Y in these activities I also think about program in either planting trees and flowers or helping streets children It is really interesting, isn’t
it ?
Write to me soon and tell me all your news.
Love,
Nga