While we watch ……….a film yesterday the door bell rang 2.. Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar.. The exact date changes from year to year.. Vietnamese peop
Trang 1ENGLISH TEST (Number 4) 2010- 2011 Grade: 8 Time: 45 minutes Full name: Class: 8
I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
II Choose the best answer.
1 Jane saw her old friend while she _ the street
a crossed b is crossing c was crossing d crosses
2 Millions of Christmas cards every year
a were sent b are sent c send d is sending
3 They are good friends They _ each other for a long time
a know b knew c knows d have known
4 She asked me if I a car
a have b has c had d am having
5 Linda asked me where souvenirs
a buy b buying c bought d to buy
6 The pyramid of Cheops is one of the seven of the world
a temples b wonders c buildings d, hotels
III Give the tense and form of the verbs in brackets.
1 While we ( watch) ……….a film yesterday the door bell rang
2 They (live) ……….in London since 1990
3 She showed me how (get) ……….to the airport
4 What you (do) ………at eight o’clock yesterday evening?
IV Read the passage and complete the task
Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar It’s officially known
as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet It begins between January twenty – fist and February nineteenth The exact date changes from year to year Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand They decorate their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars At the New Year’ Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year coming up, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season Tet usually lasts for ten days but the first three days are the most important Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year As a result, they make every effort to avoid argument and smile as much as possible
+ True ( T ) or False ( F )
1 Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Solar calendar
2 Tet usually lasts for ten days
Trang 2+ Answer the questions:
3 What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
……….……….…
4 What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet ?
……….……….…
V Rewrite these sentences:
1 People performed Christmas songs in towns and villages 800 years ago
Christmas songs………
2 Someone has opened the door
The door ………
3 We will hold an English - Speaking contest in our school next week
An English – speaking contest ………
4 “ Do you want to visit London, Peter?” said Mary
Mary asked ………
5. “ I am visiting Hoi An now” Nhi said
Nhi said ………
VI Listen to the following weather forecast and fill in the table with the missing
information
Here is today’s (1)……… forecast for the international travelers Let’s start with Sydney It will
be a dry day in Sydney today, and (2)………… For the (3)………, the low will be (4)
…………and the high will be twenty six Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of (5)
……… and a high of twenty two (6) ……… is going to have a humid day It will be very (7)…………with a low of (8)…………three and a high of seven
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