2p Every day of the year throughout the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away.. Many countries have had plants to recycle waste paper to save
Trang 1Nga Thuy Secondary School The mid_ second semester exam
School year: 2011-2012 Time-allowed: 45 minutes
Full name:……… Class:8….
A Language focus:
I Choose the word that has the underlineed part pronouned differently from of the others(1p)
1 a seat b great c seaside d beach
2 a sights b flight c villages d tribes
3 a glassware b fabric c language d pancake
4 a.stamps b trains c hotels d caves
II.Choose the best word to fill in the blank (2p)
1 A new hospital next year
A will build B will be built C will be building D build
2 Would you mind some paper from table?
A getting B get C gets D got
3 Do you mind if I the door?
A opening B open C opens D opened
4 Many people wear shoes made from
A can B old cartire C bottle D glass
5 It is easy this exercise
A understands B.understand C to understand D understood
6.Nha Trang, a beautiful city belong to Khanh Hoa province, is a resort
A mountainous B seaside C village D countryside
7 I went to the school in order to my friends
A to see B seeing C see D saw
8 Would you mind if I the door ?
A closed B to close C closing D close
III.Give correct form of the verbs (2p)
1 They ( watch ) ……… TV since 8 o’clock
2 The girls (play) ……… chess are Hoa and Mai
3 It’s intersesting ( go) ……….camping in the countryside
4 Would you mind ( move ) ……… the bike ?
IV.Give the corect form of the word in the bracket(0,5p)
Trang 21.Lan often takes part in ……….… program (recycle)
2 We are ………… to hear that you passed the final exam (delight)
B.Reading: Read the passage carefully Then answer the questions below (2p)
Every day of the year throughout the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the work of millions of workers Many countries have had plants to recycle waste paper to save money and labor In countries where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much as sixty percent of waste paper Their simple work is to take away the ink, crush and make it into pulp again For every ton of recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved We can insist that the more paper people save, the more trees are preserved
Questions:
1.How many paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away every day?
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……… 2.What have many countries done to save money and labor in making paper?
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……… 3.What percentage of waste paper is recycled with the help of the public?
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……… 4.What do the paper mills do to reuse waste paper?
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……… 5.How many trees can be saved for every ton of recycled newsprint?
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C.Writring: Rewrite these following sentences as directed (2,5p)
1 “Show me your notebooks!” The teacher said to us (use reported speech)
The teacher told us
2 My mother bought me a present yesterday (use passive voice)
A present
3 My father will repair my bike tomorrow (use passive voice)
My bike
4 The question was difficult We could not answer it (use too… to…)
The question was too
5 May I turn off the television?
Would you mind ?