Circle the best answer to complete the sentences 2,5ms 1.. Circle the best answer to complete the sentences 2,5ms 1.. Read the passage carefully then answer True or False 3ms Alexander G
Trang 1Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……… ………
Class: 8A
(2010 – 2011)
Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes.
I Listen and fill in the gaps with one suitable word (2ms) ĐỀ II
Lan: Can I help you cook (1) ………….…………., Mom?
Mrs Tu: Sure, You can cook the “Special Chinese Fried Rice” for me Use the big (2)
……… please
Lan: OK How much (3) ……… do I put in?
Mrs Tu: Just a little Wait until it’s hot and fry the garlic and green peppers.
Lan: Do I put the ham and peas in now?
Mrs Tu: Yes And you can put the rice and teaspoon of (4) ………
Lan: Yummy It smells delicious.
II Circle the best answer to complete the sentences (2,5ms)
1 You ……….hard
a) ought to studys b) ought to study c) ought study
2 He isn’t old ……… go to school
a) enough for b) enough to c) so
3 She is going to ………her vacation in Da Lat
a) spent b) spend c) spends
4 We have to sweep the classroom by ………
a) yourselves b) themselves c) ourselves
5 He ……….to do all homework today
a) must b) has c) have
III Read the passage carefully then answer the questions (3ms)
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh He emirgrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University Soon, He started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance This led to the invention of the telephone Thomas Watson was Bell’s assistant They conducted many experiments and finally in 1876 they introduced the first telephone Then in 1877 the first telephone was in commercial use
* Answer the questions
1 Where did he emigrate in 1970?
………
2 When was Alexander G Bell born?
………
3 Who was Mr Bell’s assistant?
………
IV.Combine each pair of sentences into one, following the guide in brackets(2,5ms)
1 Long was sick He didn’t go to school (Because)
………
2 That girl is very intelligent (exclamatory sentence)
………
3 This fruit isn’t ripe He can’t eat it (enough)
………
4 My sister intends to visit Hue citadel next week (be going to)
………
5 He is tall He can play volleyball.(……enough )
………
The end
Trang 2Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……… ……… ………
Class: 8A
(2010 – 2011)
Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes.
I Listen and fill in the gaps with one suitable word (2ms) ĐỀ I
Lan: Can I help you cook (1) ………….…………., Mom?
Mrs Tu: Sure, You can cook the “Special Chinese Fried Rice” for me Use the big (2)
……… please
Lan: OK How much (3) ……… do I put in?
Mrs Tu: Just a little Wait until it’s hot and fry the garlic and green peppers.
Lan: Do I put the ham and peas in now?
Mrs Tu: Yes And you can put the rice and teaspoon of (4) ………
Lan: Yummy It smells delicious.
II Circle the best answer to complete the sentences (2,5ms)
1 You ……….hard
a) ought study b) ought to studys c) ought to study
2 She isn’t old ……… go to school
a) enough to b) for c) so
3 He ……….to do all homework today
a) have b) must c) has
4 She is going to ………her vacation in Da Lat
a) spend b) spends c) spent
5 They have to sweep the classroom by ………
a) yourselves b) themselves c) ourselves
III Read the passage carefully then answer True or False (3ms)
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh He emirgrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University Soon, He started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance This led to the invention of the telephone Thomas Watson was Bell’s assistant They conducted many experiments and finally in 1876 they introduced the first telephone Then in 1877 the first telephone was in commercial use
* Answer the questions
1 Where was Alexander G Bell born?
………
2 Where did he emigrate in 1970?
………
3 Who was Mr Bell’s assistant?
………
IV.Combine each pair of sentences into one, following the guide in brackets(2,5ms)
1 He is tall He can play volleyball.(……enough )
………
2 That boy is very intelligent (exclamatory sentence)
………
3 This banana isn’t ripe I can’t eat it (enough )
………
4 Minh intends to visit Ha Long Bay next week (be going to)
………
5 Nam was sick He didn’t go to school (Because)
………
The end
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1 He was born in Edinburgh (Scotland) 1.0ñ
2 He emirgrated to USA in the 1870s 1.0ñ
3 He invented the telephone 1.0ñ
3 ñieåm IV
1 He is tall enough to play volleyball 0,5ñ
1 What an intelligent boy! 0,5ñ
2 She is not old enough to go to school 0,5ñ
3 Minh is going to visit Ha Long Bay next week 0,5ñ
4 Nam didn’t go to school because he was sick 0,5ñ
2,5 ñieåm Kyù duyeät
Trang 4Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……… ………
Class: 8A
(Students must fill in this box fully)
Marks THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST
(2009 – 2010) Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes.
I Listen and fill in the gaps with one suitable word (2ms) Đề II
Once a poor farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens (1) ………… …… 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 chicken laid a gold egg He shouted excitedly to his (2) ……….:
“We are rich! We are rich!” His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to (3) …….…… …… ……… all the chickens and find more gold eggs Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs When he finished, all the chickens were dead There were no more eggs of any kind of the (4) ……… ……… …… farmer and greedy wife
II Circle the best answer to complete the sentences (2,5ms)
1 Mr Long ….……… smoke cigarettes because they are harmful
2 He asked me ……… playing soccer
3 Her parents are always proud ……….her
4 Nga was born in Vietnam Vietnamese is her ………
a) second language b) mother tongue c) foreign language
5 His teacher said that I should ……… harder
III Read the passage below and answer the questions below(3,0ms)
Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do The Y&Y is having a plan to help the community She will participate in its recycling program In joining this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty Then she will send them for recycling She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some money for her school Y&Y in these activities She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or helping the street children It is really interesting, isn’t it?
* Questions: 1 Is Lan going to have interesting activities?
………
2 What will she do?
………
3 What will she send for recylcing?
………
IV Rewrite the following sentences with the words given (2,5ms)
1 We love to watch TV
We love ………
2 Manh has Math four times a week
How often ………
3 She said to me: “Can you give me a novel, please?”
She asked ………
4 He is a careful driver
He drives ………
5 The teacher said to me: “Look at the board, please”
Trang 5The teacher asked ………
Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……… ………
Class: 8A
(Students must fill in this box fully)
Marks THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST
(2009 – 2010) Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes.
I Listen and fill in the gaps with one suitable word (2ms) Đề I
Once a poor farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens (1) …….… ……… 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 chicken laid a gold egg He shouted excitedly to his (2) ……….…….:
“We are rich! We are rich!” His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to (3) …….……… all the chickens and find more gold eggs Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs When he finished, all the chickens were dead There were no more eggs of any kind of the (4) ……… …… farmer and greedy wife
II Circle the best answer to complete the sentences (2,5ms)
1 She asked me ……… playing soccer
2 Her parents are always proud ……….her
3 Nga was born in Vietnam Vietnamese is her ………
a) second language b) foreign language c) mother tongue
4 His teacher said that I should ……… harder
5 Mr Long ….……… smoke cigarettes because they are harmful
III Read the passage below and answer the questions below(3,0ms)
Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do The Y&Y is having a plan to help the community She will participate in its recycling program In joining this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty Then she will send them for recycling She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some money for her school Y&Y in these activities She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or helping the street children It is really interesting, isn’t it?
* Questions: 1 Is Lan going to have interesting activities?
………
2 What will she do?
………
3 What will she send for recylcing?
………
IV Rewrite the following sentences with the words given (2,5ms)
1 He said to me: “Can you give me a novel, please?”
He asked ………
2 The teacher said to me: “Look at the board, please”
The teacher asked ………
3 They like to watch TV
They enjoy ………
4 Hung has Math four times a week
How often ………
Trang 65 He is a careful driver
He drives ………
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2 How often does Minh have Math? 0,5ñ
3 Her father asked her to open the window 0,5ñ
5 The teacher asked me to look at the board 0,5ñ
2.5 ñieåm
Trang 7Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……….……… ………
Class: 8A (Students must fill in this box fully) Marks THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST (2008 – 2009) Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes I Listen to the tape then fill in each gap with one suitable word (2pts) ĐỀ 1 Today, I’m going to explain how to start a (1)……….……… heap First of all, you must use only vegetables matter include tea leaves, egg shells, but wash the egg shells first and tissue Don’t use any meat or (2) ……… products because this attracts rats Find a place in your garden that gets a few hours of (3) ……….………… each day Use pick or shovels to turn the compost regularly so it gets plenty of air The compost aslo needs moiture, but it will get this from condensation Cover the heap with a sheet of strong plastic if the (4) ……… ……… is very wet II Circle the best answer to complete these sentences (2.5pts) 1 My mother goes to the market so as to (buy / bought / to buy) some food 2 It is happy (meet / to meet / met) old friends again 3 The glass (broken / is broken / break) into small 4 Would you mind if I (take / took / taking) a photo? 5 Do you mind (open / opening / opened) the door? III Read the passage carefully then check the sentences True or False (3pts) DaLat is one of the few places in Viet Nam where the temperature is not so high and so low The climate is really good for flowers Dalat is also well-known for waterfalls like Prenn, Camly … Camly waterfall is just 3 kilometers from the center of the town There are many lakes in Dalat One of the nice lakes is Ho Xuan Huong Another lake is Tuyen Lam where a dream can come true Crying lake has a story to tell and people in the region are happy to tell it The Valley D’Amour (Valley of Love) was named by the French Colonizers who first established Da Lat It’s not so difficult to get to DaLat We may take a bus or a flight from HoChi Minh city * Read the statements and check () True or False T F 1 The temperature in Dalat is so high in summer ……… …………
2 The climate in Dalat is really good for flowers ……… ………
3 Dalat is also well-known for waterfalls ……… .………
4 Dalat has not many lakes ……… ………
5 Valley of Love was named by German Colonizers ……… ………
6 It is difficult to get to Dalat by taking a bus or plane from ……… ………
HCM city IV Rewrite the following sentences as direction (2,5pts) 1 We willvisit Ha Long Bay next week (Change into Passive) ………
2 She is studying hard She wants to pass the exam (Use “ so as to”) ………
3 I am happy I receive your letter (Use “ It + be + adj + to-inf” ) ………
4 Could you open the windows, please? (Use “Do you mind …”) ………
Trang 85 They broke those chairs yesterday (Change into Passive).
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Tan Lap secondary school Full name: ……… ………
Class: 8A (Students must fill in this box fully) Marks THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST (2008 – 2009) Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes I Listen to the tape then fill in each gap with one suitable word (2pts) ĐỀ 2 Today, I’m going to explain how to start a (1)……….……… heap First of all, you must use only vegetables matter include tea leaves, egg shells, but wash the egg shells first and tissues Don’t use any meat or (2) ……… ……… products because this attracts rats Find a place in your garden that gets a few hours of (3) ……….………… each day Use pick or shovels to turn the compost regularly so it gets plenty of air The compost aslo needs moiture, but it will get this from condensation Cover the heap with a sheet of strong plastic if the (4) ……… ……… is very wet II Circle the best answer to complete these sentences (2.5pts) 1 Her sister goes to the market so as to (bought / buy / to buy) some food 2 Would you mind if I (taking / take / took) a photo? 3 The glass (is broken / are broken / break) into small 4 Would you mind (opening / open / opened) the door? 5 It is glad (to meet / meet / met) old friends again III Read the passage carefully then check the sentences True or False (3pts) DaLat is one of the few places in Viet Nam where the temperature is not so high and so low The climate is really good for flowers Dalat is also well-known for waterfalls like Prenn, Camly … Camly is waterfall is just 3 kilometers from the center of the town There are many lakes in Dalat One of the nice lakes is Ho Xuan Huong Another lake is Tuyen Lam where a dream can come true Crying lake has a story to tell and people in the region are happy to tell it The Valley D’Amour (Valley of Love) was named by the Frech Colonizers who first established Da Lat It’s not so difficult to get to DaLat We may take a coach or a flight from HoChi Minh city * Read the statements and check () True or False T F 1 Dalat is also well-known for waterfalls ……… …………
2 The climate in Dalat is really good for flowers ……… ………
3 Dalat has not many lakes ……… .………
4 The temperature in Dalat is so high in summer ……… .………
5 Valley of Love was named by German Colonizers ……… .………
6 It is difficult to get to Dalat by taking a coach or plane from ……… ………
HCM city IV Rewrite the following sentences as direction (2,5pts) 1 Minh is studying hard He wants to pass the exam (Use “ in order to”) ………
2 He is happy He receive your letter (Use “ It + be + adj + to-inf” ) ………
3 Can you close the windows, please? (Use “Would you mind …”) ………
4 He broke that chair yesterday (Change into Passive) ………
Trang 95 They willvisit Nha Rong Harbor next week (Change into Passive)
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Tan Lap secondary school
Full name: ……… ………… ………
Class: 8A
(Students must fill in this box fully)
Marks THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST
(2009 – 2010)
Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes.
I Listen to the conversation and fill in the gaps (2pts). ĐỀ I
1 Mrs Robinson wants Mr Robinson to go the (1)………
2 Mrs Robinson wants some (2)……….……… because they are traditional at Tet
3 Mrs Robinson wants Liz to buy a packet of dried (3)……… ………
4 Mrs Robinson is asking Mrs Nga how to (4)……… spring rolls
II Choose the correct word in the brackets (2,5pts)
1 Chicago is often called “the windy city / the wind city / the city windy”
2 His poem will be (write / written / wrote) in English
3 When we came, she (was listened / was listening / is listening) to music
4 Hoai said that she (live / lives / lived) in Ha Noi capital
5 He (is always talk / is always talking / always talking) in class
III Fill in the gaps with one suitable word then read the passge carefully and answer the questions below (3pts).
This report shows how the rice-cooking festival was held
The festival was held in communal house yard about one kilometer away from a river There were there competitions: water-fetching, (1)……….………and rice-cooking.The festival took one day
In the water-fetching (2)……….…………, one person from each team had to run to the river to get the water
In the fire-making contest, two team members had to make fire in the traditional way They tried to rub pieces of (3)……… together to make the fire
Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice
After the three contests, all the points were added and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize The festival was wonderful
* Questions:
1 What is the name of the festival?
………
2 How many competitions are there in the festival?
………
3 How long did the festival last?
………
IV Rewrite the following sentences with the cues in the brackets (2.5pts)
1 Nam said: “I can’t go out at 10.00” (Reported speech)
………
2 They hold the festival in the village yard (Passive form)
………
3 Mr Minh said to Long: “Do you go to school by bike?” (reported question)
………
4 Mrs Lan said: “I must go now” (Reported speech)
Trang 105 He asked: “Is Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh, Nga?” (reported question)
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*Answers:
1 It’s rice-cooking festival 0,5ñ
2 There are three competitions 0,5ñ
1 Nam said that he couldn’t go out at 10.00 0,5ñ
2 The festival is held in the village yard 0,5ñ
3 Mr Minh asked Long if he went to school by bike 0,5ñ
4 Mrs Lan said that she had to go then 0,5ñ
5 He asked Nga if HaLong Bay was in Quang Ninh 0,5ñ
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