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Listening
Unit 12 Listen to the weather
forecast and
choose the
best answer
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4sents 2.0ms
Vocabu
-lary
and
language
focus
Units:
9,10,11,12,
13,14
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word + to –
inf
+Passive
voice
+past
continuous
tense
+ reported
speech
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4 sents 1m
12 Sents 3ms
Reading
Unit 13 Read a passage and
answer the
questions
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5 sents 2.5ms
Writing
Unit
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13,14
Use the cue
words to
write a
sentence
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Trang 2TON DUC THANG HIGH SCHOOL THE SECOND TERM TEST Number 1 Class: 8 School year: 2011 – 2012
Name: Subject : English
Time: 45’
I) Listen the weather reports carefully and circle the correct answer in A, B, C or D (2pts ):
1 Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of
2 London is going to have a day
4 Paris with the high will be
II ) Read the following passage and then answer the questions (2,5pts):
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar It is known as Tet Nguyen Dan It begins between January twenty- first and February nineteen The exact date changes from year to year Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars On the New Year’’ Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season Tet lasts ten days
Questions :
1.What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
2.When does the Lunar New Year begin?
3.What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
4 How long does Tet last ?
5 Do you tidy your school clean before Tet holiday ?
………
III ) Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D
(2pts):
1 At 8 o’clock last night I ………my homework
2 There are three competitions in the ………… …festival
3 My sister studies harder in order to ………good grades
4 Ha Long Bay was chosen one of the new seven _ of the world in 2011
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8 Ba asked his teacher……… he could read the story
IV ) Match the wonders in column A with the suitable information in column B (1 point)
1 Big Ben
2 Phong Nha Cave
3 Mount Rushmore
4 Great Wall of China
A where you can see the heads of four American presidents carved in the rocks
B The longest structure in the world
C A World Heritage site in Quang Binh Province
D The tallest building in the world
E The clock tower in London
1 ……… 2……… 3………… 4……
V )Rewrite the following sentences so that its meaning is the same the first one (2,5pts )
1) Nga said “ I am interested in learning English.”
Nga said that………
2 ) People speak English all over the world
English is
3 ) May I use your dictionary ?
Would you mind if ………
4) Someone has locked the door and I won ’ t open it
The door ………
5 ) Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice
Viet Nam is a ………
Good luck to you !
Trang 4TON DUC THANG HIGH SCHOOL THE SECOND TERM TEST Number 2 Class: 8 School year: 2011 – 2012
Name: Subject : English
Time: 45’
I) Listen the weather reports carefully and circle the correct answer in A, B, C or D (2pts )
1 Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of
2 London is going to have a day
4 Paris with the high will be
II ) Read the following passage and then answer the questions (2,5pts)
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar It is known as Tet Nguyen Dan It begins between January twenty- first and February nineteen The exact date changes from year to year Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars On the New Year’’ Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season Tet lasts ten days
1.What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
2.When does the Lunar New Year begin?
3.What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
4 How long does Tet last ?
5 Do you tidy your school clean before Tet holiday ?
………
III ) Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D (2pts)
1 He will pick me ……… at the school gate
2 Ha Long Bay was chosen one of the new seven _ of the world in 2011
3 I came in the classroom while Mrs Phuong _ Geography
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7 My sister studies harder in order to ………good grades
8 Ba asked his teacher……… he could read the story
IV ) Match the wonders in column A with the suitable information in column B (1 point)
1 Big Ben
2 Phong Nha Cave
3 Mount Rushmore
4 Great Wall of China
A where you can see the heads of four American presidents carved in the rocks
B The longest structure in the world
C A World Heritage site in Quang Binh Province
D The tallest building in the world
E The clock tower in London
1 ……… 2……… 3………… 4……
V )Rewrite the following sentences so that its meaning is the same the first one (2,5pts )
1) She said “I go to school 5 days a week”
She said that………
2 ) Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice
Viet Nam is a ………
3 ) People speak English all over the world
English is
4 ) May I turn on your television ?
Would you mind if ………
5) Someone has closed the door and I won ’ t open it
The door ………
Good luck to you !
Trang 6ANSWERS (Number 1 )
I ) listening : (0.5pt /sent )
1 A 2 D 3.B 4 A
II) Reading : (0.5pt /sent )
1 It is known as Tet Nguyen Dan
2 It begins between January twenty- first and February nineteen
3 They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars
4 Tet lasts ten days
5 Yes, I do / No , I don’t
III) Vocabulary and language focus :(0.25pt/sent )
1 D 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 D 7 A 8 D
IV) 0.25( pt/ sent) :
1 E 2 C 3 A 4 B
V) Writing : (0.5pt/ sent.)
1) Nga said that she was interested in learning English
2 ) English is spoken all over the world
3 ) Would you mind if I used your dictionary ? …
4) The door has been locked and it won’t be opened
5 ) Viet Nam is a rice - exporting country
Tape transcript Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of fifteen and a high of twenty two
Trang 7ANSWERS (Number 2 )
1.C 2 A 3.D 4 B
II) Reading : (0.5pt /sent )
1 It is known as Tet Nguyen Dan
2 It begins between January twenty- first and February nineteen
3 They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars
4 Tet lasts ten days
5 Yes, I do / No , I don’t
III) Vocabulary and language focus :(0.25pt/sent )
1 C 2 A 3 D 4 A 5 B 6 C 7 C 8 D
IV) (0.25 pt/ sent) :
1 E 2 C 3 A 4 B
V) Writing : (0.5pt/ sent.)
1) She said that she went to school 5 days a week
2 ) Viet Nam is a rice - exporting country
3 ) English is spoken all over the world
4 ) Would you mind if I turned on your television ?
5 ) The door has been closed and it won’t be opened
Tape transcript
Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of fifteen and a high of twenty two
London is going to have a humid day It will be very cold with a low of minus three and a high of seven
Bangkok will be warm and dry, with a low of twenty-four degrees centigrade and a high of thirty-two
In Paris it will be cool and dry today The low will be ten degrees and the high will be sixteen