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Trang 1Full name:……… The First English Test
Class: 8A… (time allowed: 45’)
I Phonetics: 1m
1 Choose the underlined word which is pronounced differently from the others (1/2 ms)
a A reserved B sociable C safe D dangerous
b A exhibition B hour C honesty D house
2 Choose the word which has stress pattern differently from the others (1/2 ms)
a A character B experiment C cupboard D furniture
b A invention B stationery C precaution D tradition
II Grammar, Structure and Vocabulary: 5 ms
1 Give correct form of the verbs in the brackets (2 ms)
a Ba’s English is good enough (join) English speaking club./ ………
b A.G Bell (start) his experiments in Boston university many years ago./………
c Mrs.Lien (see) a music show on T.V tonight./……….
d I stopped (buy) a new hat on the way to home last Sunday./………
2 Choose the best answer to complete each one below ( 3 ms) a I’m sorry, Mr Lam’s out Would you like… him a message? (leave/to leave/leaving) b There is a… movie o T.V toight (interesting/interested/beautiful) c They have to cook dinner…… (themselves/yourselves/ourselves) d There are two books and a vase of flowers… the table (in/on/above) e It’s… to leave chemicals around your house (safety/safe/unsafe) f Tuan has a… hair and a big nose.(curly short/short curly/black short) III Reading: 2,5 ms 1 Read the following passage and do as directed (2,5 ms) Alexander.G.Bell was born on March 3,1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone Many inventors had been working on the idea of sending human speech by wire, but Bell was the first to succeed The invention of the telephone grew out of improvements Bell had made to the telegraph He died on August 2, 1922 a) Answer questions (1,5 ms) a.1 When was Alexander G Bell born?
a.2 What was his first invention?
a.3 How old was he when he died?
b) True (T) or False (F) statements: (1 m) b.1 Alexander G Bell was born in Iceland ………
b.2 He succeed in inventing the mobile phone ………
IV Writing: 1,5 ms 1 Rearrange the following sentences to have meaning sentences (1,5 ms) a is/English dictionary/and/an/there/on/two/desk/pens/the/ - ………
b tall/long/she/and/thin/is/black/has/and/hair/ - ………
c you/do/must/harder/homework/study/and/ - ………
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