I/ Read and complete the following passage, using the words in the box.. 1.0 pt with includes dump kind inside Visual pollution can happen outside or 1 your house.[r]
Trang 1Le Hong Phong Lower Secondary School
School-year: 2016 – 2017
Class: 8/…
Full name: ………
45-MINUTE TEST – Period: 70
Subjects: English 8 (New standard)
Time for doing exam: 45 minutes
(not count time for take the exam)
PART A: LISTENING (3.0 pts)
I/ Listen to the passage Then choose the correct answer A, B, or C for each blank (1.5 pts)
1 The first thing you see in Puzzling World is ………
A Lake Wanaka B the Learning Tower C the spacious café
2 The Illusion Room offers you ………
A the picture of a learning tower
B a collection of puzzles and games
C a collection of 3-D holograms
3 ……… is possibly the most photographed attraction in New Zealand
A The Learning Tower B The Illusion Room C Puzzling World
4 Lake Wanaka is called ………
A a natural attraction B a natural paradise C a beauty spot
5 At Lake Wanaka, you can ………
6 Everyone meets up at Lake Wakana at 4.00 and the bus leaves at exactly ………
II/ Lisen to the passage and tick True or False (1.5 pts)
1 Our oceans are becoming extremely polluted
2 Firstly, there is raw sewage which is pumped directly into
the sea
3 Secondly, ships drop about 10 million tons of garbage into
the sea each year
4 Thirdly, there are oil spills from canoes
5 Finally, oil is washed from the land
6 Most of this pollution comes from people
PART B: READING (3.5 pts)
I/ Read and complete the following passage, using the words in the box (1.0 pt)
Visual pollution can happen outside or (1) your house
When you are in the street, do you look around and see too many telephone poles, overhead power lines, or advertising billboards? This is known as a ‘negative visual environment’, and it
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This (3) of pollution can be present in your house, too If you dump clothes
or school things on the floor, it causes visual pollution A room (4) too much
furniture placed in an untidy way is another example of visual pollution in the house
You may not know that when you go out without wearing appropriate clothing, you can also cause this type of pollution
II/ Read and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete Mi’s email to Jane (1.25 pts)
Hi Jane,
How are you? I’m happy to share with you some good news about my village There have
been some changes (1) your visit last year
Last week I came back to my village and was really surprised You know what? The lake is
not (2) anymore The factory has installed a new filtration system to treat the
(3) waste I saw lots of small fish in the lake and wild ducks swimming in the water
Besides, they have planted trees around the factory to (4) air pollution
Since some villagers are in the habbit of littering, people have placed dustbins in various
places This has (5) in a much cleaner environment My grandparents say that at
weekends the villagers also go around the village together to collect rubbish
What about your neighbourhood? Has anything been done to make it cleaner? Tell me all about it in your next email
Bye for now,
Mi
III/ Read the passage and answer the questions below (1.25 pts)
The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago They were the first people to live there They made beautiful wooden buildings with pictures cut into wood There are about 280,000 Maori today Maori have brown skin dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair In 1840, they agreed to become a British colony, government Most of them live like the white New Zealanders However, the Maori don’t forget their traditions Children learn the
language, music, and old stories They have and they learned European ways quickly Today, there are Maori in all kinds of jobs They attend schools and universities and become lawyers and
scientists There are Maori in the yearly competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing The Maori live a comfortable, modern life, but they keep their traditions by passing them to their children
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2 What is the population of the Maori?
3 What do the Maori look like?
4 How do the Maori live today?
5 What do they do at their yearly competitions?
PART C: WRITING (3.5 pts) I/ Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning, using the words in brackets (0.5 pts) 1 Light pollution makes us unable to see the stars in the sky (because of)
2 The soil becomes contaminated because the people use so many pesticides and other farming chemicals (due to)
II/ Complete the sentences, using your idea (0.5 pts) 1 If the Earth gets warmer,
2 If I had one wish,
III/ Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (0.5 pts) 1 I always (enjoy) the Little Creatures Family Festival at London zoo 2 I’m sure that he (enjoy) his new electric toy fan He looks so happy IV/ Write a paragraph (about 80 – 100 words) about “A type of pollution in your area” (2.0 pts)