Read the following passage and complete it using the given words in the box.. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets together for a dinner.[r]
Trang 1THE 2 ND 45-MINUTE WRITTEN ENGLISH TEST
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Class: 8
A PHONETICS ( 2 pts )
I.Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others ( 1pt)
1 A fashion B robot C bamboo D spacious
2 A heritage B musician C performance D procession
3 A competition B historical C.commemorate D activity
4 A defeat B invader C tradition D nation
II.Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.(1pt)
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 4 pts )
I.Choose the best answer ( 1,5 pts )
1 You _ miss any of the meetings They’re always very useful
A needn’t B should C shouldn’t D can
2 When having meals with a Britain family, you should never chew with your open
A hand B eye C finger D mouth
3 My sister has been living in Da Lat for two years; _, she has never been to Than Tho Lake
A however B although C if D because
4 The Hung King Temple festival in Phu Tho
A take B take places C takes place D take place
5 The Xoe dance is a _ tradition of Thai ethnic people
A physical B spiritual C material D practical
6 At Huong pagoda, we offer Buddha a tray of fruit to _him
A worship B commemorate C preserve D pray
II Give the correct form or tense of the following verbs: ( 1.0 pt)
1 The Hung King’s sons him many special foods ( offer )
2 They like the Mid-Autumn festival because they many toys ( give )
3 Why you wear uniform? ( have to )
4 I’d like _the Viet Nam museum of Ethnology this weekend.(visit)
III Complete the sentences with the words from the box.(1.5pts)
Cutlery : đũa generations: thế hệ wrap: gói
trọng
1 We should _ _our customs and traditions.
2 A lot of countries in the world have the tradition of their ancestors
3.You shouldn’t _ a gift in black or white paper
Trang 24.In a lot of countries, the usually invites everybody to start eating.
5.In Viet Nam, the we mostly use is chopsticks
6.For _, my family has visited this pagoda
C READING ( 2 pts )
I Read the following passage and complete it using the given words in the box (1.5pts)
Which for of clean before members
Tet is celebrated on the first day (1) the Lunar New Year Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese (2) _ their houses and paint the wall New clothes are
brought (3) _ the occasion One or two days (4) the festival, people make
Chung cake, (5) is the traditional cake On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets
together for a dinner On the New Year morning, all the (6) _of the family respect to the elders by beautiful words In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red envelopes Then people go to visit their neighbours, friends and relatives
II Read the passage and answer the questions: (0.5p)
1 When do people make Chung cake?
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2 What do they do on the New Year’s Eve?
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D WRITING ( 2 pts ):
Combine each pair of sentences using the words given in brackets (2pts)
1 People cheer to encourage the elephants They are racing ( while )
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2 Nick wanted to travel around Viet Nam to take pictures of festivals He started to save money
(therefore)
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3 You can go to the Giong Festival You can go to the Huong Pagoda Festival (otherwise)
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4 At the festival, we float beautiful paper lanterns on the river We also hold thrilling dragon boat
races (moreover)
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