Phuong Hoang Junior high school Phuong Hoang Junior high school Full name Class N0 Date /10/2009 The written test in 45 minutes Subject English 8 Question I Choose the best answer to complete these se[.]
Phuong Hoang Junior high Date: …… /10/2009 school The written test in 45 minutes Full name: Subject: English ……………………… Class: ……… N0……… Question I: Choose the best answer to complete these sentences (2,5p) I ……… a letter from my sister yesterday a sent b gave c received d took They are is ……… to drive a car a not enough b enough not c enough old d not old old old enough She is wearing a ……… dress a red new b new pretty c pretty red d pretty new pretty red new red The tall tree is in fron ……… my house a to b for c from d of We ought ……… the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed a put b push c to put d to push The coat is not big enough ……… him to wear a in b on c to d for Let's paint the house ……… It will be much cheaper a yourself b herself c ourselves d themselves We have got a problem I hope you can help ……… a yourself b himself c us d myself Deaf-mutes can ……… speak ……… hear a both/ and b neither/ nor c not only/ but d either/ or also 10 Would you like ……… a message? a to leave b leave c leaving d left Question II: Listen Then complete the passage (2.5p) Alexander Graham Bell (11)………….… in Scotland in (12) ………………., but when he was a young man of (13)…………… he moved with his parents to Canada Before the year was over, young Graham had left his (14) …………… and gone to Boston Though Bell was a (15) ………………., he was also a practical thinker and a man of (16) ………… In Boston, where he (17)…………… by day as a teacher of the (18) ……………, he worked far into the night (19) ………………… with the electical transmission of the sound This led to the (20) ………………… of the telephone Question III Read the passage Then answer the questions (3p) We don't live in a house or in a flat, we live on a house boat The boat look small but it quite big inside A part from the bathroom, it has only one room, so we have to everything there: eat, cook, sleep and watch TV We usually keep our house boat at Little Venice in London We are almost in the centre of the city That's great for clubs, pubs and the theaters and so on But the best thing about a house boat is that you can move and take your home with you 21 Where they live? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 22 What does the boat look like? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 23 How many rooms does it have? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 24 Where they keep their house boat? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 25 What is the best thing about their house boat? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 26 What is the disadvantages of the house boat? ……………………………………………………………………………………… Question IV: Wrtite a paragraph about your close friend Using the following questions as prompts (2p) 27 What is his/ her name? 28 How old is he/ she? 29 Where and when did you know him/ her? 30 Where does he/ she live? 31 Who does he/ she live with? 32 What does he/ she look like? 33 What is he/ she like? 34 What does he/ she like doing in his/ her free time? 35 Who is/ are his/ her close friend(s)? 36 Does he/ she often write to you? … ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………