To 1 ……… Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty traditional foods.. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice.. Chung cake is
Trang 145 – Minute Test
English Grade 8 th
Full name: ……… …………
Class: ……….……….
I Circle the the option which has the underlined part pronounced differently (1 pt)
1 A pet B texting C listening D website
2 A visit B like C skill D watching
3 A sticky rice B countryside C friendly D by
II Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence (2 pts)
1 She enjoys with young children
A work B working C to work D works
2 My house is hers
A cheap than B cheaper C more cheap than D cheaper than
3 He drives _ his brother
A more careful than B more carefully C more carefully than D as careful as
4 does Lan live? – She lives in Tan Yen
5 They don’t mind buffaloes They like riding them
A herding B herd C herds D to herd
6 is class monitor? – Loan is
7 Does she like a book to the younger children?
A reads B reading C to read D read
8 Nick, we’re goin’ to a cultural event Would you like to join us?
III Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the following sentences (1 pt)
1 Mai enjoy ……… crafts, especially bracelets (make)
2 ………you ever ……… a buffalo? (ride)
3 Children in this village love ……… kites on summer afternoons (fly)
4 The children used to ……… a long way to school (go)
IV Fill in each blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage (1pt)
Tet is the biggest festival in Viet Nam It takes place in the first lunar month of the year; it’s a time for family reunion To (1) ……… Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty traditional foods The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans and other
Trang 2spices, wrapped in the green leaves; therefore, this cake needs a lot of (2) ……… This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet Other significant food that can’t be missed to (3) ……… the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls and sticky rice Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers (4) ………, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be served immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home
V Read the passage and do the tasks below (1 pt)
Five-coloured sticky rice is an important traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in the
northern mountainous regions People call the dish five- coloured sticky rice because it has five colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white The things that create the colours are not
chemicals but natural roots and leaves The five colours of the dish represent five elements of life according to Vietnamese beliefs: yellow is earth, red is fire, green is plants, white is metal, and purple or black is water People believe that these five elements create harmony between heaven and earth Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at Tet, in festivals and ceremonies, on special occasions, and whenever the family has guests
A Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1 ……… Five- colour sticky rice is a traditional dish
2 ……… Five-sticky rice is made with chemical
B Choose the best answer A, B, C or D
3 The five colours of the dish represent of life according to Vietnamese beliefs
A five elements B five colours C five regions D five occasions
4 Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed
A at Tet and in festivals B on special occasions
C whenever the family has guests D All A, B and C are correct
VI Write the sentences that mean exactly the same as the one printed before it (1 pt)
1 Mary cooks better than Tom
Tom doesn’t ………
2 I adore listening to music every day
I enjoy ……… ………
VII Reorder the words in each line below to make complete sentences (1 pt)
1 expensive/ is more/ than the black/ one./ The red car/
- ………
2 will you/ What/ during the trip/ the countryside./ to/ do/
- ………