The Revision Class :8……. Grade :8 (The second semester ) Full name:……… ……………… Date: March , 2010. Marks Teacher’s ideas I . Choose the best answer :( 2 ms) 1. Would you mind ……………. I smoked here. a. When b. that c. if d. for 2. The boy over there is my brother. a. stand b. stood c. standing d. being stood 3. I finished housework while my mother ……… dinner. a. cook b to cook c. was cooking d. is cooking 4. The first prize ………. to the Me Kong team just after the final match yesterday. a.award b. was awarded c. awarding d. is awarded 5.I cleaned my house before Tet. My house ………………… before Tet. a. cleaned b. was cleaned c. clean d. is cleaned 6. It’s dangerous ……………. in this river. a. swim b. to swim c. swimming d. swam 7. We are looking forward to ………………… you in June. a. seeing b. see c. saw d. be seen 8. At 9 o’clock yesterday we __________ on the beach. A. are playing B. have played C. play D. were playing 9. Will you pick me ____________ after the party? A. up B. over C. through D. on 10. The Statue of _______ is situated in New York harbor. A. Alcatraz B. Liberty C. Empire State D. Four American presidents 11. I burnt my hand while I _________ dinner. A. cooked B. was cooking C. have cooked D. cook 12. _________ is a religious song that people sing at Christmas. A. Carol B. Poem C. Christmas card D. Patron saint II. Write the correct form of the verbs. (2ms) 1. The man ……………… next to me was very nervous.(sit) 2. Tom doesn’t enjoy ……………………. at by other people.(laugh) 3. They ( watch ) _________________T.V at 8.30 last night. 4. I ………………… her since last year. (know) 5. Would you mind if I (watch) ______________ TV? 6. It’s important (prepare) ____________ lessons before coming to the class. 7. Do you mind if I (sit) _____________ down? 8. Lan goes to the post office so as to (buy) ___________ some stamps and envelopes. 9. Peter fell asleep while he (read)………………………. a newspaper. 10. It is easy (do) ………………… … that exercise. 11. He often (buy)…………………….…… books at this shop. 12. They (watch)…………………… …. T.V last night. 13. Tuan already ( do ) ________________his homework. 15. It ( rain ) ______________when the plane got to Ha Noi. 16. Huong ( go ) ______________to Son La last week. III. Change into passive voice:(1m) 1. People use milk for making butter and cheese . -………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. Somebody will clean the room later. - ………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. They must do these exercises carefully before having a Test. - ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. My mother buys many candies on New Year’s Days. - ………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. They decorated a Christmas tree in the early 1500s. ________________________________________________________________ 6. People make a fire in a rice-cooking contest. ________________________________________________________________ 7. The Chinese invented paper in the century A.D. Paper ____________________________________________ 8. This factory produces 10,000 cars each year. 10,000 cars________________________________________ 9. Mai bought a new shirt yesterday. A new shirt ____________________________. 10. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem in 1823. -> The poem …………………………………………………… IV. THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL The rice-cooking (1)___________ was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a (2)__________. There were three (3)_________: waterfetching, fire-making and (4)____________. The festival took one day. In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to get the water. In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the (5)___________ way. They tried to (6) _____________ pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team (7)______________in the rice-cooking festival. They had to (8)______________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. V. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA In China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains. It was made by hand. The Great Wall of China was built from 246 - 209 BC. The people of China made it to keep out their enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China. 1. Where is the Great Wall? …………………………………………………………………… 2. When was it built? …………………………………………………………………… 3. What is it made of? …………………………………………………………………… 4. What was it built for? …………………………………………………………………… ** The end ** . 11 . He often (buy)…………………….…… books at this shop. 12 . They (watch)…………………… …. T.V last night. 13 . Tuan already ( do ) ________________his homework. 15 . It ( rain ) ______________when the plane. name:……… ……………… Date: March , 2 010 . Marks Teacher’s ideas I . Choose the best answer :( 2 ms) 1. Would you mind ……………. I smoked here. a. When b. that c. if d. for 2. The boy over there is my brother. a cooked D. cook 12 . _________ is a religious song that people sing at Christmas. A. Carol B. Poem C. Christmas card D. Patron saint II. Write the correct form of the verbs. (2ms) 1. The man ………………