NguyenChiThanh Secondary School WRITTEN TEST 4 Full name:……………………… Class: 8 A Time: 45 minutes I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others (1point) 1. A. canoe B. gallery C. valley D. card 2. A. grow B. open C. office D. moment 3. A. mind B. window C. find D. tidy 4. A. held B. mend C. tent D. flew II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (2 points). 1. Do you mind ……………… your dictionary? A. If I use B. I using C. If I used D. your using 2. The family ……………… when the mailman came. A. sleep B. is sleeping C. was sleeing D. sleeping 3. Last summer I in London with my friends Lan and Nga. A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. stayed 4. I ………………. a friend while I was doing the shopping. A. meet B. was meeting C. met D. is meeting 5. Liz is very …………… in the water-fetching contest. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests. 6. Many years ago, Christmas songs …………for people in towns and villages. A. performed B. were performed C. was performed D. were performing 7. We're looking forward to ……………… you in January. A. see B. saw C. being see D. seeing 8. The first computer ……………. in Japan. A. was made B. were made C. is made D. made III. Supply the correct tense form of the verbs in the brackets (2 points) 1. She …………………………. (be) a teacher for 20 years. 2. When he …………… (arrive), his son was listening to music. 3. I …………………… (meet) Thuy yesterday at the bus stop. 4. Huong …………………… (watch) TV at 8 o'clock last night. IV. Read the paragraph carefully, then answer the following questions (2points) Vietnamese children look forward to the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, when they celebrate Trung Thu, a mid-fall festival commemorating the moon at its brightest and most beautiful. Traditional, the festival also marked the end of harvest, and parents who had been hard at work in the fields enjoyed spending extra time with their children and lavishing gifts on them. The children wear colorful masks and dance in the streets with star lanterns that are illuminated by candles. The lanterns, which are made out of bamboo and plastic, represent the moon. The children also feast on moon cakes. Shaped like fish of flowers, the sweet cakes are filled with sugar and meat or eggs. During Trung Thu, Vietnamese also remember relatives who have died. They light incense and burn fake money as tributes to them. 1. When is Trung Thu celebrate? - ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Is the moon on that day brightest and most beautiful? - ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What do Vietnamese children do at Trung Thu? - ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. What do Vietnamese people do at Trung Thu to remember their relatives who have died? - ……………………………………………………………………………………………… V. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning is unchanged (3points) 1. They made the fire in the tradition way. - The fire ………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Will you please open the window? - Would you mind ………………………………………………………………………… 3. "I will clean all the class windows" Thuy said. - Thuy said…………………………………………………………….…………………… 4. The children are decorating the sitting-room. - The sitting-room.…………………………………………………………………………… 5. They lived in Ha Noi in 2005. - They have………………………………………………………………………………… 6. "I want my room to look nice at the festival" Hoa said - Hoa said .……………………………………………………………….………………… ________________________The end________________________ Answer keys I. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D II. 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. A III. 1. has been 2. arrived 3. met 4. was watching. IV. 1. Trung Thu is celebrate on the 15 day of the 8th luna month. 2. Yes, it is 3. The children wear colorful masks and dance in the streets with star lanterns that are illuminated by candles. 4. They light incense and burn fake money as tributes to them. V. 1. The fire was made in the tradition way (by them) 2. Would you mind opening the window? 3. Thuy said (that) she would clean all the class windows. 4. The sitting-room is being decoreted by the children. 5. They have lived in Ha Noi since 2005. 6. Hoa sai (that) she wanted her room to look nice at the festival. . NguyenChiThanh Secondary School WRITTEN TEST 4 Full name:……………………… Class: 8 A Time: 45 minutes I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced. keys I. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D II. 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. A III. 1. has been 2. arrived 3. met 4. was watching. IV. 1. Trung Thu is celebrate on the 15 day of the 8th luna month. 2. Yes,. was listening to music. 3. I …………………… (meet) Thuy yesterday at the bus stop. 4. Huong …………………… (watch) TV at 8 o'clock last night. IV. Read the paragraph carefully, then answer the following