Name WRITTEN TEST 4 Date 9 th , April 2011 Class 8c I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. carol B. market C. car D. park 2. A. sound B. country C. amount D. round 3. A. heritage B. departure C. deposit D. religious 4. A. stopped B. ordered C. prepared D. defined 5. A. plough B. laugh C. cough D. rough II. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1. He asked me ……… I liked eating raw fish. A. but B. and C. if D. then 2. …… if the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is a World Heritage Site. A. They knew B. She asked C. We don't know D. We knew 3. The foreigner wanted to know ……. we were from Viet Nam. a. A. who B. where C. whether D. how 4. Could you please tell me how ………a sticky rice cake? A. make B. to make C. to be made D. to making 5. Hoa promised …… with us in London. A. to contactingB. to see C. to keep in touch D. to meet 6. My teacher advised me ……… harder. A. to work B. work C. working D. to working 7. Loudspeaker ……… in 1924 by C.W. Rice. A. was invented B. invented C. has been invented D. was inventing 8. He is always……TV and forgetting to do his homework. A. watch B. watches C. watching D. watched 9. He hopes ………. to university next year. A. go B. to go C. to going D. to be gone 10. 4. The family ……… when the mailman came A. is sleeping B. Was C. has slept D. was sleeping III. Read the following passage and answer the questions The Vietnamese people celebrate the New Year (Tet) on the first three days of January according to the lunar calendar. On these days, they often paint and decorate their houses. They buy a lot of fruit, flowers and they also make many delicious dishes. People who work far away try to get home on these days. On the first day of tet, people often offer these good fruit and food to their ancestors and after that the whole families enjoy the food. They also visit pagodas, temples, and their relatives or friends. Children are given lucky money which represents the adult’s good wishes to them. There are a lot of traditional, games and contests at tet, such as rice-cooking, fire-making, water – fetching and buffalo- fighting. These are really interesting. People are playing and enjoy themselves very much on these occasion. 1. When do Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year? A. On the first three days of January according to the solar calendar. B. On the first three days of January according to the lunar calendar. C. On the first days of January D. Every day of January according to the lunar calendar 2. They make a lot of sticky rice cakes at Tet because ………………… A. they make from sticky rice B. they are easily made C. they are traditional ones D. they look nice. 3. People try to get home at Tet because they ……………. A. would like to get together with every member of their family. B. Earn a lot of money. C. Would like to go to the pagodas. D. Would like to go to the festivals with their family. 4. children are often given lucky money because lucky money represents…… A. good health B. good wishes C. good results D. good time 5. There are ………traditional games at Tet. A. no B. any C. much D. many IV. Find and correct the mistakes in these sentences below. 1. They wanted to know if I have a lot of brothers and sisters. A B C D 2. My teacher asked me help her do homework. A B C D 3. I decided changing jobs because my because my boss makes me work all time. A B C D 4. It is said that Viet Nam is a rice-export country . A B c D 5. While Mai ate, there was a knock at the door. A B C D V. Rewrite these sentences so that it has the same meaning to the first ones. 1. Lan said to Nga, "Is Mount Everest the highest peak in the world?" Lan asked Nga 2. He told us to do our homework. We ……………………………………………………… 3. They performed the first Christmas songs 800 years ago. The first 4. It is a contest in which participants have to make a fire. It is a 5. People thought that more than 30 million people were killed in the earthquake in Japan last week. It ………………………………………………… . Name WRITTEN TEST 4 Date 9 th , April 2011 Class 8c I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. ……………………………………………………… 3. They performed the first Christmas songs 800 years ago. The first 4. It is a contest in which participants have to make a fire. It is a 5. People thought that more than. knew 3. The foreigner wanted to know ……. we were from Viet Nam. a. A. who B. where C. whether D. how 4. Could you please tell me how ………a sticky rice cake? A. make B. to make C. to be made D. to making 5.