Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar.. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand.. They tidy their houses, cook spe
Trang 1Name: THE SECOND ENGLISH TEST
Class: …… Subject: English Grade 8
Duration: 45 minutes School year: 2010-2011
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I Language focus:
Choose the correct words or phrases to fill in the blanks (2,5ms)
1 The Le family was sleeping the mailman came
2/ Jane saw her old friend while she the street
a crossed b is crossing c was crossing d crosses
3/ I don’t know how the game/
4/ The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is one of the of the world
5 Bao is forgetting his homework
6 It’s a rice- contest
7 He said he could the faucets
8 Nhi asked Nga whether My Son in Quang Nam province
9 Sydney Opera House was in 1973
a complete b completed c completing d to complete
10 She TV at 8.30 last night
a watched b was watching c watch d watches
II Reading
Read the passage carefully
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar It’s officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth The exact date changes from year to year Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings
on the family altars On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season Tet lasts ten days The first three days are the most important Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year As result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible
Write true (T)or false(F).(0.5m)
Trang 21 The New Year of Vietnam is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar 2 Vietnam’s New Year is known as Tet
Answer these questions (2.0ms)
3.When does Tet begin?
4 What do Vietnamese people usually prepare for Tet?
5 What do people do on the New Year’s Eve?
6 How long does Tet last?
III.Writing:
Complete the sentences, using the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets (2,5ms)
1 What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night? - I (play) chess
2 When we (meet) George and Linda yesterday, we (walk) through the park
3 We ( go) to the movies last night
4 Tom said that he (be) a student
IV Listening:
Listen to the weather report Then fill in the blanks in the table with information you hear (2,5)
1 Sydney dry, windy 26
3 London humid, - 3
5 New York windy, cloudy 15
The answer:
I Language focus: (2,5ms)
1 a
2 c
3 b
4 c
5 b
6 d
7 a
8 c
9 d
10 b
II Read:(2.5ms)
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2 .T
3 It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth
4 They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars
5 On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year
in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season
6 Tet lasts ten days
III.Writing: (2,5ms)
1 was playing
2 met, were walking
3 went
4 was
IV Listening: (2,5)
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And here is today’s weather forecast for the international traveler.
Let’s start with Sydney It will be a dry day in Sydney today, and windy.
For the temperature, the low will be twenty and the high will be twenty-six
degrees.
Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of fifteen and a high of twenty – two.
London is going to have a humid day It will be very cold with a low of minus three and a high of seven.
Bangkok will be warm and dry, with a low of twenty-four degrees centigrade and a high of thirty-two.
New York is going to have a windy day It will be cloudy with a low of eight
and a high of fifteen.
In Paris it will be cool and dry today The low will be ten degrees and the
high will be sixteen.