Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-011 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. A. buffalo B. rope C. wisdom D. clothes 2. A. mend B. semester C. letter D. report 3. A. revision B. festival C. postcard D. promise 4. A. shout B. loud C. group D. scout 5. A. handicap B. education C. tidy D. friend Choose the option that best fits each of the blanks. 6. I _________gardening, but I don’t have time for it now. A. use to enjoy B. used to enjoy C. use to enjoying D. used to enjoying 7. He died _________a broken heart. A. with B. by C. because D. of 8. The doctor _________he should take a few days off. A. say B. asked C. said D. ask 9. I went to bed _________last night. A. lately B. latest C. late D. later 10. The next meeting of the committee _________on November 5 th . A. are B. was C. were D. is 11. The _________is people who cannot see. A. blind B. deaf C. mute D. poor 12. Mr. White _________her to stand up. A. spoke B. asked C. talked D. said 13. It’s too cold outside. _________you close the door, please? A. Do B. Are C. Could D. Why don’t 14. She is studying hard _________pass the final exams. A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 15. Can you fill _________this form for me? A. in B. on C. by D. at 16. “_________ do you have English?” ~ “Three times a week.” A. How B. How far C. How long D. How often 17. The new library _________on Ngo Quyen Street next week. A. opens B. will opening C. going to open D. was opening 18. What you had to do sounds _________hard work. A. like B. as C. similar D. familiar 19. Once upon a time there _________a girl called Little Pea. A. be B. has C. was D. had 20. You should try to learn the new words by _________. A. heart B. head C. eye D. mouth Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. I don’t enjoy to go on vacation as much as I used to. A B C D 22. Tim’s mother said that she was very proud about her son. A B C D 23. My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now. A B C D 24. The course begins on May 12 th and finishes some time at August. A B C D 25. Take this form to your teacher and ask her sign it. A B C D Which sentence is closest in meaning to the root one? 26. I used to get up late, but I don’t any more. A. I used to get up late. B. I am now getting up late. Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-011 C. I will get up late. D. I am going to get up late. 27. Mr. Lam is a very careful driver. A. Mr. Lam drives his car very careful. B. Mr. Nam is driving care and careful. C. Mr. Lam drives very carefully. D. Mr. Nam and a driver are carefully. 28. He told me to close the window. A. “Do you close the window?” he told me. B. “Can you close the window, please?” he said C. “Are you going to close the window?” he asked D. “Please can I close the window?” said he. 29. Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother hates doing the washing up. A. Ba doesn’t dislike doing the washing up but his brother does. B. Ba hates doing the washing up and his brother doesn’t, too. C. Ba and his brother love doing the washing up. D. Ba hates doing the washing up and so does his brother. 30. When were you born? A. What is your birthday? B. When is your birthday? C. When is your date of birth? D. What is your birth date? Read the passage and fill in each blank Like the Y & Y, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth (31)_______It builds character, and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness. Scouting began in (32)_______in 1907. Two years later, an American businessman, William Boyce, got lost in London. A boy helped him and explained that he was a scout. This meeting led to the Scouts Association (33)_______the Atlantic in 1910. Although scouting is mainly for boys, there are organizations similar to the BSA which girls can join. The Girl Guides Association and the coeducational Camp Fire Boys and Girls, both of which (34)_______in 1910, are two such groups. (35)_______1994, there were 5,400,000 scouts in America. 31. A. organize B. organization C. organizations D. organizes 32. A. Viet Nam B. America C. England D. France 33. A. to cross B. to crossing C. cross D. crossing 34. A. started B. to start C. starting D. start 35. A. On B. In C. By D. At Read the passage and choose the correct answer. According Dr. Lee, here are the most important things a student should do to be a good language learner. First, you should always go to class and get to it early. Second, you should sit straight and pay attention. And you ought to ask and answer questions in class. Third, you should do all homework and try to use your new language outside of class at least once every week. Finally, you mustn’t give up. 36. The author was trying to _________. A. show how important the language is B. introduce a new way of language learning C. give the reader advice on language learning. D. persuade the readers to join their new language class. 37. The author wrote the passage to _________. A. students B. language learners C. doctors D. engineers 38. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? A. How to be a good language learner. B. How to be a good teacher. C. A new way of language learning. D. Dr. Lee’s Ideas. 39. We could replace “ought to” in line 3 with _________. A. should B. have to C. need D. can 40. Language learners shouldn’t _________. A. get to class early B. ask and answer questions in class C. be absent from school D. use the new language outside of class THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER . _________pass the final exams. A. for B. in order to C. so to D. so that 15. Can you fill _________this form for me? A. in B. on C. by D. at 16. “_________ do you have English?” ~ “Three times a. A B C D 24. The course begins on May 12 th and finishes some time at August. A B C D 25. Take this form to your teacher and ask her sign it. A B C D Which sentence is closest in meaning to. businessman, William Boyce, got lost in London. A boy helped him and explained that he was a scout. This meeting led to the Scouts Association (33)_______the Atlantic in 1910. Although scouting is