Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences below. 1. TV is bringing ________information ________entertainment. A. not only/but also B. so/that C. more/than D. neither/nor 2. The residents in my _________are not happy about the changes of the new mall. A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighborly D. neighboring 3. The pocket-watch is very _________from the wristwatch. A. same B. similar C. different D. difficult 4. Airmail is _________expensive than surface mail. A. more B. like C. as D. the most 5. We can _________funds for street children by collecting old newspapers and waste paper. A. rise B. raise C. lift D. grow 6. These children don’t have fathers or mothers. They live in a(n)_________. A. school B. building C. cottage D. orphanage 7. His parents are very __________of his intelligence. A. dangerous B. greedy C. proud D. interested 8. She can __________her pronunciation after spending some months in Australia. A. learn B. speak C. revise D. improve 9. Please __________this word. It is very important. A. come across B. underline C. stick D. promise 10. He ___________at night when he was young. A. used to work B. used to working C. used working D. was used to work 11. ___________is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next. A. Legend B. Fiction C. Folktale D. Novel 12. Young children do not understand that many __________objects are dangerous. A. home B. house C. homework D. household 13. Don’t let your little brother play with ballpoint pens. They can __________him. A. injure B. dust C. destroy D. move 14. It’s easy to find my school. It’s __________the ABC Bank. A. under B. opposite C. next D. between 15. She ____________Lan and Hoa to her birthday party last Sunday. A. brought B. invited C. conducted D. left Fill in each blank with a suitable answer from A, B, C, or D. One day, two men (31)_____ in the woods. Suddenly, they saw a huge black bear. One man immediately (32)_____ down, took off his backpack, and took out his sneakers. He began (33)______ off his hiking boots. The other man looked (34)_____ him and said, “Are you crazy? Do you think you can run (35)______ than that bear?” “No,” replied the first man. “But I can run faster than you!” take off (phrv) : cởi( giày… )/ sneakers (n) : giày chạy bộ/ hiking boots (n) : giày đi bộ 16. A. hiked B. are hiking C. was hiking D. were hiking 17. A. sits B. sited C. sat D. sitted 18. A. take B. taking C. to take D. B & C 19. A. on B. at C. for D. after 20. A. faster B. fastly C. fast D. more fast Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. It’s easy to find a job in the city than in the country. A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM 22. The girls are looking at herself in the mirror. A B C D 23. The box is too heavy for me to lift it by himself. A B C D 24. Bod is a good driver. He always drives careful. A B C D 25. My uncle has lived on the farm in the country since a long time. A B C D Read the passage and answer the following questions Tom and Bob are brothers. They are both old men now. They grew up together on a farm in England, but they have had very different lives. When Tom left school, he started working on their father’s farm. He really enjoyed the simple village life and when their father died, he took over the farm. All his life Tom has lived in the old farmhouse. What about Bob? He left the village as soon as he had a chance. He hasn’t visited Tom very often in the last 30 years. But Tom has read about him in newspapers and he has already seen him on TV, too. Tom was really moved because his brother Bob had a very interesting life. (moved: cảm động) 26. Where did they grow up? _______________________________________________________________________________ 27. What did Tom do when he left school? _______________________________________________________________________________ 28. Has Bob visited Tom often? _______________________________________________________________________________ 29. Where has Tom seen Bob? _______________________________________________________________________________ 30. Why was Tom moved? _______________________________________________________________________________ Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. 31. Well-paying jobs are _____________________in the city. (plenty) 32. Life in the countryside is very quiet and ______________. (peace) 33. She is the _____________________student in my class. (good) 34. City life is often _____________________than country life. (busy) 35. He thinks the pancakes are _____________________. (taste) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 36. It is interesting to go camping with friends in the summer. Going camping___________________________________________________________________ 37. Let’s go to the movies tonight. Would you_______________________________________________________________________ 38. We are learning hard. We want to get good marks. (combine the two sentences, use ‘in order to’) _______________________________________________________________________________ 39. Tom: “Don’t play soccer in the park!” Tom told me______________________________________________________________________ 40. Nam is the most intelligent in our class. Nobody _________________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM ANSWER KEYS Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 21. It’s easy to find a job in the city than in the country. (easier) A B C D 22. The girls are looking at herself in the mirror. (themselves) A B C D 23. The box is too heavy for me to lift it by himself. (myself) A B C D 24. Bod is a good driver. He always drives careful. (carefully) A B C D 25. My uncle has lived on the farm in the country since a long time. (for) A B C D Read the passage and answer the following questions Tom and Bob are brothers. They are both old men now. They grew up together on a farm in England, but they have had very different lives. When Tom left school, he started working on their father’s farm. He really enjoyed the simple village life and when their father died, he took over the farm. All his life Tom has lived in the old farmhouse. What about Bob? He left the village as soon as he had a chance. He hasn’t visited Tom very often in the last 30 years. But Tom has read about him in newspapers and he has already seen him on TV, too. Tom was really moved because his brother Bob had a very interesting life. 26. Where did they grow up? They grew up together on a farm in England.__________________________________________ 27. What did Tom do when he left school? He started working on their father’s farm._____________________________________________ 28. Has Bob visited Tom often? No, he hasn’t.____________________________________________________________________ 29. Where has Tom seen Bob? He has seen him on TV.___________________________________________________________ 30. Why was Tom moved? Because his brother Bob had a very interesting life._____________________________________ Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. 31. Well-paying jobs are ___plentiful___in the city. (plenty) 32. Life in the countryside is very quiet and __peaceful__. (peace) 33. She is the ___best___student in my class. (good) 34. City life is often ___busier___than country life. (busy) 35. He thinks the pancakes are ___tasty____. (taste) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 36. It is interesting to go camping with friends in the summer. Going camping with friends in the summer is interesting._________________________________ 37. Let’s go to the movies tonight. Would you like to go to the movies tonight?____________________________________________ 38. We are learning hard. We want to get good marks. (combine the two sentences, use ‘in order to’) We are learning hard in order to get good marks_______________________________________ 39. Tom: “Don’t play soccer in the park!” Tom told me not to play soccer in the park._____________________________________________ 40. Nam is the most intelligent in our class. Nobody in our class is as intelligent as Nam.___________________________________________ Page 3 THE FIRST SEMESTER . spending some months in Australia. A. learn B. speak C. revise D. improve 9. Please __________this word. It is very important. A. come across B. underline C. stick D. promise 10. He ___________at. (33)______ off his hiking boots. The other man looked (34)_____ him and said, “Are you crazy? Do you think you can run (35)______ than that bear?” “No,” replied the first man. “But I can run faster. in my class. (good) 34. City life is often _____________________than country life. (busy) 35. He thinks the pancakes are _____________________. (taste) Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 36.