Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-002 Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. late B. half C. after D. hard 2. A. close B. no C. how D. so Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences below. 3. Yesterday she received Tom's__________ from his teacher. A. report card B. report call C. call report D. card report 4. The earth__________ around the sun, doesn't it? A. is moving B. move C. moves D. moving 5. She isn't old__________ to be in my class. A. so that B. enough C. for D. that 6. You often watch a football match at a__________. A. large area B. performance C. stadium D. swimming pool 7. Are you going to__________ in the summer activities of our school? A. play part B. take part C. take role D. play role 8. How long__________? Since 1980. A. do you live here B. have you lived here C. have you live here D. did you live here 9. I have just bought a ticket. I'm going__________ the movie at 8 o’clock this evening. A. to see B. to seeing C. seeing D. see 10. I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight. A. to play B. playing C. played D. play 11. I think I will do that work__________. What do you think about that? A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. myself 12. __________ cook dinner for your family? A. Used you B. Did you used to C. Did you use to D. You used 13. Tim's mother is always proud__________ him because he works so hard. A. at B. with C. of D. about 14. What is__________ in learning words? A. necessary B. necessary C. necessarily D. necessarily 15. A person who cannot speak and hear is called__________. A. a deaf-mute B. a character C. a deaf D. a blind 16. Many volunteers take part in the activities and enjoy__________ poor people. A. helping B. to help C. help D. being help 17. It's difficult for old people to walk__________. A. inside and outside B. inside C. upstairs or downstairs D. outside 18. We use a __________ to cook rice. A. steamer B. rice cooker C. frying pan D. saucepan 19. My little brother__________ pictures very much. A. enjoys to draw B. enjoy to draw C. enjoy drawing D. enjoys drawing 20. Students__________ their homework after class. A. have to do B. have to be done C. have to doing D. have do Choose the word whose underlined part needs correcting. 21. She speaks and listens to English very good. A B C D 22. They use to work hark when they were on the farm. A B C D 23. The armchair is in the living room, among the television and the sofa. A B C D Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-002 24. I use a dictionary so that to learn new words, pronunciation and examples. A B C D 25. He had doing everything without the help of modern equipment. A B C D Read and choose the best option to fill in the gaps. Can you imagine what life would be (26)______ if there were no telephone? You could not call your friends on the phone and talk to them. When a (27)______ broke out in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody were sick, he could not call a (28)______. Therefore, we should (29)______ our deep thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, a (30)______, who invented the telephone in 1876. 26. A. like B. of C. for D. as 27. A. light B. fire C. sunlight D. match 28. A. dentist B. farmer C. doctor D. engineer 29. A. given B. gave C. giving D. give 30. A. Dutch B. Mexican C. Scotsman D. Vietnamese Read the passage and answer the following questions. We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house; it was hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reasons there were no electric lights in the kitchen. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps the largest in the house. I telephoned for an electrician. He came and fixed it for us. And he charged $86 for doing the job. 31. Why was it quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen? ________________________________________________________________________________ 32. When did they move into their new house? ________________________________________________________________________________ 33. How old was the house? ________________________________________________________________________________ 34. What didn’t the house have? ________________________________________________________________________________ 35. How much did he charge for the electrician? ________________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite these sentences as directed. 36. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ( use enough) ________________________________________________________________________________ 37. The boy is not old enough to drive his father’s car. (use too…to…) ________________________________________________________________________________ 38. The doctor said: “You should take a few days off.” The doctor advised________________________________________________________________ 39. She started learning to swim five years ago. She has_________________________________________________________________________ 40. Lan said “Please give Tim this dictionary.” Lan told________________________________________________________________________ THE END Page 2 THE FIRST SEMESTER . C. seeing D. see 10 . I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight. A. to play B. playing C. played D. play 11 . I think I will do that work__________. What do you think about that? A long__________? Since 19 80. A. do you live here B. have you lived here C. have you live here D. did you live here 9. I have just bought a ticket. I'm going__________ the movie at 8 o’clock this evening. A that? A. ourselves B. himself C. herself D. myself 12 . __________ cook dinner for your family? A. Used you B. Did you used to C. Did you use to D. You used 13 . Tim's mother is always proud__________