THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION ENGLISH 8 I/ LISTENING: Listen to the passage A. Fill in the missing words: (2ms) This is Miss Lan. She is a teacher. She teaches (1)…………… at a small school in the village. She gets up at six. Every morning she leaves the (2) …….………. at quarter to seven. The school is not near her house, so she goes to work by (3) …… ………. . Her class stars at seven and ends at eleven. Miss Lan goes home and has (4) ……….…… at quarter to twelve. B. Answer the question: (0,5m) 5. Does she get up at 6 o’ clock? ……………………………………………………… 6. What time does her class star? …………………………………………………… II/ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY : Choose the best option to complete each sentence ( 2,5ms ): 7. She used to …………….when she was a baby. a. cry b. crying c. to cry d. cried 8. Why is she late for school ? she stayed up late watching TV last night. a. So b. However c. Beside d. Because 9. You should write new words on asmall piece of paper and ……………… it somewhere in your house to learn. a. underline b. highlight c. stick d. revise 10. My parents are proud ………………………my brother. a. in b. at c. of d. on 11. ………………….you carry this bag for me ? a. Does b. Could c. Should d. Shall 12. They asked their mother…………………about them. a. not to worry b. don’t worry c. not worry d. not worried 13. May I help you ? – Yes, ……………………………………………… a. No problem b. That’s very kind of you c Sure. How can I do for you ? d. I do 14. I received my second semester……………………a few days ago. a. port b. postcard c. sport d. report card 15. Alexander Graham Bell invented the ………………………….in 1876 a. television b. bike c. mobile phone d. telephone 16. Nam enjoys………………….a nd watching TV a. swim b. swimming c. to swim d.swims III/ READING: Read the passage and do excesise: Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which the farmer used to buy food and clothing for his family. One day he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “ we are rich! We are rich!” His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband to decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couln’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chicken were dead. There was no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife. A. Answer True ( T ) or False ( F ) (1m): 17. The farmer lived a comfortable life after one of the chickens laid a gold egg ………. 18. The farmer collects a gold chicken. ……… 19. The farmer killed all his chickens. ………………… 20. The farmer and his wife are foolish and greedy………… B. Answer the questions (1,5ms) 21. What did the farmer raise ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 22. How did the farmer find gold eggs ? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 23. Was the farmer foolish ? ………………………………………………………………………………………… IV. WRITING : Read the letter from Hoa to John. 32 Tran Hung Dao street. Ha Noi November 13 th , 2012 Dear John, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. We received our semester report a few days ago. I got good grades for Science, English and History but my Math result was poor. My math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester. It is also Tet. That’s the Lunar New Year Festival in Viet Nam. I think I told you about it in my last letter. We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the festival with my grandmother. I’ll send you a postcard from there. Write soon and tell me all the news. Regards, Hoa Now help Lan write a letter to Mary in America. Use the information in the box.( 2,5ms ): • Happy New Year’s Day. • first semester report/ last week. • good grades/ literature/ Math/ History. • teacher/ tell/ improve English • Two months later/ we/ celebrate Lunar New Year’s Days/ Tet holidays • Ho Chi Minh city/ my parents/ on those days. • Send you/ postcard. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… *Answer keys *Tape scripts: This is Miss Lan. She is a teacher. She teaches music at a small school in the village. She gets up at six. Every morning she leaves the house at quarter to seven. The school is not near her house, so she goes to work by motorbike. Her class starts at seven and ends at eleven. Miss Lan goes home and has lunch at quarter to twelve . I. LISTENING: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words: A. Fill in the missing words: 1. music (0,5m) 2. house (0,5m) 3. motorbike (0,5m) 4. lunch (0,5m) B. Answer the question: 5. Yes, she does. (0,25m) 6. Her class starts at seven. (0,25m) II/ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY : Choose the best option to complete each sentence 7. a. cry (0,25m) 8. d. Because (0,25m) 9. c. stick (0,25m) 10. c. of (0,25m) 11. b. Could (0,25m) 12. a. not to worry (0,25m) 13. b. That’s very kind of you (0,25m) 14. d. report card (0,25m) 15. d. telephone (0,25m) 16. b. swimming (0,25m) III/ READING: Read the passage and do excesise: A. Answer True ( T ) or False ( F ) 17. F (0,25m) 18. F (0,25m) 19. T (0,25m) 20. T (0,25m) B. Answer the questions: 21. The farmer raised the chickens. (0,5m) 22. One day he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. (0,5m) 23. Yes, he was. (0,5m) IV. Read the letter from Hoa to John. Now help Lan write a letter to Mary in America. ( 2,5ms ): 32 Tran Hung Dao street. Ha Noi November 13 th , 2012 Dear Mary, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had a happy new Year’s Day We received the first semester report a few days ago. I got good grades for Literature, Math and History but my English result was poor. My math teacher told me to improve it. I must study harder next semester. Two months later. We ‘ll celebrate Lunar New Year‘s Day. It’s a Tet holidays I think I told you about it in my last letter. We’re going to Ho Chi Minh tonight to celebrate the festival with my parents. I’ll send you a postcard from there. Write soon and tell me all the news. Regards, Hoa . stick (0,25m) 10 . c. of (0,25m) 11 . b. Could (0,25m) 12 . a. not to worry (0,25m) 13 . b. That’s very kind of you (0,25m) 14 . d. report card (0,25m) 15 . d. telephone (0,25m) 16 . b. swimming. highlight c. stick d. revise 10 . My parents are proud ………………………my brother. a. in b. at c. of d. on 11 . ………………….you carry this bag for me ? a. Does b. Could c. Should d. Shall 12 . They asked their mother…………………about. True ( T ) or False ( F ) (1m): 17 . The farmer lived a comfortable life after one of the chickens laid a gold egg ………. 18 . The farmer collects a gold chicken. ……… 19 . The farmer killed all his