English test # 1 Grade 8– (Time: 45 min.) Name:……………………… Class: 8……. I. Listen to the tape and write T or F ( 1.5 p.): 1. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. ………… 2. He went to live in Canada and then to the USA in 1880s ………… 3. He worked with people who could speak and hear. ………… 4. His assistant was Thomas Watson. ………… 5. He invented the telephone in 1877. ………… 6. He demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions ………… II. Find out the word that doesn’t belong to the group ( 1 p. ) : 1. A. cupboard B. armchair C. couch D. vegetable 2. A. counter B. sink C. stereo D. dish rack 3. A. village B. appear C. festival D. vacation 4. A. different B. hard C. dangerous D. electricity 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - III. Choose best answer to fill in the blank ( 2.5 p. ) : 1. When you arrive in Hanoi, you ……….come and visit us soon. A. have B. have to C. ought to D. must 2. You must believe in ……… A. yourself B. himself C. myself D. ourselves 3. You ………let children play in the kitchen. A. have to B. ought to C. mustn’t D. don’t have to4, 4. Drugs can look………soft drinks or candy. A. for B. afterC. like D. the same 5. You’ll ……… cook dinner yourself. A. ought to B. had to C. have to D. must 6. Each of ……… has a different character. A. our B. ours C. we D. us 7. He’ll come ……….to pick you ……… A. over / up B. up/ in C. over/ on D. on / in 8. He often ……….his room in the evening. A. tidies B. sets C. made D. makes 9. Would you like……… a message. A. leaving B. to leave C. leave D. left 10. My friends are quite reserved………public. A. in B. on C. at D. with 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - IV. Rewrite the sentences, using the words given (1.5 p.): 1. I’m not strong. I can’t carry the suitcase. (enough) …… …………………………………………………………… 2. The sink is on the right of the stove. (left) ………………………………………………………………… 3. It isn’t necessary for you to water that tree every day. ( have to) ………………………. ………………………………………… V. Read the following passage and then choose best answer (2 p.): We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was really a new house; it was a hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reasons there was no electric light in the kitchen. It was some quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was 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 job. 1. When did they move into their new house? a) in the summer b) in the autumn c) in the spring d) in the winter 2. How old was house? a) The house was more than a 114 yeas old b) The house was new. b) The house was more than a century old. d) The house was nearly 150 years old. 3. What did the house have? a) gas and running water. b) gas and electricity c) running water, gas & electricity d) running water, gas & electric light in . the kitchen. 4. What happened in the end? a) An electrician came. b) An electrician came to help. c) An electrician came to fix d) An electrician came to fix and . charge some money. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - VI. Write 6 sentences to describe your living room. (1.5 p.): Answer key for test # 1 Grade 8– I. 0.25 X 6 = 1.5 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T II. 0.25 X 4 = 1.0 1 - d 2- c 3 - b 4 - d III. 0.25 X 10 = 2.5 1- c 2- a 3- c 4- c 5- c 6- d 7- a 8- a 9- b 10- a IV. 0.5 X 3 = 1.5 1. I’m not tall enough to reach the ceiling. 2. The bed is on the right of the table. 3. You have to water that tree every day. V. 0.5 X 4 = 2.0 1 – b 2 – b 3 – c 4 - c VI. 0.25 X 6 = 1.5 . F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T II. 0.25 X 4 = 1.0 1 - d 2- c 3 - b 4 - d III. 0.25 X 10 = 2.5 1- c 2- a 3- c 4- c 5- c 6- d 7- a 8- a 9- b 1 0- a IV. 0.5 X 3 = 1.5 1. I’m not tall enough to reach the ceiling. 2 left 10. My friends are quite reserved………public. A. in B. on C. at D. with 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - IV. Rewrite the sentences, using the words given (1.5 p.): 1. I’m not strong money. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - VI. Write 6 sentences to describe your living room. (1.5 p.): Answer key for test # 1 Grade 8 I. 0.25 X 6 = 1.5 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T II. 0.25 X 4 = 1.0 1 - d 2- c 3 -