Tap Son Secondary School English Test Class:8__ Time:45’ Name:_______________ Date:________, 2011 I./ LISTENING (2,5ms) *Listen to the weather reports. Then filling the blanks in the table with the information you hear. The words in the box may help you: Cloudy; cold; cool; dry; fine; humid Rainy; snowy; sunny; warm; wet; windy City Weather Temperature Low High 15 17 31 34 22 ______ 26 28 _____ 21 16 18 Ha Noi cold; windy Can Tho sunny; ________ Da Nang cool ; fine Nha Trang ______; cloudy Hue rainy ; Wet Da Lat cool; _______ II./GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (2,5ms) *Choose the correct answer 1. Lan asked Hoa ____ she knew Ba Dong Beach. a. if b. whether c. a and b are incorrect d. a and b are correct 2. This is Tom. He can ____ very well. a. to swim b. swim c. swimming d. swims 3. Mrs. Nga shows Mrs. Quyen how _____ spring rolls a. make b. to make c. made d. making 4. Lan ___ studying English at 7.00 last night. a. is b. was c. were d. does 5. Angkor Wat is a wonder in __________ a. India b. China c. Cambodia d. Thailand 6. ___________were first performed eight hundred years ago. a. Christmas songs b. Christmas tree c. Christmas cards d. Santa Claus 7. This letter ______ 100 years ago. a. is written b. wrote c. was writing d. was written 8. Nam__ always cutting the class. a. was b. were c. is d. be 9. ___ I arrived at the class, the teacher was teaching a. why b. while c. when d. where 10.How you pronounce “decorate” ? a. deùcorate b. decoùrate c. decorateù d. deùcoraùte III READING (2,5ms) The Rice – cooking Festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from a river. There were three competitions: water – fetching, fire – making and rice – cooking. The festival took one day. In the fire – making contest two team members had to make a fire in the traditional way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team took part in the rice – cooking contest. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. After the three contests, all the points were added and the Tho Trieu team won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful. *Decide whether the statements are True(T) or False(F) (2ms) 1. There are two parts in The Rice – cooking festival. ____ 2. In the fire–making one person from each team ran to the river to get the water.___ 3. All the points were added after the three contests .____ 4. People used pieces of paper to make the fire.____ * Answer the questions:(1m) 1. How many people of each team took part in the rice – cooking contest ? _________________________________________________________ 2. Who was the winner in the festival? _________________________________________________________ IV./ WRITING (2,5ms) * Rewrite each following sentence without changing the meaning: (2.5ms) 1. “I am an worker” -> He said___________________________________________________ 2. “Do you like coffee ?” -> John asked me _____________________________________________ 3. The house was built by the workers in 1990. -> The workers ___________________________________________________ 4. Mr. Alexander Gustave designed The Eiffel Tower. -> The Eiffel Tower____________________________________________ 5. “When is your birthday ?” -> Miss Van asked Lan __________________________________________ LISTENING TEXT This is today’s weather forecast for the international traveler. 1. Let’s stared with Ha Noi. It will be_cold__ and_windy__ in Ha Noi. For the temperature, the low will be _15_ and the high will be _17___ degrees. 2. Can Tho will be _sunny__ and _dry__, with the low of _31_ and rhe high of_34__ 3. Da Nang is going to have a_cool__ day. It will be _fine___ with a low of_22_ and a high of_24__ 4. Nha Trang will be _warm__ and _cloudy__, with a low of _26_ degrees and a high of _28__ 5. Hue is going to have a _rainy__ day. It will be _wet__ with a low of _19__ and a high of_21_ 6. In Da Lat it will be _cool__ and _windy__ today. The low will be _16_ degrees and the high will be _18__ . High Ha Noi cold; windy 15 17 Can Tho sunny; ________ 31 34 Da Nang cool ; fine 22 ______ Nha Trang ______; cloudy 26 28 Hue rainy ; Wet _____ 21 Da Lat cool; _______ 16 18 II./GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. Tap Son Secondary School Class:8__ Name:_______________ English Test 4 Time :45 ’ Date:________, 2 011 I./ LISTENING (2,5ms) *Listen to the weather reports. Then filling the blanks. after the three contests .____ 4. People used pieces of paper to make the fire.____ * Answer the questions:(1m) 1. How many people of each team took part in the rice – cooking contest ? _________________________________________________________ 2.