Pham Ngoc Thach School SECOND TERM TEST - Grade 8 – 2007 – 2008 Name:…………………………… Time allowed: 60 minutes Class:………… . Date : . . . . . . . . . . . 1 →4: Listen to the tape twice, and choose the best item (1pt) 1. London is going to have a …………….day. A. snowy B. humid C. hot D. cloudy 2. ………………is going to have a windy day. A. Bangkok B. London C. New York D. Paris 3. The temperature will be ………… eight and fifteen in New York. A. between B. at C. in D. of 4. The high temperature will be …………… degrees in Paris. A. eight B. ten C. fifteen D. sixteen 5 →16: Choose the best option to complete each of following sentences (3 pts) 5. Tuan’s mother ………………when he arrived home. A. cooks B. cooked C. was cooking D. is cooking 6. It is a contest in which participants have to cook rice. It is a ……………… contest. A. cook rice B. rice-cooking C. cooking-rice D. rice cook 7 Great Wall of China is one of the ………….of the world. A. wonders B. wonder C. wander D. sight-seeing 8. Sydney Opera House ………………… in 1973. A. complete B. completed C. is completed D. was completed 9. My dad ………………… for his company for twenty years. A. works B. worked C. have worked D. has worked 10. The fire was made in the ……………….way. A. tradition B. traditional C. normal D. normally 11 David is interested ……………… ancient cities. A. on B. in C. at D. on 12. Nga told Nhi ……………to get tickets A. where B. what C. which D. who 13. ………………… .have you lived here? – For about ten years. A. When B. How long C. How often D. How far 14. Phong Nha Cave is in …………… Vietnam. A. Eastern B. Northern C. Southern D. Western 15. The old lamp ………… in China is five dollars. A. makes B. made C. making D. is made 16. It is dangerous ………………… . in the kitchen. A. play B. played C. playing D. to play 17 →24: Read the passage and fill in each gap with one of the words in the box (2 pts) brightly, have, for, festival, wishes, with, well, cooked Tet Tet is a national and family (17)………………. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to (18) …………… a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs are organized, streets and public buildings are (19) …………….decorated and almost all shops are crowded (20) …………….people shopping for Tet. At home, everything is tidied, special food is (21) …………………., new clothes are made (22) ……………. children. During Tet, children often behave (23) ……………… and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best (24) ………… for the new year. 25 →28: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting (1 pt) 25. Mr. Brown hasn’t been to that restaurant since two years. A B C D 26. He asked Mary if she goes shopping every Sunday. A B C D 27. The books wraps in blue on the table are interesting. A B C D 28. People in my country are very warm and friend. A B C D 29 →34: Writing (3 pts) I. Sentence building 29. Nga / advise / Nhi / how / go / My Son / Hoi An → . 30. When I / come / he / watch / TV. → 31. It / difficult / follow / directions. → II. Write the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first. 32. People performed Christmas songs eight hundred years ago. → Christmas songs 33. “Do you know My Son?” → I asked Mary 34. He lived in Ho Chi Minh City in ten years. → He has . Pham Ngoc Thach School SECOND TERM TEST - Grade 8 – 2007 – 2008 Name:…………………………… Time allowed: 60 minutes Class:………… . Date : . . . . . . . . . . . ANSWER KEY 1 →4: Listen to the tape twice, and choose the best item (1pt) 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5 →16: Choose the best option to complete each of following sentences (3 pts) 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. D 17 →24: Read the passage and fill in each gap with one of the words in the box (2 pts) 17. festival 18. have 19. brightly 20. with 21. cooked 22. for 23. well 24. wishes 25 →28: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting (1 pt) 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. D 29 →34: Writing (3 pts) I. Sentence building 29. → Nga advised Nhi how to go from My Son to Hoi An. 30. → When I came, he was watching TV. 31. → . It is difficult to follow your directions. II. Write the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first. 32. → Christmas songs were performed eight hundred years ago. 33. → I asked Mary if she knew My Son. 34. → He has lived in Ho Chi Minh City for ten years. . C. was cooking D. is cooking 6. It is a contest in which participants have to cook rice. It is a ……………… contest. A. cook rice B. rice-cooking C. cooking-rice. Pham Ngoc Thach School SECOND TERM TEST - Grade 8 – 2007 – 2008 Name:…………………………… Time allowed: 60 minutes Class:………… .