THE FIRST TERM TEST Subject: English 8 Time: 45 minutes I. Listen . Then fill in the missing words and choose True or False (2 ms) Ten-year-old Thu Ha is a (1)…….girl. She learns English very (2)… At age 10, she can read short stories by famous English and American (3)……… Thu Ha has a good study (4)…… Every day after school she does her homework, watches cartoons, then reads stories in Vietnamese and in English. She often reads for one or two hours, until bed time . 1) Fill in missing words (1 m) (1)………………….(2)……………………… (3)……………………(4)………………… 2) Choose True or False (1m) 1. Thu Ha is a stupid girl 2. She can read short stories by famous English and American writers at the age. 3. After school she doesn’t her homework 4. Bao Tram has a good study habit II. Choose the best answer ( 2marks ) 1.You should practice………… English every day a. speak b. speaks c. speaking d. speeking 2. His grandmother died…… 1996…… the age of 90 a. at – in b.in – at c. on – at d. at – on 3. The children………………to go at once a. will b. had better c. must d. have 4. My sister has been a student………… two years a. since b. for c. at d. on 5. we’ve lived here……………… 1997 a. since b. on c. for d. at 6. Students should work……….to make their parents happy a. hard b. hardly c. hards d. to hard 7. I…………….on the farm when I was a young girl a. used live b. used to live c. used to living use to live 8. What is his hobby? Oh, he likes………………………………. a. play badminton b. plays badminton c. playing badminton d. to playing badminton III. Arrange the words in to the correct orde r (0,5m) 1. back / in/ months / going / England / they / two / are / to ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… 2. Secondary / country side / learning/ scools/ many/ are/ higher/ in / students ……………………………………………………………………………………………… IV. Put the verbs in correct form (1m) 1. She ( watch ) TV every night 2. I ( study) English for 3 years V .Read the following passage .Then answer the questions and choose trueorFalse (2,5ms) Young people prefer the town to the country because they love the noisy and busy life there. They also think that it is easier to get money in the town than in the country. Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the town every year. Different from young people, old people like living in the country because the country is not so noisy and busy as the town. The air in the country is much fresher than the air in the town, too. Therefore, after stopping working, many of old people move to their home villages. a. Answer the questions:(I,5ms) 1. Why do young people prefer the town to the country? ………………………………………………………. 2. Why do old people like living in the country? ……………………………………………… 3. What about the air in the country? …………………………………… b. Choose True or False ( 1m) 1. _____ Young people like to live in the town. 2. _____ There is a busy and noisy life in the town. 3. _____ The air in the town is fresh. 4. _____ Old people think that it is easier to get money in the town. VI. Write sentences from the prompts( 1,5ms) 1.We/ live/ small/ house …………………………… 2.There/ five/ rooms/ house. ………………………………. 3.We/ live/ quiet/ neighborhood ……………………………… 4.I/ not/ like/ noisy/ places ………………………… 5.We/ spend/ hours/ reading/ library ………………………………………. 6.Students/ be/ fond of /read/ story books VII. Change these sentences in to reported speech (0,5m) 1.She said to me, “Don’t forget what I have told you” …………………………………………………… 2.He told us, “ Don’t make so much noise.” …………………………………………………… The words in the tape Ten-year-old Thu Ha is a intelligent girl. She learns English very quickly. At age 10, she can read short stories by famous English and American writers. Thu Ha has a good study habit. Every day after school she does her homework, watches cartoons, then reads stories in Vietnamese and in English. She often reads for one or two hours, until bed time. KEYS I. ( 2marks) a. 1m 1.intelligent 2. quickly 3. writers 4. habit b. 1m 1F 2T 3F 4T II.( 2 marks) 1c 2b 3d 4b 5a 6a 7b 8c III.(0,5m) 1. They are going back to England in two months 2. Many country side students are learning in higher secondary schools IV. (1m) 1. watches (0,5m) 2. have studied (0,5m) V.(2,5ms marks) a. 1,5 ms 1.Because they love the noisy and busy life there and they also think that it is easier to get money in the town than in the country 2. Because the country is not so noisy and busy as the town. 3. The air in the country is much fresher than the air in the town. b. Choose True or False (1m) 1T 2T 3F 4F VI.(1,5ms) a. We live in a small house b. There are five rooms in the house c. We live in a quite neighborhood d. I don’t like noisy places e. We spend hourse reading in the library f. Students are often fond of reading story books. VII.(0,5m) 1.I told me not to forget what she had told me 2. He told us not to make so much noise. Matrix of the first term test School year: 2008– 2009 Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thuý Class: 8 Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vân dụng Totall TN TL TN TL TN TL Listening 4 1 4 1 8 2 Grammar $ V 8 2 2 0,5 2 1 12 3,5 Reading 4 1 2 1 1 0,5 7 2,5 Writing 2 0,5 6 1,5 8 2 Total 16 4 10 3 9 3 35 10 Hoà Đồng ngày 29/ 11/ 2008 GVBM Nguyễn Thị Thúy