®Ò BDHSG Khèi 8 §Ò sè 4 Name:………………………………………………… Mark: Section A: Phonetics I. Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three: 1. A. late B. paper C. lunar D. pronunciation 2. A. term B. necessary C. semester D. mother 3. A. list B. underline C. highlight D. night 4. A. proud B. pronoun C. around D. enough 5. A. revision B. festival C. postcard D. promise 1…………… 2……………3…………….4……………5……………… Section B: Vocabulary and Grammar I. Choose the best answer A,B,C, or D to complete the sentences. 1. The water was rising…………………. A. fast B. slow C. fastly D. lovely 2. Sally ……………… him to com home early. A. tell B. told C. say D. ask 3. I tried my………………… not to laugh. A. good B. well C. better D. best 4. We shpuld learn this poem…………………. A. by heart B. by soul C. by many times D. by million 5. She arrived early………………… a good seat. A. so that to get B. in order get C. in order to get D. so that getting 6. You must improve your spelling. A. make something better B. become better A. make something worse D. become worse 7. We left at 6 a.m ……………………… late. A. so as not to be B. so as not being C. so as to be D. so as not being 8. There ……………………… so much violence. A. wasn’t use to B. weren’t used to being C. used not to be D. used not being 9. He decided …………………………. what would happen. A. to stay and see B. staying and seeing C. to stay and seeing D. staying and seeing 10. Ann ………… downstairs and hurt her back. A. fall B. fell C. fallen D. felt. 1 .……2………3………4…………5……… 6……….7……….8………9…… 10……… II. Complete the sentences and by using the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. The sky is very dark. I think it ( rain)……………………………… 2. We should go home. It (get)………………… darker and darker. 3. They (move)…………………… to Ho Chi Minh city in 1990 and (live)…………………. since then. 4. Tell him ( bring) ……………… his bike inside. If he (leave)…………… it there , someone ( steal) ……………………… it. 5. Jonh (wash )…………………. his hands. He just (repair)……………………….the TV set. 6. Where you (spend)………………………… your summer holiday last year? III. The paragraph contains 11 mistakes. Find and correct them. Last year, we have a nice holiday. My friend and I goed to the seaside for a month. I had being to the seaside for several times before, but this was the first time for mine friend. Naturally, it was a great event for him. Final, the day came. It was a fine morning. We got up very early because of we wanted to leave home after breakfast. We made the journey on car. We reached the seaside at noon. We spent much hours on the beach. We enjoyed to make castles and channels in the sand. People said we ought spend at least a little weeks at the seaside. Ex:0.have had 1………………… 2………….……3…………………….4……………… 5……………… 6………………….7……………….8………………… .9……………… 10…………… Section C. Reading and speaking I .Read the paragraph and answer the questions. Alfred Bernard Nobel ( 1833 – 1896), a Swedish scientist, was the first man to make dynamite. He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things, he was extremely unhappy. On his death, he left all his money to be spent upon a prize every year. The Nobel Prize is now one of the greatest prizes that a person can ever receive. It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace. Some of the world’s greatest scientists are asked to choose who be given the prize. 1. What was the Nobel invention? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. How did he feel when he knew his invention being used for bad purpose? ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Did he give all the money to his relatives on his death? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. What is his money used for? ………………………………………………………………………………………… . 5. Can we choose who should be given the prize? If not, who can? …………………………………………………………………………………………… II. Re arrange the following sentences of the conversation between John and Ann. a. John: What did you do? b. Ann: We went to the amusement park. c. John: How did you like it? d. Ann: I spent the weekend with Joe and Kathy. e. John: Where did you go on Sunday? f. Ann: Well, on Saturday, we went shopping. g. John: How did you spend your weekend? h. Ann: No, nothing special. i. John: Really? What time did you get home? j. Ann: We had a great time. In fact, we stayed there all day. k. John: Did you do anything special in the evening? l. Ann: We got home very late, around midnight. 1. g 2 ….….3………4… …5…… 6…… 7…….8……9…… 10…….11…….12…… III. Fill in each of the blank with one suitable word. Mrs. Jackson is (1)… woman who has a small room (2)….an old house. She (3)…. there since 1974. That (4)… the year when her husband (5)…… He had been ill (6).…many years, after his death Mrs. Jackson (7) money at all. She found work in a factory. Her (8)… was to clean the offices. (9) …. must get up at 5 o’clock in the morning. She doesn’t have much (10)…… but she is happier now. 1. …………… 2………………… 3………………… 4……………….5…………………. 6………………7………………… 8………………… 9……………….10……………… . Section D Writing I. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. 1. How long is it since he bought the computer? When………………………………………………………………………………………? 2. I’ve never talked to the headmaster before. It’s…………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. “ Don’t make such a mess in your room,” said Mrs. Quyen to her son. Mrs. Quyen told…………………………………………………………………………… 4. The last time we went to London was two year ago. We haven’t………………………………………………………………………………… 5.Viet does not play badminton as well as he used to. Viet used to……………………………………………………………………………… 6. Your bag is different from mine. Your bag isn’t the……………………………………………………………………… 7. “ please turn of the radio, Tim.” Tim’s uncle told……………………………………………………………………… 8. The red pen is cheaper than the blue one. The red pen isn’t as…………………………………………………………………… 9. Trung is the most intelligent student in my class. No one………………………………………………………………………………… 10.It’s necessary for us to drive so fast. We don’t………………………………………………………………………………. II. Write about 100 150 words to describe your neighborhood.– ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… . ®Ò BDHSG Khèi 8 §Ò sè 4 Name:………………………………………………… Mark: Section A: Phonetics I.