Name: Class 8a Week 7- Period 19 Date of testing: / 10/2010. Date of correcting: /10 /2010 THE FIRST 45 MINUTES TEST ( 1 ST SEMESTER- ENGLISH 8) Mark Teacher’s Remark I. Listen and fill in the gap: (2ps) A few weeks ago Mandy Poole .1 .to Sunshine TV. She wanted to be on their .2 .quiz show,call Lucky Break. Mandy loves the .3 .and she watches it every day. She’s .4 .the show now and she’s having .5 .breakfast. She’s going to be very .6 .soon, because the show’s presenter, Russel Dean has .7 .her name and he’s going to .8 .her up. 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 6 . 7 . 8 II. Choose the best option: (3ps) 1. Jamies was excited to sit still for long. a. very b. too c. so d. much 2. He was .of his son’s success in the competition. a. eager b. exicted c.thank d. proud 3. I am not tall .to join the volleyball team. a. enough b. so c. that d. too 4. I am hoping the problem. a. to solve b. for solving c. solve d. solving 5. Dad often comes home at 6.00 p.m, so I go .to open the door. a. outside b. inside c. upstairs d. downstairs 6. Noone helped Ba. He did it . a. Ba’s self b. hisself c. himself d. himselves 7. She’ll come and pick .at 8 o’clock. a. up me b. me up c. me d. me to 8. Alexander Graham Bell invented a. television b. radio c. telephone d. mobile 9. He caused accident .he drove fast. a. because b. so c. that d. and 10. I can never tell the difference .America and Canada accents. a. from b. in c. between d. with 11. I’m late. The train .five minutes ago. a. leaves b. is leaving c. has left d. left 12. Mr An was out so I a message .him. a. took/for b. took/to c. gave/ for d. gave/to III. Read the passage then answer the questions: (2ps) Viet is a student and he lives in a bed-sit in a suburb of Ha Noi. He has one room and a kitchen and share a bathroom with three other people. In his bedroom , there is a bed, an armchair and a desk. On the right side of the room there is a closet. He also has a small kitchen. In the kitchen there is a cooker, a sink. There’s a table and two chairs in the center. It’s OK. Viet likes his room very much. 1. Where does Viet live? => . 2. How many people share the bathroom with him? => . 3. What are there in the bedroom? => . 4. How is the kitchen? => IV. Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning of the sentences unchanged: (3ps) 1. He isn’t tall enough to reach the top shelf. => He’s too . 2. We are going to go shopping this Sunday. => We intend 3. They delayed the game because of the bad weather. => Because the weather . 4. I’ve met her since August. => I met 5. He no longer comes to class late. => He used 6. It’s easy for me to do this exercise. => I can . * Matric Topics Realize Understand Practice Total TN TL TN TL TN TL TN TL Listening 8 2 8 2 Language focus 12 3 12 3 Reading 4 2 4 2 Writing 6 3 6 3 Total 12 3 12 4 6 3 12 3 18 7 * Keys: I. (2ps) 1. wrote 2. time 3.show 4. watching 5. her 6. surprised 7. choosen 8. call II. (3ps) 1. B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10. C 11.D 12. A III. (2ps) 1. He lives in a bed-sit in a suburb of Hanoi. 2. Three people do. 3. There is a bed, an armchair and a desk. 4. It’s small. IV. (3ps) 1. He is too short to reach the top shelf. 2. We intend to go fishing this sunday. 3. Because the weather was bad, we delayed the games. 4. I met her in August. 5. He used to come to class late. 6. I can do this exercise easily. . Understand Practice Total TN TL TN TL TN TL TN TL Listening 8 2 8 2 Language focus 12 3 12 3 Reading 4 2 4 2 Writing 6 3 6 3 Total 12 3 12 4 6 3 12 3 18. himself d. himselves 7. She’ll come and pick .at 8 o’clock. a. up me b. me up c. me d. me to 8. Alexander Graham Bell invented a. television