NGUYEN TRI PHUONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Full name: . THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION Class: 8 / . Form A ENGLISH 8 Time allowed: 45 minutes I. Circle the right answers (a, b or c): (3pts) 1. I go to the market with my mother when I was a little boy. a. was used to b. used to c. used 2. Mr Hai is sociable and helpful but his wife is . him. She’s very reserved. a. different with b. the same as c. different from 3. Shall I turn on the TV for you, daddy ? - a. No, you won’t. b. Yes, please. c. No, you don ' t. 4. What does the lost girl look like? - She’s rather fat with a. hair long blond. b. a long, blond hair. c. long, blond hair. 5. He is very He often makes us laugh a lot with his jokes. a. reserved b. humorous c. sociable 6. Do your parents like TV ? - Yes,but not much. a. watch b. watching c. to watching 7. My mother has gone to HoChiMinh City . last week. a. for b. in c. since 8. Will you offer when someone is carrying a heavy thing ? a. assistance b. participation c. kindness 9. She is really good English. Her parents are very proud . her. a.in / about b. at / of c. on / of 10. He spends most of his free time . volunteer work. a. doing b. to do c. does 11. Ba stayed up late finish his homework before bedtime. a. in order b. in order to c. so as in 12. Some people learn any new words they come a. on b. across c. by II. Rewrite the following sentences as directed (2 pts): 1. My father speaks French better than my mother. My mother 2. Our teacher said, “You should always do everything by yourselves before asking for help.” Our teacher said 3. My mother said, “ Turn off the TV and do your homework ! “ My mother told . 4. She teaches English excellently. She is . III. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs in brackets (2pts) 1.My bicycle is too old. I (buy) a new one next week. 2. . you (go) .anywhere last summer ? - Yes, I (go) to the countryside. 3. We are happy to meet again because we (not see) each other for a long time. 4. What .you (do) , Lan ? Why don ‘ t you write the lesson ? 5. You (speak) .English very well. How long .you (learn) . it? 6. My father is very good at (fix) .household appliances. IV. Fill in each gap with one suitable word (1pt) 1. The weather is fine for us to go camping. 2. If you go to bed early, you will get up late tomorrow morning. 3. Lan was tired. She went to bed and fell asleep 4. No one helped her do this exercise. She did it V. Read the text then write the answers to the questions below (2pts) How Nam has improved his English “ In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English - English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “ Now I think you know what you should do “, said she. I made much progress and only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown “ 1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year of lower secondary school? - . 2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson? - . 3. Where did they go? - . 4. What did the teacher want him to do? - . FORM A I. Mỗi câu đúng 0.25 điểm 1.b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. a 11. b 12. b II. Mỗi câu đúng 0.5 điểm 1. . doesn’t speak French as well as my father. 2. . we should always do everything by ourselves before asking for help. 3. . me to turn off the TV and do my homework. 4. . an excellent teacher of English / an excellent English teacher. III. Mỗi từ đúng 0.25 điểm 1. am going to buy 2. Did . go / went 3. haven’t seen 4. are doing 5. speak / have learnt ( learned )6. fixing IV. Mỗi từ đúng 0.25 điểm 1. enough 2. don't 3. immediately 4. herself V. Mỗi câu đúng 0.5 điểm 1. He had difficulties in pronunciation and grammar. 2. His teacher of English did. ( wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson .) 3. They went to the library. 4. His teacher wanted him to improve his English . . b 6. b 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. a 11. b 12. b II. Mỗi câu đúng 0.5 điểm 1. . doesn’t speak French as well as my father. 2. . we should always do everything. . last week. a. for b. in c. since 8. Will you offer when someone is carrying a heavy thing ? a. assistance b. participation