THE FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST Grade : 8 - Duration: 45 minutes (Students write the answers in this papper) 1. Matrix: Language skills: Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vận dụng Tổng TN TL TN TL TN TL II. Reading 5 2,5 5 2,5 III.Language focus 10 0,25 4 2,0 14 4,5 IV. Writing 6 0,2 5 6 3 Tổng 14 4,5 5 2,5 6 3 25 10 II. LANGUAGE FOCUS: A. Choose the best answer.(2,5pt) 1/Your stamps are different…………….hers. a. to b. of c. from d. as 2/Ho Chi Minh Youth Union was founded…………….March 26 th , 1931. a. on b. up c. in d. at 3/………….you carry this bag for me ? – Sure a. May b. should c. Could d. Shall 4/ Last night I watched the movie “romeo abd Juliet”.At last they killed…………… a. myself b. herself c. ourselves d. themvelves 5. It’s too cold today. You . go out. a. should b. shouldn’t c. didn’t d. must 6. the police asked him he did last night a. where b.what c. to d. if 7 . My mother asked me . some food. a. to buy b. buy c. buys d. buying 8. Minh hates ………. to the market a. to go b. go c. going d. goes 9. Lan has to stay at home to her sister a. look at b. look into c. look for d. look after 10. My father used to … us to the movie theater a. take b. get c. see d. meet B. Using the correct form of the verbs.(2pts) 1/ She enjoys…………… ….(tell) jokes. 2/ She told me……………… .(take) these cakes to her house. 3/ He ……………….(live) in Hue city for fifteen years. 4/ After a month, Hoa gets used to……….… (study)in her new school. III. READING: Read the letter carefully then answer the questions.(2,5pts) The Youth and Young Pioneers Organization was founded in Vietnam in 26-3- 1931.It builds character, and encourages citizentship and personal fittness. The Y&Y has many plant to help the community.It encourages all the members to take part in different programs. The recycling programs can help people save natural resources.The”Rosy Smile” program helps raising funds for the poor childern. The “Green Sunday”program makes the city more beautiful with clean streets,plenty of trees and flowers.It give more green color to the city and it is done on Sunday so it has the name “Green Sunday”. There are some more helpful programs such as”helping the elderly and street children”, ”supporting cultural- sport”, ”young scientist” ect . Questions 1. What does The Y&Y stand for? 2.What does it build? 3.What does it do to help the community ? 4.How about The”Rosy Smile” program? 5.Why is it named “Green Sunday”? IV. WRITING: I. Rewriteeach sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the printed one (0.5pt) 1. Tom’s uncle said: “Please turn off the radio, Tom” Tom’s uncle asked him 2.The doctor said to Tim: “You should take care of your teeth”. The doctor II. Complete the letter that Hoa sent to her pen pal – John.(2.5pts) Dear John, I / glad / tell you / I / join / Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. /We / clean the streets / weekend. / We / plant trees and flowers / shool garden / water them / after class./ We / plant / young trees / sell to other schools./ I / hope / we / give / color / city / earn / money / School Communist Youth Union. Write to me soon and tell me all your news. Love, Hoa ANSWER KEYS: 2. Contents: I LANGUAGE FOCUS. ( Mỗi câu đúng 0,25 đ) A. 1. c. 2. a. 3. c. 4. d. 5.a 6.c 7.a 8.c 9.d 10.a B. 1. telling 2. to take 3. has lived 4. studying 9. II. READING. ( Mỗi câu đúng 0,5 đ) 1. They were on the field/ farm. 2. The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the servant and the small man was the master. 3. He tied the tiger to a tree. 4. Because he didn’t want it to eat the buffalo. 5. Yes, it does. III. WRITING. I. Rewriteeach sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the printed one (0.5pt) 1. Tom’s uncle said: “Please turn off the radio, Tom” Tom’s uncle asked him to turn off the radio 2.The doctor said to Tim: “You should take care of your teeth”. The doctor advised Tim to take care of his teeth II. Complete the letter that Hoa sent to her pen pal – John.(2.5pts) Dear John, I am glad to tell you that I am going to join the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. We are going to clean the streets on the weekend. We are going to plant trees and flowers in the shool garden and water them every afternoon after class. We are going to plant young trees and sell to other schools. I hope we give more green color to the city and earn some money for the School Communist Youth Union. Write to me soon and tell me all your news. Love, Hoa