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(1)C¸t THÀNH secondary school Written test for grade 8 (Time allotted: 45’)
Name: Class:
A LISTENING
I, Listen and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1 Annie thinks the Internet is the greatest invention ……… Annie does her homework on the Internet … ……… Annie loves emails …… …… Annie spends little time on the Internet ……… II, Listen and answer the questions with no more than THREE words
1 What was Michael doing when the tornado came? Was he warned about the tornado before? What was his feeling at that time? What was the bed made of?
B VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE I, Underline the best option to complete the sentence
1 My mother …… our breakfast before we got up.(cooked/ has cooked/ had cooked/cooks) The heavy rain caused … in many parts of the country.( storm/ flood/ drought/earthquake) The museum completely after the tornado.(rebuilt/ has rebuilt/ was rebuild/ was rebuilt) Their teams are still cleaning the ……… from the plane crash.(debris/ dust/ piece/ waste) I tried … you many times yesterday but couldn’t get through.( call/ to call/ called/ calling) Ba …… at o’clock next Sunday (is sleeping/ will sleep/ will be sleeping/ will be sleep) ……… helps us to watch and listen to each other at the same time while we have meeting (Video conferencing/ Chatting/ Emailing/ Texting)
8 If today …… Sunday, we wouldn’t have to work hard like this (is/were/ will be/has been)
II Supply the correct form of the berbs in brackets.
1 His family (eat) ……….dinner at 8p.m tomorrow By the time we arrived at the canyon, it (stop) ……….…….snowing Ten new houses ( build) ……… …………in the town every year Do you want (have) ……… a mobile phone battery that uses solar energy?
C READING
I.Read the paragraph below and fill each blank with a suitable word in the bold type dry danger rainstorm raging
A forest fire happened in the west of Quang Binh Province last week How it started is unknown, but three days later it was still (1)……… out of control The weather
(2)was (2)………… … … and windy, so it spread quickly and many surrounding district were in (3)………… … Fortunately, on the fourth day, there was a (4)……… which helped to put it out
II Read the passage carefully and answer the questions
The word “telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling” So “telepathy” actually means getting feelings through a distance Telepathy is the communication between two minds, separated over a distance, without the using of the five known senses At some points of time or the other,we all have experienced telepathy Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to for
months and you suddenly get a call from them Or when two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time These are mind-to-mind communications that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals
1, What does the word “telephathy” mean?
……… 2, Have we all experienced telephathy?
……… When people have telephathy, they ………
A talk to someone for months B get a phone call
C use the five known senses D communicate between two minds D WRITING
I, Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. My mother cooked dinner after cleaning the house
My mother had ……… ……….……… ……… The rescuers took the victims of the flood to a safe place
The victims of the flood Will it be her lunch time at 11 a.m tomorrow?
Will she …… …… ……… …… II, Write the completed sentences, using the suggested words.
1 Our car/going/ repair/ a mechanic/ tomorrow morning/
……… what/ happen/ the time/ you/ arrive/ school/ yesterday/?
……… I / play games/ my friends/ p.m / next Sunday/
……… The girl/ decided/ stay/ Hue / three days/ during/ trip/
………
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* The key
A LISTENING
1 Listen and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F) (each correct answer is 25p)
1 T F T F
2 Listen to the conversation and fill each of the gaps with a word you hear (each correct answer is 25p)
1 He was cooking./Cooking dinner No, he wasn’t./No
3 He felt terrified./Terrified (very) hard wood
B VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I, Underline the best option to complete the sentence (each correct answer is 25p) had cooked flood was rebuilt debris
5 to call will be sleeping Video conferencing up
II Supply the correct form of the berbs in brackets.(each correct answer is 25p) 1, will be eating 2, had stopped are built 4, to have
C READING I
I.Read the paragraph below and fill each blank with a suitable word in the bold type (each correct answer is 25p)
1 raging dry danger rainstorm II Read the passage carefully and answer the questions(each correct answer is 5p) Telepathy/ It means getting feelings through a distance
2 Yes, we have./ Yes
3, D
(5)I, Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first (each correct answer is 5p)
1 My mother had cleaned the house before/ by the time/ when she cooked dinner The victims of the flood were taken to a safe place by the rescuers
3, Will she be having lunch at 11 a.m tomorrow?
II, Write the completed sentences, using the suggested words (each correct answer is 0. 25p)