Vo Van Tan Junior High school Name : ___________________ Class : ________ / Code_____ Date ……………………………………………………., 2010. ONE-PERIOD ENGLISH TEST Grade : 8 - Sheet A Time allowed : 45 minutes Marks Teacher’s comment I. LISTENING: (1pt) Listen and answer with True or False: 1. Na is new to the neighborhood. 2. She and her family arrived last month. 3. The restaurant serves food from Hoi An. 4. Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty. II. Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks: (2.5pts) 1. She spends most of her free time ____________ volunteer work. A. do B. doing C. to do D. does 2. Nam ____________ in this factory for three years. A. work B. worked C. has worked D. working 3. The students are playing ____________ in the school yard. A. happily B. happy C. unhappy D. happiness 4. I got good grades____________ Math and History. A. to B. for C. of D. on 5. If you want to attend the course, you have to ____ before the end of January. A. apply B. enroll C. give your name D. ask for 6. Yesterday, she received Tim’s ____________ from his teacher. A. report card B. card report C. report call D. call report 7. Liz likes ____________ to our house. A. come B. came C. comes D. coming 8. She advised her son ____________ harder on his Spainish pronunciation. A. work B. to work C. working D. worked 9. We can save natural ____________ with the recycling program. A. materials B. source C. resources D. things 10. We admire his ____________. A. wise B. wisely C. wisdom D. wisdoms III. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence: (1pt) 1. How long ____________ she ____________ (live) here? – For 15 years. 2. In summer, John usually ____________ (play) golf once or twice a week. 3. I (be) ____________ born in Vinh Long in 1985. 4. Try your best ____________ (improve) your English. IV. Word Forms: (1pt) 1. I’m pleased to hear you had an ________ summer vacation. ( enjoy) 2. Because of the _____ of the teachers, she decided to study law. (encourage) Answers: I. LISTENING: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ II. Multiple choice: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________ III. Verb Tense&Form 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ IV. Word Form : 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. Nam thinks the food in this restaurant is ____________. (taste) 4. We ____________ participate in recycling programs. ( active) V. Read the passage, then decide whether statements that are following are True or False: (1pt) Language learners learn words in different ways. Some learners make a list and put into it the meanings of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not the same way. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember how to use the word in the right way. Some learners write each word and its use on a small piece of paper, and stick it somewhere in the house so as to learn it at any time. This helps them to remember words better. Questions: 1. Language learners learn words in the same way. 2. Some learners write the meaning of new words in their mother tongue. 3. All learners write example sentences with new words. 4. To remember words better, some learners write the words and stick them somewhere in their house and learn them at any time. VI. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. There are TWO extra words that you don’t need to use : (1.5 pts) such - and - natural - help - used - participate - recycling - parks The Y&Y organization is planning to ___(1) __ the community by encouraging all members to __(2)__ in a recycling program. All we have to do is to collect ___(3)__glass, paper and cans, and send them for recycling. By doing this, we can help save ___(4) __ resources and earn money for the school. You can also take part in three other programs such as raising funds for the poor people, helping street children ____(5)___ planting some trees and flowers along the sidewalks or in the ____(6)____ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ V. True or False? 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ VI. Cloze Test: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first: (2pts) 1. The last time I saw Mai was last Tuesday. 2. His mother said to him, “ Can you please turn down the radio?” 3. Liz is a careful driver. Liz drives 4. It’s not good to talk in class. Talking THE END OF THE TEST. Vo Van Tan Junior High school Name : ___________________ Class : ________ / Code_____ Date ……………………………………………………., 2010. ONE-PERIOD ENGLISH TEST Grade : 8 - Sheet B Time allowed : 45 minutes Marks Teacher’s comment VIII. LISTENING: (1pt) Listen and answer with True or False: 1. Nam has lived in the neighborhood for 10 years. 2. Nam’s mother is too tired to cook the meal. 3. There is a restaurant in the area. 4. Nam doesn’t think the pancakes are delicious. IX. Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks: (2.5pts) 11. She spends a lot of time and effort ____________that project. A. for B. with C. to D. on 12. My father ____________ in this factory since he graduated from university. A. work B. worked C. has worked D. working 13. She is studying __________ in order to pass the final exam. A. hardly B. hardC. the hardest D. A&B are correct 14. It takes him 20 minutes____________ to school every day. A. to walk B. walked C. for walking D. walks 15. 4. I have just _______ in an English evening class. I want to improve my English. A. applied B. enrolled C. attended D. asked for 16. Mike’s ____________ include reading and chess. A. hobbies B. intersts C. pastimes D. All are correct 17. Lan enjoys ____________ to the movie theater in her free time. A. go B. went C. goes D. going 18. She’s decided ____________ another job. She’ll never be happy there. A. to look for B. look for C. looking for D. looked for 19. We like ____________ activities such as walking and camping. A. outdoor B. outside C. indoor D. inside 20. We should walk on the ____________. A. street B. roadC. sidewalk D. yard X. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence: (1pt) 1. What ___ she ____ (do) last weekend? – She stayed home and watched TV. 2. There _________ (be) 40 students in her class. 3. Look! He ____________ (play) football with his classmates over there. 4. Children shouldn’t _____ (drink) coffee because it’s not good for their health. XI. Word Forms: (1pt) Answers: I. LISTENING: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ II. Multiple choice: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________ III. Verb Tense&Form 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ IV. Word Form : 1. I’m happy to hear you had an ________ summer vacation. (interst) 2. Do you know the __________ of that word? (pronounce) 3. The Scouts do the ____________ work. (voluntarily) 4. I can do all these exercises ____________ . (easy) XII. Read the passage, then decide whether statements that are following are True or False: (1pt) The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a youth organization, like the Y&Y in VN. It builds character, and encourages good citizenship and personal fitness. Scouting began in England in 1907. Two years later, an American businessman, William Boyce, got lost in London. A boy helped him and explained that he was a scout. This meeting led to the Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910. In 1994, there were 5,400,000 scouts in America. Now scouting is popular worldwide. The Scouting Association has more than 25 million members, making it the largest voluntary youth organization in the world. Although each nation’s scouting program differs slightly, the three aims, established in 1907, are the same for the 21 st century. Questions: 1. Scouting began in England in 1909. 2. The meeting between William Boyce and a boy scout led to Scouts Association crossing the Atlantic in 1910. 3. There were over 5 million scouts in the BSA in 1994 . 4. Three aims, established in 1907 are different from those in the 21 st century. XIII. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. There are TWO extra words that you don’t need to use : (1.5 pts) in - necessary - learning - studying - practice - next - them - last There are also different ways of learning the same number of words. For example, if you try to learn ten words ___(1) __ two days, you can do so in two ways. You can learn the first five words the first day, and then learn the other five the __(2)__ day. However, because revision is ___(3)__ you can learn all the ten words the first day and revise ___(4) __ the next day. This helps you __(5)___ the words more times. Language learners should try different ways of _(6)__ word so as to find out the best way for themselves. Ask yourself the question “ How should I learn words? ” 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ V. True or False? 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ VI. Cloze Test: 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ XIV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first: (2pts) 1. He has taught English in this school since 1995. He began/ started . 2. Our teacher said to us, “ Don’t make so much noise?” Our teacher told us 3. Jim studies hard. Jim is . 4. Helping poor children is a good activity It’s . THE END OF THE TEST. . phrases to fill in the blanks: (2. 5pts) 1. She spends most of her free time ____________ volunteer work. A. do B. doing C. to do D. does 2. Nam ____________. phrases to fill in the blanks: (2. 5pts) 11. She spends a lot of time and effort ____________that project. A. for B. with C. to D. on 12. My father ____________