Cam Son Secondary School ENGLISH TEST for 1st semester NAME …………………………………… CLASS 8 Teacher’s remarks I. Circle the right answers ( a, b, c or d ): ( 3pts ) 1. Which word doesn’t contain /t∫/ sound ? a. chance b. chemistry c. children d. change 2. Which word is stressed on the first syllable ? a. delicious b. perform c. entertainment d. mention 3. We often watch The Morning News … . TV … breakfast. a. on / at b. on / in c. at / on d. in / at 4. What …… your new teacher ? - He ‘s nice but a little bit strict. a. is / like b. does / like c. does / look like d. is / look like 5. The 6th grade students have .classes than the 9th grade students. a. less b. fewer c. few d. many 6. Nam . pop music .classical music. a. likes / than b. prefers / to c. likes / better d. likes / to 7. The weather is fine enough for us ……. camping. a. to go b. going c. go d. be going 8. Would you like some orange juice ? - ……………………………. a. Sorry, but I can’t. b. Yes, I would. c. No, I wouldn’t. d. No, thanks. 9. On the old days, people …………… think that boys were more important than girls. a. were used to b. used to c. are used to d. be used to 10. He ran too …………. for us to catch up. a. fastly b. fastest c. fast d. faster 11. She always tries her best to study please her parents. a. in order b. in order to c. so as in d. so that 12. ……………. carefully helps us do things well. a. Think b. Thinking c. Thought d. To thinking II. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs in brackets ( 2pts ) 1. I usually ( go ) ………………. …….to school by bike, but yesterday my father ( take ) ……………………… me to school by motorbike. 2. Look ! It ( snow ) ……………………… I never ( see ) ……………………… …… it before. 3. We ( repaint ) ……………………… our house ( welcome )… ………………. The New Year. 4. She ( look ) ………………. tired now because she ( stay ) …………………. up too late last night. III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets: ( 1pt ) 1. They walked ., enjoying the fresh air in the early morning. ( slow ) 2. Be quiet, please ! You are too .! ( noise ) 3. Everyone likes him because of his great ………………………………… ( behave ) 4. More and more modern facilities are easily …………… … in the countryside now. ( access ) IV. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same as the preceding ones: (2pts) 1. My mother said, “ Turn off all the lights before you leave. “ My mother told . 2. Why don’t we help Mom with the washing up ? Shall …………… 3. Mary isn’t so intelligent as her sister. Mary ’s sister . 4. I need your favor. Could ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Mark ss 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? - . ----THE END---- . 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. do things well. a. Think b. Thinking c. Thought d. To thinking II. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs in brackets ( 2pts ) 1. I usually