THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION SUBJECT : ENGLISH GRADE : EIGHTH TIME ALLOTED: 45 MINUTES I.Listening. Listen then fill in the missing words. Use the given words in the box (2.5ms) learning; improve; library; grammar; teacher 1. In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in English. 2. My English was worse. 3. I did not know how to them. 4. My English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. 5. She took me to the school and showed me the cassettes of pronunciation drills. 1 ……………… . ;2……………… ;3………………… ;4……………… ;5………………… Circle The Best Answer (2.5ms) 1.The Moon around the Earth. a. go b. to go c. goes d. going 2. I am always proud you . a. about b. of c. on d. with 3. Hai is learning to drive. He a driver. a. is b. is going to c. is going to be d. a&b 4. The country is busier and noisier. a. going b. getting c.changing d. doing 5. Tom is to drive a car. a. old enough b. enough old c. too old d. too old enough 6. His parents used to .him to the zoo when he was a child. a. took b. taking c. to take d. take 7. She loves and she likes TV, too. a. reading/ watching b. read/watch c. reads/watches d. b&c 8. She asked me……………… a. stop playingb. stop to play c. to stop playing d. stopping to play 9. I am going to visit you Thursday. a. in b. on c. at d. of Marks Teacher’s comments 10. Tuan has lived here ten years a. in b.since c. about d. for III.Reading. Read the passage The peper bag is an interesting invention. Before paper bags were invented, the seller had to wrap goods in paper and tie it with string. Other customers had to wait. Then they hired boys to make bags by hand, but this also took a long time. In 1884, a woman named Mattie Knight invented a machine that could make a bag with a square bottom and pleated sides. The bag stands up, but it can also lie flat. The seller just shakes her wrist to open the bag. Because the bag stands up, it is easy to put things in it. Paper is very common in our lives, and we don’t even think about it, but it is a wonderful invention. T F 1. Check ( v ) the sentences T (True) or F (false)(1ms) a. Before having paper bag, people had to wrap products in paper. b. Making paper bags by hand took along time. c. A man invented paper bags in 1884. d. It is easy to put things in paper bag. 2. Answer the questions(1,5ms) a.Is paper bags common in our life? b. Who invented the making paper bag machine? c. What does the paper bag look like? IV.Writing. Write a community notice about the meeting (2.5ms ) The school Y & Y organization is going to hold a meeting to celebrate the Students’ Day. The meeting will be at the stadium in the neighborhood from 7.30 am to 10.30 am on December 30. The person to contact is Tran Thi Thu Thuy of Y&Y office. -The end- Answer key I.Listening Listen then fill in the missing words (2.5ms) In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in (1) learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English (2) grammar was worse. I did not know how to (3) improve them. One afternoon, after the lesso, my English (4) teacher told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school (5) library and showed me the cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English dictionary to improve my English grammar. II.Grammar & Vocabulary. Circle The Best Answer (2.5ms) 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. b 5.b 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. d III.Reading. 1. Check ( v ) the sentences T (True) or F (false)(1ms) 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 2. Answer the questions(1,5ms) a. Yes, it is. b. Mattie Knight. c. It has a square bottom and pleated sides IV.Writing. Write a notice about the school meeting (2.5ms ) The school Y&Y organization. MEETING TO CELEBRATE THE STUDENT’S DAY Date: December 30 Time: from 7.30 am to 10.30 am Place: the Stadium in the neighborhood. Please contact Mr. Le Dung at Y&Y office for more in formation. . going to visit you Thursday. a. in b. on c. at d. of Marks Teacher’s comments 10. Tuan has lived here ten years a. in b.since c. about d. for III.Reading Day. The meeting will be at the stadium in the neighborhood from 7.30 am to 10. 30 am on December 30. The person to contact is Tran Thi Thu Thuy of Y&Y