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(1)The first term English test School year : 2009-2010
(Time: 45 minutes) Nguyen Tri Phuong secondary school
Name:……….
Class : 8….
I/ Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words.(2,5pts)
People from the coutryside are (1) ……… their (2) ……… to go and live in the (3) ……… Farming can sometimes be a difficult life and these people from (4) ……… areas feel the city offers more opportunities However, many people coming to the city create (5) ……… There may not be enough school or hospital while water and electricity supplies may not be adequate
II/ Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence(1,5pts)
1- He does morning exercise regularly ( in order for/ so as to/ so that / in order that ) improve his health 2-Most people enjoy ( to travel/ travel/ traveled/ traveling ) to different parts of the world
3-Tom is seventeen H e isn’t (enough old/ old enough/ enough young / young enough) to drive a car Mr.Brown is the same age ( like/ as/ from/ with) Mr John
5- He used to ( plays/ playing/ play / played) soccer when he was young
6- Do you need any help ? (No, I don’t need/ sorry/ Yes, that’s very kind of you/ Yes, I’m fine) IV Use the word given and to complete the 2nd sentence with the similar meaning (1 pt)) 1/ They started working for that company five years ago
They for five years 2/ “ Don’t walk on the grass “ The gardener said to us ( told )
The gardener 3/ He said to Lan : “can you make me some cool drink ?”
He ………
4/ “ You should work harder on your English, Nam” The teacher said The teacher III/ Read the passage then answer the questions (2,5pts)
Frank is now the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop It was his job to repair bicycles and at the time he used to work fourteen hours a day He saved money for years and in 1938 he bought a small workshop of his own During the war Frank used to make spare parts for planes At that time he had two helpers By the end of the war, the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty- eight people Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success
1 How many hours did Frank use to work every day ?
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2 When did he buy his own workshop ?
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3 How many workers were there in Frank’s factory at the end of the war ?
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4 Is he now the head of a very large business company ?
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5 About you : What did you use to when you was a child ?
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V. Read the text and write a notice: (1,5pt)
Student of class 8a1 is going to hold a meeting to discuss the preparation of Christmas The meeting will be in classroom of class 8a1 at Nguyen Tri Phuong school from 4.30pm to 5.30 pm on December 20th The
person to contact is Le thi Hoa- the monitor.
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(2)Chủđề Nhận biết Thông hiểu Vận dụng Tổng
TN TL TN TL TN TL
I listening 5
2,5 5 2,5
II Languege focus
6
1,5 10 2,5
III Reading 5
2,5 4 2,5
V Writing
2,5 5 2,5 Tổng 5
2,5 11
4 9
3,5 27
10
Answer key I/ Listening (2,5pts)
1 leaving home city rural problems II/ Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence(1,5pts)
1 so as to 2 traveling 3 old enough 4 as
5 play
6 Yes , that’s very kind of you
IV/ (1 pts )
1 They have worked for that company for five years.
2. The gardener told us not to walk on the grass
3. He asked Lan to make him some cool drink
(3)III/ Read the passage then answer the questions (2pts)
1 He used to work 14 hours every (a) day 2 He bought his own workshop in 1938 There were 728 workers in his factory
4 yes, he is 5 Sts’ answer
b (1,5pts)
The students of class 8a1
Holding a meeting to discuss the preparation of Christmas
Date: December 20th time : 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Place : classroom of class 8a1