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(1)THE SECOND – SEMESTER EXAMINATION (GRADE 8) Time allowed: 45 minutes (No 1) Mark: Full name: Class: 8A I/ Listen and fill in the blank (1pt) USA Today was (1) in 1982 with the goal of providing a national newspaper in the U.S market, where (2) only a single local newspaper was (3) _ Colorful and bold, with many large diagrams, charts, and photographs, it contrasted with the (4) _ colorless papers of the time such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times II/ A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (0.5pt) 1/ A bamboo B wood C cooking D foot 2/ A yelled B urged C fetched D seemed B Choose the word whose main stress is not the same as that of the others (0.5pt) 3/ A beautiful B arrangement C instruction D requirement 4/ A departure B importing C recognize D expression III/ Choose the best answer to complete each sentence (2.5pts) 1/ An area of low land between hills or mountains is called a A valley B waterfall C highland D cavern 2/ Look! His wounded leg began seriously A bleeding B pressing C falling off D elevating 3/ My living room _ with new pictures looks more beautiful A decorate B decorated C decorating D decorates 4/ Who was the man you _ to when I came in? A talked B have talked C was talking 5/ It’s to travel around the world A interested B interestedly C interesting 6/ Are you going to abroad this summer? A away from home B on holiday D were talking D interestingly C to another country 7/ We should study English well _ get a good job A so B so that C so to D so as to 8/ Why don’t you come _ for dinner? A across B over C at D down 9/ Ann asked me not anybody what happened A tell B telling C to tell D told 10/ Jill has decided not a car A to buy B to buying C buying D bought D to the USA (2) IV/ Give the correct form of the verbs (1.5pts) 1/ I (know) Julia since she (be) _ at primary school 2/ It (be) _ 5p.m yesterday While I (study) English 3/ She (always/ go) _ to school late This is the 3rd time this week she (be) late for school V/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (1pt) 1/ “ Does your sister write for Sai Gon Times?” Hoa asked me _ 2/ My cousin will teach me to play the guitar this summer vacation I _ 3/ The boy was taken to the hospital He was injured in the accident (using ed – participle) _ 4/ She was disappointed She heard about it (using adjective + to – infinitive) _ VI/ Give the correct form of the words (1pt) 1/ Many people believe that, well – paying jobs are in the city PLENTY 2/ It’s difficult to find _ at busy time ACCOMMODATE 3/ The Internet is more and more _ now ACCESS 4/ Do you know the boy upstairs? WALK VII/ Choose the most suitable word to complete the passage (2pts) A HINDU FESTIVAL – DIWALI The festival of Diwali is one of the most important religious (1) in India It lasts _(2) _ five days around the end of October It is the festival of Laxmi, the Goddess who brings (3) _ and richness Preparations for the festival begin several weeks before the festival _(4) _ People clean and decorate their home, prepare special food and (5) new clothes and jewelry to welcome the Goddess All (6) _ India, people light up their homes with lamps and (7) lights The celebrations take (8) on the darkest night of the lunar month, Amavasya In the evening, fireworks fill the sky to make Diwali a true “ Festival of Light” 1/ A festival 2/ A of 3/ A peace 4/ A himself 5/ A buy 6/ A in 7/ A color 8/ A over B celebration B for B peaceful B themselves B bought B at B colorful B part C festivals C over C happy C oneself C to buy C over C colored C off D event D up D peacefully D itself D buying D upon D colorless D place (3) Key - (No 1) I/ (1): founded (2): generally (3): available (4): relatively II/ A 1/ A 2/ C B 3/ A 4/ C III/ 1/A 2/ A 3/ B 4/ D 5/ C 6/ C 7/ D 8/ B 9/ C 10/ A IV/ 1/ have known ………… was 2/ was …………… was studying 3/ is always going …………… has been V/ 1/ Hoa asked me if/ whether my sister wrote for Sai Gon Times 2/ I will be taught to play the guitar this summer vacation 3/ The boy taken in the hospital was injured in the accident 4/ She was disappointed to hear about it VI/ 1/ plentiful 2/ accommodation 3/ accessible 4/ walking VII/ C B A D A C B D (4)