A forty-five minute Test (the second term)

Name WRITTEN TEST 4
Class grade :8 (45 minutes )
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I. Read the following passage and answer the questions
The Vietnamese people celebrate the New Year (Tet) on the first three days of January according to the lunar calendar. On these days, they often paint and decorate their houses. They buy a lot of fruit, flowers and they also make many delicious dishes. People who work far away try to get home on these days. On the first day of tet, people often offer these good fruit and food to their ancestors and after that the whole families enjoy the food. They also visit pagodas, temples, and their relatives or friends. Children are given lucky money which represents the adult’s good wishes to them. There are a lot of traditional, games and contests at tet, such as rice-cooking, fire-making, water – fetching and buffalo- fighting. These are really interesting. People are playing and enjoy themselves very much on these occasion.
When do Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year?
On the first three days of January according to the solar calendar.
On the first three days of January according to the lunar calendar.
On the first days of January
Every day of January according to the lunar calendar
They make a lot of sticky rice cakes at Tet because …………………
they make from sticky rice
they are easily made
they are traditional ones
they look nice.
People try to get home at Tet because they …………….
would like to get together with every member of their family.
Earn a lot of money.
Would like to go to the pagodas.
Would like to go to the festivals with their family.
children are often given lucky money because lucky money represents……
A. good health B. good wishes C. good results D. good time
5. There are ………traditional games at Tet.
A. any B. no C. many D. much
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
0. A. live B. nice C. write D. alive
1. A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
2. A. love B. home C. come D. some
3. A. dad B. stay C. tale D. great
4. A. shy B. fly C. curly D. sky
5. A. learned B. played C. ruled D. cooked
III. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
_____ he likes watching films, he can go to the cinema with me .
A. if B. and C. but D. then
______ if the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was a World Heritage Site.
A. she asked B. She ask C. We don`t know D. We knew
The foreigner wanted to know ______ we were from Viet Nam.
A. who B. where C. whether D. how
Could you please tell me how ______ a sticky rice cake?
A. make B. to making C. to be made D. to make
Hoa promised ______ with us in London.
A. to contacting B. to see C. to keep in touch D. to meet
My teacher advised me ______ harder.
A. work B. to work C. working D. to working
Loudspeaker ______ in 1924 by C.W. Rice.
A. was inventing B. invented C. has been invented D. was invented
He is always……TV and forgetting to do his homework.
A. watch B. watching C. watches D. watched
He hopes ______ to university next year.
A. go B. goes C. to go D. to be gone
10. 4. The family ……… when the mailman came
A. is sleeping B. Were sleeping C. was sleeping D.sleep
IV. Find and correct the mistakes in these sentences below.
They wanted to know if I have a lot of brothers and sisters………………..
A B C D
2. My teacher asked me help her do homework………………………
A B C D
3. I enjoy reading books on my free time ………………….
A B C D