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THE SECOND – SEMESTER EXAMINATION (GRADE 8)
Time allowed: 45 minutes (No 1)

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 D. were talking

5/ It’s __________ to travel around the world.
A. interested B. interestedly C. interesting D. interestingly

6/ Are you going to abroad this summer?
A. away from home B. on holiday C. to another country D. to the USA

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

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