DE KT KHII-G8- Matranmoi

I.LISTENING:
* Listen. You are going to Lily talking about herself. You are going to listen three times. Check (() the correct box True or False ( 1.5 m)
Lily comes from China.
She started learning English when she was eighteen.
She can understand people when they speak fast.
She doesn’t find difficult to learn.
She wants to be an English teacher.
6. She loves English songs, but she doesn’t hope to become a singer.
II. Circle the best option to complete the following sentences: (2 pts)
1.She dislikes ( ask)…………….to do something by others.( ask/asking/ to ask/ asked)
2.Would you mind if I .............the door ? ( close/ closing/ closed/ to close)
3. I can see a boy………………..a water buffalo. ( ride/ riding / to ride / rode)
4.This is the first time Shannon………rice paddies ( is seeing / saw / see/ has seen )
5.. Milk bottles can be … after being cleaned ( recycled / thrown away / broken / reused)
6. She promises she …………back in half an hour. ( is / be / has been / will be )
7. I ……....him since he left school. ( haven’t seen/ don’t see /won’t / didn’t see)
8. Ba…….a shower at eight o’clock last night. ( was taking /. take / took / takes)
9. The old lamp………...in China is five dollars. (make /made / to / making)
10. It’s difficult …...….the exercise. (do/. to do /doing/. did)
III. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Words in parentheses : (1,5pt)
1. I don’t know how (do) __________________ this exercise.

2. What ____________ you (do) ________________ at this time yesterday?

3. Your bicycle (repair) ____________________ tomorrow afternoon.

4. The gift (wrap) ____________ in blue paper is mine .

5. My family ( visit )______________________ my grandfather for a week
6. When her friend (come)___________ , she (cook )______________ dinner
IV. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence : (2pts)
1. She said, “ Can you speak Chinese , Minh ?”
( She asked ____________________________________________________
2. A new supermarket is going to be built next year.
( They _____________________________________________________________
3. You want someone to help you with your luggage.
( Would you mind _________________________________________________
4. Ly said : “ I will help my mum with housework this weekend.”
( Ly said_________________________________________________________
*Use the key words to write meaningful sentences.(1m)
Nhi/ ask / Hoa / how / get / Phong Nha cave?
(____________________________________________________________.
Telephone / ring / while/ my sister/ clean / floor / this moring.
(____________________________________________________________.
V.Reading (2p)
Vietnam’s New Year is (1)____________ according to the Lunar calendar. It is offically known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for holiday several weeks beforehand.They (2)__________their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new (3)___________ and give one another to the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most (4)____________ . Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible.

* Choose the best words to complete the passage(1m)
a.prepared b.celebrated c.hold d.decorated
a.buy b.tidy c.tidied d.build
a.clothes b.cars c.trees d.season
a.happy b.boring c.special d.important

* Answer the questions:(1m)
When does Tet begin?
(___________________________________________________________.
What do Vietnamese people believe during the first three days?
(___________________________________________________________.





















KEY
I. * Listen. You are going to Lily talking about herself. You are going to listen three times. Check (() the correct box True or False ( 1.5 m)
1T, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F
( Hi. My name is Lily.