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NGUYEN QUOC AN SECONDARY SCHOOL
Class: 8 ……
Full name: ……………………………
The second semester examination
(Time: 45’)
School year: 2010 -2011
Paper: I
Mark


A. Listening: Listen and choose the best answer ( 2 pts ).
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking (1)______________ was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a river. There were three (2)_______________: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to run to the river to get the water.
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (3)______________ way. They tried to (4) __________ pieces of bamboo together to make the fire.
Six people from each team took past in the rice-cooking contest. They had to (5) _________ the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.


1. A. festival B. fastival C. festivals D. festisval
2. A. tests B. competitions C. festivals D. compititions
3. A. modern B. old C. traditional D. tradditional
4. A. rubs B. rubbed C. cut D. rub
5. A. separate B. separated C. separates D. separation
B. Language focus:
I. Odd one out: Choose the word which has different pronoucing( 1pts)

A. ocean B. century C. ancient D. special
A. save B. match C. lamp D. habit
A. revision B. festival C. postcard D. promise
A. shout B. loud C. group D. scout
10. A. watch B. chair C. machine D. chore
II. Choose a word or phrases that best complete the sentences ( 2 pts ).
11. The pyramid is the only ……….we can still see today .
A. landmark B. picture C. wonder D. temple
12. Bao is always ………..his homework.
A. forget B. forgetting C. forgot D. forgotten
13. I’ll pick you ………. at your hotel.
A. of B. over C. to D. up
14. What……you…………..at eight o’clock last night ?
A. are/doing B. did/do C. were/doing D. do/do
15. Centuries ago, a Greek man named Antipater of Sidon ______ a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world.
A. included B. compiled C. designed D. put
16. Could you show me how_________ this game.
A. play B. played C. to play D. playing
17. Would you mind if I_________ a photo?
A. take B. took C. taking D. will take
18. It is_____to find an expensive hotel in this town.
A. difficult B. difficultly C. difficulty D. differ
19. Thanks ________ inviting me to the rice-cooking festival.
A. for B. at C. to D. of
20. My Dad ……….for this company since 2001.
A. work B. works C. worked D. has worked
C. Reading: Read the passage carefully:
Santa Claus
In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas (21)……. in a poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas . The character in the poem was a fat jolly ( 22)….who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, ( 23)….. was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is ( 24)….. on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.


* Choose the best answer to complete the passage: ( 1pts).

21. A. appeared B. appeare C. appeares D. apeared
22. A. men B. man C. woman D. women
23. A. when B. whose C. which D. what
24. A. base B. besa C. baset D. based
* Answer the questions ( 1,5 pts).
25. Who wrote the poem A Visit from