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


A. Listening: Listen and choose the best answer ( 2 pts ).
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking festival was ( 1)….. in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a river. There were three competitions: (2)…., 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 ( 3)… two team members had to make a fire in the traditional 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 (5)… separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.


1. A. held B. tell C. hold D. sell
2. A. waters -fetching B. water-fetching C. water-fetchings D. water-fatching
3. A. test B. contests C. contest D. cantest
4. A. rubs B. rubbed C. cut D. rub
5. A. had to B. has to C. had D. have to
B. Language focus:
I. Odd one out: Choose the word which has different pronoucing( 1pts)

6. A. watch B. chair C. machine D. chore
7. A. shout B. loud C. group D. scout
8. A. revision B. festival C. postcard D. promise
A. save B. match C. lamp D. habit
10. A. ocean B. century C. ancient D. special
II. Choose a word or phrases that best complete the sentences ( 2 pts ).
11. The Le family was sleeping ____________________________.
A. then the mailman came B. when the mailman came
C. then the phone caming D. when the phone was caming
12. Ba was taking a shower at eight o’clock last night.
A. was taking B. will take C. were taking D. is take
13. 1. Would you mind___________the window ?
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
14. When I am tired, I enjoy__________television.
A. watch B. watches C. watching D. watched
15. The weather _______ nice yesterday.
A. has been B. was C. is D. will be
16. I was reading books ________ my sister was listening to music.
A. when B. while C. which D. what
17. She asked me ……… I had a driving licence.
A. if B. whether C. it D. both a and b
18. I don’t know how …………. the game.
A. playing B. played C. can I play D. to play
19. _______ I was having dinner, my brother was watching television.
A. If B. As C. Because D. While
20. The heads of four American presidents are ________ into the rock at Mount Rushmore.
A. painted B. built C. seen D. carved
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. appeare B. appeared C. appeares D. apeared
22. A. man B. men C. woman D. women
23. A. when B. whose C. what D. which
24. A. base B. besa C. based D. baset
* Answer the questions ( 1,5 pts).
25. Who wrote the poem A