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THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
ENGLISH:8

I.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:(1p)
1.a .typhoon b.recycle c.supply d.typical
2.a .own b.crowd c.know d.window
3.a .soccer b.notice c.photo d.grocery
4. a.meeting b.cheap c.weekend d.weather
II.Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks(2p)
1.Please let Helen……….with you.
a.go b.to go c.going d.goes
2.No one else in the class plays the guitar …….John.
a.as well b.as well than c.so well as d.as good as
3.Nam…..in Scotland for ten years.Now he lives in London.
a.lives b.has lived c.lived d.is living
4.He ……….five gold medals since the beginning of the Sea Games.
a.wins b.won c.has won d.is winning
5.The students are playing….in the schoolyard.
a.happy b.happier c.happiest d.happily
6.I`m not very good…repairing things.
a.at b.for c.in d.about
7.I prefer city life……country life.
a.than b.to c.against d.over
8.We are playing a game.Why don`t you…..?
a.come in b.get in c.join in d.break in
III.Write the same meaning(4p)

1.I lived on a farm once,but I don`t any more.
I used…………………………………..
2.Ba is too young to ride his bike to school.
Ba isn`t …………………………………….
3.Let`s meet at the café corner.
Bao suggested……………………………….
4.Sao Mai movie theater is near Hoa`s house.
Sao Mai movie theater is not………………………
5.``Turn off all the lights when you go out``,Hoa said to Nam.
Hoa……………………………………………………….
6.``You should take more exercises,Mr Quang``,the doctor said.
The doctor…………………………………........................


7.It`s nearly two years since we saw Mai.
We haven`t ………………………………
8.My sister dances very well.
My sister is………………..
IV.Fill in the blank with one suitable word(3p)
The country is (1)……beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in.Many people think so,and go(2)…the country for the summer holidays though they can`t live (3)….all the year round.Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
The village green is a wide stretch of(4)….,and houses or cottages are (5)……round it.Country (6)…..is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house.



























KEY:8

I.(1đ)
1d 2b 3a 4d
II.(2đ)
1a 2c 3c 4c 5d 6a 7b 8c
III.(4đ)
1….. to live on a farm.
…. old enough to ride his bike to school.
….meeting at the cafe corner.
….far from Hoa`s house.
….told/askedNam to turn off all the lights when he went out.
…told/advised Mr.Quang/that he should/( to take)take more exercises.
…seen Mai for 2 years.
a good dancer.
IV.(3đ)
1.more
2.to
3.there
4.grass/trees/paddy field
5.built
6.life