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KIM ĐONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

THE SECOND TERM ENGLISH TEST (07-08)
ENGLISH 8 - Duration: 60 minutes

I. Phonetics (1pt)
A. Choose the word in each group that has the main stress on a different syllable from the others.

a. minimize b. emergency c. ambulance d. alcohol
a. competition b. participate c. religious d. surrounding

B. Choose the word in each group whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

a. cold b. force c. below d. overheat
a compile b. fire c. festival d. tidy


II. Grammar and vocabulary (4pts)

A. Error identification

What are you doing at 8 last night?
A B C D
The little boy is always cries before the bedtime.
A B C D
Did you decide go home alone?
A B C D
Would you mind turned down the music?
A B C D
He wore a coat in order to get cold.
A B C D
The toys keeping in that cardboard box are very expensive.
A B C D
It’s difficult following your direction.
A B C D
Do you mind if I sat here?
A B C D


B. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best complete each sentence.

Thank you very much the flowers you me yesterday.
a. on / send b. for / sent c. with / sent d. from/send
The man TV in the living room is Mr. Smith.
a. watched b. to watch c. watching d. watch
Carol is a religious song that people sing at .
a. Christmas b. Tet c. festival. d. day
Vietnam is a country.
a. rice-export b. exporting-rice. c. rice-exporting d. export-ricing
In the Rice-cooking contest, they have to the rice the husk.
a. watch / off b. cook / from c. separate / from d. wash/to
The Golden Gate Bridge is .
a. in Chicago . b. in San Francisco
c. on New York harbor d. on the Hawaiian island.
Would you bring me some water? - .
a. Not at all b. All right
c. That would be nice. d. That’s very kind of you
Shall I smoke here? - .
a. Do you mind smoking here? b. Would you mind if I smoked here?
c. Can you smoke here? d. Do you mind if I smoked here?



III. Reading (Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.) (2.5pts)

Eight (21) years ago, Christmas songs (22) for people (23) towns and villages. These songs were stories (24) to music and most people enjoyed (25) .The leaders of the (26) , however, did not. They (27) the songs were (28) ,but about 180 years ago, the (29) became popular (30) .

a. hundred b. hundreds c. hundreds of d. hundreds of
a. was decorated b. were performed c. written d. performed
a. on b. at c. in d. for
a. put b. to put c. putting d. were put
a. it b. them c. us d. they
a. temples b. councils c. church d. school
a. told b. said c. asked d. said to
a. unsuitable b. unimportant c. unhappy d. unfortunately
a. one b. song c. songs d. they
a. again b. ago c. soon d. lately

IV. Writing (Choose the best answer) (2.5pts)

cake / make from / milk / be / delicious.
a. The cake