ĐỀ THI TA HOCKY2 2016/2017

Education and Training of Ung Hoa district
Nguyen Thuong Hien secondary school Date of exam:..........................
Name:..................................................
Class: 8
TEST FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM No1
School year 2015 - 2016 (Time 45’)
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Question I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
1. a. marine b. memorial c. pyramid d. statue
2. a. edge b. return c. temple d. temperate
3. a. jungle b. sunny c. bus d. surrounding
4. a. guessed b. moved c. used d. compiled
5. a. heritage b. hike c. honor d. hundred
Question II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
1. a .marine b. jungle c. royal d. snorkel
2 a. relaxing b. vacation c. attraction d. barrier
Question III Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. The flights to London will (delay)…………………………… because of heavy rain.
2. This is the first time Hoa (meet)…………………………… Tim’s family.
3. What ………… you (do)…………… this time yesterday? I (work)……………………… on the computer.
4. The trees are (plant)…………………………… by his father.
5. we are really interested in (visit) …………………………… Ha Long Bay.
Question IV . Choose A, B ,C or D which best completes the sentences
1. I am happy ………………………… all the exams.
A. to passing B. to pass C. passing D. is passing
2. Dried sugar canes …………………………… to produce paper.
A. are reused B. reused C. are reusing D. is reused
3. It is a race in which people have their horses race to win the prize. It’s a …………………………
A. horse-racing B. racing-horse C. horse-race D. race-horse
4. My friend told me what .....................when I visited Hoi An.
A. doing B. to do C. do D. done
5. He was watching TV .....................his brother was playing with his toys.
A. when B. why C. where D. while
6. Liz said that she ……………. me some information about her school the following week.
A. sent B. will send C. would send D. were sending
7.I make a fire by rubbing pieces of .................................. together.
a. ranger. b. heritage. c. compost. d. bamboo.
8. It is difficult ................................... her address.
a. remember b. remembered c. to remember d. remembering
9. They had to .................................... the rice from the husk.
a. separate b. elevate c. Minimize d. explain.
10. She asked me “Is this your book?” ( She asked me if _______________________.
A. this is my book B. that is my book C. that was your book D. that was my book

Question VII . Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
1.This is a farm which grow vegettables
this is -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Mary said to her father: “I don’t know how to do this exercise”.
(Mary told ... …………………………………………………………
3.She had me translate the document into Vietnamese two days ago
-> she had …………………………………………………………………………
4 They will hold the celebration before January.
-> The celebration ......................................................................
5. “Do you enjoy reading books?”, Phong asked Peter.
-> Phong asked Peter …………………………………………………………………….
6.Nam keeps talking on the phone
-> Nam is always………………………………………………………………
Question VII . Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice-cooking (1)_____ was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a (2)_____. There were three (3)_____: water fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking . The festival (4)_____ one day. In the water-fetching (5)_____ one person from each team had (6)_____ to the river to get the (7)_____. In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the (8)_____ way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team participated in the rice-cooking festival. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.