First semester test10. Grade 8

VINH LINH EDUCATION OFFICE
Vinh Chap Secondary School
FIRST SEMESTER EXMINATION
(Time allowed: 60 minutes)
Name:…………………………………………………………………… Class: ………….
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. rub B. plumber C. bamboo D. suitable
A. burned B. stopped C. asked D. promised
A. stamps B. trains C. caves D. hotels
A. sight B. tribe C. seaside D. magnificent
A. jungle B. sunny C. bus D. surrounding
Choose the best option to complete these following sentences.
My family ________here since last year.
A. lived B. was lived C. have lived D. lives
You ought to ________your homework before going to class.
A. did B. do C. doing D. does
She enjoys ________jokes, but her jokes sometimes annoy us.
A. tell B. tells C. told D. telling
He is only two year old, so he ________to go to school.
A. is enough old B. old is enough C. isn’t enough old D. isn’t old enough
Could you ________me a favor?
A. do B. get C. give D. make
I lost my pen, but I couldn’t________it anywhere.
A. look for B. see C. find D. All are correct
That’s very kind________you to help me.
A. on B. to C. from D. of
Could I speak ________Lan, please?
A. for B. to C. with D. at
We are going to ________fishing this Sunday.
A. go B. went C. going D. have gone
Lan moved back home ________10. 00 pm.
A. with B. for C. of D. at
As students, we________our parents.
A. ought obey B. ought to obey C. must to D. obeying
You can call me when you are out by using ________.
A. telephone directory B. public telephone C. address book D. answering machine
He finally________the decision to go abroad.
A. came up with B. came up C. came D. came with
Ho Chi Minh City is________city in Vietnam.
A. larger B. the most large C. the largest D. more large
Living in the city is________.
A. more convenient B. quieter C. more peaceful D. easier
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
I’m glad telling you that I’m going to have interesting activities.
A B C D
We have gone to Ho Chi Minh City five months ago.
A B C D
He asked me if I like playing tennis.
A B C D
This hotel has been already in business for fifty years
A B C D
She hates watch TV in the evening.
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Harry starts work at half past six. He delivers papers every day of the week, from Monday to Saturday, but not (26)_____ Sundays. He works in the mornings before school and (27)_____ the afternoons after school. He usually finishes work (28) ______ six o’clock.
Harry says, “(29)______ the summer, the job is OK, but (30)_____ December and January, the weather is very cold! I like this job. I get a lot of exercise, and the money is good. I’m saving my money in the bank at the moment for a holiday in Spain.”
A. in B. at C. on D. between
A. in B. at C. on D. when
A. in B. at C. on D. since
A. In B. At C. On D. Ø
A. from B. at C. on D. in
Read the passage again and then answer the following questions.
Once, there was a king in Tibet who loved to eat fish. His love for fish was so great that he couldn’t eat anything if there was no fish on the table.
It happened one year that there was no rain. Month after month, there was less and less water in the rivers, and less and less fish,