Kiem tra 1 tiet so 4 co nghe

Nguyen Chi Thanh Secondary School
Name: ..............................................
Class: 8/........
One Period Test No 4
Subject: English 8
Date: 07/4/2016
Mark (A)


I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (28pts)
A. Find the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from others (8pts)
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
4. A.bank B.station C.lazy D.vacation
B. Find odd one out (4pts)
5. A. singer B. machine C. engineer D. architect
6. A. snorkel B. separate C. pick up D. wonder
C. Choose the correct answer A,B,C,D to complete the sentences (16pts)
7. She decided ……… her job.
A. change B. to change C. changes D. changing
8. She showed me how.............a birthday cake
A.to make B. making C. make D. made
9. Bao is always…………his homework
A. forget B. to forget C. forgot D. forgetting
10. They...............tennis at 10.30 yesterday morning
A.played B.play C. plays D.were playing
11. This house………………….last year.
A. built B. was buit C. builds D. build
12. He said that he would come there…………………..
A.tomorrow B.the following C.the following day D.next day
13. Angkor vat was originally built for ....
A.Hindus B. Buddhists C. kings D. the citizens of Pnom penh
14. ………………. is often called “ The windy city”.
A. San Francisco B. Hawaii C. Chicago D. NewYork
II. READING (26pts)
1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. (8pts)
. VISIT THE ENDINBURGH FESTIVAL!
Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. (1)……………. three weeks every August and September the city is (2)……………… with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city (3)………….. alive with music and dance from early in the morning until late at night. You can even see (4)………………. painting pictures on the streets!
1. A. at B. for C. on D. in
2. A. fill B. to fill C. filling D. filled
3. A. is B. are C. will be D. isn’t
4. A. artists B. plumber C. engineer D. carpenter
2. Read and complete the text. (10pts)

Another people according begins make

Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated ..(1)………..to the Lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet. It..(2)……………between January 21st and February 19th. Vietnamese people usually ..(3)………..preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, ..(4)………….sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one ..(5)………….the greeings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year.
* Answer the questions
1.What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2.Do they give one another the greetings of the season as New Year comes?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
III. WRITING (26pts)
A.Complete the sentences, using the word(s) from the cued pictures (10pts)

1. They have to seprate the rice from the……………………and then cook the rice in the rice-cooking contest.





2. ………………………..is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem “ A visit from Saint Nicolas”.



3. The four heads of American presidents are……………into