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_____________ SECONDARY SCHOOL
Full name ______________________
Class: 8/___
TEST 45 MINUTES
(Number 1 – 1st Semester)
Subject: ENGLISH 8
School year: 2018-2019
MARKS

A.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
I. Phonetics: Find the word which has a diferent sound in the part underlined.
1A.pictues B. watches C.buses D.brushes
2A.camel B. buffalo C.cattle D.paddy
II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete these sentences
1.The ____ people in the village are very friendly.
A. enthnic minority B. majorities C. ethnic minority D. ethinic culture
2. The opposite of “simple” is ____
A. traditional Bdeveloped C. insignificant D. complicated
3. My father hates ____ everyday.
A. cooking B. to cook C. cooked D. cooks
4. ____ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. Who B. Which C. What D. Why
5. Horses are still the only means of ____ in village.
A. transport B. transports C. transported D.transporting
6. A ____ is a traditional circular tent for the nomads
A. country house B ger C. village D. city house
7. When people are not in huryy, they move _____
A. fast B. fastly C. slowly D. slow
8. Which one is ____ Red River or Mekong River?
A. longer B. the longer C. long D. the longest
B. READING
1. Complete the passage using the wwords in the table:
Volunteer - retiring - feel - exericise - useful - vastness - find

 After ______, my uncle – lover of the sea – took up a strange leisure activity, he spends most mornings at the beach, looking for things that the sea sends ashore. He says: “It’s muiti-benefical leisure activity. I can get some ______, banding, picking up and walking. I can brdathe the fresh air and enjoys the _______ and quietness of the sea. Sometimes I watch the children playing beach games and I _____ years younger. At the same time, I cam also clean the beach. It’s ______ work, isn’t it? Many of the things I pick from the beach are still ___. Know of any leisure activity that pays? Mine does! I clean the willl seel them at the market.”
2. Read the passage again and aswer the questions
1. Which part of the day does he go to the beach, the morning or the afternoon? (______________________________________________________________
2. What kinds of volunteer work does he do?
(_____________________________________________________________
3. What does he do with the things he finds on the beach?
(______________________________________________________________
C. WRITING:
I. Rearrange the words given to make complete sentences:
1. heavily/ on the/ depend/ more/ weather/ than/ people/ farmers/ in many others jobs
________________________________________________________________
2. fancy/ in/ Sunday/ Do/ the park/ you/ skateboadring/ this/ ?
________________________________________________________________
II. Rewrite these sentence as directed.
1.Phong is a quicker walker than his friends
(Phong _________________________________________________________
2.The Lunar New Year is the most important festival in Viet Nam
(_______________________________________________________________
3. There are hundreds of festivals in Viet Nam through the year.
( _______________________________________________________________
4. In the countryside, children play more freely than in the city.
( In the city, children _______________________________________________
D. LISTENING:
I. Listen to the passage write True (T) or false (F)
1. Baisically you can’t hang out indoors


2. It’s more comfortable than going to a cinema


3. All these activities are good for your physical health.


4. If you like sometimes more oraganised, go to cultural centres, libraries, and museum


II. Listen and fill in the blanks:
According to a recent ______ by Country Life magazine, about 80 percent of Britain’s population dream of living in the countryside. In fact the ___________ of England today shows the wealth of landdowners and those who can afford to escape the busy and noisy city life.
English village ________ are often small and close. They are warm usually welcoming. Maggie, who lives in North Yorkshire, says: ‘Village life is wonderful and safe for the kids. There is a great sense of community here. It is more ________ and you can’t tell who has money and who doesn’t’. People in the English countryside use private transport more, and the environment hasn’t been spoilt much.