Kiem tra anh 8 So 4

ENGLISH TEST (Number 4) 2010- 2011
Grade: 8 Time: 45 minutes
Full name: ............................................. Class: 8...
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I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. wanted B. visited C. collected D. stopped
2. A. machine B. compile C. fine D. nice
3. A. gather B. thing C. think D. thin
4. A. neighbor B. weigh C. great D. receive
II. Choose the best answer.
1. Jane saw her old friend while she _________ the street .
a. crossed b. is crossing c. was crossing d. crosses
2. Millions of Christmas cards ____________ every year.
a. were sent b. are sent c. send d. is sending
3. They are good friends. They ___________ each other for a long time.
a. know b. knew c. knows d. have known
4. She asked me if I __________ a car.
a. have b. has c. had d. am having
5. Linda asked me where __________ souvenirs.
a. buy b. buying c. bought d. to buy
6. The pyramid of Cheops is one of the seven ________ of the world .
a. temples b. wonders c. buildings d, hotels
III. Give the tense and form of the verbs in brackets.
1. While we ( watch) ………………………….a film yesterday the door bell rang
2. They (live) ……………………………….in London since 1990.
3. She showed me how (get) …………………….to the airport.
4. What you (do) …………………at eight o’clock yesterday evening?
IV Read the passage and complete the task .
Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It’s officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet. It begins between January twenty – fist and February nineteenth. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand They decorate their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. At the New Year’ Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year coming up, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet usually lasts for ten days but the first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid argument and smile as much as possible.
+ True ( T ) or False ( F )
Viet Nam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Solar calendar
Tet usually lasts for ten days

+ Answer the questions:
3. What is Vietnam’s New Year known as?
………………….………………………………………………………………….…
4. What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet ?
………………….………………………………………………………………….…
V. Rewrite these sentences:
People performed Christmas songs in towns and villages 800 years ago.
( Christmas songs………………………………………………………….
Someone has opened the door.
( The door …………………………………………………………………
We will hold an English - Speaking contest in our school next week.
( An English – speaking contest ……………………………………………………..
“ Do you want to visit London, Peter?” said Mary.
( Mary asked …………………………………………………………………………
“ I am visiting Hoi An now” Nhi said
( Nhi said …………………………………………………………………………….
VI Listen to the following weather forecast and fill in the table with the missing information.

Here is today’s (1)………...forecast for the international travelers. Let’s start with Sydney. It will be a dry day in Sydney today, and (2)………… For the (3)…………………, the low will be (4)…………and the high will be twenty six. Tokyo will be dry and windy, with a low of (5) …………… and a high of twenty two. (6) ………………..is going to have a humid day. It will be very (7)…………with a low of (8)…………three and a high of seven


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