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HOAI NHON EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ENGLISH TEST I
HOAI HUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADE : 8 ( 45 MINUTES )
Name:…………………………….Class:……

I. Choose the best answer: ( 2pts)
1. Her mother ……….. this city two years ago.
A. lives B. lived C. will live D. live 2. Children enjoy .......................... to traditional stories. A. listen B. to listen C. listening D. listen 3.Tom told his friend .......................... him the dictionary. A. give B. to give C. giving D. gives 4. We must be there ……….. 7.30 and 8.15.
A. at B. before C. between D. after
5. You must do your homework …………..
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. careless
6. The train …………….here at 8.45 am. Please arrive at the station on time.
A. is leaving B. leaves C. leave D. will leave
7. Tim’s Spanish pronunciation isn’t good. So he should ……………..… it.
A. improved B. improve C. improves D. to improve
8. When I was young, my father used to ……………..me to the zoo on the weekends.
A. took B. taking C. take D. takes

II. Read the text and fill in the missing words: ( 1.5pts)
help money interesting planting for program
Lan is excited about the (1).................. activities she is going to do. The Y and Y is having a plan to (2)..................... the community. She will participate in its recycling (3)................ In joining this program, she will collect glass , used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them (4).................. recycling . She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some (5)..................... for her school Y &Y in these activities. She also thinks about participating in either (6)................... trees and flowers or helping the street children . It is really interesting, isn’t it?

III. Read the passage below. Then decide the statements are True or False. ( 2.5pts )
How Nam has improved his English . In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. I didn’t want my father and mother to know about this.One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress and only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
1. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
A. The pronunciation C. Both pronunciation and grammar
B. The grammar D. The way of improving his pronunciation
2. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
A. His teacher C. His father B. One of his friends D. His mother
3. Where did Nam and his teacher go after that?
A. to the town library C. to the teachers’ room
B. to the school library D. to his house

4. What did the teacher show him then?
A. A glass bookcase C. An English Grammar book
B. An English-English dictionary D. Cassettes of pronunciation drills
5. What did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
A. The first prize C. The third prize B. The second prize D. The fourth prize

IV. Complete the sentences: (2pts) 1. “ Study harder, Toan” , Toan’s father told him. (Toan’s father told him……………………………………………. 2. I said to Hoa, “ You should spend more time on English” (I said Hoa …………………………………………….. 3. Nam’s hobby is listening to music.
(Nam likes………………………………………………………………… 4. My brother often walked to school when he was a student.
(My brother used to…………………………………………………
V. Write a passage using the words given: (2pts)
Lan / like / learn / English.
She / always / want / improve her English.
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