KTHKI-AV8 (2010-2011)

NHON LOC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM * (2008-2009)
GROUP: ENGLISH Subject: English
Time : 45 minutes
Name: …………………………..
Class: 8A


EXAMINER 1

EXAMINER 2

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I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (2.5marks)
1. Lan enjoys……….. the piano.
A. plays B. playing C. played D. play
2. Can you help me………… this exercise?
A. with B. to C. for D. above
3. It’s very difficult……….the exam .
A. passing B. passes C. to pass D. for passing
4. Mr. Brown is the same age .....................Mrs. Brown.
A. from B. as C. with D. to
5. ……… I help you? No. That’s very kind of you.
A. Should B. Do C. May D. Let
6. Miss Jackson said you should ………..harder on your Spanish pronunciation.
A. works B. working C. work D. worked
7. I am lucky …………. to study abroad.
A. enough B. so C. that D. as
8. My father used to………swimming when he was young.
A. go B. goes C. going D. to go
9. Susan …………… for that company for 4 years.
A. worked B. has work C. has worked D. works
10. She told me ................... you that present.
A. gave B. give C. giving D. to give
II. Match the questions in column A with the correct answers in column B: (2marks)
A B
1. What are you doing on your vacation? a. I usually travel by train.
2. What is your hometown like? b. I think it’s about 85 kilometers.
3. Who live there? c. I` m going home.
4. How far is it from here to your home? d. I prefer the country.
5. How do you usually get to your home? e. Oh, yes. I really love it.
6. How often do you go to your home? f. It’s a small beautiful village.
7. Do you love your hometown? g. My grandparents and my parents.
8. Which one do you prefer: the country or the city? h. Twice a week.

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III. Complete the passage, using the words given: (2.5marks)
dictionary improve should took secondary
year school pronunciation bookcase for
In the first year of lower secondary (1)…………I had some difficulties in learning English. My (2)……..of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I didn’t know how to (3)……….them. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait (4)……….. her outside the classroom. She (5)……..me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass (6)…………. She also told me how to use an English-English (7)…………to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you (8)……….do”, said she. I didn’t know that only one (9)……..later I would win the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for (10)…………school students in my town.
IV. Make the complete sentences, using the cues given:( 1.5marks)
1. Lan / like / learn English
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2. She/ study/ this foreign language / 3 years
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3. She always / want / improve her English
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V. Change the following sentences into reported speech: ( 1.5marks)
1. My mother said: “You should go to bed early.”
…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Nam said: “Please help me with my homework.”
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3. She said: “Don’t watch television all day.”
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KEYS OF TEST*

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:
(Each correct