Matran-De-Dapan-HKII Anh8

THE MATRIX OF THE SECOND TERM EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 8 SCHOOLYEAR: 2010 - 2011
Knowledge

Recognizing

Understanding
Applying
Total




Low level
High level



TNKQ
TL
TNKQ
TL
TNKQ
TL
TNKQ
TL


Vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation
16 S
5 m
Vocabulary
- Tenses
- passive
- Preposition
- reported

8 C
2 m

Pronunciation





4 S
1 m
Verb form





4 S
2 m




16 S
5 m
50%

Reading
6 S
3 đ


Get information about festival
2 S
1 m
Get information about festival
4 S
2 m




6 S
3 m
30 %


Writing
4 S








Rewrite sentences using passive and reported speech
4C
2



4 S
2 m
20%

Total
8 S
2 m
20%
14 S
6 m
60%
4 S
2 m
20%
26 S
10 m


Thai Ninh Secondary School
THE SECOND TERM EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 8 TIME: 45 MINUTES
SCHOOLYEAR: 2010-2011

I. VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR: (5ms)
A. Choose the best answer (2 m)
I. Choose the best answer (A,B,C or D) to fill in the blanks. (2ms)
1/ She hasn’t finished the letter ………………...
A. yet B. just C. already D. never
2/ Lan’s studying hard ………………… pass the final exam.
A. for B. in order to C. so to D. as to
3/ It’s too cold outside. Would you mind …………………. the window?
A. to close B. close C. closed D. closing
4/ I am happy ……………… all the exams.
A. passing B. to pass C. pass D. passed
5/ The teacher …………… to the principal is Mr Quang.
A. talks B. is talking C. talking D. to talk
6/ We …………… dinner when the phone rang.
A. are having B. had C. have had D. were having
7/ Millions of Christmas cards ……………. every year.
A. were B. are sent C. send D. is sending
8/ He said (that) he …………… for a car company.
A. worked B. works C. is working D. has worked
B. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2m)
1. We (learn) ………………………… English for 3 years.
2. She (be) at home last night
3. When I came to see her, she (watch) TV
4. I would like you (speak) English everyday
C. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently (1m)
1. A) line B) kind C) primary D) picnic
2. A) nurse B) films C) stops D) coughs
3. A) cat B) certain C) cook D) Canadian
4. A) picked B) considered C) stayed D) received
II. READING (3ms)
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. (2ms)
Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is official known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people make preparations for the holiday several weeks before. They usually tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days.
A. True or False? check in the box (1m)
1. Tet begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth.
2. Japanese people make preparations for the holiday several weeks before
B. Answer the questions (2ms)
1. When does the Lunar New Year begin?
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