One period test 1

ENLISH WRITTEN TEST 1 (No 2)
Time limited: 45 minutes
Date :..........................................................................

Vo Thi Sau Secondary School
Name:___________________________
Class: 8___

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I. Listen. Then complete the sentences (1m)
1. A woman wanted to talk to the ....................................of Kingston Junior High School.
2. Mr Kelvin is ............................... at the moment.
3. The woman would like to make ...............................................to see him.
4. She wanted to meet him at 10.30 on Tuesday but he will have a..........................................at this time.
II. Choose the best answer. (2 m)
I don’t have enough money…………………………………..
A. buy a new car B. buying a new car
C. go away on holiday D. to buy a new car
Deaf-mutes can ……………………speak ………………… hear.
A. both …and B. not only…but also C. neither…nor D. either…or
Don’t come in. Please wait _____ for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstair
A doctor and some nurses are waiting for the ……..…… in front of the hospital.
A. customers B. assistants C. patients D. principals
They put the …..……….. on the floor, between the armchair and the coach.
A. picture B. shelf C. cushion D. rug
Do not let your little brother play with ballpoint pens. They can ……………………..
A. dust B. destroy C. move D. injure
You ………………… to study harder to pass your test.
A. must B. can C. should D. ought
Did you live in that house by ……………… ?
A. myself B. yourself C. himself D. herself

III. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1m)
A. speech B. match C. machine D. children
A. deaf B. reach C. speak D. dream
A. tonight B. introduce C. humor D. movie
A. injure B. knive C. kill D. sink
IV. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English, then correct them. (1m)
Bell started experiment with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance.
A B C D ……………………….
He spends his free time to do volunteer work at a local orphanage.
A B C D ……………………….
This girl will be here on christmas.
A B C D ……………………….
It is safe keeping medicine in locked cupboard.
A B C D ……………………….
V. Read the passage and answer the questions. (2 m)
Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors in cinema history. However, life hasn`t always been easy for him. As a young boy, Tom was shy and had difficulty in finding friends, although he really enjoyed taking part in school plays.
After he had finished High School, Tom went to New York to look for work. He found employment as a porter, and at the same time he attended drama classes. In 1980, the film director Franco Zeffirelli offered Tom his first part in a film. Ten years later, he had become so successful that he was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, earning millions of dollars for each film.
Today, Tom still appears in films and is as popular as ever with his thousands of fans from all around the world.
* Questions:
Why did he have difficulty in finding friends?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
What did he really enjoy in his school when he was a young boy?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Where did he go after he had finished high school?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
When did Tom become one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood?
(……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
VI. Use the correct form of each word in the brackets (1m)
1. Ho Chi Minh city is an important ...............................center. (commerce)
2. This old man is..................................in one ear. (deafen)
3. We are thinking of .............................to Australia. (emigrate)
4. Is that ladder ...................................? (safe)
VII. Rewrite the senteces without changing the meaning . (1m)
Nam couldn’t reach the window because of the length of the ladder