Pretest Enlish 8-The second Term-09

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST.
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Saturday, April 18, 2009. .GRADE 8.

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QUESTION I. Listening
Listen to the tape twice and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D): (1pt)
Tea leaves, egg shells are made into…………….
A
Vegetable matter
B
Compost heap
C
Floor covering
D
pipes


We shouldn’t use……………….to make compost.
A
Meat/vegetables
B
Grain / tea leaves
C
Grain / meat
D
Egg shells / meat


Compost heap needs a few hours of ………….. .. each day.
A
moisture
B
shade
C
rain
D
sunlight


Cover the compost heap with a sheet of strong plastic if the weather is………
A
wet
B
cloudy
C
windy
D
hot


Compost can be used as…………..after……….
A
Fertilizer / 6 weeks
B
Waste / 6 months
C
Animals food/6 weeks
D
Fertilizer / 6 months



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Listen to the tape twice and state whether the sentences below are TRUE or FALSE: (1pt)
………Many people from urban are leaving their traditional way and go to the country.
………Farmers think they can find well-paying jobs in the cities.
……....The life in the countryside is very difficult because natural disaters happens occasionally
………The increase population puts the strain on schools, hospitals….in the cities.
………It is easy for governments to solve this problem

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QUESTION II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the sentences: (3pts)
1. An visited his………………in KL village last week.
A
places
B
jams
C
school
D
relatives

2. In the countryside, it’s very ……………....and………...
A
Exciting/ interesting
B
Sad/quiet
C
Peaceful/quiet
D
peacful/boring

3. This an emergency. Please send …................to THD street.
A
An ambulance
B
A train
C
A bus
D
An engine

4. We can use a………………to cover the wound.
A
blanket
B
handkerchief
C
net
D
Cold tap

5. In the country, life is the……………..with natural disasters.
A
struggle
B
facility
C
fainting
D
organization


6. You should ………........the burns immediately
A
cool
B
fire
C
heat
D
spoil

7. The victim should drink a cup of………………when reviving.
A
 tea
B
wine
C
coffee
D
beer

8. He…………….Fatty Jim by his classmates.
A
called
B
Is called
C
calls
D
Is calling






9. Tommy………………….a new shirt by Liz.
A
gave
B
gives
C
Has just been given
D
Will give

10. Liz……….…Janet for a long time
A
Didn’t meet
B
 Doesn’t meet
C
Won’t meet
D
Hasn’t met


11. I have learnt English……..…………3 years.
A
from
B
for
C
until
D
since

12. English…………..all over the word.
A
speaks
B
Is spoken
C
Is speaking
D
Has spoken


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QUESTION III. Fill in each numbered blank in this passage: (2pts)
People throw away (1)……..…of cans every year all ovet the world. In Orgeon, the (2)………….. made a new law several years ago. They said that there (3)……………be a deposit on all drink cans The (4)…………is returned when people bring the cans back for (5)………. In Britain, the milkman brings bottles of milk to houses and (6)……………the empty ones. The empty bottles are then (7)……………and (8)……………. Every milk bottles can be reused thrity times.

{cleaned; government;must; problem; collects; homes; billions; refilled; deposit; recycling }

QUESTION IV. Rewrite the sentences with the meaning unchanged: (1pt)
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