Pretest-HKII-2012

LE NGOC HAN . ENGLISH TEST.
Lower Secondary School Time Allotted: 45 minutes
Friday, April 20, 2012. .GRADE 8.

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QUESTION I. A. Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the others:
A. recognize B. tribal C. compile D. religious
A. tasty B. chart C. separate D. place
B. Pick out the word that has the stressed syllable different from the others:

A. custom B. perform C. unsuitable D. describe
A. invited B. amazed C. various D. prefer
QUESTION II. Read this letter and answer the questions below:
Dear Nam,
Your grandfather and I are delighted that you passed your English exam. Congratulation! Aunt Mai was happy that you remembered her birthday last week. She told me you gave her a beautiful scraf. I’m relieved that your mother is feeling better. Please give her my love.We’re looking forward to seeing you in June. However, grandfather is afraid that the day is wrong. Are you sure that you’re arriving on Saturday 20th ? I’m certain that there are no trains from HN on Saturdays.
Write soon and confirm your arrival date and time.
Love,
Grandma
Why are Nam’s grandparents delighted?
→………………………………………………………………..
What is Nam’s grandfather afraid about?
→………………………………………………………………..
QUESTION III. Read this passage and state whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE:
In oder to make compost, we must use only vegetable matter, which includes teave leaves, egg shells-but wash the shells first-and tissue. We shouldn’t use any meat or grain products because this attracts rats. Then, we find a place in our gardern that gets a few hour of sunlight each day. The compost also needs moisture. So, we should cover the heap with a sheet of strong plastic if the weather is very wet. After six months your compost will be ready to use as fertilizer
1………………All of household waste can make a compost.
2………………Compost needs sunlight regularly.
3………………Humidity is very necessary to make compost
4………………We can use compost as fertilizer after six months in a wet place.

QUESTION IV. WIRTE THE CORRECT FORM AND FORM OF VERBS IN THE BRACKETS:
The Christmas card (1.invent)………..…….by Englishman in the mid-19th century. He wanted (2.send)……..………Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone (3.design)……….….a card. Up to now , the Christmas cards (4.consider)………….……..a part of the Christmas tradition.

1
2
3
4


QUESTION V. Odd one word out of the others:
1. Prison; institute; flat; council; gallery. →………………..
2. Bite; sting; wound; decompose; sterile. →………………..
3. Compost; waste; dung. stretcher; garbage. →………………..
4. Temples; attraction; church; pagodas, pyramids. →………………..




QUESTION VI. Fill in each numbered blank in this passage with one suitable word:
First, soak some old newspaper in a (1)……….. of water overnight. Then use the (2)……….spoon to mash the paper. Next, (3)………. the mashed paper and the water together in another bucket. (4)…………a wire mesh in the mixture then pull it out. Then put the mesh with mixture on the (5)………….and press it down (6)…………. Take the mesh off the cloth. Wrap some (7)…………….books in a plastic bag and put them on the cloth. (8)…………..about 5 minutes. (9)………….., put the books away and take the paper out of the cloth to dry in the (10)…………...
{ Wait; firmly; mix; bucket; sunlight; wooden; heavy; place; cloth; finally}

QUESTION VII.Match the sentences in column A suitable with the sentences in comn B:


A

B

1
When the train arrived…
a
Which exports a lot of rice

2
Would you mind….
b
Whether he knew Ba’s phone number

3
Do you mind…
c
It was raining heavily

4
Viet Nam is a country…
d
If I smoked here?

5
An asked Nam….
e
The milkman came



f
Turning on the electric fan?













3/….
1/....
2/….
4/….
5/….
6/….



QUESTION VIII. Write about what place(s) you visited last summer holidays by using the promts:
I / visit / DL / bus / last summer//
→………………………………………………………………..
I / meet / brother /he / take / I / home /motorbike .
→………………………………………………………………..
I / visit / XH