THE MID-SECOND SEMESTER 8 EXAM

Student’s name: mark:
1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. I’m......................... . Let’s play a game .
A. bored B. bores C. boring
2. Have you been to Phong Nha... in Viet Nam ? – Yes, I have.
A. place B. cave C. bay
3. The man said to Mrs. Thu he...fix the bike.
A. will B. could C. can
4. In the rice-cooking contest; a fire...in the traditional way.
A. makes B. made C. is made
5. Hoa said to me : “Are you hungry ?” ( Hoa asked me.… hungry
A. I was B. if you were C. if I was
6. She decided... her run because it was getting darker.
A. to continue B. continue C. continuing
7. I don’t know what.........................now.
A. do B. to do C. doing
8. Christmas songs... for people in towns and villages 800 years ago.
A. were performed B. was performed C. performed
9. An English man wanted…Christmas greetings to his friends.
A. send B. sending C. to send
10. The heads of the four American... are carved into the rock in Mount Rushmore.
A. presents B. presidents C. leaders2. Find a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. ancient B. cave C. gate D. information
2. A. clothes B. nothing C. hold D. told
3. A. relative B. industry C. quiet D. participate
4. A. Christmas B. school C. hour D. horn
3. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word : ( 2 points)
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any people claim that there were other wonders, which the ancient Greeks knew nothing(1).................. .These include the Great Wall of (2)..................., the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia .
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ngkor Wat should really be known(3)..................a wonder because it is(4).................largest temple in the world. The temple was built around the (5)..............1100 to honor a Hindu God, but over the next three centuries (6).............became a Buddhist (7).............. center. The area surrounding the temple, Angkor Thom, used (8).....................be the royal capital city .
4. Read the following passage and answer the questions :
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his report shows how the rice-cooking festival was held. The festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometre away from a river. There were three competitions : water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day. In the water-fetching contest, one person from each team had to run to the river to get the bottle. In the fire-making contest, two team members had to make a fire in the traditional way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire . Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. After the three contest, all the points were added and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.


1. Where did they hold the rice-cooking festival ?
(............................................................................................................................................................
2. What did they try to rub pieces of bamboo together for ?
(............................................................................................................................................................
3. How many competitions were there in the festival ?
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4. Who won the grand prize ?
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5. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the first one
1. Do you mind if I take a photo ?
(Would you mind
2. They wash the glass with detergent liquid.
(The glass
3. Mr. Long repaired the bicycle.
(The bicycle
4. Thu Ha said: “ I have to do my home work tonight.”
(Thu Ha said that
5. Hung said to me: “ Do you like this film ? ”
(Hung asked



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