CHU VAN AN SECONDARY SCHOOL 45 - MINUTE TEST 1 Mark Full name : Subject : English 8 Class : 8/ A I/ Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps : ( 2pts) 1/ Her name is Tran Thi Lan 2/ She’s (1) ……………… (2) ……………… old 3/ She lives at (3) ……………… (4) ……………… Street 4/ She is (5) ……………… and slim and has long (6) ……………… hair 5/ She’s (7) ………………., (8) ……………… and helpful II/ Read the passage Mark T if the statement is true and F if it’s false : ( 2.5pts ) Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three, he moved with his parents to Canada At the end of the year, he left his family and went to Boston Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action At Boston University, where he worked as a teacher of the deaf - mutes, he started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance This led to the invention of the telephone 1/ Graham Bell was born in England 2/ He emigrated to Canada in 1865 3/ He went to Boston when he was twenty-three 4/ He worked with the deaf-mutes in Boston 5/ Graham Bell invented telephone III/ Underline the correct word or words to complete each sentence: ( 2pts ) 1/ Noone helped Trang to draw a picture She did it ( yourself / herself / myself ) 2/ A person who can not speak or hear is called a ( deaf / blind / deaf-mute ) 3/ The speaking English contest will be held ( on / in / at ) November 10th 4/ My little brother is ill I have to stay home to look after ( his / him / himself ) 5/ Please be quiet ! I ( listen / am listening / listened ) the news 6/ The kitchen is a ( danger / dangerous / dangerously ) place to play 7/ You must ( do / to do / doing ) your homework right away 8/ She went to school late this morning ( if / because / so ) she watched TV last night IV/ Rewrite or combine sentences as directed in brackets : ( 1pt ) 1/ The boy isn’t strong He can’t lift this box (Use "adjective + enough") - The boy isn’t 2/ I want to invite my friends to my birthday party (Use "be going to + infinitive") - I’m V/ Write a description of Hong’s bedroom using the words given : ( 2.5pts ) This / Hong’s bedroom.// There / a bed / the middle / the room.// There / a desk / near / the bed.// Above / desk / a bookshelf.// On / bookshelf, / there / a lot / books.// Hong / bedroom / lovely This is Hong’s bedroom There …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …… …………………………………………………………………………………… …… …………………………………………………………………………………… …… CHU VAN AN SECONDARY SCHOOL 45 - MINUTE TEST 1 Mark Full name : Subject : English 8 Class : 8/ B I/ Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps : ( 2pts) 1/ Her name is Tran Thi Lan 2/ She’s (1) ……………… (2) ……………… old 3/ She lives at (3) ……………… (4) ……………… Street 4/ She is (5) ……………… and slim and has long (6) ……………… hair 5/ She’s (7) ………………., (8) ……………… and helpful II/ Read the passage Fill in the gaps with the words from the list : ( 2.5pts ) cooking than world eat make farmers rice many they are of People all over the (0) …world… eat rice Millions (1) ……………… people in Asia, Africa, and South America eat it every day of their life Some people (2) ……………… almost nothing but rice (3) ……………… is a kind of grass There are more (4) ……………… 7.000 kinds of rice Most kinds (5) ……………… water plants People grow rice in (6) ……………… countries, even in the Southern part of the United States and in Eastern Australia (7) ……………… use every part of the rice plant (8) …………… make animal feed They burn dry rice plants for (9) ……………… They also (10) ……………… sandals, rugs, baskets and roofs for their houses III/ Underline the correct word or words to complete each sentence: ( 2pts ) 1/ She isn’t ( very old / old enough / enough old ) 2/ You ought to ( study / to study / studying ) harder 3/ It’s not ( hard / safe / dangerous ) to leave medicine around the house 4/ The sun (will rise / rises / is rising ) in the East 5/ Look at ( you / yourself / your ) in the mirror You’re very dirty 6/ Don’t come in Please wait ( inside / outside / outdoor ) for your turn 7/ She looks ( pretty / prettier / the prettiest ) than her sister 8/ ( When / What / Why ) did she fail her exams ? – She played too many video games III/ Write the sentences using the words given : ( 1pt ) 1/ I / going / visit / Ha Long Bay / my classmates / next week - …………… 2/ Nam / not / old / enough / see / horror films - … V/ Read the passage below to write the telephone message in the form : ( 2.5pts ) A customer phoned the Ba Na Tourist THE BA NA TOURIST COMPANY Company on April 28th The customer’s name‘s Date : ……………… Time : 8.00 Mr Ha He wanted to speak to Mrs Nga But For : ………………………… Mrs Nga wasn’t at that time Her secretary, Message : Mr Ha called …………… Miss Lan, took a message Mr Ha called about …………………………………………… planning to go on a holiday tourist He said He wants ………………………………… Mrs Nga could reach him at 0510 892 736 …………………………………………… before May 1st Taken by : ………………………… ...CHU VAN AN SECONDARY SCHOOL 45 - MINUTE TEST Mark Full name : Subject : English Class : 8/ B I/ Listen