DONG THAI SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST 1-GRADE 8

Full name:………………………………… School year : 2016-2017

Class: 8…. Time limited: 45 minutes
PART I: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (0.75 point)
1- A-practiced B-watched C-stopped D-stayed
2- A-planet B-happy C-character D-classmate
3-A-laugh B-enough C-though D- photograph
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.(0.5 point).
4. A. invention B. agreement C. arrangement D. demonstrate
5. A. chemical B. precaution C. electric D. destruction
PART II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Circle the best option A , B ,C or D to complete the following sentences(2 points)
6. I _________ a letter form my old friend last week.
A. sent B. gave C. received D. took
7. The Red River _______ into the Pacific Ocean.
A. flow B. flows C. flowed D. is flowing
8. They ______ from Canada to America to find work
A. started B.demonstrated C. delivered D. emigrated
9. Don’t come in. Please wait ________ for your turn.
A. inside B. downstairs C. outside D. upstair
10. She is old enough to look after __________.
A. themselves B. ourselves C. herself D. myselves
11. You’ll _________ cook dinner yourself.
A. ought to B. must C. should D. have to
12. I’d like to make a _____________to 3856943, please.
A.dial B.call C.ring D. phone
13. Can I ______________a message for Miss. Hoa?
A. let B. ask C.leave D. make
II. Give the correct verb forms: (1.5 points)
14. Would you like to see a movie with me? I ( see)………………………….. a movie tonight.
15. Lan is in the hospital now.- Yes, we know. We ( visit) ………………………………….her
16. The sun ( rise )…………………………………. in the east.
17. Look! Lan ( lie )…………………………………….. on the couch.
18. Mary often (not, phone)……………………………………….. me last year.
19. Lan (go) ………………………………….to China when she finishes her studies.
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1.25 point)
20. You must read the ……………………..……….precautions carefully (SAFE)
21.Her ………………………………..were not serious. (INJURE)
22. Bell is the……………………………….of the telephone. (INVENT)
23. Mary ……………………………..…..finished her painting. ( SUCCESS )
24. He wants to live in a …………………... place when he retires. ( PEACE )
PART III: READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (1 point)
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chicken laid many eggs which
the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He
shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
 His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more,
so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he
couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead.
There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
25. Which following sentence is NOT true?
A. The farmer and his family lived a comfortable life because his chickens laid many eggs.
B. One day, the farmer found out a gold egg in the chicken coop and he was very excited.
C. The farmer cut open all his chickens to have more gold eggs.
D. The farmer had many gold eggs after he killed all his chickens.
26. What did the husband in the story do?
A. A worker B. A farmer C. A servant D. A master
27. What did the farmer’s wife want when she saw the gold egg?
A. She wanted to sell the egg. B. She wanted to eat the egg.
C. She wanted to have gold chickens. D. She wanted to have more gold eggs.
28. Why did he shout excitedly to his wife “We’re rich! We’re rich!”?
A. He discovered one gold egg in the chicken coop. B. He saw many gold chickens in
the chicken coop.
C. He discovered many gold eggs in the chicken coop. D. He saw a gold chicken in the
chicken coop.
II. Read the text then answer the questions(1 point)
You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it? The telephone
was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. But later he went
to live in the USA. Bell was always interested in sound. He wanted to be able to send sound
through a wire. He had a workshop in his house in America and did many experiments there.
One day, he was doing an experiment in his workshop. He was careless and spilt
some burning liquid onto his clothes. Talking into his telephone, Bell said, “Mr. Watson, I
want you to come over here immediately please.” His assistant was in another room far away
from the workshop. However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone. Quickly, he ran to
Bell’s workshop. ‘Mr. Bell, I heard every word you said!’ Watson shouted excitedly. Bell
succeeded. He invented the first telephone. Later, other inventors made better ones
29.When was Alexander Bell born?.........................................................................................
30. Did he do experiments in his workshop?............................................................................
31. Was Mr.Watson Bell’s assistant?.........................................................................................
32. Who invented the first telephone?......................................................................................
PART IV: WRITING Rewrite the sentences using the words given so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence. (2 points)
33. Ba’s hair is short and black
Ba has.......................................................................................................................................
34. The fire isn’t very hot. It can’t boil the kettle.
The fire isn’t hot ......................................................................................................................
35. How about going to the movie tonight?
Let’s ........................................................................................................................................
36. Lan has a lot of money. She can buy two houses. (ENOUGH)
.................................................................................................................................................
37. It is not necessary for you to do your homework every day.
You do not................................................................................................................................
38.They plan to invite him for dinner tonight.
They are....................................................................................................................................
39. Putting a knife into an electrical socket is very dangerous.
It’s dangerous ..........................................................................................................................
40. No one helped me repair my car. ( MYSELF)
..................................................................................................................................................
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PART I: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or
D. (0.75 pt)
1- D-stayed 2- B-women 3-B-wrong
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D.(0.5 pt).
4. C. explain 5. D. organize
PART II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Circle the best option A , B ,C or D to complete the following sentences(2 points)
6. C. fast
7. A. in
8. A. to listen
9. B. skillful
10 C. too
11. D. So do I
12. B. films
13. A. tried it on
II. Give the correct verb forms: (2 points)
14-15. When Lan and Hoa …were…… small, they often …studied………… hard.
16. Because I was tired yesterday evening, I …didn’t watch………..…… TV .
17-18. …Did…………you …see…..……Ba yesterday? No, we didn’t see…….…….. him.
19. I hope you ( feel)……will feel………………………….better soon.
20-21 You ought to finish……..your homework before watching ……………………..TV.
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (0.75 point)
22. The … inventors …………of the videos games become very rich.
23. He is sure to have an accident because he drives very… carelessly ….
24. I think the most…SENSIBLE…………….idea is to go by train.
PART III: READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (1 point)
25. A. had 26. C. both 27.B. finished 28.C. comfortable
II. Read the text then answer the questions(1 point)
29. Yes, she was.
30. She learned to read when she was only four years old
31. No, she didn’t.
32. Marie Curie was 44 years old when she received her second Nobel Prize
PART IV: WRITING (2 points)
I. Rewrite the sentences using the words given so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence.
33. What about going to the movies this weekend ?
34. They are good table tennis players.
35. What is the width of the Red River ?
36. I prefer going to the concert to listening to music at home.
II. Find out the incorrect part in the following sentences and correct it.
37. B five-floor 38. D much
39. C height 40. Dwas heavily raining/was raining heavily