THANK KHUONG SECONDARY SCHOOL
Name: …………………………… Period 25: THE FIRST WRITTEN TEST
Class: …… Subject: English 8 (45 minutes)
I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. ( 1 pt)
1. A. local B. nomad C. ancestor D. socialise
2. A. pasture B. harvest C. grassland D. brave
3. A. detest B. relax C. herd D. enjoy
4. A. communicate B. addicted C. nomadic D. diverse
II. Choose the best answer. ( 2pts )
1. Does she fancy _______a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
2. Tradition____an important role in the culture of each country.
A. plays B. has C. takes D. brings
3. There is no_____water in this village. The villagers go to the river to get water everyday.
A. driving B. riding C. running D. walking
4. The Viet_____________for about 86% of the population.
A. account B. have C. create D. make
5. This room is__________________decorated but it is very nice and cozy.
A. simply B. simple C. complicated D. badly
6. I don’t mind______________you with this assignment.
A. help B. to help C. helping D. to helping
7. The Thai_____their ancestors - the people who has blood relationship with them and already died.
A. reward B. worry C. expect D. worship
8. We live in a_____our traditional circular tent. A. ger B. town house C. apartment D. stilt house
III. Read the passage, and answer the questions. ( 2pts )
The Ede have long lived in the Tay Nguyen or high plateau region of central Vietnam. The Ede’s food crop is rice. The most numerous animals and poultry raised on the family farm are pigs, buffaloes, and chickens.
Ede group is well-known for making perfect “Ruou Can” - fermented alcohol drunk in a bamboo tube. Ruou Can is made from steamed sticky rice.
Festivals are celebrated in the last month of the lunar year, after the harvest time. It is held to give thanks and pray for an abundant crop. On these occasions, wealthy people kill a buffalo or an ox as an offering, and others offer a pig or poultry.
1. Where do the Ede live?
2. What is Ruou Can made from?
3. Do they raise poultry on the family farm?
4. When are festivals of the Ede celebrated?
IV. Finish the second sentence so that it stays the same meaning as the first one (2pt)
1. Anita doesn’t play the piano as well as Manel.
=>Manel plays………………………..
2. My children run faster than me.
=>I run............................................................
3. They love to eat out with their friends
=> They are interested …………………
4. Going herding with the boys in the village is exciting.
=> It is ………………………..
V. Give the correct form of the following verbs: ( 1.5pts)
1. Mary usually (wash) __________________ her hands before meals
2. We don’t mind (work) __________________ at night
3. My father (buy) __________________ a new bookshelf yesterday
4. My brother likes (cook) ___________, but he detests (wash) ___________the dishes.
5. They adore (make) ___________crafts in their free time.
VI. Match the verbs with the words or phrases to make correct groups. (1pt)
1. dry a. to culture events 1- ……
2. go b. water 2-…….
3. make c. the rice 3-…….
4. collect d. bamboo items 4-…….
VII. Fill in the blank with “ Adj” or “ Adv”(0.5pt)
1. These are ____ students. ( good /well )
2.Her sister play the piano____ (beautiful/ beautifully)
nguon VI OLET
