Bài kiểm tra Viết 45 phút số 1 môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Chương trình thí điểm

... SECONDARY SCHOOL
Name: .
Class: .
 THE FIRST WRITTEN TEST
Subject: English 8
 Time: 45 minutes
 ( Chương trình thí điểm )
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LISTENING:
Question I. Listen to a boy talking about changes in his village and say if the sentences are True (T) or False (F) (1.0 point) 
Statements
T
F
1.Nobody lives in an earthen house now
2.The village has electricity now
3.Horses are still the only means of transport in the village
4.The children used to go a long way to school
B- USE OF LANGUAGE:
Question I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined. ( 0.5 point) 
1. A. end B. pencil C. open D. bench
2.	A. wanted	 B. washed	C. watched	D. stopped
Question II. Pick out the word which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.(0.5pt)
1. A .teacher B. doctor C. expect D. father
2. A enjoy B. listen C. adore D. detest 
Question III: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.(2.0 points)
1. My dad doesn’t mind my mom from work every day.
A. pick up	 B. picked up	 C. picking up	 D. picks up
2. Using computers too much may have harmful effects .. your minds and bodies.
A. on
B. to
C. with
 D. onto
3. I love the people in my village. They are so and hospitable.
A. friendly B. vast	 C. slow D. inconvenient
4. The .. people in the village are very friendly.
A. ethnic minority B. majorities C. ethnic minorities D. ethnic cultures.
5. Can you speak English  .My English is not good.
A. slow B. more slowly C. quickly D. more quickly
6. Viet Nam is . Multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups.
A. a B. an C. the D. A and C
7.Which ethnic groups has the largest population in Viet Nam?
A. Kinh B. Muong C. Tay D. Hmong
8.The Lao are one of  many Thai- speaking peoples.
A. the B. a C. an D. A and C
Question IV. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses : (1.0 point)
1. Tuan loves ____________ to music every day. (listen)
1/. ..
2. ____________ you ever ___________ a buffalo ? (ride)
2/. ..
3. The children used to ___________ a long way to school. (go)
3/. ..
4. They hate ___________ their son texting his friends all day. (see)
PART C: READING( 2.5 points)
4/. ..
I: Read the passage carefully. (1.5pts)
MY VILLAGE
I live in a village by Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school. It is three kilometres away. After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens. At the weekend, the villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a TV. The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news. The children run around, playing games and shouting merrily. Laughter is heard everywhere.
 My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home products like vegetables, fruits, eggs He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips.
 On starry nights, we children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places.
1. Read the passage and tick (P) True or False (0,5pt) T F 
1/ The boys helps his parents to collect water from the village well.
2/The villagers gather at the community hall at the weekend.
2. Answer the following questions.(1.0pt)
 1/ Does the boy like riding on the electric train in the town square?
à
2/ What do the children do on starry nights?
à
3/ Do you like to live in the countryside or in the city ? Why?
 à
II: Fill the gaps with the words in the box. More than one word can be suitable for some gaps. (1.0 point)
festivals
celebrate
lunar
best
happy
most
activity
celebrated 
Spring is the time when there are many (1) _______ in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban festival is the (2)_______ beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people. In the second (3) _______ month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban – a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (4) _______. This is a great time for everyone, especially for boys and girls. 
1.  
2  
3.  
4.  
D. WRITING (2.5 points)
I. Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. (0,5 point)
1/ Some people think that country folk are . than city people. ( friendly)
2/ Which one is .., Red River or Mekong River? (long)
II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (1.0 point)
1. My house is taller than your house.
F Your house ........
2. I love listening to music. 
F I like ............
 3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
 F The white dress .........
 4. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
 F Mary...........
III. Write a short paragraph (70-80 words) giving your opinion about life in the countryside: (1.0 point)
You can use these clue questions:
What is your opinion about the life in the countryside?
How are the people, landscape, weather or air?
How is the life there?
How is the food..?
What activities can you do there?
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