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 Bac Ha Education and Training Division THE FIRST TERM WRITTEN TEST 
Bao Nhai Lower Secondary School SCHOOL YEAR: 2022 - 2023
Full name: ____________________ SUBJECT: ENGLISH; GRADE: 8 (10 years)
Class: 8 ____ Time: 45 minutes
Code 1
 Point Teacher’s remarks
 A. LISTENING (2.0pts)
I. Listen to a man talking about a festival. Circle a correct option to complete 
these following sentences (1.0pt)
1. Hoi An Lantern Festival is held on the ________ day of each lunar month. 
 A. 14th B. 4th C. 24th D. 20th 
2. When celebrating the festival, people switch off all electricity and rely on 
hundreds of _______ and lanterns.
 A. torches B. candles C fireworks D.matches
3. The best place to celebrate Hoi An Lantern Festival is___________ town area.
 A. the long gate B. the exit C. the long entrance D. the door
4. The streets are also filled with musicians playing ______ instruments, Chinese 
chess, etc.
 A. modern B. historical C. electrical D. traditional
II. Listen and fill in A MISSING WORD to complete the story (1.0pt)
 Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid 
many (5)___________ which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for 
his family. One day, he went to collect the eggs and (6)____________ one of the 
chickens laid a (7)_______ egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife: “We’re rich! 
We’re rich!”. His wife ran to him and they both looked at the eggs in amazement. 
The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut (8)______ 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 
(9) ________________farmer and his greedy wife.
 B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.0pts)
III. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others? (0.5pt)
10. A. demonstration B. pronunciation C. communication D.commemoration
11. A. carnival B. ceremony C. minority D. emperor
 IV. Circle the correct option (1.0pt)
12. On Saturday night, we may stay up __________ than usual.
 A. late B. later C. lately D. more lately
13. They broke ________ tradition by not having fire crackers on New Year’s Eve. A. in B. with C. on D. for
14. We should __________ our customs and traditions.
 A. respect B. worship C. break D. use
15. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes; 
____________, every child likes it very much.
A. However B. Moreover C. Because D. Therefore
V. Supply the verbs in the brackets into the correct form (0.5 pt)
16. Lan (cook)_____________ dinner when her friends came.
17. At 7.00 p.m last night, we (do)______________our homework.
 C. READING (2.0pts)
VI. Read the tale and choose an appropriate word to fill in each blank. There 
are TWO extra words (1.0pt)
 buffalo wisdom was farmer is left took 
 One day, as a (18)_______ was in his field and his buffalo was grazing 
nearby, a tiger appeared. The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the 
servant and the small man (19) _______the master. The farmer said he had 
something called wisdom, but he (20)_______ it at home that day. He went to get 
the wisdom, but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because he 
didn’t want it to eat the (21)________. When he returned, the farmer brought some 
straw with him. He said it was his (22)_______. He lit the straw and the fire 
burned the tiger. The tiger escaped but it still has black stripes from the burns 
today.
VII. Read the passage and answer the questions (1.0pt)
 Among the festivals celebrated by some Asian people is the Moon Cake 
Festival, also known as the Mid-Fall Festival. Large numbers of small round moon 
cakes are eaten on this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful paper lanterns 
come in all shapes; the more popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and 
butterflies. According to them, the moon shines brightest on the night of the Moon 
Cake Festival. As the moon rises, tables are placed outside the house and women 
make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess. 
 *Questions:
23. Is the Moon Cake Festival also called Mid-Fall Festival?
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24. What do children enjoy carrying on that day?
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25. When do people place the tables outside the house?
 =>________________________________________________________
26. What do people make offerings to the Moon Goddess?
 =>________________________________________________________
 D. WRITTING (2.0pts)
VIII. Rewrite these sentences with the beginning (1.0pt) 27. The knight is very brave.
-> What ______________________________________________________!
28. A sport car goes faster than an ordinary car.
=> An ordinary car goes _________________________________________.
29. The weather is very cold. They go fishing.
=>Although___________________________________________________.
30. You are not allowed to wear shorts when going to the pagoda.
=> You mustn’t ________________________________________________.
IX. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about a festival you like or you have 
been to (1.0pt)
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__________________________________________________________________ Bac Ha Education and Training Division THE FIRST TERM WRITTEN TEST 
Bao Nhai Lower Secondary School SCHOOL YEAR: 2022 - 2023
Full name: ____________________ SUBJECT: ENGLISH; GRADE: 8 (10 years)
Class: 8 ____ Time: 45 minutes
Code 2
 Point Teacher’s remarks
 A. LISTENING (2.0pts)
I. Listen to a man talking about a festival. Circle a correct option to complete 
these following sentences (1.0pt)
1. Hoi An Lantern Festival is held on the ________ day of each lunar month. 
 A. 4th B. 14th C. 24th D. 20th 
2. When celebrating the festival, people switch off all electricity and rely on 
hundreds of _______ and lanterns.
 A. candles B. torches C fireworks D.matches
3. The best place to celebrate Hoi An Lantern Festival is___________ town area.
 A. the long gate B. the exit C. the long entrance D. the door
4. The streets are also filled with musicians playing ______ instruments, Chinese 
chess, etc.
 A. modern B. historical C. electrical D. traditional
II. Listen and fill in A MISSING WORD to complete the story (1.0pt)
 Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid 
many (5)___________ which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for 
his family. One day, he went to (6)__________ the eggs and discovered one of the 
chickens laid a (7)_______ egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife: “We’re rich! 
We’re rich!”. His wife ran to him and they both looked at the eggs in amazement. 
The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut (8)______ 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 (9)________ wife.
 B. LANGUAGE FOCUS (2.0pts)
III. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others? (0.5pt)
10. A. legend B. dragon C. ritual D. princess
11. A. tradition B. competition C. production D. procession
IV. Circle the correct option (1.0pt)
12. The Tortoise and the Hare is a _________.
 A. legend B. fable C. folk tale D. fairy tale 
13. She doesn’t have to ____________ a company uniform.
 A. wear B. wears C. wearing D. wore 14. In my family there is a ________ of having dinner at 6.00p.m. sharp.
 A. meal B. festival C. tradition D. custom
15. ________quan ho is the traditional folk song of Bac Ninh, only this kind of 
singing is allowed at the Lim festival.
 A. If B. While C. Because D. Although
V. Supply the verbs in the brackets into the correct form (0.5 pt)
16. My brother (read)______________fairy tales at 7.00 p.m last night.
17. They (play)_____________ badminton when the teacher arrived.
 C. READING (2.0pts)
VI. Read the tale and choose an appropriate word to fill in each blank. There 
are TWO extra words (1.0pt)
 buffalo wisdom was farmer is left took 
 One day, as a (18)_______ was in his field and his buffalo was grazing 
nearby, a tiger appeared. The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the 
servant and the small man (19) _______the master. The farmer said he had 
something called wisdom, but he (20)_______ it at home that day. He went to get 
the wisdom, but before that he tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because he 
didn’t want it to eat the (21)________. When he returned, the farmer brought some 
straw with him. He said it was his (22)_______. He lit the straw and the fire 
burned the tiger. The tiger escaped but it still has black stripes from the burns 
today.
VII. Read the passage and answer the questions (1.0pt)
 The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, 
artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture 
of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are 
musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol 
of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are 
associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new 
houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies. The gong sound is a way to 
communicate with the gods.
 *Questions:
23. Where is Gong festival held?
 =>________________________________________________________
24.What do artists do in the Gong Festival?
 =>________________________________________________________
25. How are gongs associated with people’s lives?
 =>________________________________________________________
26. Is the gong sound a way to communicate with the ancestors?
 =>________________________________________________________
 D. WRITTING (2.0pts)
VIII. Rewrite these sentences with the beginning (1.0pt) 27. The fable is very interesting.
=> What _________________________________________________________!
28. It isn’t necessary for you to water that tree every day.
 => You don’t have_________________________________________________.
29. A tiger runs faster than a horse.
=> A horse runs ___________________________________________________.
30. You are Vietnamese children. You will receive lucky money from parents and 
relatives on Tet holiday.
=> If_____________________________________________________________.
IX. Write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) about one of ethnic groups in your 
country (1.0pt)
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__________________________________________________________________ Bac Ha Education and Training Division. KEYS THE FIRST TERM WRITTEN TEST 
 Bao Nhai Lower Secondary School SCHOOL YEAR: 2022 - 2023 
 SUBJECT: ENGLISH; GRADE: 8 (10 years)
 Time: 45 minutes
 Code 1
 SECTIONS QUESTIONS ANSWERS POINTS
 1. A 0.25
 Question I 2. B 0.25
 (1.0pt) 3. C 0.25
 A. 4. D 0.25
LISTENING 5.eggs 0.2
 (2.0pts) 6. discovered 0.2
 Question II
 7. gold 0.2
 (1.0pt)
 8. open 0.2
 9. foolish 0.2
 Question III 10. A 0.25
 (0.5pt) 11. C 0.25
 B. 
 12. B 0.25
LANGUAGE 
 Question IV 13. B 0.25
 FOCUS
 (1.0pt) 14. A 0.25
 ( 2.0pts)
 15. D 0.25
 Question V 16. was cooking 0.25
 (0.5pt) 17. were doing 0.25
 18. farmer 0.2
 19. was 0.2
 Question VI
 20. left 0.2
 (1.0pt) 
 21. buffalo 0.2
 22. wisdom 0.2
C. READING 23. Yes, it is. 0.25
 (2.0pts) 24. Children enjoy carrying colorful 0.25
 paper lanterns come in all shapes.
 Question VII
 25. As the moon rises / People place the 
 (1.0pt)
 tables outside the house when the moon 0.25
 rises.
 26. People make offerings of fruit and 0.25
 moon cakes to the Moon Goddess
 27. What a brave knight he is! 0.25
 28. An ordinary car goes more slowly 0.25
 D. 
 Question VIII than a sport car.
 WRITTING
 (1.0pt) 29. Although the weather is very cold, 0.25
 (2.0 pts)
 they go fishing.
 30. You mustn’t wear shorts when going 0.25
 to the pagoda. - Good content (name of festival, when 
 and where it is held, it 0.7
 Question IX worships/commemorates whom, what 
 (1.0pt) main activities, )
 - Coherence. 0.1
 - Grammar correctly. 0.2
E.SPEAKING I. Introduction (0.3)
 (2.0 pts) II. Topics (1.5) 2.0
 III. Interview (0.2)
 Total 10
 Bac Ha Education and Training Division. KEYS THE FIRST TERM WRITTEN TEST 
 Bao Nhai Lower Secondary School SCHOOL YEAR: 2022 - 2023 
 SUBJECT: ENGLISH; GRADE: 8 (10 years)
 Time: 45 minutes
 Code 2 
 SECTIONS QUESTIONS ANSWERS POINTS
 1. B 0.25
 Question I 2. A 0.25
 (1.0pt) 3. C 0.25
 A. 4. D 0.25
LISTENING 5.eggs 0.2
 (2.0pts) 6. collect 0.2
 Question II
 7. gold 0.2
 (1.0pt)
 8. open 0.2
 9. greedy 0.2
 Question III 10. D 0.25
 (0.5pt) 11. B 0.25
 B. 
 12. B 0.25
LANGUAGE 
 Question IV 13. A 0.25
 FOCUS
 (1.0pt) 14. D 0.25
 ( 2.0pts)
 15. C 0.25
 Question V 16. was reading 0.25
 (0.5pt) 17. were playing 0.25
 18. farmer 0.2
 19. was 0.2
 Question VI
C. READING 20. left 0.2
 (1.0pt) 
 (2.0pts) 21. buffalo 0.2
 22. wisdom 0.2
 Question VII 23. In the Central Highlands. 0.25
 (1.0pt) 24. They give gong performances, 0.25 highlighting the gong culture of their 
 own province.
 25. Gongs are associated with special 0.25
 occasions in people’s lives such as the 
 building of new houses, funerals, crop 0.25
 praying ceremonies,...
 26. No, it isn’t.
 27. What an interesting fable it is! 0.25
 28. You don’t have to water that tree 0.25
 Question VIII every day.
 (1.0pt) 29. A horse runs more slowly than a tiger. 0.25
 30. If you are Vietnamese children, you 
 D. 
 will receive lucky money from parents 0.25
 WRITTING
 and relatives on Tet holiday.
 (2.0 pts)
 - Good content (name of festival, when 
 and where it is held, it 0.7
 Question IX worships/commemorates whom, what 
 (1.0pt) main activities, )
 - Coherence. 0.1
 - Grammar correctly. 0.2
E.SPEAKING I. Introduction (0.3)
 (2.0 pts) II. Topics (1.5) 2.0
 III. Interview (0.2)
 Total 10 E. SPEAKING (2.0pts)
 I. Introductions (0.3pt)
 II. Topics (1.5pts)
Topic 1: Talking about your free time/ leisure time.
- What do you often do in your free time?
- How much leisure time do you have a day?
- What is your favorite leisure activity? Why?
- Talk about your favorite leisure activity.
Topic 2: Talking about the life in the countryside
- Where do you live?
- Do you like living in the countryside? Why?
- What is the advantages/ disadvantages of living in the countryside?
- How is the countryside changing nowadays?
Topic 3: Talking about an ethnic group in Viet Nam
 Choose one of ethnic group in Viet Nam to talk about location, population, 
language, activities, food, festival 
Topic 4: Talk about custom and tradition
- What is your family traditions?
- What is the tradition of your country?
- What you think should be continue ?
- What you think should be break down ? Why?
Topic 5. Talking about traditional festival in Viet Nam
Talk about your favorite festival. Including:
- What it is.
- When/Where is it held?
- What activities there are.
- What you need/what you need.
III. Interview (0.2pt)