Week: 26 - Period:74
Name:………………………………. SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
Class:……………… Time: 45 minutes
PART I / LISTENING COMPREHENSION: (2 PTS)
Question 1: Listen and then decide whether the statements are True or False: (1 - 4)
(1.0 pt)
1: The doctor is wheeling a patient on a stretcher into the emergency room. ___________
2: The nurse is probably taking a patient in the ambulance. ___________
3: The mother is trying to stop her baby from crying on the scales. ___________
4: A man with a broken - leg is leaning the crutches against the wall. ___________
Question 2: Listen to the conversation and fill in the gap: (5-8) (1.0 pt)
Miss Blake: Recycling is easy. Remember: reduce, reuse and recycle.
Ba: You’re right. It is not difficult to remember because all the three words begin with the letter R. Can you explain what you mean, Miss Blake?
Miss Blake: Certainly. I am pleased that you want to know more. Reduce means not buying products which are ___(5)_____________. For example, shirts and socks which have plastic and paper packaging.
Nam: I think I know what things we can reuse.
Miss Blake: Can you tell the class, please?
Nam: We can reuse things like envelopes, __(6)______, and plastic bottles and old plastic bags.
Miss Blake:That’s right. But instead of reusing plastic bags, we shouldn’t use them at all. We ought to use __(7)____________ bags.
Lan: So is that what you mean by recycle?
Miss Blake:Yes, don’t just throw things away. Try and find another use for them.
Lan: That’s easy to say, Miss Blake, but how do we do it?
Miss Blake:__(8)_______ an organization like Friends of the Earth for information, go to your local library, or ask your family and friends.
PART II/ GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY: (3 PTS)
Question 3: Pick out ONE best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence: (9-14) (1.5 pts)
9: The girl had a bad cut on her hand, so she needed _____ to cover the wound.
A. a bandage B. a crutch C. a blanket D. a cold water pack
10: Do you mind if I open the window?-______________.
A. I’m sorry, I can’t. B. I’d rather you didn’t.
C. No, thanks. D. It’s my pleasure.
11: Nam likes the toys _____ in the cardboard box very much.
A. were kept B. keeping C. are kept D. kept
12: 3. Farmers collect household and garden waste to make ________.
A. glassware B. compost C. fabric D. floor coverings
13: It’s very difficult ______ people from scattering garbage.
A. to prevent B. to protect C. to scatter D. to save
14: They are certain________they will pass the exam easily.
A. because B. that C. if D. when
Question 4: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (5-16) (0.5 pt)
15. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
16. A. southern B. sunbathing C. breathe D.both
Question 5: Pick out the word whose main stress is different from the others: (17-18) (0.5 pt)
17. A. realize B. offshore C. possible D. comfortable
18. A. canoe B. promise C. elevate D. fertilizer
Question 6: Pick out the word which is different topic or part of speech from the others: (19-20) (0.5 pt)
19. A. waterfall B. cave C. island D. flight
20. A. traveling B. recycling C. painting D. exciting
PART III/ READING COMPREHENSION: (2.5PTS)
Question 7: Pick out ONE best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each of the numbered blanks, completing the meaning of the passage: (21-26) (1.5 pts)
Ha Long-Bay of the Descending Dragon-is __(21)__ with both Vietnamese and international tourists. One of the __(22)__ of Ha Long is the Bay’s calm water with limestone mountains. The Bay’s water is clear during the spring and early summer. Upon ____(23)____ in Ha Long City, visitors can go along Chay Beach. From the beach, they can hire a __(24)__ and go out to the Bay. It is here that visitors can find some of Southeast Asia’s most __(25)__ sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful __(26)__ at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid wooden stakes to beat the Mongols in Bach Dang River in 1288.
21. A. popular B. famous C. excited D. interested
22. A. tribes B. attractions C. limestones D. caves
23. A. arrive B. to arrive C. arriving D. arrived
24. A. caves B. boat C. bus D. plane
25. A. beautiful B. international C. mountainous D. eternal
26. A. water B. caves C. attractions D. beach
Question 8: Read the passage then decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE: (27-30) (1.0 pt)
In the USA , millions of old car tires are thrown away every year. But tires can be recycled to make pipes, floor coverings, shoes and sandals.
In Britain , the milkman brings bottles of milk to houses and collects the empty ones. The empty bottles are then cleaned and refilled. Every milk bottle can be reused thirty times.
In industry, most glass is recycled. The glass is collected and sent to the factories. There it is broken up, melted and made into new glassware.
People throw away billions of cans every year all over the world. In Oregon, the government made a new law several years ago. They said that there must be a deposit on all drink cans. The deposit is returned when people bring the cans back for recycling.
27: In America, many things such as pipes, floor coverings, cans, shoes, sandals.. .can be recycled from old car tires.
28: In Britain, every milk bottle can be reused thirteen times.
29: When the glass is sent to the factories, it is broken up, melted and made into new glassware.
30: In Oregon, people will get back their deposit when they bring the cans back for recycling
IV/. WRITING: (2.5 PTS)
Question 9: Complete each of the sentences so that it has exactly the same meaning as the original one:(31-34) (1.0 pt)
31: I would like you to help me put the chair away.
→ Would you mind .......................................................................................... ………..
32: Ba is studying very hard because he doesn’t want to fail in the exam.
→Ba is studying very hard so………………………………………………………….
33: To make this cake is not very difficult
→ It’s …………………………………………………………………………………….
34: The cat has broken many bowls and dishes in the kitchen.
→ Many bowls ................................................................................................. …………
Question 10: Make complete sentences from the cues: (35-40) (1.5pts)
35. Ba / have/ day / remember / last week.
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36. He / get up / late / because / his alarm clock / not / go off.
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37. He / try / run/ to school/ fast/ as/ he/ could.
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38. Suddenly / he / stumble / rock / and / fall down.
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39.His schoolbag / pool / and everything / get wet
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40. Fortunately / he / get / school / on time.
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