THUONG LAM SECONDARY SCHOOL Date:………………………………………….
THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 8: (2014-2015)
(Time allowance: 45 minutes)
Full name: ………………………………….……. Class: ……….

Marks
Teacher’s remarks

A. LISTENING:
Listen to the passage carefully then choose the best answers (1,5pts):
1. How old is Bobby ?
A. Thirteen B. fourteen C. fifteen. D. Sixteen.
2. Where does he live ?
A. in a house B. in a villa C. in an apartment D. in a flat.
3. How does he work at school ?
A. well B. lazily C. badly D. hard
4. What does he like doing in his free time ?
A. playing football B. playing football and baseball
C. playing basketball D. playing baseball
5. There are ………..Vietnamese students in Bobby’s school.
A. many B. a lot of C. lots of D. a lot
6. He’s going to visit ………………..
A. England B. Japan C. Thailand D. Chine
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES:
I. Choose the suitable word or phrase by circling the letter A, B, C or D (1,5pts):
1. The Earth………………around the Sun.
A. move B. moving C. moves D. moved
2. I ………………..English for three years.
A. have learnt B. learnt C. learn D. learning
3. Nga …………use to watch TV late at night .
A. didn’t B. doesn’t C. won’t D. isn’t
4.Tom drives very …………………along the narrow road
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. careless
5. My school bag is different………………Lan’s bag.
A. for B. from C. at D. in
6. You ……………………. go to bed early if you are tired .
A. enjoy B. ought C. like D. should
II.Put the verbs into the correct form (1.5pts)
1. They like (talk)…………………with their friends.
2. Can I (help)………………... you?
3. We (live)……………………. here since last year.
III. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions (1.0pt ):
1. I haven’t seen him ……………….1998.
2. Lan is very proud............................ her sister.
3. He used ………………………… live on a farm when he was young.
4. Our party will start …………….. ten o’clock
C/ READING : Read the following passage :
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holiday though they can’t live there all the year round. Some people have cottages built in a village so that they can go there whenever they have free time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around.
* New words:
- cottages : nhà tranh - square tower : tháp vuông
- church : nhà thờ - round tower : tháp tròn
- alike : giống nhau
I. Answer True or False (1pt):
……. 1. Many people think it is more pleasant to live in a town than in the country.
……. 2. They like going to the country when they have free time.
……. 3. Almost every English village has a church.
……. 4. People can’t see the square tower of the church from many miles around.
II. Answer the questions (1,5pts):
1. What do people think about the country ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What do some people have in a village and when can they go there ?
*…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Are all English villages very different from each other ?
*………………………………………………………………………………………
D. WRITING: Rewrite these sentences as directed.(2pts )
1. Nam is strong. He can move this table. (enough )
->Nam………………………..………………………….…………………………….
2. My brother always played computer games a lot last year, but now he doesn’t play it any more.
-> My brother used…..…………………………………..……………….…………….
3. “You should go to school by bike ” My father said to me