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My Thanh Junior High School THE SECOND 45-MINUTE WRITTEN TEST
Class: 8
Name: _______________________

I. Phonetics: (2.5 pts)
A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. marine b. memorial c. pyramid d. statue
2. a. edge b. return c. temple d. temperate
3. a. jungle b. sunny c. bus d. surrounding
4. a. guessed b. moved c. used d. compiled
5. a. heritage b. hike c. honor d. hundred
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. canyon b. surround c. wonder d. ranger
2. a. marine b. jungle c. royal d. snorkel
3. a. heritage b. pyramid c. religious d. century
4. a. relaxing b. vacation c. attraction d. barrier
5. a. expedition b. magnificent c. original d. inhabitant
II. Reading:
Read the text and decide if the statements below are true or false. (2.5 pts)
Mr. Day was a teacher at a big school in a big city in the North of England. He usually went to
France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays, and he spoke German and French
quite well.
But one year, Mr. Day said to one of his friends, ‘I’m going to have a holiday in Athens. But I don’t
speak Greek, so I’ll go to evening classes and have Greek lessons for a month before I go.’
He studied very hard for a month, and then his holiday began and he went to Greece.
When he came back a few weeks later, his friend said to him, ‘Did you have any trouble with your
Greek when you were in Athens, Dick?’
‘No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,’ answered Mr. Day. ‘But the Greeks did!’
1. Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the South of England. ____________

2. Mr. Day couldn’t speak French. ____________
3. Mr. Day didn’t have any trouble with his Greek when he was in Athens. ____________
4. Mr. Day learnt Greek for a month. ____________
5. The Greeks didn’t understand him. ____________
III. Language focus:
Circle the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following sentences. (2.5 pts)
1. When the bomb ____________, we ____________ dinner.
A. explodes/had C. explodes/were having
B. exploded/were having D. were exploding/had
2. He ____________ questions! I am tired of answering him.
A. asked B. is always asking C. was asking D. always asked
3. Mount Rushmore can be ____________ from more than 100 kilometers away.
A. saw B. seen C. seeing D. see
4. Are you free ____________ Monday evening?
A. on B. in C. at D. with
5. How ____________ the fire ____________?
A. do/make B. do/made C. is/make D. is/made
6. Let’s ____________ to the festival together.
A. to go B. going C. go D. went

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7. The fire is made by ____________ pieces of bamboo together.
A. rub B. to rub C. rubbing D. rubbed
8. She asked me if I ____________ coffee.
A. like B. liked C. to like D. will like
9. Angkor Wat is in ____________.
A. Cambodia B. Malaysia C. Indonesia D. Singapore
10. The Sydney Opera House was ____________ in 1973.
A. completing B. complete C. completed D. will complete
IV. Writing:

Do as directed. (2.5 pts)
1. ‘Do you know him?’
She asked me………………………………………………………………………………
2. ‘I can swim.’
He said (that)………………………………………………………………………………
3. Clement Clarke Moore wrote that poem.
That poem …………………………………………………………………………………
4. We / listen / music / 8 / last night. (Make a complete sentence)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The children / be / always / talk / class. (Make a complete sentence)
………………………………………………………………………………………………


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