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Written test No 4
Subject: English 8
Time: 45 minutes

A. LISTENING
Question 1: Listen to the conversation and decide if the satements are true of false. (2pt)
Satements
True
False
1. Phuc, Mai and Nick wanted to see a film today at Galaxy cinema.
2. Only Nick watched the film.
3. Mai and Phuc could reach Nick on the phone.
4. Nick went wrong Galaxy cinema.
5. Nick will not be able to go to the cinema at 2.30 p.m.
B. PHONICS
Question 2: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others (1pt)
1. A. telepathy

B. conference

C. sensitive

D. competitive

2. A. barrier

B. lack

C. separation

D. language

Question 3: Choose the word that has the different stress pattern (1pt)
1. A. ability

B. impure

C. possibility

D. repetitive

2. A. unnecessary

B. unimportant

C. impatient

D. unlimited

C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2,5 pts)
Question 3:Choose the best answer A,B,C or D
1. We didn’t see you there. We tried to call you but couldn’t ………
A. show up

B. get through

C. oversleep

D. communicate

2. ………….including Facebook, Youtube etc, as a means of communication has become very
popular among young children
A. emailing

B. video chatting

C. telepathy

D. social media

3. ………….is a phone that uses a telephone line for transmission
A. smart phone

B. landline phone

C. chat room

D. message board

4. Tonight at 9 p.m, my mom ……………….a romantic film at home
a. will watch

B. will be watched

C. was watching

D. will be watching

5. Do you want …………..a phone call to your parents?
a. having

B. have

C. to have

D. had

6. Information ………………..and received directly to and from our brains
A. will sent

B. will be sent

7. I don’t mind…………….to her about this

C. will be sending

D. will be sended


a. talking

B. to talk

C. to talking

D. talked

8. Science and technology are the keys to development in other fields too.

A. money-making

B. area

C. progress

D. the answer

9. Minh: “ Mai, I don’t like your writing”
A. Minh said to Mai that he did like her writing
B. Minh said to Mai that he liked her writing
C. Minh said to Mai that he didn’t like your writing
D. Minh said to Mai that he didn’t like her writing
10. ……….will also be invented to help people live longer
A. Anti-ageing pills

B. a reality

C. technology

D. energy saving devices

D. READING (2 pts)
Question 5: Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions below.
On March 3rd 1847,ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL was born in Edin Burgh. He was a
Scotsman although he later immigrated, first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s. In
America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting
with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention the telephone.
Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with
a device which they first introduced in 1876. Bell said on the telephone: 'Mr. Watson, come

here. I want you.' This was the first telephone message. Traveling all over America, Bell
demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions, and by 1877 the first
telephone was in commercial use.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
Who did he work with at Boston University?
What is the first telephone message?
Was the device first introduced in 1875?
Was the first telephone in commercial use by 1877?

E. WRITING
Question 6: Change the following sentences into reported speech (1pt).
1. “I went to Thailand last week”
She said that......................................................................................................................
2. “My mom will write a letter to me”.
Tom said that......................................................................................................................
Question 7: Rearrange these words to make a sentence(1 pt).
1. and/technology/ have/effects/enormous/Science/economic/on/development.
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2. have/We/to/decided/in Ho Chi Minh city/for 3 days./stay/
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